The daily gazette., 1878-12-12


regular army, called out great holy of
volunt, els, and employed some militia
OF the Southwest. Waged on foreign oil
and mostly far remote from our holder
line, the land operations were very .x-
pensivs. Paying for every thing We OBJ
aimed The enemy's cout try, the cost
OF supplies was enormouly large.
Gen. Taylor led n column of troop
from Co pus Chrieti hundreds of miles
into the interior of Mexico, fighting all
the way, till he won the crowning victory
of Buena Vista. Gen. Woo, with another
column, made long detour through the
States of Nuevo Leon, Cohahuila, and
Chihuahua, and joined Taylor at Buena
Vista. Gen Patterson, the same Patter-
son that let Stone wall Jackson slip away
from the Shenandoah Valley fifteen year s
later and help Beauregard at Bull Run
hs led another army down the Gulf
through the State of Tamaulipas, which
he held. Gen. Kearney penetrated with
his forces to New Mexico, and, after cap
turing that province, took u squadron OF
dragons across TO California, arriving ON
the Pacific just IN time To learn that that
rich prize was already in the Possession
of Commodore Stockton aud Col. Fre-
mont. And all this time Gen. Caleb
Gushing lay with his legions in grim re-
pose on the banks of Tue Rio Grautle,
eager to fight the distant foe If he could
only get at him.
These were very costly operations. But
their expense dwindled away by the side
OF the vast outlays Of Gen. Scouts army,
which. having carried Vera Cruz by
bonn bardment IN March, 1S47, won So
ries of victories that brought 1t TO the
city OF Mexico, which, after much hard
fighting under its walls oapitulated to
our forces on the 14Ih of September of
that year.
We need not detail other army opera.
tions, which were protracted far into the
following year, and conducted ON a cost
ly scale.
Our navy was busily employed, though
this being a laud war, its achieveme nts
were not illiant. II captured California,
II guarded our commerce. In the Gulf, IL
made raids along the enemy's coast, IL
ala heavy amount of transportation,
and made way with a great deal of
money.
We made vast acd uIsitions in this war.
Disregardlng merely temporary captures,
we carried the boundary line of 4. xas TO
the RIO Grande, we conquered and AN
nexsd New Mexico and California, aud
some disputed territory lying between
the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Ne
haa anu Will tutSt InOtl--
ands of square miles we obtained the
Richest gold and silver mines on the
globe. This war also produced its mill
tary heroes. Of these Taylor aud Pierce
reached the Presidency, Scott and Free
mont struggled in vain for that prize,
while less fortunate brigadiers ana colo
nth got seats in Congress. This was n
good deal of war. The Wings and Abo-
ltlonists den' inced 1t as UNANIMOUSLY un-
just and enormously wasleiul. Let us
see what II cost.
In 1916 the Polk Administration spent
on the army SIC, Alb 200; in l847, S35, $40
900; in 1913, s27 ,6SS 900; making total of
Sl3,ql ,HO. In lS47 IL spent on the navy
81 400, 900; in l547, 81 800, 900; in 1888, 50.
4O6, 6,UD;maklng total of S23, ,763, 900 Here
We have an aggregate for both branches
OF the service III The three years of the
Mexican war, amounting to S77 ,704 900.
Thus we see that the Fraudulent Ad-
minisIration spends in three years fifty
per cent Inur1 on the army, and one
hundred per cent. more on thu navy than
Polk expended on those branches OF the
publlc service while carrying on the Mex
loan war
All these figures are from Off eial
sources, and they are accatae. Look at
them in any other light. The aggregate
cost OF army and navy operations n the
Two wars with England and Mexico was
elo' 100 600 each war lasting nearly three
years. The Fraudulent Administrator o D
ON ITS own showing, is.xpending in lime
OF peac" for military am uaval object. in
three years the sum of Sl55, l24 900. This
Is only sl2O06 900 less than IL cost to car
ry ON These two expensive W irs Aud
when the usual deficiency bills appear
'hty VIII no doubt absorb these twelve
millions, or even more
In the light of these facts, il II not
cleas that the expenditures OF the Fraud.
ulent Administration for the army and
navy are the most outrageous swindes
ever perpetrated by a Governm ent on a
people