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United States (United States) (search for this): article 5
The New popular currency of the United States. The Federal Government having been driven to every expedient for the purpose of raising the wind, it is amusing to see now its apologists and cham of several millions. These notes are payable on demand at any of the Sub-Treasuries of the United States, are popularly known as "demand notes," and are everywhere seized upon and used by the peopcan for a moment doubt. The issues of our very best banks are now secured by the deposit of United States stocks, and if these stocks are good securities, then the demand notes of the Government whiemand notes, obviates all of these evils at once. The notes pass at par anywhere within the United States, and thus there is no necessity for discount or discounters, exchange or exchange brokers. o wind up their affairs and stop business, and the State is left almost without a currency. United States drafts, payable to order, have been circulating there for some time, and, instead of being p
Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): article 5
rly tested, we apprehend that there will be no difficulty in using these notes, instead of specie, for foreign payments. The necessity of such a national currency is felt here, but it is still more evident in some of our Western States. In Illinois, for example, the bank issues were very generally se- cured by deposits of the State stocks of seceded States. Those have of course depreciated largely, and are in some cases entirely worthless. The consequence is that the banks of IllinIllinois have been obliged to wind up their affairs and stop business, and the State is left almost without a currency. United States drafts, payable to order, have been circulating there for some time, and, instead of being presented to the Treasury for payment have passed from hand to hand as money, until their backs and faces are severed with endorsements, and they are almost equally valuable as drafts and as autographical collections. The evils of this want of a recognized currency, of larg