New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-15

! fusal OF Gen. Lyon 70 treat with (surreuder to
Gov. jackson; the taking Of Jefferson City; th
suppression Of the Rebel newspaper; the evasion 0
the ba'ess corpus act and, remember, all Of tbes
" irritating causes' happened before Gen. Fremon
came into power: these and other like excuses ar,
now eagerly pleaded aB the explanations Of thu
| change IN Missouri. There never was any change
at all, except on the surface. There has been NJ
time. since the fall Of Sumter, when The reiiabh
Un'on men OF Missouri, TIE straight-out Loyalists
would have numbered one.fft If the population
Such causes 70 the ahoye.named might develop, they
could not create, the disease Of Secession. TbC
whole progress of affairs has showed that the major
ity Of the State was ready to follow the lead OF
jackson and Reynolds, aud when Gen. Price said
that be only wished TO give the people an opporru-
nifty TO choose, North or South he did not "reckon
without bis boat" AS Slave State settled chiefly
from the South, this would have been lie natural
but It's suicidal choice The moment, therefore,
that the conflict was fairly begun, which was at
Camp Jackson It was tie part Of wisdom to look il
IN the face and prepare for it, for struggle Of
life and death. large army should have been inn
medately brought into Missouri and resistance made
impracicable This was not dooe. but instead Of il
system OF weak inconsistent measures was adopted.
" A few thousand men sent here and there, would
do the work." "Let Home Guards be armed IN tue
principal towns, and tie State will be safe" And
so il went from bad 10 wore. The heroic Lyon uu-
dertook 10 effect with less than ten thou.aDd men,
what would have been hard work for fifty thou
sand, the control of the State. Everywhere he
found bimeell marching through q hostile country
A few loyal men welcomed him. A rcry fer joined
him. But while Prices army increased like roll
ing snowfall and men joined his rauks, armed with
rhOt-gms, pistols scythes anything, so eager wero
they TO fight, Lyon 3 army dwindled day by day. IL
NUT he recruited from st. Louis, ii at all. Ought
we TO be surprised at the result!
The truth l., that with very fow exceptions, In no
parl OF Missouri have the Union men been numerous
on bold enough 70 defend their OVID homes much less
their couutry's cause, from the vigorous attacke Of
the rebels. They have everywhere needed and
waited for extraneous help, and are doug 50 now.
Hold Missouri with 10000 men! 1t would have
been as easy TO hold Virginia with that number, or
Tennessee. Ii we can hold her with 100 coo, after
years bard struggle, we may account Ourselves
blessed. Popular opinion needs to be first changed,
aud new direction Of thought az 10 popular instilu-
tions must be first given. This will come but not
through feeble policy, nor bytempoizing measures.
Now, reTeat to YOU, and wish yod 20 make a
note of il that from the first day OF his arrival FIRE.
mont understood his position. lie cOmpreleaded
bis work, and made his plans accordingly His es-
innate Of troops for the Western Department was
10000. He caused barracks to be bnIlt for OUJO
men, as q camp Of instruction. He cav that 81.
Louis itself was not safe, and began system Of
earth work Notifications, admirably built and now
nearly completed, by which the city could be De-
Tended from any force that might under any circm-
stances, lie brought against IL. He encouraged the
systematic organization OF Union men IN the cry hnd
State 30 that the reliable Union strength has been
daily Increasing, aud the boldness OF Secession
diminished; and 81. Louis can now take care
of itself. He boldly anticipated the principle
which must become the rule Of the war-that
loyal men and lor States shall be defended in Ill
their constitutional rigbte, but that treason aud
rebellion work forfeiture TO all rights and posses ions
He has been but imperfectly sustained. Ills troops
have been ordered away by iives aud tens OF thou
sands and bis hands crippled by all manner Of Uppos
ton. Yet DO has succeeded in getting together AZ
army amounting ia Gll TO So 600 men, tolersbiy
we'll armed and equipped, with cavalry and artillery
aud engineer COZ rs all In fair condition, with nar
of which he has taken he field in hope OF bringing
the Coufedera,es TO trial OF strength lie has not
had the oppor uutY Of carrying bis plans fully out,
and the threat of removal has for month past been
hanging over his held Bot he has accomplished an
Immense work, anC IL he were superseded now,
would leave things a couditiOn 70 enable his sue
oetsor, II properly sg5fa,Red al Uoihmgton, to
finish what he has begun.
Ifyou could have Gsen n did, the effect Of the
rumor that be had been ordered TO Washington, and
how the Secosionist reloced over ~, you would see
the danger Oi such an experiment al lhh Tine. lis
army would have required weeks or months to 70
cover the shock. ask only that justice should Do
done 10 Lin. lie il scarcely known TO NE BY sIgbt.
But thank lrm FOR the feeling Of safety which 10y
family and myself now enjoy, and for the confident
hope he bas given that Missouri cannot now, by the
badness OF the hour be betrayed into the fatal ioy
Of Secession. In such care, believe IN little CO.
eroion the moral tuhs sion Of the word iaHH. Mis-
soui once lost would DO greater loss TO the Union
than Virginia, aud much harder TO be recovered
3 gain.
You wished for my opinion concerning Fremont,
aud here il j.. II l. an honest conviction, frankly
expressed. have been here Throughout the whole
conflc thus far aud am the persoual friend Of many
OF bis opponents; but the truth should be spoken
have said nothing but whG, know, and great deal
more remains 10 be said, if you think this Is not
enough.
Il. S.-Sinee writing the above have read Mr.
Bairs chsrges' against Fremont. They look
badly but wait until they investigated, before
YOU decide. | eau myself answer two-thirds on
them aud OF the remainder have no means of snow-
ing anything. Time viii show. 1t il not easy for
a Comman dern-C hief TO defend himself, for by 20
doing he may make known many things that ought
not TO be public Rely upon it, when everything is
known, the blame for the failures alleged will not
rest Fremont.