The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-23

Peak. We propose 10 supply sixty or
seventy thousand people in Utah; and,
we propose 10 supply one hundred thou
sand American citizens in the Carson val
ley region. s..
This Iiue, 1t is trne, will cost fraction
more than one hundred thousand dollars
beyond what we. are now paying for the
overland service; but IL sends the mail
daily, and itwilt prevent Indian hostiIities
land Indian troubles twill Cnrtail the
expenses Of the Indian department more
than three hundred thousand dollars the
first year. Task my colleague to take the
history OF the country in respect to It's In.
dian rclations since lie has been in Con.
grcss; i ask him TO consider the fact that
no United States mail Wagon has ever
been attacked by the Indians. He. may
point me to the fact that the Great Salt
Lake mail was once attacked by the Sioux
Indians; but reply TO him that the cur,
taius OF that mail wagon did not have up-
on them the magic letters ~. S. Mp or
ii never wonld have been attacked. Ny.
friend knows that private gentlemen ira
yelling over the piaius are iiI the habit Of
placing those letters upon their wagons
or carriages, knowing that it IS sure pro-
lection from attack by the Indians ON the
route. 5..g.. a, ss.e ss....s T.
Now, Mr.. Speaker; say 10 my friend
from Ohio, MIR. Sherman, and TO my.
friend from the Lancaster district 81
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Stevens, one Of
whom, I believe, went TO Chicago, and
there solemnly pledged the American pco.
pie that his party woald send daily
overland mail 10 the Pacific coast, that
/ ask him now To redeem that pledge;
and ! ask the gentleman from Ohio 70 re.
member that -four years and q half ago.
the Democratic party made pledge, at
the Cincinnati convention, that they
would build q Pacific railroad. They did /
not stand 10 that pledge; and l now warn
my Republican friend 10 remember the
fate Of that party in the last election, and
see what will become of them il they also
fail to redeem their pledges. Laugh
ter s... ;.. &. -.-4... ...
Now, If the geltfeuisl will figure up
the cost Of this proposed mail, aud the
cost Of the present service, If they will
take into consideration The fact that the
line is nine hundred miles short
or then the line passing through the dis.
triet of my colleague; If they will take
into consideration the fact that we are
compelled to send tile mail overland to
Utah.. that We are compelled to send the /
mail over and from one coast to the other,
a. Carson Napey and that NE are com.
PEELED to send tie mail to Pixies Peak;
and then take into consideration the in
considerable additional expense Of send
ing the mails daily; not only to them, bnl
to all our people on the Pacific, Iimagine
they cannot look at this additional "a
pense as any very great scare-erow,
When you take into consideration the.
fact that a very short time ago, SG00,000{
was considered by Congress as a very
small sum for carrying the mail, consisting
Of nothing but letters, to Pixies Peak, |
and that it is now proposed to carry all I
the mall letters, newspapers. books, aid |
all--for less than,two hundred Thousand
dollars additional expence. this nnst GER
tainly be admitted by every gentleman TO
be an economical provision. will mott
,letain the House longer on this subject.
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