Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-11-19
Weed OF, Fremont.

ations:-
Since 1t cannot be concealed or denied
that Gen. Fremonts conduct in Missouri
has been the subject Of official inquiry. and
is now The occasion of Executive delibera-
ton. and Of popular selicitude, l have
made Il my business to obtaiD, from various
butreliable sources. information from which
the peoI 10 as jurors, may safely reLder q
verdict.
In coming. as have. to a conclusion
uniavorahle to Gen. Fremont. it is scarcely
neediul to say that had, in doing so. to
conquer" many "prejudices" Nv rela-
latious with Gen. Fremont have been init
mate and pleasant. j believed him emf
nently upright and patriotic. / thought
him well fitted for the high command with
which be was invested aud he went forth
with my heartfelt aspirations that he would
render gooe service TO our country and win
glory for himself
Passing much that might be said, i'm
pugning the sense aud taste of Gen. FIRE.
mont. and combining myself to accusations
undeniably true, submit to the readers of
the journal some facts which will show
them how lamentaSly favored General
disaapoints the popular expectation.
When Gen. Fremont reached st. louis
he took MP his head quarters house for
which the Government is paying $4,000 q
year.
lie surrounded himself with numerous
stah, none of whom were residents of Mis-.
souri organizing. simultaneously, a body
guard consisting of nearly three hundred
horsemen, through which access to the
chief is as difficult as the approach to a
monarch in the darkest ages of despotism.
lie has appointed and commits stoned,
without the shadow of authority. more
than fifty cheers. with the rank Of Colonel.
Lieut. Colonel, Mejnr, Captain, &c, &c.-
Col. Andrews, the United States Pay-mas.
ter, was required to pay these officers, and
upon his refusal 10 do 50. was threatened
with imprisonment. lie was also directed
to make an Illegal transfer Of 100000.
The officers belonging to Gen. Fremont's
staff are interested In army contraets-
Capt. Haskall, an Aid, is a partner Of Col.
Desraf in mule. hay. and other contracts.
Capt. TurBly. United States Commissi-
airy, was ordered To receive and pay exhor-
bitaDt prices Cor inferior mules from Cant.
Haskali. ard upon protesting against the
wrong. was ordered away from the post by
Gen. Fremont.
Capt. Z. NJ. Davis, of Gen. Fremont's
staff, received contract for blankets.
which, on delivery, proved rotten and
worthless, and though condemned, were
paid for and sent TO the hospitals.
The muske;s purchased BY Gen. Fremont
in France. are worthless.
After Gen. Meigs limited tho prices 10 be
PAID for uais at 80 cents. corn at %. and
hay at SlI 80, a contract was made with
Bard and Palmer. palmer, Cook L Co,
of California noteriety,) ct 50 cents for
oats, 80 cents for corn and SIG 90 for hay
amounting in the aggregate to $780,
Gen. Eremout on l,;s ,,rriizsl Al s. Iou;s
was >ssei ~ TIE All ~ <<c1 [.<1r @<-..1s-
panied BY MAJOR Phelps, NJ. O., asking for
reinforcements. which were not sent. =
The Indebtedness Of the Qiartermaster,s
Department, for General Fremont's COM
mand Is ever four millions and hal.l
The disastrous condition Of things is at,
tributable TO the ''malign influences of
California with whom Gen. Fremont be-
came unfortunately connected IL mining
operations, and who hurried from tie Pa.
cihc on learning that be was entrusted
with high military command. These ill.,
omened men, some or all OF whom left a
dark record in California, seem TO have OBJ.
tanned either a voluntary or constrained
control of the Quartermaster and Cumnls,
siary Departments Of Gen. Fremout's mill
itary district. The results and consequent
ces are fatal alike TO the interests Of the
country and the usefulness and reputation
OF the Commanding General. They in
peach either his head or his heart. and so
lar Us be is practically c 'ncerBe6, IL is not
material which, for whether n wicked or a
weak General. be is uu6tted FOR 50 great a
trust.
Nor are these faults, grave as they are,
the only ones 10 which he is obnoxious
The war is being prosecuted by the army
under his command, in u way which recalls
and deepeBs the horrors of Vandalism
Without eOgquering traitors. be j. convert
ing Union men into enemies. His line of
march is marked aud memoIized By spoila-
tons and rayages which disgrace an age Of
civilization. We baye letter dated Tip
ton, Mo, Oct. H. frlm an intelligent OBJ
serving. truthful friend, from which We
take the following extract
From Upton to Warsaw the march was
one continuous devastation, without the
least regard for principles or antecedents.
One Union iran who had kept five sons
from joining the secession forces, had his
place literally Quilted, and the men of As
bOth's aud SisePs divisions killing. ON bis
farID alone. forty sheep. three cows. two
steers, and stealing eight horses. The
cavalry galloped over prairies, lassoing
mules, aud shooting oxen, sheep and hogs,
then chucked them into their already
overloaded wagons. There is scarcely a
fea,bered biped left within FIVE miles on
either side Of tbei. march not a whole
looking glass or an unrihed bureau, no
blanket that has been seizcd FIR all this
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abundance OF PROVISIONS and stores.
The army has now reached Warsaw and
can Advance 80 further. and never was in
tended to advance further. Pfiee aud his
army ore to-day more than seTesty miles
ahead Of ours. Fremont does DOT expect.
and never did expect h oEertake him.
Let the least disaster happen 10 as in
front. and not man will ever return To
tel the s:ory-f9r We stall have LEFT behind
us a nBaddened, beggarsd. famishing. freu-
Eied population, ia which those who were
Union men ten days ago, are to-day our
most bitter enemies"
Such license adds horrors 10 the legiti-
mate and unavoidable evils Of war. An
army that leaves ouch remenbrances along
its Line Of march will be forever execrat.
ed.
1t Is sad to record these things of a
youthful General from whose career the
country looked for herOism tempered with
humanity. But high as our hopes wers Of
General Fremont. We cannot sH,rd. when
whether from fault or misfortune-so
much depends on the wisdom and integrity
OF Generals. 70 be deceived. am, by tho
force OF evidence which canno, Be rasis,ed.
constrsiued to admit that he has sirnslIy
iaiied 10 discharge, with uscfalne-s 70 the
eSountry, or credit to himself, the duties Of
his station.
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