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John Tyler: “At your late session I invited your attention to the condition of the currency and exchanges and urged the necessity of…”

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At your late session I invited your attention to the condition of the currency and exchanges and urged the necessity of adopting such measures as were consistent with the constitutional competency of the Government in order to correct the unsoundness of the one and, as far as practicable, the inequalities of the other.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Tyler stresses the need for Congress to address issues related to currency and exchanges for economic health.

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