 | William Augustus Berkey - Greenbacks - 1878 - 616 pages
...bearing obligations, not already due, shall be redeemed or paid before maturity, unless at such times as United States notes shall be convertible into coin...the redemption of the United States notes in coin." To show conclusively that the 5-20 six per cent. bonds of the United States were not regarded either... | |
 | Republican Congressional Committee - Campaign literature - 1878 - 84 pages
...all the obligations of the United States not bearing interest, known as United States notes. * * * And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith...the redemption of the United States notes in coin. The vote by which this act passed the House, March 12, 1869, was 97 yeas — all Republicans except... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1878 - 668 pages
...and false, standard of value. Congress, on March 18,1869, passed an act in which "the United States pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of United States notes in coin ;" and on January 14, 1875, a day was fixed for that purpose. The paper... | |
 | United States - Banking law - 1878 - 308 pages
...be sold at par in coin. The faith of the United States is also solemnly pledged to make provisions at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin. SEC. 3694. The coin paid for duties on imported goods shall beset apart as a special fund, and shall... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1878 - 656 pages
...ended by enacting that " the faith of the United States is also solemnly pledged to make provisions at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin." "What the " earliest " duty of currency-tinkers is, then, a " marvelously-curious " lawyer might find... | |
 | Simon Newcomb - Finance, Public - 1878 - 132 pages
...United States notes. * * * The faith of the United States is also solemnly pledged to make provisions at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin." — Revised Statutes of the United States, p. 735. In pursuance of this solemn pledge, Congress, in... | |
 | John Sherman - Currency question - 1879 - 664 pages
...States " except such as by the law could be paid in other currency than gold and silver. Second, " and the United States also solemnly pledges its faith...the redemption of the United States notes in coin." Here again the obligation of the Government to pay these notes in coin was recognized, its purpose... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1879 - 74 pages
...coin of the present standard value.' " And he offered this amendment : — " And the United States solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the...the redemption of the United States notes in coin." A member asked him if he thought that the greenbacks should.be paid in gold; to which Gen. Butler promptly... | |
 | Luther Vanhorn Moulton - Currency question - 1880 - 278 pages
...-2-2. 23.] AN ACT to strengthen the public credit. — Vol. XVI., p. 1, Stat. at Large. SECTION 1. That in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose...the redemption of the United States notes in coin. THE ACT OF JULY 12, 1870. (24) [This act merely authorized the issue of $54,000,000 of National Bank... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - Campaign literature - 1880 - 244 pages
...by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That, in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose...the redemption of the United States notes in coin. Approved March IS, 1869. This law may be called the great legal bulwark of the public credit from 1869... | |
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But none of said interestbearing obligations not already due shall be redeemed or paid before maturity unless at such time United States notes shall be convertible into coin at the option of the holder, or unless at such time bonds of the United States... 
