Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-11-15


tiers on the Potomac. where We have had
gathered the l,rse., army the world ever
saw. aud these slsnderins erOakers have
nothing to say" bu, when Fremont has
dsrca, happen in hi. division, through the
FAULT Of the government to provide HIN
usu and near-. why a great hue AMI CRY Is
raised ahou, hi. incnpacity, eI,ravasancc,
g.. Ie., aud 80 on to the end Of the
chapter.
They say be his been eItra,agan,;
that he has .p,nt money neelle.sly IN for
tilyins st. Louis tha, he lived in big
n5use, Tor which he charged the govern.
ment grea, rent &c.
II he wa. e1irAusant, he mus, ba'e
.rsnt bis own money. for the government,
never have furnished him with bu, small
.um. All they aiiel him IN this direction
was 20 forward him les than two millions
in all. Bot the meanes, par, Of ihIs mat
ter ~ found in the fact. that after the gov
ernmen, had Vested him with large dis.
crruonary power and he bad created gov
cruugut debt. Of HSSe,niy, they refuse to
pay them. or even assume them thereby
showibs disposition % chea, the loyal lib
sral men Of mean. in 81. Louis, Out OF Via,
they had done to kee? Up our army m IT.
necessity and wants. And the same remark
nav bc made abou, the refusal % the gov
eminent TO commission OF paw the men mus
tered by him into the service. The great
huirah about his li,ins in a great Hue
and charging the eoycrnmen, eIorhiian,ly.
turn. oct that one OF his friends in -.
Lpui,. ear, hlm the rent. and the govern.
uCnt have never paid = cent nor never w'lI.
4, % fortG-aiion. abou,S,. Louis, We have
alrrady aid Sufficient u show that that
point va. importan, and y. nos. and should
h. protected above all Others in the State.
.. lis Accu-crs conplain that he 10 aris-
tocntic, and unapproachAble and refused
% sce gentlemen on government business.
Why don't they complain Of Gen. MeCiel-
Ian. Who has issued an order, refusing io
Sc all visitors? The truth was. Gen. Ere
mont Wa oSvrr1n with .peculator- aud
blood ,uckyr-; who ~ their eTerlIs'in; i'm
p0riUni,i-. Obliged hin TO refuse 10 Sc
,h,m. OF give up all other bO'inoss.' And
be- d,l right; the hue and CRY Of these Dis
hoos.; b0r,s to tie contrary no,vi,h,,and.
aus.
J. The government Isii him without arms,
aud because he n..de the BE-, contracts be
could under the Circumstances, he Is cen.
.ury>i. to-. tsr that, Before Gsn. Fr,non,
cane from France, be puruhasrI Tor our
gu,rrnmen, eco Rides. 500 receivers. Is
Rla-d cannon. lie paid fOr these Riay.
SO a Iigc-.. lie could have purchased
Too. 600 Tor the sane price. bu, the govern.
ment would give him no authority. Tie
result Is the sorrrnmen, lie paying over thar.
" dollar. Tor the very same kind Of R,les
be bought i.r nri,cn. But they say. Gen.
Fremont purchased lot Of poor arms In
New York Tor hi. men AZ eI0rbitant price. ;
and spscu'atei in the matter himself An
answer T. all thi. found ia the fact that AZ
ter he lslI fcF St. Louis. these very gun.
were all sen, To Washington aud Gen. Pre-
mont left after he got home to pick up guns
iyr BIS men Jus, where he could end them
8. After all, We believe the true cause Of
thi. uuholy war upon Gen. Fremont was
hrs proclamation; placing slave property
on footing with ether property. and that
the Slaves Of rebels should se declared tree.
Thi. Proclamation was hs State paper Of
tie War. 1, met with almost universal
response IN the heart. Of the loyal men in
this government. North and South. The
pope saw that Fremont comprvbended and
understood the magnitude Of the eontes,
and the true way to meet IL. After this
Proclamation. old iogyi.n seemed 70 &c,
possession Of the men Who stood At the helm
IN Washington, an here was laid the scheme
that ha. ended in the removal OF the man
OF their envy end JEALOUSY The proelama.
ton Was modified, aud all that was worth
anything upon the question Of live contra
band. taken oct Gift. And ever since tha,
time men Of secession ,erteneie. have prai..
sl The President aud cared Fremont, until
,h- latter has been sacrificed.
g. The mos, scandalous. attrocious thing
Of al "a. the ui-siua VI the Secretary Of
War 20 the West. with government of.
cial acting a. hi-private secretary, to take
notes. and publ'sh bic collection Of herssay
In The shape Uf an o'5cial rcpor, to the Cen
sral Government. Gen. Cameron took ou,
with him acting Atjuiah, Gen. Thomas,
who travelled rOunl among the enemies Of
Fremont in the West, collected together
their yiiuperiticns, and made IL the sgbjec,
ofan ofs al communication 20 the Secre.
tary Of War. Who in all christenCscm ever
heard Of such PsOceetipg--sueh an out
rager II this was done tor anything. Il,
must have been done TO Pave the way for
Fremont. removal,-an Official ball. cent
ouJ to the people an excuse for doing
whs, the Government had not the moral