People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1897 — The Men Who Object. [ARTICLE]

The Men Who Object.

John C. Calhoun, one of the ablest statesmen and best constitutional lawyers this country ever had, was in favor of irredeemable paper currency, based simply on its receivability for taxes and other dues to the government, and bid defiance to any man to show wherein it would not be the best paper currency that could be issued. Thomas Jefferson also contended that such a currency would take the place of that much gold and remain at par with that metal. But the bankers object.