Before the nation could even think of honoring any such transfer as you speak of, it would be bound to inquire into all the circumstances of the transaction, so as to be able to guarantee its absolute equity.

It would have been reason enough, had there been no other, for abolishing money, that its possession was no indication of rightful title to it.

In the hands of the man who had stolen it or murdered for it, it was as good as in those which had earned it by industry.

People nowadays interchange gifts and favors out of friendship, but buying and selling is considered absolutely inconsistent with the mutual benevolence and disinterestedness which should prevail between citizens and the sense of community of interest which supports our social system.

According to our ideas, buying and selling is essentially anti-social in all its tendencies.