Title
The Cost of War
Subject
Pro-Union sympathies
Description
The costs of the Civil War is compared to the costs of previous wars. Although extremely expensive and will raise taxes, the editors feels it is not too high a price to pay for freedom and liberty for our country.
Abstract
This article compares the cost of this war to the costs of previous wars. At a cost of "upwards of $2,000,000 per day" and a war debt so far over "two thousand millions," it is, in the opinion of the writer of the Phrenological Journal and the editor of the Puget Sound Herald, not too high a price to pay for freedom, liberty, peace, etc., for our country.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Puget Sound Herald
Publisher
Steilacoom, Washington Territory: Charles Prosch
Date Issued
1864-08-15
Contributor
Phrenological Journal
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. VI, No. 32, pg. 2, col. 2
Spatial Coverage
Olympia; Thurston
Temporal Coverage
1861-1864
Provenance
WA Secretary of State, Washington History, Historic Newspapers Detail, Puget Sound Herald, 1858-03-12 to 1864-11-07
URL
http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Start Page
2
End Page
2