THE ARY 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. 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. PRINTED BY TOWNE & BACON, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. TO THE FRIENDS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL Currency— 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 IN NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE, 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. A |