▁brought ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁the ▁economic ▁expansion ▁that ▁followed ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 2 . ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 8 1 9 , ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Tre as ury ▁William ▁H . ▁C raw ford ▁issued ▁a ▁report ▁project ing ▁a ▁budget ▁def ic it ▁of ▁five ▁million ▁dollars . ▁Added ▁to ▁this , ▁the ▁costs ▁of ▁the ▁expedition ▁gross ly ▁exceed ed ▁those ▁anticip ated , ▁mostly ▁due ▁to ▁James ▁Johnson ' s ▁" mal fe as ance " ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Richard ' s ▁influ ential ▁ple as ▁for ▁further ▁fund ing . ▁The ▁political ▁reputation ▁of ▁James ▁and ▁Richard ▁Johnson ▁was ▁mostly ▁maintained , ▁however , ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁respective ▁popular ity ▁in ▁their ▁home ▁district . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁writer ▁H . M . ▁Ch itten dem ▁summar ized ▁the ▁expedition ▁as : ▁an ▁un qual ified ▁failure ▁if ▁not ▁a ▁huge ▁f ias co ... ▁Although ▁the ▁troops ▁could ▁with ▁ease ▁have ▁march ed ▁three ▁times ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁the ▁boats ▁carried ▁them , ▁it ▁was ▁considered ▁necessary ▁to ▁transport ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁manner ▁becoming ▁the ▁dign ity ▁of ▁so ▁vast ▁an ▁enter prise . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁it ▁took ▁an ▁entire ▁season ▁to ▁reach ▁a ▁point ▁that ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁reached ▁in ▁two ▁months ▁at ▁most . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁further ▁that : ▁The ▁same ▁spirit ▁of ▁abs urd ▁extra v ag ance ▁per v aded ▁the ▁scientific ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁enter prise . ▁If ▁Major ▁Long ▁had ▁been