The expenses of the United States for carrying on the war, and the expenses of each state for its own domestic government, are distinct things, and to involve them is a source of perplexity and a cloak for fraud.
In "The American Crisis," this distinguishes between national war expenses and state domestic expenses, warning against their entanglement.
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