In Senate until
after 7 P. M.
The bill making
Treasury notes a tender under consideration. Collamer made a powerful speech
against both the constitutionality and expediency
I cannot believe
that Congress has power to make any thing but gold and silver a tender in
payment of debts, and if it had I believe it would injure the
credit of the Country to do so, and I shall therefore feel
constrained to vote against the bill
SOURCE: The Diary of
Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. 1, p. 529-30
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