The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-15
FROM THE WEST.
fEe Fremont and Blair Conirorersy..-Fre-
mont in n New Attitude Against Linco. IL.
The irrepressibIe Conflict.

We find The following in the Evansville In
diapa} Joar-,2i, of the 18th instant. That paper
is one OF the most able and iuiluen tial as well
as ultra. Of the abolition papers OF the Uooser
State, and the article We give below evidences
'hat Fremont, by his emancipation proclania-
lion has secured the support Of the aboli-
tiOn wing of the North, and will be support
ed even TO the abandonment Of the Lincoln
Administration, by large portion of the dom
in2nt party. The article is a significant one
and VIII command the atjentic OF the South
Fremont UNDER AKKEST.-We learn this
morning that Colonel Blair has preferred
charges against Gen. Fremont. and that the
Commander of the Western III Vision of the
grand army j. ordered 10 report himself at
WaShiu Elon 10 answer the charges before Il
court martial. The lnaiiguitY that charac-
tcrjzes The conduct Of Col. B!airls uraccount-
able. He seems determ med 10 strike down
frcmOut. though in doing SO he may strike
down the best at.rss!s of the Government in
this part Of the country. Ihat ha should
postpone making the charge until Gen. Fre-
mont had placed himself ut the head of The
army, and WAS about to striEc the blow that
would demonstrate the fitness or untitness for
the pos! ton he now fills, aniiestS a personal
venom that i discrpditabie to Il man who
claims 10 be, pGr erciirT-, lover OF his
try. Col. blair hostility TO Fremont may
react upon himself. ana the pet3rd which he
has carefully laid TO blow up the Trnuta-
strucJiuu OF his own. Fremont has The con
ndence Of the people. They are not dis posed
TO see him condemned and removed from his
! position on charges that aTe not subStantiated
| by proof clear the MONDAY light. tt is II
part OF Il politicians trade 10 originate and
| prefer charges. There may be unped up
| against any Government officer in a few days
| what il will take him weeks, il not months,
| to answer: and Ihe manner in which Gen.
Fremont has been treated indicates that this
course has been pursued toward him, 50 that
| his time will be entirely occupied in defend
| ing his own reputation, and none left to de
| vote TO the interests OF his country.
The Administration viii DO we'll 10 beware.
| l. Is trif,in@ With the feelings Of the West III
! manner that VIII prove disastrous, unless
| more of disposition Is manites Ted 10 consult
| their wishes and opinions. II Fremont il
| called 10 Washington, end defeat overtakes
| oar troops in North western Missouri. it viii
| be hard Tor it TO shift the responsibility from
| It's own 10 FrsmoHt's shoulders. IT, on the
| contrary, our brave soldiers meet and over
| power the rebels under Price, our people are
| very certain 10 assume that the success Is due
| to the energy and saEacious foresight OF Gen.
| Fremont. Thus, let the contest in Missouri
| terminate it may, the sympathies of the
| people are with him whom they conceive to
| be prosecuted aSd slandered, but still eff
| cIent, officer. Charges have been preferred
! The Admin is tratiOn has had opportunities of
| ascertaining the truth or falsitv of these
| charges. The sEmmoning of Fremont from
| his command TO Washington undoubtedly in =
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mrnt, the charges are sustained by evidence
If the charges are not sustained by the ciearest
| proof, the attempt TO degrade the officer in
| whom the people place 50 much confidence
| viii arouse storm OF Indignation in the
| West that Will oe heard even 10 the Capital.
| Our people already fear that the vision of
| the minlstration is limited by the Allie
| ghany mountains. The only demand for
| troops il 10 protect Washin z ton from the pos
| sibIlity of danger, and afford employment 10
the vast hordes OF patriotic artisans in the
| Eastern States.
| 1t matters little that Beauregard NAV
| frighten Mcclellan : 2)9, 900 men with 10 900
or l2,0p0, while lie swiftly transfers regiment
| after regiment from the Potomac to the Ohio:
+, il matters not that our citizens on the border
| are 10 be robbed of their sleep by incessant
| alarms and constan duty under aims to pro-
! toCt their iresides ana homes, 80 that the men
| they put in the field sea to it that The Presi-
| d,.ut is made safe in Washin ton and Mrs
| Lincoln is uninterrupted in her French
| studies. These thiEgs are seen by our people
! They are thought of, they are talked about.
! They know that Indiana has been drained OF
! her soldiers 10 protect SpIher interests than
her own, and they look in each
others faces, paid with alarm. they
cannot understand why il is that Beau
regard can transfer SO much of his
| force West, while Mcclellan is constantly
! being strengthened by troops sent Fast. Are
| the first cities in the valley of the Ohio TO be
btotted cHt of existence that General Nc
| Ciellan may become Il military delnigod7 If
| his army is not in II condition now 10 attack
| Beauregard's 90 half starved, ragged, undis-
| ciplined army, living on salt and potatoes
| in the name of Goa when will il hte 1t is
| clearly evident that troops from Virginia are
| pouring into Kentucky, and yet there il no
| advance from Washing ton, and no indica lions
| but that the borders of Indiana, Ohio, and
| Illinois to be left 10 take care Of them
| selves. The result of this culpable indlier-
| once on the part of the Administration 10
| the fate of the many Cries, towns, and viii
lages that teautify the valley of the Ohio, is
! known only 10 the Supreme Being. Our duty
| is to acguit ourselves like men, notwit tn
| standing the neglect of those who should
| protect us; and if we are overpowered and
| destroyed, let il ba after a resistance that
viii glow in the future history of the great
rebellion.