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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 <p>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. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.