Then came the resumption of specie payment, which, in effect, placed the paper money on a gold basis.

然后恢复了硬币支付，这实际上使纸币以黄金为基础。

Even before the actual resumption of specie payment, the advocates of free silver were a power to be reckoned with, particularly in the Democratic party.

—甚至在实际恢复硬币支付之前，免费白银的倡导者就是一股不可忽视的力量， 尤其是在民主党中。