Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “A Costly Administration,” February 2, 1861

    Source citation
    “A Costly Administration,” Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, February 2, 1861, p. 2: 5.
    Original source
    Philadelphia (PA) North American
    Newspaper: Publication
    Atchison Freedom’s Champion
    Newspaper: Headline
    A Costly Administration
    Newspaper: Page(s)
    2
    Newspaper: Column
    5
    Type
    Newspaper
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Don Sailer, Dickinson College
    Transcription date
    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.

    A COSTLY ADMINISTRATION. – A graphic epitome of Mr. Buchanan’s administration is contained in the following brief extract from a Washington letter in the Philadelphia North American:

    Three hundred millions of dollars will have disappeared by the 4th of March next, for four years administration of the government in time of profound peace with all the world. What is to show for this criminal extravagance and mal-appropriation? Nothing but a distracted country, a beggared Treasury, an enormous debt, and a [deficient?] revenue. These are the results of Mr. Buchanan’s single term.

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