(The), subs. phr. (American).—Missouri. [In consequence of the exertions made by its Senator, Mr. Benton, in favour of gold and silver currency, in opposition to banks and a paper currency. The honorable Senator was hence often nicknamed Old Bullion, and the State he represented the BULLION STATE.]
1848. New York Herald, 13 June. Thank God, in my own State, in the BULLION STATE, they did not succeed in depreciating our majority.
