The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-16

ron,' Nethe inference being. of course, that Al
evant and deciding the character OF The inefyew) TUNED
out that went IN com pace WIN the ren euue.t OF
The witness 10 see on business Again, day. j
was first met by detachment from Com Stockton Ic
- III came from Comnodore stockton, svs infor-
unfairly, by Commodore Soekton of his oSn
notI ~ the important fact appearing, however when
was hed oul al Tue written request Of Gen k-arny,
parry 10 open com nuHcaton with HIN, &c. So Ia the
doe Stockton 5ows Your srp1es, bv NJ caS,oa ana,
Hsf 0" Ae Del Norie and ash-
ngon at least ten days sIaomittng the material fact
@ ait larson, IN addition 10 being met, likewise
t""sd oaek ana leaving the inference that had gone
aa IN hls testimony on the sixth day OF the trn speak
my Of ms position on the hill of San Bernardo the witness
says stated TO the doctor and Others that would
eht morning, winch We accordingly did Lieut.. Gray Of
me ndpy, wih gallant command Of sailors and marine
tapang come INTO or amp The mgh preoioustbe inference
oeig at Lieut. gray aud his command came voluntarily,
2 oy chance into the camp; the fact being, that it
detachment OF 2io men, from San Diego expressly for
me el's oil General hearnys camp, and ia pursuance OF
MS repeated urgent calls for of Them Chat by
Lieut. Beae Mr. Carson and the lndan) conveyed through
cumsances Of devotion and courage unsurpassed but
mention of which is found in the official report, any
par oil The testimony oil General hearny'
give these as examples, taken only from two days pro-
ceedngs o. vast deal Of The same sort Of testimony run
ning through General kearny's examination"
But | cannot omit the signal instance of this mode OF
bali telling and thereby making falsehood out of few
words OF truth, which took place at the time OF the
at Fort Leavenworth General kearny being inerroga
ted as TO where and how the arrest was made answered
that Lieut. Col. Fremont the Office of Col
w harton, commanding at Fort Leavenworth | asked
INN 10 disrnount and come into the Office he did
On has taking seat al my request, gave him copy of
my ORDER Now, from this mode OF telling The last half
and leaving out the first and main half would be sup
posed that Fremont got on horse and rode up to
Wharons Office, waiting to be arrested: that kearny saw
HIM by chance, waiting, and asked him TO get down
of his horse and come into the office and then gave him
copy oil the order OF arrest. This is the IL would
be understood but examination brought out the
other halt OF the story and totally changed its whole face
II brought out the fact that AN orderly sergeant had been
sent two miles TO bring Fremont TO that otfice-o
report him as being the oice-to leave HIM his
horse until the General called him down and then be-
lore giving him copy OF the order of arrest he read to
him IN the presence OF witness, Col Wharon,) in vo-
atlon OF the military regulations which require the
rest OF an oihcer when not necessary to conine hIm TO
be made with decomm, by sealed letter and. that il
was not necessary to confne Fremont proved by the
tact that he was left al large to stand about the fort for
hall day-watng the leisure of the ordnance sergeant
the only person that spoke TO him in the fort except
the witness, Wharton and then left 60 nine miles thai
night 10 sleep IN the woods
Now the false impression suggested by the manner OF
Emorys statement is OF the same character with this
class of falsehoods thus shown TO be habit of Kearnys
To say that they met Capt Gillespie" &C. is but half
telling where whole telling essential TO the TRUTH and
where half telling not only leaves imperfect but
ates impression. The truth this instance
is, that the party which Gen. kearny met he had pre-.
viousy sent tor-sen for in written urgent application
to Stockton TO send party TO open communication
with hmand this is the part omitted Were the oms-
sion only In this place. 1t might pass without remark
arising IRON haste lnadveence: though relater,
having no object but to narrae the truth, could hardly
have failed to speak of the partys arrival without
expression to show that the meeting had been requested
and looked Tor. But shall show iha, the omission
was systematic: not an omission supply in this anony-
nous piece, but wherever the matter has been
toned IN writings IN the interest of kearny and this
upon plan shall show that kearny set the
ample and that this statement in the Picayune and
the subsequent one, by the same author and nearly
in the words contained in Emorys book report,
little than copies from Kearnys original and thus
the coinage, where belongs, kearny's
Under date OF 18th December kearny made report to
the department. protesting 10 give an account OF his
movements from the time OF leaving Santa Re down 10
the eve of the battle OF San Pasqua. We find, how
ever mention of his letter 10 Aockton, requesting the
marching Of 'a party TO open communication with him"
though this was ms movement, and most proper for
him report But instead the matter is related in the
identical manner OF Emorys two reports, and confined TO
the actions of Others and emitting the acts of the writer
himself Here Is the passage
On the 9Th was met by small party of volunteers under
Captain Gillespie, sent out from San Diego by Commodore
Stockton to gue what information they possessed of the
enemy"
The thing is related, and in the same manner, in
kearnys testimony before the court-martia, p. 43
g was aiming approach the lower part Of Upper Cal
iorna, and was first met by "a detachment from Com
lnodore stockton" &c.
We have, then, four separate and distinct accounts Of
this meeting by kearny with detachment from Stock
ton all of them agreeing in the statement of half of
the fact and that the same half and all agreeing In the
omission OF half, and that the two OF the
counts by Kesrny himself, of them under the
still higher sanction of judicial oath third OF the
four accounts, in the book and the OF Emory:
the fourth in newspaper publication, made with EN-
orys vouched for It's particulars, and issued in
place where Emory had just arrived mission direct
from Kearny with this identical despatch from Keany in
his possession and where there other present
who could have any knowledge the subject, unless
derived'-like the particulars of the Picayune-
=" from Capt Emory. Here they are-the four passages
two from the originals of Kearny-two from his copy
list, Emory-in collateral columns, that the identty-the
curious identity-beween them may be the more pal
pabe
KrARYY. EMORY.
Report Emorys Book lEorys Peay
account
ION the 5th al aiming Dec o. ON the ION the 5h
BY alto approach heIway NIT htMET Capt GU
small party part OF Up Capt Gillespie e who had
California, slipped
nouan Midsbip San
deiaehIof Nth THIRTY
him
What Stockton DC rrryI sent Kearny) Of has
formation ney from San DegodangY.'
possessed Of the nth despatch 70
enemy Gen heaTny'
Now if these all true, different persons
who present. personally aware of the crcum
stances, would make their statements substantially alike
possibly with close resemblance the above; but
they all imperfect and erroneous, and imperfect
and erroneous the particulars, the conclusion
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