THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES ILLUSTRATED, AND SOME OF THE CAUSES WHICH RETARD THE PROG- With a Belevant Appendix. BY JOHN ALEXANDER FERRIS, A.M. "No danger is too appalling, no toil too excessive, no sacrifices too costly, where humanity is to be benefited and the nation to be served."-LONDON TIMES. "THE Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all."-GEORGE WASHINGTON. JUSTICE is an attribute of the DEITY, and the foundation of all permanent prosperity; it cannot be disregarded by nations, or individuals, without certain retribution. SAN FRANCISCO: A. ROMAN & CO., 417 AND 419 MONTGOMERY STREET. NE Widdleton N EW YORK: 17 MERCER STREET. MDCCCLXVII.. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord 1867, BY JOHN ALEXANDER FERRIS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of California. 12754 PRINTED BY TOWNE & BACON, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. ERRATA. Page 43, nineteen lines from the bottom, instead of "convertible," read inconvertible. Page 96, six lines from the top, instead of "o," read of. Page 113, seventeen lines from the top, instead of "seven, page five," read viii, par. 5. Page 248, nineteen lines from the bottom, instead of "avery," read every. Page 257, nineteen lines from the top, instead of "most," read more. Page 257, twenty-one lines from the top, instead of "more," read most. Page 294, fifteen lines from the top, instead of "passed," read pressed. Page xiiia, fifth and sixth lines from the top, transpose the words "former" and "latter." TO THE FRIENDS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL CURRENCY GOLD AND SILVER COIN; TO THE ADVOCATES OF JUSTICE AND RIght, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE FOUND, IN THE UNITED STATES; TO ALL WHO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MORAL PRINCIPLE AND ALL WHO DESIRE THE PERMANENT PROSPERITY OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND OF THE PACIFIC STATES ESPECIALLY, THESE PAPERS ARE INSCRIBED, WITH SUBSERVIENT REGARD, BY THE AUTHOR. |