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Debt and Reform Under Democratic Rule in Civil War Era
A heated 1860s newspaper column attacks Democratic misrule and war debt growth, asserting Republicans reduced the debt and guided the nation to peace. It contrasts Buchanan and Seymour Blair with Grant and Colfax, praising Republican economy, treasury restraint, and loyalty while denouncing Democratic convention positions and copperhead tactics. It cites specific debt figures from 1846 to 1861 and argues for Grant's leadership to finish repelling rebellion.
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James Buchanan
Democratic Party
Howell Cobb
Saymour
Blair
Shu
New York
Aes Buchanan
Republican Party
Seymour
Craft and
Colfax
Albany Journal
Jhorst
Galena
Gar
John C. Smith
Galenia: Gazette
Wasit
Republic
Congress
Committee of Appropriation
Econ
Phere’ Vhads
Heshad
Litiduttss
Contresas
Copperhead
Republican Congress
Committee of Appropriations
New York City
Yain
Tirebel
Kctm
Wade
Hamptons
Wade Hampton
Hampton
North
Copperhead Party
Washburne
Ooener
Wm. Preston
Chicago
Schuyler
Indiana
Grant
House of Representatives
Wasipunxe
Illinois