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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. James B. Beck, of Kentucky: On His Resolution to Require the Gold and Silver Coin Received at the Custom-Houses to Be Paid to the Bondholders, and Against Retiring Legal-Tender Notes or Silver Certificates I think the bondholder violates his promise when he refuses to take the same kind of money he paid for the bonds. If the case is to be tested by law, I am right; if it is to' ul: tested by Jay Cooke's advertisements, I am wrong. I hate repudiation, or any thing like it, but we ought not to be deterred from doing what is right by fear of undeserved epithets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.