Brother B went down to the Bank and bought that note.

B 弟兄去银行买了那张钞票。

So the people still alive here on earth will buy these bank notes of the dead, and then give them to people that have passed away.

世上活着的人会买下这些去世的人所用的纸钱，烧给他们。

Congressman James Madison of Virginia protested. He said the people who bought the notes at low cost should be paid, but not in full.

弗吉尼亚州众议员詹姆斯·麦迪逊提出抗议。 他说，以低价购买票据的人应该得到报酬， 但不是全额。

Hamilton believed that those who bought the notes had a right to earn money from them. These men took a chance that the worthless notes would be worth something, someday. The government could not deny them their profits.

汉密尔顿认为，低价收购国库券的人冒了很大的风险，他们把赌注压在了很可能一钱不值的国库券上，因此政府不能剥夺他们赚钱的权利。