..............US Government Spending for 1857-1860
...............(Historical Statistics of the US, pg. 106)
Year..........Total Fed.Spending..........Total Fed.Spending on military,interest on ............................................................Public Debt., and pensions
1857...............67,796,000...............35,400,000
1858...............74,185,000...............34,300,000
1859...............69,071,000...............29,700,000
1860...............63,131,000...............33,100,000
1860...............63,131,000...............33,100,000
There must be a message here that you are trying to convey which I am not grasping. I recognize that the import revenues paid for that 63-69 million dollar Federal Budget, but the economic impact to the North of Southern independence was likely closer to 10 times that amount.
It was a major component of their every day economic lives.
They might have been willing to make up a 69 million short fall, but to make up a 470 million short fall?
No, that was a bridge too far.