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MONDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1851,
4 ATxMRLY WARNING

TxMRLY WAaN1n~
THE f!u1c.ao TR1BCKB has been greatly
,a.,noa for ;ts course IN the Fremont
c~estion: but ths biterest eensures navs
, me from those least informed OF The
>. ,.,s of the situakon, unless we except The
:, .spape.s and correspondents OF neWs-
,ers who arc paid ts lie outright Men
NO are acquainted with the history Of
lie campaign in Missouri, military men
who know what Is necessary for the Or
,;anization, equipment and tactical and
siratcgieA management Of an szmy, and
eminent citizens who, have visited d.
Louis and informed themselves oy per
sona observation and xnltnpeacnaolo
testimony Of the rascally solngs On 'nefe,
have not had word to sly bot 1e"
country newspapers, whose idea OF 8 Com
manf,er If . Department, and his obliga-
,;ons snd anties IS measured and filled by
a political picture Of man win nus mar
narted in the middle" clothed IN the garb
# hunter, and, standing on the highest Of
tne high peaks Of the Rocky Mountains,
v;th lust caught honey bee in hand,
which be is holding out by one leg to the
r.ze of an admirng world-such news
napers and the men who read them be-
l;eying what they read, hare been specially
savage on the TRBrNE. But as their
fs,ocity has confined itself mainly to
sweeping de1,ills Of charges, the truth Of
which they know nothing about, and to
toulmouthed epithets for the benefit Of
those who have the misfortune to differ
with them in opinion, We have paid little
attention to their rawlings. We care moth
ing for the charges urged against US
Of disappointment in the matters of CON
tracts, influence with the General. places
en- his stsff, &c, &C., because they are,
one and all, lies manufactured out Of whole
cloth: and we can afford to wait the time
when the men who have told them will be
ashamed Of their OWL work, and, If they
are half decent, hasten to do us justice. We
care little for the certificates, and would
care less for the oa.hs, Of Haskell,
Castle, Ike Woods, Beard & Co,
each establishing by the others his own IN
nocence. There is not an old bawd in
the city, but who could not be persuaded
to certify and swear, that, Of all the many
: virgins in the land, she is the most i'm
peccahle. But ne care enough for the
case as it now stands to wan those fellow;
who have been abusing US, that they may
as well begin to look around for. some
thing to. hide their heads in; because tn
dey is not faI off when even they will b
compelled to confess that all that We hay
told about the Western Department
true; and that we did not tell half that r
might have told, and kept truth on ou
side. We shall not be surprised to kno1
tlat another howl is raised over the acct
sation which may be made against us (
suppressing facts that We ought to hav
laid before the public
Now let the men and papers Of who1
and which We speak, be warned in tim
In the plenitude Of our good natur
We have no malice against them for tt
mean things that they hare said and insi
uated; but we want them to understa1
that the TRIBUNE is one Of the few jou
mails in the country that does not go {
hslf-cocked, ike one CT those Austri:
muskets, in matters Of great public co
cern; and that when it speaks out, it h
good reason for what it says. The alles
tions made by it IN regard 10 the nanag
ment of the Western Department, 9th
1han those which related to tactical N:
te1s-the defeat Of Lyon and the taking
Lexington-have their basis in the tes
mony taken by the Congressional Inves
eating Committee, during its long sessi
in St. Louis. Our reference to indiyidu
cases was necessarily brief and imperfe
About one hundred and thirty witness
were examined, and from nearly every o
of them startling evidences Of the corfu
ton which has there been the rule, we
elected; and We again warn the howle
that, when that testimony is presented
Congress, printed and 1ayed before t
country, not only will everything that :
hare alleged be found true, but host
transactions to which we have made no
ference, each one as bad as any that ha
attracted attention, Will be brought 10 lig
We know what we are sayir
end no denials, no denunciations,
no threats, no remonstrances, no Germ
meetings, no newspaper squibs, no cert
Gates under the hand Of any members
the California gang, no e1anderous inv
tions Of lying scoundrels who are paid
attribute to us base and unworthy I
tiyee, can OF shall drive us from our
sition. Fortunately the members Of t
Committee, to settle this question speed
and satisfy the country that the Presid
has not acted hastily and improperly, b
put their report into the hands Of the
lie Printer at Washington, and almos
soon as Congress has assembled it vii
ready for presentation It will NAL
large volume, and On every page OF it
our justification be written in words
none can misunderstood One word N
The Auditing Committee now at wo1
St. Louis, composed Of men whose pat
ism and integrity cannot be impeach'
we mean JOSEPH Holt Of Kentu
DAVID DAVIS Of Illinois, and HUGH G.
BELL Of Missouri-fnd that the Inv
eating Committee did not reach the
ton of the frauds and robberies con
ted by the men whom no e2ertions OF
part Of the loyal men Of Missouri c
drive from Fremont7s side To them
Holt and his associates es-are due the ar
that have been made in that city, an
have 10 doubt that they will be reat
avow their responsibility for those
may be hereafter necessary. Let the
Lie look for their report also If
tween the two, the country is not sati
that change in the Department
necessary, and that ABRAHAM L1Ncol
as much worthy OF public confdene
John G. Fremont, there is no pow
truth and no force in testimony.
The Army OF the Potomac.
The stranger visiting Washington At
time, ID eure speedily alter his arrival, t