To ask more seems to me unreasonable, and, if yielded to, will bring all our money to the single silver standard alone, demonetize gold and detach the United States from the standards of the great commercial nations of the world.
Sherman critiques the unreasonable demands for a single silver standard, emphasizing the need for a balanced monetary system.
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What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.
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