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If the several States shall be induced gradually to reform their banking systems and prohibit the issue of all small notes, we shall in a few years have a currency as sound and as little liable to fluctuations as any other commercial country.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson advocates for reforming state banking systems to stabilize the currency and reduce fluctuations.

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