Whig (nationalist) State Representative Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, speaking on the floor of the State House of Representatives condemns free banking (the requirement that banks maintain their reserves in lawful Money (gold and silver Coin), and calls for the re-establishment of a central bank:
However much care selections may be made, there will be some unfaithful and dishonest. The experience of the whole world, in all bygone times proves this true. The Savior of the world chose twelve disciples, and even one of that small number, selected by superhuman wisdom, turned out to be a traitor and a devil.
NOTE: Lincoln, who never joined a Church in his life, and privately held disdain for religion, frequently quoted the Bible to make political points with believers
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Authority:
Illinois Constitution of 1818, Article II, Section 12
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Illinois_Constitution_of_1818
References:
“Eulogy to Henry Clay,” Abraham Lincoln, Collected Works, edited by Roy P. Basler, seven volumes, (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), 2:121, 130.
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Lincoln Unmasked: What you are not supposed to know about dishonest Abe, (New York: Crown-Forum, 2006), 134.
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