New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-15
TIE CHARGES AGAINST GEN. FREMONT

CLEAR AND PORCIBLE STATEMENT.
The Boston AGrertiser gives the following extracts
from private letter dated ST. Louis, Oct. 8:
There never was a more 5onseless cutlery than that
recently raised against Gen. Fremont. lie has done
all that human energy could accomplish, under cir
cumstances Of tho utmost difficulty aud embarrnss-
ment have had good opportunity Of knowing the
facts Of the case. When he took the head OF the
Western Department he found 1t IN miserable con.
dtion. IhOSe Hk2 are HOw mast btfctfy dssdihnP
him had held the direction OF affairs Tor some months
previons and bro managed things with such mAleS-
lie skill that we had for the defense and redemption
Of disloyal State, neither arms, nor ammunition,
nor men. There were nine or ten THOUSAND three
month"; treops near the end OF their term, discOn-
tented aad restless. impatieDty waiting to be mus.
tered out Of service. The greater part Of these were
the German Home Guards, who bad become lun-
Justly IT is true, but actually 10 obnO1ioue 10 the
people OF this city and State that their employment
on any duty YVES one Of the Irritating causes -
most frequently alleged. There were not more than
ice HoaSond troops who conid be depended upon
FOR the carnpaignl OF these, part were with
General Lyon, who was at a post OF great dan
GER to winch ala eyes were beginning TO be Oh.
rected. He had less than Blk thousand men, oil
whom more than half were "three-mOnths' men,
and mcCulloch and Price were coming against him
with twenty three thousand. Then came the cry
for reeniorcements, but Con. Fremont had none Ia
send He found none here ready 10 his hand. and
there had yet been no time to create them. Birds
point Pilot-knOb, and ST. Louis itself, were all IN
danger md every man was required for their
defense. That Lyon was left in such fearful strait
was not Fremonts fault, but the fault OF those who
preceded him. That the enemy gained no fruits q
| their nominal victory, was the result Of FremonPs
wonderful energy Before they had recovered
Themselves from the confusion Of battle, every I'M
rortant point was strengthened beyond their power
of attack An army seemed to spring from The
ground. Arms and ammunition, cannon and military
stOres were obtained from every direction, aud by
the end of three weeks, not only was ST. Louf sale
hut the entire control Of the State had become Il
now H. only "A question Of time. Ever since then
Secession has been hiding its bead In this city more
and more, and the cause Of loyalty has steadily
gained strength. -
understood his position from the inst He was thu
fret TO apprehend the magnitude OF the work to b.
done--real strength of the enemy to be resisted.
il reported Of Frank Blair to whom also this Stat
owe, cent OF gratitude, for bold and manly service
| In her time of greatest danger that he has sait
| che could have held the State with ten Thousand
men" If he really said 10, II was an egreglon
error, and If he or any one else LED The fTeslden
and Cabinet into such opinion, the slackDess o
the Administration in meeting the western demand
can easily be explained. II wac an absolutely mis-
taken estimate. II was the cry OF "peace, wbei
there was no peace" II attributed TO tue Union
cause strength which ii has never possessed IL
| Missouri since the struggle began. AT FIRST We
made a fair show Of loyalty, but 1t was loyalty uM
| conditions. In our Convention (which showed ~
TO 80 for the Union only four voted against inc
conditional clause Our UnioniSm was, give "a
all we want, and we will do as we please" Ac
cordingly, as events progressed, every excuse iol
disloysty was greedily availed Of. The refusal &c
abandon Fort Sumter; the Presidents proclamalion
the EARNING OF the Dutch the taking OF CAM
jackson; tue removal Of Gen, Hsrneyl the 70