The only danger in our present currency is that the amount may be increased to a sum that cannot be maintained at par with coin, but the same or a greater danger would exist if the volume of paper money should be left to the interested opinion of bankers alone.
Sherman warns against allowing bankers to control the volume of paper money, as it could lead to instability.
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