I did not believe this but hoped that it would not decline in value, and, in any event, it was better to stop the compulsory coinage of the bullion into dollars, as to force them into circulation would reduce the purchasing power of the dollar and bring the United States to the single standard of silver.
Sherman expresses his skepticism about the free coinage of silver and its potential effects on the dollar's purchasing power.
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Let us, my friends, unite in electing him President of the United States.
We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
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