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CHAPTER XXXVII.
REFUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT.
Over $140,000,000 of Gold Coin and Bullion in the Treasury January
1, 1879--Diversity of Opinion as to the Meaning of Resumption--
Effect of the Act to Advance Public Credit--Funding Redeemable
Bonds Into Four per Cents.--Letters to Levi P. Morton and Others--
Six per Cent. Bonds Aggregating $120,000,000 Called During January,
1879--The Sale in London--Charges of Favoritism--Further Enactments
to Facilitate the Funding--Difficulty of Making Sales of Four per
Cent. Bonds to English Bankers--Large Amounts Taken in the United
States--One Subscription of $190,000,000--Rothschild's Odd Claim--
Complimentary Resolution of the New York Chamber of Commerce.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
GENERAL DESIRE TO NOMINATE ME FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
Death of My Brother Charles--The 46th Congress Convened in Special
Session--"Mending Fences" at My Home in Mansfield--Efforts to Put
Me Forward as a Candidate for the Governorship of Ohio--Letter to
Murat Halstead on the Question of the Presidency, etc.--Result of
My Letter to John B. Haskin--Reasons of My Refusal of the Nomination
for Governor--Invitation from James G. Blaine to Speak in Maine--
My Speech at Portland--Victory of the Republican Party--My Speech
at Steubenville, Ohio--Evidences of Prosperity on Every Hand--Visit
to Cincinnati and Return to Washington--Results in Ohio.

CHAPTER XXXIX.
LAST DAYS OF THE HAYES ADMINISTRATION.
Invitation From General Arthur to Speak in New York--Letter to Hon.
John Jay on the Subject--Mr. Evarts' Refined Specimen of Egotism--
An Anecdote of the Hayes Cabinet--Duty of the Government to Protect
the Election of All Federal Officers--My Speech in Cooper Institute
--Offers of Support to Elect Me as a Successor of Senator Thurman
--My Replies--Republican Victory in New York--President Hayes'
Message to Congress--My Report as Secretary of the Treasury--
Modification of My Financial Views Since that Time--Bank Notes as
Currency--Necessity for Paper Money--Mr. Bayard's Resolution
Concerning the Legal Tender Quality of United States Notes--Questions
Asked Me by the Finance Committee of the Senate.

CHAPTER XL.
THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1880.
Talk of Grant for President for a Third Term--His Triumphal Return
from a Trip Around the World--The Candidacy of Mr. Blaine and Myself
--Many of My Opponents Those Who Disagreed with Me on Financial
Questions--Accused of Being a Catholic and of Using Patronage to
Aid in