POLITICAL ECONOMY;

INCLUDING STRICTURES ON

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENCY

AND THE FINANCES SINCE 1861

WITH A CHART SHOWING THE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PRICE OF GOLD.

BY

FRANCIS BOWEN,

ALFORD PROFESSOR OF NATURAL RELIGION, MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND

CIVIL POLITY IN HARVARD COLLEGE.

NEW YORK:

CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO.

1870.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

CHARLES

SCRIBNER & CO.,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.