The Jeffersonian cyclopedia; a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc.; |
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6371. PAPER MONEY, Private property and.—[continued]. |
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6371. PAPER MONEY, Private property and.—[continued].
That paper money has
some advantages, is admitted. But that its
abuses also are inevitable, and, by breaking
up the measure of value, makes a lottery of
all private property, cannot be denied. Shall
we ever be able to put a constitutional veto
on it?—
To Dr. Josephus B. Stuart. Washington ed. vii, 65.
(M.
May. 1817)
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