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In times of war, as you have already read and as you will again read when you come to the story of our Civil War, a country often gets terribly involved be- cause of its powerlessness to pay its debts in gold. Promissory notes are then resorted to ; but a promis- sory note is of no more value than the person or the country back of it. And so, if the country is losing ground, the paper money or the promissory notes THE STORY OF THE CONSTITUTION 1 23 lose real value. Such experiences every countr...y at some time or other has suffered because of wars. "A State may pass no bills of attainder. " "A State may pass no ex post facto laws. " *'A State may grant no titles of nobihty. " "A State may pass no laws which render a con- tract valueless. " *'A State may impose no duties on exports or imports. A State shall lay no duty on tonnage. " "A State shall keep no troops in time of peace. " "A State shall keep no ships of war, " "A State shall enter into no agreement with other states or foreign countries.
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