The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-11

hua. and Joined TAYLOR ut Bucna Vista.
Con. PATTERSON tho same PATTERSON that
let SToNEwALL JACKSON slip away from the
Shenandoah Valley fifteen years later
and help BEAUREGARp at Bull Run--hc led
another army down the Gulf through the
State of Tanaulipas, which he held Gen.
KEARNY penetrated with his forces to
New Mexico and, after capturing that prov
ircc. took squadron Of dragons across to
California. arriving on the Pacific just in
time to learn that that rich prize was al
ready in the possession Of Commodore
SrucKToS and Col. FREMONT And all this
time Gen. CALEB CUSHING lay with his L.
gons in grim rcposc on the banks ~ the
Rio Grandc. eager e. fight the distant foe If
he could only get at him.
These were very costly operations But
their expense dNindlod awgy hy the s.dc Of
the vast OUTLAWS Of Gen. SCUlr's army.
which, having carried Vera Cruz by bon-
bardmcut In March, 1917. won n series OF
victories that brought it to the city of Mex
leo. which, after much hard fighting under
its walls. captulatcd to our forces ON the
lith Of September of that year.
We need not detail other army operations.
which were protracted far into the following
year, and conducted on costly scale.
Our navy was busily employed, though
this being land war, its achievements were
not brilliant. Ii captured California, it
guarded our commerce in the Gulf, it made
raids along the encfny's coast, 1t did heavy
amount of transportation, and made way
with great deal Of money.
We made vast acquisitions in this war.
DisrcgardinR merely temporary captures.
we carried the boundary line OF Texas to
the Rio Grandc, We conquered and annexed
New Mexico aud California, and some dis
putcd territory lying between the Rocky
Mountains and the Sierra Nevada and with
these hundreds Of thousands Of square miles
we obtained the richest gold and silver
mines on the globe. This war also produced
its military heroes. OF these TAYLOR and
PIERCE reached the Presidency, SCOrr aud
FREMONT struggled in vain for that prize,
whlc less fortunate brigadicrs and colo
ncls got seats in Congress. This was a
good deal OF a war. The Wings and Adolf
tionists denounced it as UNANIMOUSLY unjust
aud enormously wasteful. Let W. sec what
IL cost.
In 1916 the POLK Administration spent on
the army SlOil5.OOO; in isi7 s3j,sio.OO0; in
1878, S27 .6ss 600; making total uf S73,9iloo0
In 1916 IL spent on the navy. sG,4j5.Oj0; in
ls47. s7goo.oo0; IN 1913. s9.los.o,o; making a
total Of 80. $4,000. Here we have an uggre-
gate for both branches OF the service IN the
three years Of the Mexican war, amounting
~ S97 7Oi.000
Thus we see that the Fraudulent Admins
traton spends in three years fifty per cent.
more on the army, and ono hundred per
cent. more ON the navy, than POLK expended
on those branches Of the public service while
carrying on the Mexican war;
All these figures are from official sources.
and they are accurate. Look NJ them i'm am
other light The aggregate cost Of army
and navy operations in the two wars with
England and Mexico was lG7130,Ooo. each
war lasting nearly three years. The Fraud
ulent Administration, on its own showing. j.
expanding In time Of peace for military and
naval objects in three years the sum Of
Si55, i2i,O0o. This In only Sl2,o6,ooo less than
it cost TO carry on these two expensive
wars! And when the usual deficiency bills
appear they will no doubt absorb these
twelve millions, or even moro.
In the light of these facts, Is il not clear
that the expenditures Of the Fraudulent
Administration for the army and navy are
the most outrageous swindles ever perpc-
tratcd by Government on people