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Scope and Contents "The political battle is now open all along the line. There is one weak place in the enemy's lines which I think can be turned by a proper flank attack, and there is no time to be lost in doing it. The object of this letter is to call the attention of the Republican Commander in chief to it. I have read nearly all of Mr. [William Jennings] Bryan's campaign speeches ... and I observe that his main contention is that in consequent of demonitizing silver in 1873, and thereby taking away from...