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The Federalists and the Nation's Debt and Revenue Growth
The text outlines heavy unfunded debts for pensions and forts, costs of Indian wars, Barbary treaties, and census expenses totaling five million nine hundred thirty nine thousand dollars, plus civil government costs and wars. It praises Federalists for extinguishing debt through a revenue system based on import and tonnage duties, noting a rise from 5.5 million in 1795 to 8.8 million in 1800, with further growth anticipated.
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