It now declares its purpose to hold fast to what it has done, to keep and maintain every dollar of paper money in circulation as of equal value to the best coin issued from the mint, and as soon as possible to complete the work of reducing interest on all the public debt to four per cent. or less.
Sherman outlines the Republican party's commitment to maintaining the value of paper money and reducing public debt interest rates.
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