...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 P. Chase , Secretary of the Treasury, in these words:-- The three-year seven-thirty treasury notes are part of the temporary loan, and will be paid in treasury notes, unless the holders prefer to exchange...