Record Data
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
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.
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.
