It is against the grain to bring the unsavory Bond on to the boards
again. But looking at him closely, as he now appears, You will notice
that he is well broken and as we have no better we must use him to bring
in the rest of the untamed band to which he once belonged. Neither
should our visitors complain about this form of payment. If all of our
obligations from abroad were paid in coin, assuming that we had enough,
it would fill Europe with idle money, and as we have always been a good
customer, and always prompt in our payments, they should be reasonable,
and admit that it is no worse to have idle bonds than it is to have idle
money, so long as final payment is assured. Neither should they expect,
par value for what did not, in many cases, cost them fifty cents on the
dollar. We will pay them market value no more. And do not imagine that
these people have been kept waiting very long to find out these terms.
For so positive are these leeches, here and elsewhere, of being able to
maintain their hold that those we have just finished with will not make
a move to come here until the New Bill of Human Rights has become the
law of the land.
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