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These are important facts and show how completely the inferior currency will supersede the better, forcing it from circulation among the masses and causing it to be exported as a mere article of trade, to add to the money capital of foreign lands.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Johnson warns about the dangers of inferior currency displacing better currency in circulation.

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