Carl Schurz and others, Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz… (1913)
“ That citadel is the silver bill, and I tell you that I don't see how the Government is to resume on the 1st of January with that act on the statute book. It is a warning and an incentive to all holders of greenbacks to hurry up and get the gold while it lasts, because if they wait they will get only silver. ”
