The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-24


IL paid for -four for the troops. We
eat the best for sale and only pay six.
Whsre do those tWenty-two dollars 60
TOP Some chemical process may have
got IA vogue, whereby -four Is reduced
in bulk and weight 70 IN essence. If
50, We would like to have the world
know IL. Science should not hide It's
useful candle undcr busheI Let It's
blaze shine and throw light all around.
We heard 81 . creature the other day
saying II was ia presumption,
to talk disparagingly Of government.
officers. Wen, itmay be; but we are
knownto be presuming fellows anyhow.
Mr.. Floyd, while he y Secretary Of
War, Is open for our criticism, and 20
is every public officer ia the United
States. As ! couple Of Americans,
and on behalf Of our fellow-citizens
we ask for Mr. Floyd's balance-sheett
The army are logged and marched
around from fort to fort, over deserts
and mountains, through forests and
marshes Their bones are strcwed on
the plains and gnawed by the wolves;
and for what? To accommodate a
| parcel Of greedy spectators.
Who next will raise the cry Of
Essfre?D A few ambulances laden With
venom, il il said, left for the far:east
the other day. II would not surprise
us to hear Of loud talk in the Great
City down there bye and bye. But they
may below The people Of the United
States, We trust, are opening their eyes;
and they viii probably watch closer and
act with more precaution IN future.
But should this not Be the case,
should the contemplate wolves, who have
provided around US 50 long, watching
Il for victims and bones to gnaw, succeed
in raising another storm; wewill abide,
we do not dread, the result. Let the
! storm gather again, II gather il must.
Il God protects the honest and Yirtuous.
I'VE have weathered many q storm, and
can do II again. When tho squall comes,
! we viii reef top-sails and seud under
bare poles once more. We know we.
have done right. We have no political
principles but find an Endorsement In
tho Constitution Of our country.
But the villains who hold in their
! hands the bloody knives pointed At the
/ heart Of the holy fabric Of our Liberties
Flupon them we are down. Between
them and us il IS war, war to the knife
i Whatever shape they assume, whatever
their professions Of patriotism, we des-
pise, and shall ever make war upon
them. Blood for gold has been their
motto from their FIRST entrance into
public life. Our nation, which was
once, and should ever Be, q pattern to
oil nations, and the strong armed ad-
Ilvocato Of the rights Of mankind, under
4 their influence is becoming the advo-
cate and protector Of vice and yillainy.
Corruption IS already cankering her
yitals; and honest men have begun to
Eseek seclusion from public life. s .=s..
We demand a full investigation into
!, the character Of all who hold Offices OF
TRUST under our government. IL q
member Of the cabinet be found tam
lpering with contracts and squandering
public treasure, drag him before the
public gaze, nor permit his influence at
an election to interfere with the just
judgment of the law 1.-THE discussing
officer of q territory dishonors his COM
mission, and uses the public funds in
private or, perchance, questionable
speculation, show him, expose him, ex-
hibit him to the people. We viii edo
our endeayor" TO aid in such . cause.
Any s'treasonn in all this III.
no OUR AGENTS AND READERS.
! FRRoUESr inquiry has been made, b.
i Agents, and others, concerning the
kind Of pay We take for the Noun.
!. TAIEEER. We viii take cash. We ara
j under the necessity Of raising severa
thousand dollars, in cash, to pay fol
!, Epress, type, paper, fixtures, &C., in ad,
; dition to the outlay for current ex'
j Epenses. It viii therefore be readily
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