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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the Tariff and Expenditures: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 14, 1859
Allow me, sir, at the risk of being tedious, for this is a matter which Senators should consider, to refer to the rapid growth of expenditure In that Department. I hold In my hand a table, which was made out with great care for me at the Treasury Department - a statement of the amounts which have been paid out of the Treasury to sustain the Post Office Department. 'in the year 1846 it commenced with $810, 231 62; in 1847 it was 8536, 298 99; in 1848, 822, 221 96; in 1849, 8681, 500. It goes on in that way gradually. In 1854 it was 84, 742 114 77; in 1855, 84, 19; in 1856, 84, 598, 402 87; in 1857, 84, 746 499 67; in 1858, 85, 564, 495; in 1859, 935 10.
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