Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-10-07
From the sandusky Rerister. ]
What the Mormon War is Costing, and
into whose Pockets the Money goes.


When the corruptions and extravaganza c
the present Administration, which have emp
tisd the National Treasury and overwhelmet
the country with debt;-are laid bare, Demo
crats Immediately attempt to crawl ont of the
tight place in which they find themselves pla
ced, through the convenient loop-hole of tht
Mormon war. Vallandigham attempted this
feat when performing in this city. Why, said
he, the expenses of the Government under Bu
chanan's rule must be necessarily heavy, for ht
has crushed out the Mormon Rebellion2 Il is
true Saint Brigham teased the old man until
he got him foaming mad and ready to fight
when he 1.-THE Saint cody informed his ram
pant foe that he was only fboling and there
the matter ended.
But the " crushing out " process went on,
nevertheless. The National Treasury was the
object crushed, however, and still bleeds. Let
US see how it was DONE We CLEAN our facts
/ from Mr.. Greeley's late Utah letters. He has
been to the scene of action and examined the
machinery used in crushing"
! The soldiers in Utah eat Mormon -four. But
/ it does not so appear in the accounts of the
army contractors. They receive from the
Government % cents per pound for transpor-
| ting flour from Leavenworth to camp Floyd
In addition TO the prime cost Of the article on
the Missouri. They sublet the contracts at
seven cents per pound, and thus pocket the
handsome sum of $4,000 without investing
one penny or performing moments work fur
ther than settling with sub contractors This
is item number one.
Government favorites have made another
good job in the sale of army mules-some q
600 Of these animals, about two-thirGs of all
the Government owns il Utah, have been sold
TO the highest bidder, under late order from
Washington. The mules cost $I75 each and
brought from $50 to $I15 each Had they
been taken to California or Eeavenwofth they
would have sold for at least 100000 more
than in Utah. Greeley estimates the loss to
the people in the mule business at $20O000 as
the army cannot leave Brigham Young's king
dom without purchasing the mules back at
Mormon prices. This is item number two.
Item number three, the corn operation, isan-
other outrageous swindle. Mr. g. states that
10000 bushels have recently been receiv-
ed from the states at net cost, including |
transportation, $40, 900, or over ss11 per bush
ell. It could have@been bought in Utah, deiiv-
cred at Camp Floyd, at So per bushel, or $780, |
900 in all. The dead loss to the Treasury on
this corn is S280,O00. And where has this
large amount of the peoples money gone ?
Into the pockets of those who bask in the sun
shine of J. 3 I" favor-whc have always vo- !
ted the Democratic ticket, who are expert at
p@tking conventions and mutiiating election I
returns, and who can, ii necessary, do pretty.
good chores in the line of colonizing voters and
stufing ballot boxes.
The above items are given as mere illustra-
tons of the manner in which the treasury has
been bled by army swindlers who are the ia
vorites of the Administration,-und cover
of crushing the Mormon rebellion. This ar
my of about three thousand men still remain
in Utah. They are quartered at Camp Floyd,
about forty miles from Salt Lake City. The
cost of establishing the post was about $780,,
600, and the cost of maintaining the army is
at five million dollars per annum
The people can see by these facts where the
money goes. VIII they longer permit it to re-
main at the mercy Of the vuitures, who swarm
about every accessible avenue to the Treas
nry