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2081. DEBT (United States), Sacredness of.—[continued].

There can never be a fear
but that the paper which represents the public
debt will be ever sacredly good. The public
faith is bound for this, and no change of
system will ever be permitted to touch this;
but no other paper stands on ground equally
sure.—
To William Short. Washington ed. iii, 343. Ford ed., v, 460.
(Pa., March. 1792)