Issued upon the conditions stated, I was of opinion that the silver dollar would be a great public advantage, but that if issued without limit, upon the demand of the owners of silver bullion, it would be a great public injury.
Sherman expresses his opinion that limited issuance of silver dollars could benefit the public, while unlimited issuance would harm it.
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Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.
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.
It was settled by this war that we have a country limited in its powers by the constitution of the United States fairly construed.
Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
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