... that of the UnitedStates, was to separate the sword from the purse. Therefore, the Confederate States Treasury was under the control not of the Chief Executive, but of the Congress and the Secretary ... for the redemption of its Bonds other than the cottonsubscribed by our citizens for that purpose. At the termination of the War, the United States Government,claiming to be the successor of the ... heard of any purpose to apply these assets to the payment of the liabilities of the Confederacy, and, therefore, have been at a loss to account for the demand which has lately been madefor the...