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April 21, 1859
Lynchburg Daily Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
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Southern newspapers across parties criticize the rapid increase in federal government expenses from $60 million to an estimated $100 million, calculating per-voter costs and questioning compatibility with republican simplicity, fearing emulation of European monarchies.
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The Southern papers—irrespective of party—are inveighing against the enormous expenditures of the Federal Government. And well they may. The doubling of the expenses of the government, within a few years, without any earthly occasion therefor, may well cause surprise and alarm. We find in one of our exchanges the following quotation from the "Southern Rights Democrat," a paper published in Alabama:
The number of voters in the last Presidential campaign was 4,049,054. The expenses of the Government last year were $60,000,000. This amount divided among the voters, is nearly $20 to each man, and that is what each voter actually pays for the support of the Government. The expenses for next year are estimated at $100,000,000, which is nearly $25 to each man. Is this enormous expenditure necessary? Does it comport with the simplicity of our Republican institutions? Have we not rather reason to fear that a spirit of rivalry with aristocratic monarchies of Europe is springing up, and will degenerate into luxury, the bane of all the early Republics?
The number of voters in the last Presidential campaign was 4,049,054. The expenses of the Government last year were $60,000,000. This amount divided among the voters, is nearly $20 to each man, and that is what each voter actually pays for the support of the Government. The expenses for next year are estimated at $100,000,000, which is nearly $25 to each man. Is this enormous expenditure necessary? Does it comport with the simplicity of our Republican institutions? Have we not rather reason to fear that a spirit of rivalry with aristocratic monarchies of Europe is springing up, and will degenerate into luxury, the bane of all the early Republics?
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Political Commentary
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Federal Expenditures
Government Spending
Voter Costs
Republican Institutions
Southern Criticism
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Southern States, Alabama
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Southern States, Alabama
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Southern papers criticize doubling of federal government expenses without cause, quoting Alabama's Southern Rights Democrat on per-voter costs rising from nearly $20 to $25, questioning necessity, republican simplicity, and fearing luxury like European monarchies.