...of lawiul tender, is that which declares that no State shall coin money, grant bills of credit, or make any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts, thus removing the whole matter from the dominion of State legislation. No such prohibition is placed...

...perfectly plain, and of the very highest importance. The States are expressly prohibited from making any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts ; and although no such express prohibition is applied to Congress, yet, as Congress has no power granted...

...perfectly plain, and of the very highest importance. The States are expressly prohibited from making any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts ; and although no such express prohibition is applied to Conof whatever circulates as money. From,...

...property in payment of debts, at exaggerated and fictitious appraisement. § 7. Though a State can not make any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts, yet this prohibition does not apply to the General Government. A large part of the present paper circulation...

...for carrying into execution the foregoing power«. No state shall coin money, emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts." These invaluable provisions were inserted in the fundamental law of the land, that the people might...

...the last branch of the sentence, than to the word "debts," in that immediately preceding? Can a State future debts? This nobody pretends. But what ground is there for a distinction? No State shall make...

...No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation, coin money, emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts, or pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts;' these, with a number of others, are important...

...perfectly plain, and of the very highest importance. The States are expressly prohibited from making any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts ; and although no such express prohibition is applied to Congress, yet as Congress has no power granted...

...standard of weights and measures." Sec. X., I., " No State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, make any. thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts." It is clear that Congress has the Constitutional right to coin money, and regulate its value; to emit...

...Revolution. Taught by this experience, the States were prohibited from issuing bills of credit, or making any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts. This would seem to prohibit the issue of any paper-money on the part of the States, and such was doubtless...