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The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Beginning to count the cost. (search)
d will roll on until the party is entirely crushed beneath its degrading weight. A special dispatch to the Tribune say that "Mr. Chase has begun to count the cost of that which the Government has undertaken." The dispatch goes on to say that "the expenses of the War Department are enormous;" and that "it is evident, from the decision of high military authorities, that the recent action of New York and other State authorities, is not endorsed by Government." The pulling and hauling of Weed and Greeley, who have undertaken to manage the military affairs of this State on their own hook, with bands of rival jobbers and speculators, have greatly embarrassed the Government at Washington, and are fearfully increasing the expenses of the war. Heaven help the poor people who will soon have to be taxed directly to pay for all this. The three States of N. York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, have given and loaned to the Government almost fourteen millions of dollars, and the way things