The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-10-24
Gen. H'remdnt's RenOvaI--sOne
disadvantages he LahOrcd Under.

The report OF the purpose OF the Sccreta-
~ of War TO remove Gen. Fremont from the
Department Of The Wcst loa' wcok, fell with
heavy weight upon the heart Of the loyal
North Indeed there was a feeling Of des-
pondency and bitterness AZ the cxtraord,nh-
ry course which has been persued against
that officer. Many men, Of opposite poIit.-
cal sentiments. were not backward in OK
pressing themselves freely in their denur-
Citations Of certain individuals who have
made themselves conspicuous IN this crus-
ade. The telegram Of Secretary Seward
had led many to believe that ihc,e would
be no change - at least until Ger. Fremont
gave evidence Of the incaracity which has
been so hippontly charged against him; but,
according to the dispatches Of Friday last,
it would seem that Secretary Cameron car
ried with him, on his visit to ST, Louis, au
order from tho President for his removal,
Tho delivery of this order, Il is said, was
left to the discretion OF Mr.. Cameron whose
visit is reported to have convinced him that
change was imperatively necessary, where.
upon he presented the order to Gen. Ere.
mont, who asked aud wax granted a delay
of several days III the execution of the OF.
der; but his removal was decided upon to
take place this week. The nature of the
charges which occasioucd the necessity Of
this step, at tho writing, are not known; but
they certainly must have been more serious
than those contained in the correspondence
of Frank p Blair. Yet,whcn we take into into
consideration the fact that the order of re
moval was decided upon before M. Gamer.
on left for ST. Louis, it secms proh0ble that
neither political or other reasons has opcr-
ated so much against Gen Fremont as haa
the influence of the Blair family. Our intel
ligence from St. Louis indicates that the OH
ly rejoicing ones there wcrc the secession
ists and few of the INSCRIPTIONS and IN.
reasonable adbcrcnts of Col. Blair who
since the beginning Of the difficulty betwccn
him and Gen. Fremont, have most shame
fully exhibited their qualification at every
unfortunate phase which the affairs Of the
Western Department have assumed, forget
ting in the zeal Of their malignant parti5on,
chip, even tho safety of their imperilled
State and the honor of our sacred cause.
II may be possible that Fremont has done
some wrong, but certainly his errors have
not been greater than the determined oppo-
stion he has met with in h;sWcs'orn ,ohore;
and even before he entered ON the discharge
of the duties Of that department. As so
much has hccn aaid about what he has not,
we propose to take u review of what lac has
done believing in The adnsr o. giving the
"devil his due His tarts may have been
sufficient TO warrant his removal but is it
fair TO look ON the dark a!o Of every pic
ture, and condemn the right for The ugly
appearance Of the wrong? IL viii be re-
membercd that, while in Europe, Gen. Ere
mont proposed to purchase 100000 small
arms, ritled cannon, rcvolvcrs and sabrcs--
He could have had them at peace prices
The Government would rot authorize him
to buy, and the American ministers sent out
by Buchanan, operated against him. Only
a small proportion of tie proposed was
late day, an agent 20 procure arms in Eu-
rope at ,cd3' prices. In Washington, Frc-
mont was promised 1900 stand OF arms for
his Illinois regiments. These arms were
sought because the Governor of Illinois had
represented that they were needed. Col.
Ripley refused to issue the arms, saying
that he thought tho Governor Of Illinois
was mistaken in what he needed" Fremont
transmitted this refusal to the pcsidcnt, who
sent Mni. Wagner to New York, to pro
cure arms and equipment for 2t00 men for
the West. These materials were gathered
with a great deal of pains, and by dnt Of
Fremonts personal activity and the co-orc-
ration of his friends. About the FIRST OF ju-
~ he left New York for St Louis. At Phil
adolphia he received tidnca OF tho disaster
of Manassas, and, fearing the effect in the
West, telegraphed back 20 Wagner not 10
allow the arms TO be diverted to Washing
ton, but 10 send them at once by fast FREIGHT
10 st, Louis, since Manassas would n Ike
the work hard their rho result was that
everything was ordered to Washiu..oa.-
Fremont could not procure u saltlc, nor
harness, nor a gun-uo:hiug was ,ytl uim
but few sabres, which were his personal
purchase. AZ if this were not cuongh, u
rcquisition was made upon him for 5000
muskets, but the department was absolute
ly unable to furnish one The Arsenal was
empty, and it is difficult to understand how
the Government could have bcon ignorant
Of the fact He was compelled to mako re-
QUESTION for men and arms, hut got neither
The condition of the regiments Of his de.
paTtment we have already described It
will suffice to repeat that Of the 1900 men
of his command all except somc 1900 were
three months men, whose term was ON the
point of expiring. Under the Presidents
orders he had at once to meet the threaten
ing eXigency at Cairo, Birds Point and Pa
ducah, and to make what shift Ec could lor
troops and munitions. lie succccdcl il.
procuring $500 Austrian muskctS. which he
had rifled and furnished with 3mn.oyea
locks, after which each gun cost Sll. Ros-
seau's brigade Of $500 cavalry, thorough
soldiers, had been assigned to Fremont lie
ordered them into Missouri, but the order
was countermanded by the Presidents icle.
gram, through the interference OF "inaucn,
tinl panflaman and tIo tr,o,,, ,,...- f, .