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Ohio, Indiana, and other Western States, where his voice had been heard in opposition to Greenbackism, did not forget his unselfish devotion, nor the brilliant rhetoric that clothed his unanswerable arguments.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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Greenbackism had not invaded New York in 1874-5, when it flourished so luxuriantly in
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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There were, moreover, many other voters who, while regarding Greenbackism as an economic heresy, were convinced that bimetallism offered a safe and sound solution of the currency problem.
The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics 1923
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The platform rehabilitated Greenbackism in cogent phrases, demanded government control of railroads and telegraph and telephone systems, the reclamation of land held by corporations, an income tax, the free coinage of silver and gold "at the present legal ratio of sixteen to one," and postal savings banks.
The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners Samuel Peter Orth 1897
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