John Sherman's recollections of forty years in the House, Senate and Cabinet Volume 1; An autobiography
Автор:John Sherman Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 380 ISBN: 1236053540 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...the burden of our people by lowering our interest onethird than that expression, sanctioned and confirmed by subsequent enactment of Congress in 1869. "You will, in my opinion, insure the success of your financial measures, and add greatly to your high and prominent political position, if you will unequivocally declare that the funded debt of the government can only be redeemed, principal and interest, in gold coin, and that until otherwise agreed upon by the mutual consent of the great commercial nations of the United States, England, France, and Germany, the silver dollar can only be accepted as an auxiliary standard for the payment of fractional indebtedness." To this I replied as follows: Treasury Department, ) Washington, June 16, 1877. j Dear Sir:--Your private note, the...
