Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-04

COL. FRENONT'S DEFENCE The Ma.
'ional ln'ciiIeencer, Of Saturday, publishes The
conclusion u his vo!umInou, nuc1meni We
nave before fenaked That il was very able pa
ger, AID ms lat er portion more Ully exemplifes
II than DIG even ihr frs: part. Ii comprises an
analysis VI The testimony AMI olAer proc in az.
tempt 10 SHOW that Gen. keainy had es,h,
ods, aud Tor The nnrnnse tf-tjo'oe-sA"7r
Gess, (hearny) and IS, therefore, OF especial in.
ieresi. The defence say:
"a prosecutor should have none but public mo.
lives his testimony should be sciupuous y fair
towards the accused II he cUn,radlcls other Wit
ncsses, which General keatny has dohs, it be-
CONES necessary 10 weigh their respective credit
All the conflicting testimony ia then reviewed,
the fpilo"ng synopsis q! which We quote:
"Cumm0dOvc Stockt0ns testimony regarding
the maIcn 10 Los An9eios, IN particular was
shown To 6e directly At Variance with Gen. kear-
| ny's on the came subject Stockton explicitly de-
clarcd that he considered himself as comuai der
n.chiei, both On field OF battle and on The march,
and AGED as SUCH whilst KearDy declared he
was commando in. hei, and that Sucklon &C.
cumpar!e,: him merely as sort oi vnlunlrer -
Several witnesses had sworn that Commodore
Stockton sent orc T, 10 kenrny; ann Stockron's
hid-de cam ia particular, asseried hr had borne
orieIs in his stiicial capacity Ia keany on the
non at heir receipt The regiment raised by
Lieut.. Co. Fremont was raised under The ORDERS
ci Commodore Stockton, and il was therefore
sunlec! 10 naval, AMI not military authority
There was good deal OF reiIerari' "t yes'sr.
days defence rs 20 the charges preferred BY Gen.
kcarny. HIS siaicmen, mat he had preferred
hu a single charge, whilst the Secretary oil War,
as WEI a. Inc Jntse Advocate, stated that all the
charg5. were based on ,iii,ial charges furnished
by Gen kearHy, and tha The 7h specification in
paricu!a! was IN his (kearuy's) own writing,
was iorcib!y brought oui. The charge IN rca-
ion 10 tie loss Of The cannon, Gen. kearny stated
hc hal Oh aimed from official Information iur-
Eishei by Major Cooke, and that he knew noh-
ing personally Oi the malef. To this Major
Cooke testified that his report was made gu. IN
consequence OF information given him for that
purpose br Gen. kea!ny. On The whole, the evil
dtnce Of Gen. KearDy having been proved TO be
fQisus IL ahiO, should be considered as fdisus IN
omnibus The defence considered that these dltfi
cullies have arisen in consequence OF faulty or
der> sent out from This place; next in The unjusii-
fable conduct OF Gen. Kearny; thirdly, in the
conduct OF the government in sustaining these
preensi0ns. 10 conclusion, Tie defence CONSIDER
ed il was right the d I'll uies in California should
b. inquired iuio-bu how2 Not by prosecuting
The subordinate. but The principals Il IL was
crime 10 accep, the government rom Commo-
dore Stockton. ii was a crime in him 10 have be-
slowed II; AMI in either case, crime or no crime,
the government, which was informed OF their in
tention and did no, forbid it, has los! the right Of
prosecu ing either. Col Fremont then stated he
was ready to receive sentence"