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... but that this duty ought to be left to the private banks which would issue notes as they had in the time of Jackson , such notes circulating not because anyone was legally obliged to accept them but because people had confidence in ...
... but that this duty ought to be left to the private banks which would issue notes as they had in the time of Jackson , such notes circulating not because anyone was legally obliged to accept them but because people had confidence in ...
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In the platform committee they drew a statement of principles which demanded tariff reduction , condemned the system of note issue by national banks , endorsed the principle of income tax as far as it was constitutionally tenable ...
In the platform committee they drew a statement of principles which demanded tariff reduction , condemned the system of note issue by national banks , endorsed the principle of income tax as far as it was constitutionally tenable ...
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We say in our platform that we believe that the right to coin and issue money is a function of government . We believe it . We believe that it is a part of sovereignty , and can no more with safety be delegated to private individuals ...
We say in our platform that we believe that the right to coin and issue money is a function of government . We believe it . We believe that it is a part of sovereignty , and can no more with safety be delegated to private individuals ...
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