Excerpt from Good Government: Appeal of Peter Cooper, Now in the 91st Year of His Age, to All Legislators, Editors, Religious Teachers, and Lovers of Our CountryIn 1879, a fortunate incident for America happened: the crops failed all over Europe, which forced the people to look to the United States for supplies. This brought millions of gold, that seemed like a special Providence for without it our unwise specie resumption would have brought ruin all over the country; because our real estate and other commodities would have been at the mercy of foreign and domestic gold-mongers, in whose favor Congress has been legislating since 1862.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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