On the record
The two metals, as metals, never have been, are not now, and never can be, kept at par with each other for any considerable time at any fixed ratio.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sherman argues that the two metals cannot maintain a fixed value ratio over time.
Share
More from John Sherman
The legality of this legislature was denied by the great majority of the people who never acquiesced in or obeyed its enactments, thus taking the only course open to them to secure a lawful government.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
Let us, my friends, unite in electing him President of the United States.
Other voices in this conversation
