We are very nearly out of the woods now, and if you will add the free coinage of silver on equal terms with gold, and will cause the treasury of the United States to coin the silver that is there on the same terms that it does gold, I believe that we shall soon master every difficulty in our way.
Sherman advocates for the free coinage of silver alongside gold to overcome economic difficulties.
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