Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . ^-^^. CHAPTER Xir. ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCES, POLITICS, AND JUSTICE-RECALL jSE of llie most important matters which pressed uponme immediately after my occupation of the city .wasthe condition of tlie currency. It was absolutelynecessary for the successful administration of mydepartment in New Orleans that I should at oncemake an invperium in imperio, in Avhich somebody mustassume the role of secretary of the treasury. Who should it bebut the general
Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . ^-^^. CHAPTER Xir. ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCES, POLITICS, AND JUSTICE-RECALL jSE of llie most important matters which pressed uponme immediately after my occupation of the city .wasthe condition of tlie currency. It was absolutelynecessary for the successful administration of mydepartment in New Orleans that I should at oncemake an invperium in imperio, in Avhich somebody mustassume the role of secretary of the treasury. Who should it bebut the general commanding? Both before the war and after it began the banks of New Orleans hadbeen conducted upon an exceedingly conservative basis. They werevery strong. They had never, in any troublesome times, suspendedspecie payments, aiid after the outbreak of tlie war, when Confederatetreasury notes became the money of the treasury, the banks of NewOrleans refused to receive them or pay them out as mone}. A contest followetl betAveen the Confederate treasury and thebanks. It lasted until September, 1861, when the banks suc-cundjed to the harsh measures
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