Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-10-06
Buchanan,s Mormon War.


When thacorruptions and extravaganza
of the pleseh Administratian which have
emptied the National Treasury and over;
whelmed the country with debt are laid
bare, democrats Immediately attempt to
crawl out Of the tight place in which they
find themselves placed, Though convenient
loophole of the Mormon war. Vallandig-
ham attempted this feat when performing
in this city.-Why, said he, the expenses OF
the Government under Buchanan's rule
must be necessarily heavy, for he has
crushed out the Mormon rebellion 1t is
true Saint Brigham teased the old man un-
til be got him foaming mad and ready to
fight, when he (the Sain0 cody informed
his rampant overseer that he was only
fooline; andthefe the matter ended. ,sbaII
But the scfushing OUT process went on,
nevertheless. The National Treasury was
the object crushed, however, and still
bleeds. Let us see how the thing was
done. We CLEAN our facts from Mr.. Gree
ley's late Utah letters. He has been to the
scene of action and aud examined the ma
chinery used in crushing" 'a5 s'E s2s52
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 % cent per pound
for Transporting -four from Leavenworth to
camp Floyd, in addition to the prime
cost of the article on the Missouri. They
subIet the contracts ct seven cents per
pound, and thus pocket the handsome sam
of sl70, eco without investing one penny
or performing a moments work further
Chan settling with sub contractors 5dThis
is item number one. J ssea-,1 7s,T '-las
Government favorites have made another
good job in the sale of army ninles-Some
1000 of these animals, about two-thirds of
all the Government owns in Utah, have
been sold to the highest bidder, under a
late order from Washington. The mules
cost s175 each, and brought from $50 to
Il5 EACH. Had they been taken to Cali
fornia or Leavenworth they would have,
sold for at least 500, 900 more than in
Utah, Greeley estimates the dead loss to
the people in the mule business at $780,
900, as the army cannot leave Brigham
Young's kingdom without purchasing the
mules back at Mormon prices. This is
item number two. 81 a.ssz eal co F'ais9
Item number three, the corn operation,
is another outrageous swindle. Mr.. G.
states that $4,000 bushels have recently
been received from the States net cost,
transportation, of $4,000, or
over sll per bushel. 1t could have been
bought in Utah, delivered at Camp Floyd,
at 50 per bushel, or 100000 in all The
dead loss to the Treasury on this corn is
$2S0,OOO. And where has this large
amount of the peoples money gone? In
TO the pockets of those who bask in the
81. BIS" favor-who havn al
ways voted the Democratic ticket, who are
expert at packing conventions and omutila-
ting election returns, and who can, if neces-
sary, do pretty good chore in the lime Of
voters and stuffing ballot boxes.
The above items are givenas mere Illus
trations of the manner in which the treas
ury has been bled by army swindlers who
are the favorites of the Administrations
under, cover of crushing the Mormon rebel
hon. This army Of about three thousand
men still reman in Utah, they are of no
earthly use there. They are quartered at
Camp Floyd, about forty miles from Salt.
Lake City, The cost of establishing the
post was about 100000, and the cost of
the army is established at fve
million dollars per annamI The people
can see by these facts where their money
goes. Will they longer permit it to re-
main at the mercy Of the yultures, who
swarm about every accessible avenue to the
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