...he treasury, is $1,063,004,894, while in 1888 the debt of Great Britain, with about half as much population, was £ 705,575,073, or $3,527,875,365—almost three and a half times that of the United States . Revenue for the support of government must be had, but the British system presents its Revolutionary odium, and Americans have lost nothing of their ancient repugnance for stamp and excise taxes...