The progress of our gold coinage is creditable to the officers of the Mint, and promises in a short period to furnish the country with a sound and portable currency, which will much diminish the inconvenience to travelers of the want of a general paper currency should the State banks be incapable of furnishing it.
Jackson praises the progress of gold coinage and its potential to improve the currency situation in the country.
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The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.
The paper money system of this country may be used as an engine to undermine your free institutions.
It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
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