The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-23

ger TWAS a further offence against MIR Carson in this
that Gem Kearny required him absolutely return, and
made him believe he had the right do so. and
strained him TO go back against his will All this Mr.
Carson will and Carson the soul OF truth and
honor These the facts OF the turning back Of the
messenger they constitute grave offence, and amount
TO emany and unofcerke conduct the part Of
General Keany But his misconduct does not stop there
Conscious of his improper behavior he concealed from
Com Stockton in his letter OF the I'd December, 1916,
from Warmers rancho, and wrote in a way TO make
him believe that Mr. Carson had gone Washington
with The dispatches This is the way he told ITO Com
stockton: Yor express, by Mr. Carson, mot tie
DEL Norts, and your mat must haze reached Washington
at least days - mode OF speech which not only
suppressed the truth. but suggested lasehood for the
language naturally imported that he had gone with the
mail The letter containing this sentence is No. OF the
vouchers appended by Com Stockton to his official des
patch and the point materially the character
of Gen. Kearny, and the whole letter will soon be want
ed in another part of my Speech here give it entire
81 this afternoon reached here (Warne rancho)
President Of the United States We left Santa Fe on the
co. annexed il TO the United States established civil gov
that territory, and secured order, peace, and
uuiene If you send parry open commu-
ncation with the this place, and inform
of the Of affairs in California wish you would do
into the hands of the Mexcans prevents from writing
more Your express by Mr. Carson was met on The Del
Norte, and your mail have reached Washington al
least ten days since"
This is the letter quoted now to show the glarng in
stance of the suppressiO and suggeso d which 1t
contains There other parts of it for which and
application will be found in the course OF The observations
which shall find occasion To make. more serious
task now presents self-no less than charging General
kearny with false swearing before the court martial in
relation to the OF Mr.. Carson from Washington
with the answer Of the government TO the dispatches of
Commodore Stockton. That answer was of immense
moment to Stockton and Fremont, and the main object
OF sending on the dispatches. They had engaged in
military operations without official notice OF the with
Mexico. They had conquered the country, established
a civil government and incurred great expenses, which
remained to be paid The first earthly object with
tthem, was to know whether their conduct would be
approved, their acts justified and the expenses paid
for which they had become responsible The con-
quest was completed in August; Carson was de-
spached September, selected for his energy, courage
and fidelity, pledged to have the answer OF the govern
back hundred and twenty days, and equipped
to enable HIM to accomplish ms saskE.y horses SIX
Fremont to equip him tor his return. He had the CONT
nent cross, from the Pacific to the Atlantic wothds
of the distance infested BY hostile savages He made the
first STAGE the hardest and dangerous. from Los
Angeles to Santa Fe, within me-a thousand miles of
desert and dangers, ealing nothing but parched corn in
thirty days. without the loss OF man, but with the loss
| OF thirty -four horses He in the valley of the Del
Norte, in the midst of the settlements of New Mexico
within four days of Santa Fe and his family. He felt
triumphant in his undertaking. that the remainder OF the
distance easy, and that he should redeem his pledge
and be back to Stockton and Fremont within the limited
time. bearing the answer from the government which
they much desired. 1t was in reference TO this
peced return and the vital importance of receiving the
answer Of the government to his dispatches, that Com
Stockton thus speaks in his letter OF the Attn OF February
when giving the of Gen Kearnys first attempt
begin quarrel with hun for the governorship of Cali
| forna:
"Ireplied to him, SC and that had informed the gop-
thar should appoint Colonel Fremont gopernor
had pledged nye to Colonel Effmont TO do that the
or disappropai probably on is mIy 10 me- he
had NOT inte,red oth my cypress i ood probably hare re-
This is the official statement of Commodore Stockton
to the government equivalent in point of credtto say
nothing of his own charactert deposition upon oath
Now what says kearny for it SO happens that he
Intercepted this point before the court martial AT
page AZ Of the printed trial, we find this question and
swer
"Q.est,on. Did he mr. Carsonl not also tell you that
he carry back dispatches from Washington Com
modore Stockton and Lieut.: Colonel Fremsnt!
him to return but he had not 10 do 80 and he
has since told me that he would not have done 500
This is the answer; and it stands contradiced by the
cumstances and the very nature and of the
Upon that despatch, and upon these circumstances and
in view of the for sending Mr. Carson 10 Wash
ingon the conclusion is irresistible that Gen; Kearny
falsely before the court in the answer to the ques
ton which has been read'
back that express Ii Carson had not been turned back
he weud have returned Los Angeles by the 18th Of
Januarythe very day which the struggle of Kearny
for supremacy Stockton vergng to crisis, and
two days before Fremont became involved in their quar-
rel He would have carried back the Presidents appro
red back he definite ORDERS Of the 9Th of November
the first that went from Washington to relieve the naval
commander from the conquest and government of Cali
forna, and directing them to reinquish the land
mand and the civil government to kearny and, in so
doing would have prevented all the disastrous conse
quences which have resulted from keanys faulty orders
and unlustnable conduct and all the unhappy
quences which are yet to result to individual character
from such bnnders and conduct
Secondly. The next piece of misconduct in Gen Kearny
was in not turning back his whole force and proceeding
TO the of the military operations Mexico, when
he got the intelligence, and that at the of his
sartng that every object intended to be effected by him
in California already accomplished. This informa-
ton given to him by Mr. Carson and he acted upon
so far to promulgate it in ORDERS TO write to the
nnu and IN to- arrxr
army California He turned back the main part of his
troops; reduced himself to what he called escort"
a guard" of one hundred dragons to conduct him to
California protected by the dragons, and guided by Car
son. This military crime, for which repre-
henson was due. An officer is not allowed to waste
time and in going to do what has already been done
His orders dead the instant he knows their object has
of them, for his personal accommodation, to go thou
sand miles. He cannot carry of troops to conquered
country while an uncOnquered lies before him,
wiling his arms. All this was duly presented to the
court martial during the trial last winter and an extract
from what was then read to the court will supply
part OF my speech:
When Gen. keany, at the outset of his march, met the
"Mr Carson since in Washington and given
the following statement in relation the turning back
the truth OF which, as OF everything else that he says
derwrte;
| Statement of Mr.. c. Carson
met General Keany with his troops the 9th of December
about miles below Santa Fe had heard before their
they too ate"hat California
states nag raised in all of the country
CIVIL government told him civil
and Colonel Fremont appointed to
October Kearny no difference that
he was friend OF Colonel Fremont and he would make