...ved by the people (who paid for it in gold) in paper, or they were compelled to convert it into such bonds as the government chose to give them. Mr. Blaine. Will the gentleman from Massachusetts [ Mr. Butler ] allow me to read one sentence? I answered, Certainly. Mr. Blaine. The decision in regard to the payment of the first series of seven-thirty notes was made on the 18th of May, 1862, by Salmon...