Record Data
Source citation
“President Buchanan against the Pension Bill,” Memphis (TN) Appeal, January 23, 1859, p. 2: 1.
Newspaper: Publication
Memphis Daily Appeal
Newspaper: Headline
President Buchanan against the Pension Bill
Newspaper: Page(s)
2
Newspaper: Column
1
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN AGAINST THE PENSION BILL. – The President, says the Washington Star, does not approve of the Pension Bill which recently [passed?] the House, but believes that the admission of the principle it involves would open the door to such unlimited claims as to bankrupt the Government. It is hardly likely that the bill will pass the Senate.