Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-01

! OF THE FREMONT DIFFICULTY.
| That our readers may know precisely
the state Of the quarrel between the au-
/ thorities at Washington and General
Fremont, We here give the substance OF
some of the late dispatches from the
Capital. Ofcourse they are all perfectly
"reliablc"
1t has been announced, "by authority
that Fremont's proclamation was con-
sidered in the Cabinet, and unanimously
approved, as the sure fore-runner of
complete aud perfect success that
! Fremont's proclamation was highly ap-
proved by President Lincoln and a ma
jority of the Cabinet, while Secretary
Chase diSsented-that Chase and Attor-
ney General Bates approved Fremont S
proclamation, while Lincoln and the
rest were dissatisied-tha Attorney
General Bates publicly declared, that to
retain Fremont after his proclamation,
would be public crime-that all the
Cabinet demanded modification Of
Fremont's proclamation, bat Lincoln
would moi consent-that Lincoln "modi-
fed" Fremont's proclamation, against
the consent Of the Cabinct-that the
Cabinet were indignant that Lincoln
would not further "modify' the prOcla-
mation-that the Cabinet had unani-
mously voted to remove Fremont, on
account of his proclamation, but Lin
coin refused to carry out the resolution
! that Lincoln insisted upon removing
Fremont on account Of his proclamation,
but did not dare to do it on account of
the opposition of the Cabinet-that
the President and Cabinet had unani-
mously agreed to remove Fremont, but
not at all on account of his proclamation
that Lincoln was in favor Of his re-
moval on account of his inehiciency, and
the Cabinet opposed it-that the Cabi-
net demanded his removal on account of
his utter ineaiciency, and Lincoln re-
fused-that Lincoln made out an order
of removal, and appointed Gen. Wool to
take his place-that Gen. Wool refused,
on the ground that Fremont had done
just right and he would do the same
thing-that Secretary Cameron was sent
West to investigate Fremont, and carried
an order for his removal and the ap-
pointment Of Gen. Hunter in his place
that when he got to the West be
found that Fremont had done every
thing so we'll that he refused to execute
the order-that he did execute the or
der and did appoint Hunter in his
place-that he only executed the order
prospectively, giving Fremont ten day s
probation-that he did nothing def
nitely, and had no authority to do any
thing but report to the President-that
he did report, and the President was
highly pleased with Gen. Fremont and
all his proceedings-that the President
was greatly outraged at the conduct OF
Fremont, and ordered him to Washing
ton Immediately to be tried by court
martial--that Fremont demanded to be
tried by court martial, but Lincoln re-
fused-that Gen. Scott was jealous OF
the enthusiasm which everywhere
greeted the name of Fremont, and de-
termined to degrade him, lest his, Gen.
Scott's, military glory should 6e eclipsed
by the new General-that Lincoln and
all his Cabinet, being candidates for fu-
ture Presidents, were alarmed at the
growing popularity Of Fremont, and
had entered into conspiracy to destroy
him in the estimation of the people
that Fremont was SO unpopular with the
army, that the good Of the country alb
solutely required his removal-that he
would have been removed instantly on
the issuing of his proclamation, but his
unbounded popularity with the army
made the step too dangerous-that hi.
final removal was determined upon, but
could not be carried out with safety un.
til the public mind could be prepared
for it--that the President and Cabinet
had unanimously agreed that he should
be removed on the sole ground, that he
had spent too much money in getting
up the army of the West-that the Cab,
met, after many anxious meetings, could
not agree upon anything in regard tc
the removal of Fremont, and had voted
to place the whole matter in the hands
Of the President to do as he pleased, and
take the responsibilities the entire
responsibility was, by the Constitution
placed on the President as Commander
in Chief and the Cabinet had nothing
to do with the matter, and had never
held any meetings on the subject, anc
had never had the subject under discus
sion at all!
There! our readers have the yer,
latest and most ''reliable' information
in regard to the Administration ant
Gen. Fremont. 1t is true we have ne
given it all; each reader can suppose, i
he chooses, this column strung out int
pages of the same consistent matter, ant
he will then have the whole case befor
him, as clearly us the Washington 1ette
,criters and daily papers conrcy "rcHa
bic" Information to their readers.
P.S.-Since the above was put in type