Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-31


corps. . 81.
We shall have occasion to refer to this famous
epistle again, and, in the meantime, we advise
this Mr.. Goicuria not to permit himself here
after to he employed to soil the characters Of
gentlemen with whom he is unacquainted, OF
to write letters on subjects of which he knows
nothing and by all means not to claim such
an overwhelming intimacy with the President
of the United States.
The UTAH ExPEDITIoN.-But for the urcen,
demand of Governor Walker before he cnnclu-
ded to unite his practical fortunes with the To-
pekaites, for the continued presence in Kan.
sas of large portion of the troops destined r.
participate in the Utah expedition, and collect
ed in Kansas to that end, the Utah trouble:
would have been over by this time Tits clear
to our mind after near seven years expert
ence in frontier warfare, that the preparations
originally made by Brigham Young did not
contemplate an armed resistance to such an ar
my as the Secretary of War had prepared to
hail down on him. Had Walker permitted all
the forces so designed to fulfil the original liz
tentiOns of the Government here, ere this time
the Mormons, with Brigham Young at their
head, would have been as docie as shorn lambs.
But Governor Walker, under the plea that he
anticipated hostilities to his government on the
part of his subsequently found friends, the To-
pekaites, detained sufficient of the force in
Kansas to embolden Brigham and his followers
to assume their present attitude of rebellion
Nevertheless, the history Of the unexampled
m oh of ha hat 4 4.
over thousand miles of desert at an incement
season of the year, in its triumphant success,
without the mishaps heretofore always incident
to such undertakings, reflects the highest pos
sible credit on the sagacity, energy and effec-
uveness of the head Of the War Department.
under whose-control and direction all the ar
engagements necessary to its so great success
were of course planned and carried out. A
late number of the New York Herald, how
ever, explains what we mean far more forcibly
than our pen can express it; so we quote that
journal on the subject as follows
The UTAH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE
ARRANGEMENTs.-lt will be seen from our cor
respondence published Yesterday that the expe-
ditlon 10 Utah is getting along much better than
the public has been led to suppose by the private
accounts which have been pubIisbed from tim.
to time On the 4th of November Col Jobnston
the commander, joined the army with two com.
Phnies of infantry and squadron Of the Second
Dragons, in the vicinity of Fort Bridgrr, bring
Icy up with him all the supply and su.ler trains
that had been in the rear
His arrival had changed the face Of matters
completely, and the expedition confidently ex-
peeted 10 push forward AT once 10 Salt Lake CITY
thcTe beinI nothing. in the estimation of our cor.
respondent, who * with il. except the elements
that could stop it, When we take into consider
anon That this army had marched more than one
war
supplies. except q sparse growth of grass with
"ut other accident than the stamped ny of A few
ANIMALS by Mormon scouts and that now when
nj Fort Bridger within Il hundred and thirteen
miles 0f Salt Lake City, il was full OF hone and
confidence, and DESTROYS OF proceeding al onc,
through the dehles OF the mountains il will he
evident That the PrePa rations made for this march
were most 1mple and complete. ID was not to he
eNPec'-d ihat The army could reach its destiRa-
non without losing large portion Of its animals.
ana :" nearly using up the remainder to rem
der Them Hnfit for time for service No march
Oh Thousand miles could be accomplished with
out this result.
The CABINET on THE KANSAS OUEsTIoy-
To-day, the reader will find on our first page
replies from members Of the Cabinet to invita-
TONS to attend the recent remarkable Demo
cratic meeting in Philadelphia Tomorrow
we shall publish the rest. They are papers of
great Importance, insomuch as they. one and
all, evince determination on the part of their
respective authors to sus tain, with heart and
soul, the Kansas policy which President Buch-
anan has felt it to be his duty to adhere to.
Independent Of their really great merits as
arguments upon the duty Of Democrats on
principle in the present condition of American
public affairs, they are of national Importance
insomuch as they prove beyond peradyenture
that the whole heart and soul of the Executive
branch Of the Government is earnestly enlisted
in the Democratic party cause as involved
in sustaining the Kansas policy of President
Buchanan.
We commend them to the reader as EN-.
bracing a collection of arguments in favor of
the Democratic policy with reference to the
Kansas question, no where excelled in patriot
ism and ability. ....
The PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF THE