Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-21
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notwithstanding
men TO places where they have nothing do, even Il
they could do anything. merely give them pay-snd
where many OF them by their vuigsty and misconduct
excluded from social intercourse and confined the
privileges which the treaties them, and lett the
| company which their and tastes require
4. Extsvagant expenditure the characteristic Of this
Administration Never was such Proaiga'e waste Of
public money seem Seventy eighty millions squxnder
ed per snnum and not symptom Vt any statement.
When Mt. Polk went out oi Office, which after the
acquisition of all territories he computed the
annual expenses Ut the Government t~enty five ~
t~enS 81, millions; IL Is three times that and
getting Incrca~e III offices and Salarcs-ncrrase
OF aud naVy-multP vi useless agents
tend 10 the elections under the preext OF filing OF
hec-ss-te Of mouey In building ships 60 rot while
iusng dollar for tue Improvement great rivers such
their devices 10 get rid OF the public money. Nearly
Thousand dollars the average of every
man in the army and navy aud the civil pension list OF
England proposed for their further support And both
army ana navy reduced fast possible the condi.
ton OF government aud
national institutions All appointments conducted
that principles all dismssons and reductions conducted
on the same Two hundred officers have lately been
Ell out OF the navy by open scandaous and criminal
pcrvcrson oil Law; and the Is desired
b. performed on the armythe rule OF dismsons being
70 psrisins and fayoitcs and good OF.
hcees without regard service character whose pot-
eai aihnities or connections approved
s. violated pledges rise up ia judgment against this
Administration l do alludc to the inaugural al.
dress these Addresses made like pie crustsio be
broken lsPeak OF public specific pledges openly and
s,emnly made, and openly and scandalously violated
Ihere tile pledge to reduce
get rid OF corrupung surplus That pledge is
vioatedhas been for four years-and still il The enor.
nous revenue - kept increase patronage
chase worthless land from Mexico corrupt presses
reward partsans to strengthen the Government build
up armies and naycs and to fight foreign nations II hey
can succeed in picking quarrcs with them Equally pub
lie was the pedge and equally scandalous t violation
| make national highway to the Pacific Ocean. Four
years the pledge made; the time is out and the
pledge redeemed The time has been lost in making
useless and costly surveys Tor outside roadsone
the a Nn,f H., Co. l.
purchase IRON Mexico slice after slice To carry the South
ern route Ia Guaymas the Gull OF Caornia Ten mil.
hons were gwen for ogs slice il found to be worth
less aud besides, would include the place AT the
lst further efforts making 10 get another
slice at another ten twenty millions still further south
In the time, the plan, direct national central
isrepudiated, although it is one-tbird made for the
railroads vest from Baltimore, Philadelphia and other
Atlantic points penetrate the West converge to the
center before they reach the Mississippi and connec with
the Missouri road complete the the State
and advancing TO the western border Yet th. direct
national route though one-third made rejected and
| rrpudAted ior outside through Mexico and a
ship canal through foreign territory in the Spanish part
| America.
Neglect of the Territorial governments is another of
the offences OF this Administration. Political partisans
and pot house demagOgues are sent out 10 oil al their
ofices-Inen unit IL they disposed
toneerers engaged in the State aud federal elections
while the protection OF tle General Government i utterly
unknown aud violence boodshed aud disorder
the land Beae whose ascendant the savage mind
charmed the Indians into nfante submission was dsmis
sed becsuse he would not eectioneer make room for
pot house demagogue who could do nothing else Cal.
ornia, OrcgOu New Mexico all the OF bloody
outrae". lndiah wars rage-pnvate murder prevails
law simpOtentihe federal officers are of no account
aud the citizens driven TO the necessity Of providing
ior themselves need not mention Kansas; the condi-
lion vi that blood stained ground il sufficiently know, 10
you vail speak OF Utah. where the Federal Government
u Ignored and repudatedits laws and authority set nj
defiance The term Of die Mormon Governor Brigham
Young expired three years ago A. he had
authority OF the United State it determined to send
han sdcces~or--a military graduate of West P0int-and
Captain SteptOe called his pleasant quarters 10
| 60 upon the enterprise When Brigham heard of it, he
made speech To his people in which he told them what
President Pierce intended aud what he himself intended
one sending Governor and the other intending
to epulse the compliment Ii in that speech that he
said To biz people that he intended remain in his place
until the Lord should say 70 him-"Bngham, / don't
| want you 10 be Governor Of Utah any longer" Tn.
Administration afraid Of him. and undertook 10 out
maneuysr bim and aud that in the highest stye of We.t
Point tactics, they determined to smugge Steptoe in
For that purpose the military Governor furnished
| with battalion OF soldiers and directed to pro-
cctd 20 the Mormon Kingdom, II he was going 10
CaiiOrna-stop there TO hybernate-and watching the
chance, slip into the GOvernorshp day when Brig
ham was out-somethng like weasel that gets into ano
| ther- hole when he fnd- the occupant gone when
heard Of this fine scheme said to my acqulntances and
can prove that Sld it, for do indulge in cr nos,
eto predictions that the first time should hear OF this
Gov Stcpoe again he would his ptoe- marching
Ia the OF "Hegh Betty Martin tptoe fine" and 40 4
was For before the Information over vas On hi
Ia
nited States But there something ol.e which did
not Oresse, winch that this military Governor carried
of four dozen Of the Mormon Betty Martins with him ia
the infinite distress IT the saints profoundly chtgdncd q,
find themselves encrOached upon by the gentes Bu,
the last encrOachm@nt VI the kind No more Of the
United SFes military have been their since; and Brigham
he has promised the Lord that II they come again
will fix Iem that they will let his Betty Martins alone
Aud that the end VI the attempt by thi. ndnp.trs
ton. u give Governor TO Utah. Brigham hold. on IA
tie place and Mr.. Pierce stands with hands on aud ti.
uHalu naIa - ~
vernon by the will Of the Lord repuI4ing United state.
authoHtie- ramphng the laws under foot nslting and
deiying the Federal Government and attempt made
reduce him 20 Law and order Such il the insurgeut con
on Of IN. polygnmous kingdom of the atterday saints
All havc heard Of TIM pOygamy-a state OF things Al
which morality dcoency, shame revolts and have been
told how n4tution, abhOrrent 70 human nature i.
kept up ad that II by virtue Of the civil power vested
in Brigham ani hs Saints, still than by his religions
PoWcr-tha there are enough to the institution
II Il that MI civil power a. well a. the religion,
jurisdcion IL in the hands Of Norman authorize 40 tina
this administration s actually responsible the mora
s'nse O the civilized world for the present continuance o
poygamy in the Territory OF Utah.
Enough for view Of home afairs and enough to ne
count Tor the unparalleled dsmssOu n this Adnniatra
ton without the superaddition ofmisconduct abroad bu
there IL enough NJ that 20 have uink IL without the mis-
conduct at home. Never such bellcose Adninisn
ton-pckng quarfels all the time aud eyerywhcfe-an,
building ships and raising troops for the inevitable var
First, Spain vas the power, Cuba the object and IN,
Black Warrior the preteTt II gu haze all heard ab0u
that Black Warrior. and hos Commodore Mactuay w.
sent TO Cuba with ships-Ofwir 20 enforce reires. an
;. bow Minister sent TO Spain To dcua ID H. For
long time IL ne7itable account Of the Bl,c
, Warrior upon a sudden II hdshed up add but f.,
% knew how can tell you. IL w. hu4led 40 thus
u The Minister thst sent 10 Madrid O4cnd II
Ter brinR four months Al his station the Secretary Of
b, cation having charge Of the bu.ines. ~ his alenr,
" shovel the Spanish Minister a Government dispsie
~ which had been four months hand stating The term
which the United States would settle H. Upon the In
slant the terms agreed TO- aud that cherished chanc
Tor with SPAIN ~ take Cuba IN sol.delenoe va
~ lost Bot Whist folowedY Wasthe Secretary Who show
ed the dispatch aud settled the difficulty, thanked by N
a, Administration Not at an He dismissed the -et
= vice. Was the Minister, who showed the dispatch
consufed tor the omission Not al. He was care,
sed, and continued IN Office until he chose n AZ
his own recall That chsnce lost another was incont
nently Discovered. Great Britain aud France we're z,
y log 10 Aidcauze Cubs. Upou the spot the AficaniI,
ton Of Cuba became the alarm Of the Administration
I, aud the cry Of its adberents, aud iDevtab
Wih Great Britain, France aud Span, aud an alIisnc
with Russia w the upon them became tie burden
N their song At ssi Lord Clarendon heard of H. ~
d learned uai this alarm founded upon words
his Parliament IN Of