[4CJ]

Due to the recession in the North of 1857-58, and the excessive infrastructure spending by Congress, the Federal Debt had swelled to unprecedented levels.

You're one of the few I've seen post anything about the economic conditions of the depression/recession, which hit the Northern economy hard, and left the Southern economy virtually untouched.

Who protests raising tax rates? Taxpayers or Freeloaders?
Who advocates higher taxes? Taxpayers or Freeloaders?
Who protests welfare payments? Taxpayers or freeloaders?

To hear the yankees talk, they demanded that they pay higher taxes, and the confederates protested about receiving too many benefits. And fought a war of subjugation to force us to accept their generousity. < /sarcasm >

[DallasMike]

You're one of the few I've seen post anything about the economic conditions of the depression/recession, which hit the Northern economy hard, and left the Southern economy virtually untouched.

Yep, and what was the north's solution to their depression/recession? Raise tariffs on goods imported into the south!