The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-07
Cost OF the Utah War.

We 6nd in the Constitution Of the 21st, Ia
bular statement OF the cost OF the Utah expedi.
ton to the end OF the second quarter OF 1858.
The figures are taken from the Quarter Master :
Office, and are consequently, as lar rs they go,
authentic. They SUM up $5,l32,7S Sc. How
much this has been increased by the expendi-
ture up 10 this date is not shown, but two or
three millions may be taken as an approximate
estimate, without any danger Of exaggerating.
Much oil the supplies which have been sent out
were lot paid tor at the date to which the re-
turns have been made up. Many trains had not
reached SAT- Lake City IN time to be comprs. d
in the reports from the bureau in Washington
We have no doubts that the aggregate expendi
ture up to the end OF the present fiscal year,
which terminates in June, will range between
seven and nine millions.
Let us now ask ~hat has the country gained
By this extraordinary outlay! We say extra
ordinary, because the expense OF the Utah expe
dnion is charge SEPARATE from the Ordiaary
ex penses OF the War department. is the con
difiOn Ot Utah any better now than it was WHEN
the troops resched Camp Floyd! On The con-
trary. We are informed by the very partiz4ns OF
the Federal Government, that Law vas never
more openly derided, nor order more seriously
n,tnaced by the Mor,Dons. IL Is impossible TO
bring criminals 10 ju tee. The judges cannot
venture TO hold coutt unless the, are SURF und.
ed by protecting bAyoneis. Murders and rob
heries IA frequent Ms At any former period.
The hostility OF the SAINTS to the Gehtlles has
undergone no abatement. Tne M0rmo" orgsu
iz,tion Ia pracncalI, ,ndep. Of the United
States. No tolerance nor cirmeney on the part
OF the tituiar government eau inspire them with
any feeling OF loyalty or any desire iOr a recon-
citation. They are actual y growing in strength
and in uI,n nn he pnn " hirh " re-
adopted Tor the osten-iole purpose of queng
their Ianaticl.in and disn fl, cti0n Gov. Cum
ning, apparently, has Identified himself with
Their policy, i not with their church The last
accounts state that he had summoned The mill
TIA To be ready to repe the troops, il the latter
should respond TO the requist'on oi Judge Cra-
dlebaugh TIE Federal authorities being thus
at variance among themselves, aud the highest
aGthority berg on the side of the Mormons,
there Is 90 ac ual government in the Territory.
What enbrois the quarrel still more and ag-
erivates the ,il:!iulty is the action OF the Cabi-
net at Washii stoa. They have, it appears, re-
solved 10 sustain Gov Cumm.ng, ana 10 recall
or reLuke Judge Cradiebaugh. Conficung in
stiuct,ons are the cause OF the disagree ent be
tween the mil tary, executive aud ldcial pow
ers. Gov. Cumming rec wed one set of ns.ruc-
tions, the Jucges received tilleTeut set, and
Gen. Johnston had instructions OF the nature OF
viii h Gov. Camm ng--until they were quoted
in the controversy between the General and the
Judge-was entirely ignorant.
Since the action OF the Governor has received
the sanction OF the Administration, there can
be no valid reason tOr keeping the army IN Utah
any longer. They have done nothing since their
arrival there. they will not be permits ed to do
anything as long as Cumming is Governor,
and the formal approval which his policy has
received from the President is a strong guaran-
tee that he will be continued in office until
another President is elected. These facts con-
sldered, the troops shsuld get the route tor the
States, where they can be subsisted compara-
lively cheap. In tn entire chapter OF blundcts
which make up the Utah policy of the Federal
government, since the appointment OF Brigham
Young by Mr.. Fillmore, there is nothing that
can compare with the sending thither OF an
army to act simply as osse comitatus, accom-
panied by Governor who declines 10 Call upon
them TO act or to permit item to act in that
capacity. We therefore recommend the with
drawal OF the army this summer. IL is clear
that Mr.. Buchanan will bequeath the Mormon
difficulty to his successor. The hope that u " i'll
be settled, cannot De nationally entertained, un-
I'll the Republican party triumph IN II Pre-lden-
tial election. The National Democratic party
have been tinkering at il for seven years ~ith
the sole re-ult OF making 1t worse. Nothing
can therefore be expected from that quarter
W ere any exponent of the Douglas school TO be
elected, the doctrine Of popular sovereiu0ty y
would compel hin to abandon the M0rmons tn
their own devices altogether, and TO appoint lu
office in the Territory, only those Who would be
acceptable 10 the people; in Other words, Nor
mons. The Erpubl,cAns are pledged by the
Ph,ladtlphia Platform to cure the evil. and
has "a, Ssts.n riIv in
the matter. The squsndetng OF ten millions
OF the public money Is an offence which should
draw down on the Administration the cond.m
u.uon OF all classes aud parties. part Of j,
went into the pockets Ot jobbers aud spe.ula.
tors, and fsvoriies Vi the relgning po~ers, bu,
the most OF ~ Is as ut erly lost as II IL were
cast into the sea. Every cen: at il WAS bOr-
towed, and not a cent Of il has been repaid
There IL nothing earth to show Tor it but
some improvements at Carp FlOy which
suti.rs aud contractors ma. profit by, but
| which can be OF litle use 10 ibe Government -
That ten millions must be a moderate estimate
OF The entire cost wi be conceded, when Iht
| transportation OF the troops from Salt Lske
Valley is taken inIO cUDsi'tet AtiUI,. We have
had war expenditures ~uhout n war, and with
out pu' chasing peace, WITH Mornohi-m, tha
hldeous mockery OF Unr form Of government
aud the principles WHICH govern IL, Is CROWN.
more powerful in its Orgahztt ton aud more ex
ecrable in It's practices. Let The Government
put end 10 the tarce Of keeping sn army 0
orcut alton and observation III Utah, and at Tn,
same time Governor who lays an interd,ct OF
them. compelling them 10 remain idle and inac
tive in camp. The absurdty Of the thing i
gIArin2, but the expense which attends it, rem
ders IT some hat serious matter.
st Louis Democrat