The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-21

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pituaton OF Couenga, and when the whole body OF the
enemy that had fought Stockton on the sh and 9th had
gone to meet Fremon-for they suffered material loss
IN those acuons)that these notes written, VIII
kearny shows so much ahectonate solicude for FIRE.
mont
The last note bore date at six o'clock in the evening of
the 18th OF January: here is another at twelve o'clock
the next day-us eighteen hours after the last, and
breathing the greatest impotence TO be joined by his Dear
Fremont" Thus, same page:
"CiUDAp DE Los ANGELES
''Januay Is, lSI1-l2, (noon)
DEAR Fremont; We in force 10 this place-sailors
and marines-ioin possible We are ignorant
OF your movements and know nothing of you further than
your armisuce OF yesterday. f9nrs, ARMY R,ia Con
Lieut. Col FREMONT"
This note like It's two precursors, maintains dead ST.
ence with respect Stockton Like all the rest, II men
tons his sailors and marines, but not himself On re-
ceving them Fremont could certainly have idea that
Stockton at Los Angeles, or had anything 10 do with
the operations, past or impending This note was writ,
ten at II O'Clock noon two hours afterwards went of
another, thus;
'cwOAD DE Los ANeELEs,
January 49, 1872 p m,
"DEAR Fremont; We have been here since the 10Th
have plenty OF marines and sailors we know nothing OF
you except your atmstice of yesterday signed by yourself
intercepted as have received no answer. Come here
once with your whole force and JOIN us or you cannot
possibly have near you more than 3Oo-most prob bty not
more than $50 men Acknowledge the hour of receiving
his and send back the bearer at and write bat hide
may get into the hands of the instead Of mine
We defeated the enemy on the 9Th and on the 9th dur
ing march. Since then they have been much
ed and several, no doubt gone home.
II repeat we are ignorant of everything relating to your
command except what conjecture from your arms
IS. W. KEARNY, Brig Gen.
"ps mot c esnr : g the f s"s%y;
Mounted rhemen" NC.
This is the most elaborate of the four notes; but elab
crate as it is, not long enough TO contain Stock
toms name, nor the slightest aluson to him, more
than If no such person existed IN the world This could
not be accident and not and the time will come for
showing the this systematic Stock
tons from all these notes Affection and solcitude
pervade the letter 1t is, "Dear Fremont it is, to
cannot, let me know, and l will join you Then the at
fectonae caution, do not charge the enemy then the In
junction. acknowledge the hour of receiving this. The
Injunction not to charge IN this is IN the postscript
The two first words, $40 not are UNDERSIGNED IN the
original, to give them emphasis On crossnterogaon,
Keay admitted The His terror Of PGo
Pcos ances precisely much afraid of Fremonts
mounted rifles as he himself was of Pcos mounted Ian
GERS; and each with equal reason. Little did Dear Ere
mont suspect at the time the that to be made of
the answer thus UNFORTUNATELY sought in all these atec
tomato notes. -Four of them in two days. Three in
twenty -four hours! But this not anot all the proofs
of experimenting regard which this brief period called
out IN favor OF this Dear Fremont" This same 9Th of
January that had seen note written at noon and
another at two O'clock also saw third one wrten-not
directly TO him at first but for his eye eventually, and in
tended to answer better purpose than third note to
him on the same day could answer Il was on the same
plan with the at San Diego TO Commodore Stock
ton-an offer 10 take half the force at Los Angeles and
proceed at once to the relief of Fremont Hear it:
''HEApeuARrERs ARMY THE WEST,
"Ciudad dc los Angeles, U. G.. January l3, 1917.
"SIR: Ffear from the armistlce which this morning
saw signed by Lieut. Col Fremont, and by YOU
.hat our unuer C1 fnemon. are ene ,gno
movements and further fear thar, unless something is
Zone at inform them OF the of affairs here
they may capitnlate and retire to the upper country
ITO avoid so serious an evil, advise and offer TO take
one-ha OF this command from $50 TO 800 and march
at once to form a junction wi Lieut. Col Fremont
| Every respectfully, your obedient servant,
"Commodore r. F. STOCKTON
Gov of California, comd'g U. S. forces"
Governor Stockton gave written answer to this ap
plicaton He merely said to Kearny, as he Kearny) tes
lied cross examination (page 72 that he Stockton) did
not think Lieut. Col Fremont in any danger. 1t
preserved by Gen. Kearny and extracted from him
his (page 1857 to prove that he that
day. January 18th, 1S47, at Los Angeles, did, letter
to Commodore Stockton himself, admit him to be gor
srnor Of California; commanding United States forces "
and as SUCH and a subordinate under him, did then
and there, under his official signature OF ''S w
KEARNY Brigader General" ask leave to take the
half of the COmmodore's command and go to form juno
ton with Lieut. Col Fremont 1t was drawn out on the
cross examination for that purposes and to show that
that day il had entered into Keays head to set him
self up for commander chief and is read for the
further purpose of showing the zeal and system with
which Kearny followed up his plan OF exhibiting him
self the anxious friend of Fremont, and Stockton
being Indifferent to his fate. The letter could have had
other object than this for could think of
dividing Stocktons little command of sailors and infan
try, and send out half, without horse to encounter the
whole body of Californian horse, then lying between
Los Angeles md Fremont.
And now for the reason why Stocktons name sys
ematcally excluded from all the notes written by Kear
ny to Fremont and for this passionate desire TO get
separate command to go to him. 1t has been shown IN
that letter of Keamys Stockton heretofore read, in
which he changed the ground of his claim 10 the gov
ernorship of California; shifting il from the alleged in
stucons of the President the conquest of the country
by himself and Fremont he in the two actions of the
sth and 9th of january Fremont in the captulaton of
Couenga! Hear him. "As, in consequence Of the de-
feat Of the enemy ON THE srH AND 9TH INSTANT by the
troops under MY command and the capiudt,on entered
into on the 18Th instant by Lieut.. COL Fremont Nth the
leaders of the CaiorntanS the country may for The
INST time, be considered conquered ~ &c, and there
upon goes to found title to the govenorshp in
virtue of this new conquest thus made by himself and
Fremont Nothing more Ineligible than that. He and
Fremont had conquered the country; consequently he
and Fremont entitled TO govern It, he for four
weeks six weeks, when he would return Missouri,
according to the leave asked before he left New Mexico
and Fremont as long as he pleased afterwards-thus
with the hidden policy of this scheme the sys-
tematic exclusion of Sockons name from all accounts
of the march from San Diego, the actions the way,
the entrance into Los Angeles and the presence of the
conqueros in that capital of the CALIFORNIA; But there
was formality wanting to complete this pretty scheme
and that was, the consent of Fremont; and to obtain
that consent the efforts of Kearny redoubed the
time grew Short and the moment for decision approached
remark permits itself the character OF these four
notes to Fremont On their face they would to be
orders; military they were not; and to ascertain from
Keany himself what character he intended them to have
these questions put 10 him in the interrogation
lip. 72:
Question Were they official orders. familiar
of information in relate impending military events,
and desiring information Of Lieutenant Colonel Fremons
movements in return
ANSWER. They what termed semi-oilicial
written n familiar manner of which have no copies