The chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia.
I would like to introduce, instead of Mr.
Hamilton's redemption of certificates scheme,
an alternative bill, which provides that only
some of the value of the certificates be paid
to the present holder, and the rest to the
original holder.
That's fiscal heresy.
You would rob a man
of what is rightfully his?
That, sir, is exactly what many of these so-called
speculators - I call them blood-sucking vipers
- have done to our poor ex-soldiers.
My bill,
I submit, is a plea for human justice, to
those who sacrificed so much to bring this
nation to birth.
Mr. Madison, I've just heard of your proposal.
I beg you, sir, in view of our friendship,
to withdraw your bill before it comes to a vote.
Mr. Hamilton, I cannot.
But how, in God's name, will we ever identify
the original holder?
It would be folly to
try and murderously expensive.
What's one man's folly is another man's justice.
