Title
National Debt a Great Blessing
Subject
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Description
The Walla Walla Statesman publishes one in a series of protests against the postwar economic investment by the wealthy in government bonds, to be paid off by workingclass taxpayers. During the war itself, most Democrats - including the Statesman editor - protested the war's huge cost and its bankrolling with paper money, or greenbacks.
Abstract
The Walla Walla Statesman publishes this op-ed piece signed by Taxpayer, concerning the national debt.
Creator
TaxPayer
Source
Walla Walla Statesman
Publisher
Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees
Date Issued
1865-09-08
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. IV, No. 39, p. 2, col. E
Spatial Coverage
Walla Walla County
Temporal Coverage
1865-08-31
Provenance
Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers
URL
http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Start Page
2
End Page
2