The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-10-22
THE ARMY IN UTAH

We would like to hear from some Anthem
TIC source for what purpose an army of @.
5OU men is kept in the vicinity Of Salt Ala
City. The cost Of maintaining such a forcs
IN country 1880 miles from our ho,d.,
forms no small addition to the enormou. =,
penses OF our government, and the bensGt
derived from it should be in some dso,sa =,
least commensurate with the cost of m,in.
.aioance. ihe cost of maintaining such A
iorce IN such country cannot, in Tho ~
that our affairs are generally Conducted faii
far short OF $l5, 10000 annually. I, co.,
ting down these figures we have no d..
a guide, and merely guess at the ann ,o,.i
There are no Indians in the yicip;tv ~ .t.
army, nor have they committed .nv d., .u0
datIons in that quarter Tor wears. Tba H.
mons have thrown aside their arms "a ~
Tess allegiance to the United State. sT;.
true they cuta Gentile's throat occa.;o,,lI.
and entirely repudiate the authorize - ~,
U: 5. Courts, and resist its mand,i.. tn.
what Of that? The army is na,.i1,.d y"
instructions from Washington. and csnnc,
act either for the protection Of The I,.. .nS
SuGesah5s' Sns shs .Shcr9iiy s9f of the T.
Gov. Cummings is hand and glove with Rr;c.
ham Young, and many suspect that h. he.
been bought up or converted bona 6d. ~
Mormonism. BE this as it NAV. his acton
so far has shown sympathy with the Mann.
tain Meadow murderers and the o,bsr o,,-
laws whose offences have made them ob;so,.
OF indictment, and against the comets :,r;,
ing for their punishment. The Provo d;e;-
Guilty is yet fresh in the minds Of ever,hod.
Though the Administration (pieadino vn;l;r,
to having given Gen. Johnson one SCI IF in.
struclions and Governor CUMMINGS an on.
trely different and contradictory setl sns-
tanned Gov. Cummings in bis differences with
Judge Cradlebaugh and Gen. johnson. tho
people everywhere sided with the latter
Ihey began to ask, of what benefit il our
army IN Utah II 1t is stopped from ASSISTING
to execute the laws when called unon hv m.
proper officer. If there are no iaifs in which
prisoners can be kept in safety por anv nth.
er mode OF keeping them, except bv trust
ing them to guard Of treaeherona Nor
mons. why was 1t not eminentlv proper that
guard OF soldiers should be called in IN
guard and Keep them until the court award.
eo It's sentence? Since the Mormons nro.
fess fealty to the Governor and onlv .bo,u
their hatred of Us by an occasional oss,,s;n.
alton, and since the army is virtually in tho
hands OF the Governor, who eyinces M d.
position to use it for the protection Of m.
Courts or for the execution of the law, wbo
are burthened With the expense of maintain.
ing 1t IN Idleness in Cedar Valley? OnIv
10 miles from Salt Lake the Indians ors
committing depredasons upon unprotected
emlgrants, many Of whom have been killad
and their property DESTROYED. Why is mt
a detachment ordered to the spot for the
chastise'aept of the savages and the protec-
ton OF the eHigrantsf If the army is k.n,
IN Utah to overawe the Mormons and uer.
petuate the peace which the administrator
has so g!oriousIy conquered, the victory a,
" cost OF Sl5 10000 per annum is likely to
prove little too much of good thing:
The army in Utah is a yerv grea, co,-
venience to Mr.. buchanan. it greatly in.
creases the patronage of the Government
and enables him to give many a tit bi. to
ms friends, and to make the best sort of
Democrats by holding out hopes of fat sun.
ply or transportation contracts. Since tn.
army Is and has been absolutely idls-sincs
1t is rendered imperative and useles, by in
structious from Washlngton-since the b..
mocracy boast that everything is on,e, !,
Utah and glorify Mr.. Buchanan for bring
ing about SO happy a result, and since 4
oOo soldiers are still kept there, it is rem.
sonable conclusion that the forces in Ced,-
Valley remain there only to increase the
patronage of the Government and to enabl.
MIR. }. B. to extend Democratic infusncs
theTeby.-H. Joseph Vest.