Mr. Editor;—My friend Mr. LaChapelle
seems 10 feel quite venomous towards the Gar
rison at Prairie du Chien. He Wants the
Council to put it m their mouth, and petition
Congress for its removal. ~ir. L. has con
sented that tho resolution bo laid over until his
constituentscan be consulted—Not a man of
them will go in for the measure, or very few.
The horse leach would as soon petition for a
removal of the animal from whose veinsit
draws its food, as Prairie do Chien for a rem
oval of the Garrison—The wood contract, hay
contract, corn contract and the trade of 200
soldiers—these rich bones have been yearly
served out to the citizens there, from Uncle
Sam’s table, and if they have not grown fat, it
is because they depended too much on Uncle
Sam, and too little open themselves, Mr. L.
says that divers outrages have been committed
by the soldiers upon the citizens. This is
true, and vice versa. Thera are ten or a dozen
licensed greggeries tn that small place, from
whi -h the Cousty derives a respectable reven
ue. No wonder that frightful tragedies are enac
ted tn aplace where every breeze brings to your
nostrils the stench of a doggery. The will
of the devil would be done in such a place,
though he should not visit it for 90 years.
The officers of the Army would rejoice at the
extinction of the groceries. But for some rea
son they are patronized by the Commissioners.
