M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-10-03

LeftNN'NH r. y HANN HhNe-i ~
Ibis own Office. AmJng the Colonel8
freierfed 70 as Offering troops but de.
layed, will name Gclouc!s Turner,
Tiudell, Glover Foster, Hays, ard
John S. Phelps, .i3H ,Ed gey ~.
| Governor, Congressman and lead.
ling men Of The West, have failed to
lubtain interviow8 wifi the General
when calling on. business Of impor.
tance to the public SERVICE If this
statement is doubted BY yoar ireaders,
Ilet, them inquire OF Gov Gamble,
Gov. Eses, Ex GOV. Wood, Senator
I Browning and others, whO have tried
y the experiment.
IA fourth cause Of complaint is the
neglect to protect Narshoasi Missouri
Elrom Martin Green's Labd Of maraud
ers, They, were allowed to sweep
over several counties, JdisRrming and
lrobbing the Union men ofthose coun.
lilies before ahS effort was mad5 ia
ichecksthem IIt1wa8 n still greater
neglect to leave Cob Mulligan with.
Qutreiplo lorcemeEts at Lexington, when
il had been known in st, Louis for
ten days before Price reached ,Lexing.
toh, that lie was marching on that
place with a large army. ..H ...
A fitu cause OF complaint !s, his
extravaganza with the public money,
inail his expenditures. One ofthcse
I feXpendh ures bging the surrounding
of the city Of 81. Louis with fortiiica,
tons that will, if completed, cost a
million of dollars. .ra sluGl .i' Q.
A sixth cause of complaint is, the
importation Of contractors and Others
from California, some of them as fol.
lows: Maj, Wood, once connected
with the express couipany'in CalitCr-
MA, Private Secretary; Mr.. Bead,
contractor for oartlw9k a5put ST.
Louis ( estimated amount OF contract,
S355,000; Mr. Haskell, said 70 be one
oirtne =lato finn of Palmer, Cook &;
o., con n'raet for Wagons and horses
to an enormous amount; Major Selo,
yer. formerly auc'i2Eocr in San Fran
cisco, dealer in and seller ont Of con
tracts generally; and Col. Adams ol
California, contractor fJr building two
propelors, forty floating batteries, &c
There arr some other Californian;
here said to have contracts OH a small
Ter scale. -'
Now, | do not wish to disparasC
California or any Of her citizens, but
is it not strange thata a digger of ditch.
es has to be brought lr,m California
aud the work let ont to him by con.
tract! Is it not strange that the con.
{. tract for wagons shall BE- given to a
Californian, not a mechanic, Instead
Of going direct to the wagon.maker;
Of the West! Is it not strange that {
contact for boats aud batteries in St
Louis, is given to a Californian, ana
:. that all theaeJtH jobs are let ont pri
vately?" No advertisement, no com
petition?
In alluling to these matters make
no charge of corruption against Gen,
Fremont; bat do fear that he allows
his confidence to be imposed Upon
Such operations, ii continued, will
drain the Treasury faster than Seclo
tary Chase can replenish 1t.
10 sum mp, then, in brief, the caus
es OF complaint that hayo gone up
from Missouri against Gen. Fremont,
are his neglect Of the gallant Lyon;
his neglect Of northeast Missouri; his
neglectto reinforce Lexington until
the enemy were upon it; his excln.
IsiyereSs and neglect 10 see Governors
and Coloncls on important business;
and his extravaganza in the expendi
ture Of public money. ,
So far as his proclamation is con.
cerucd, it did not meet the hearty ap.
proval of Union men in Missouri
They thought it too important u step
to take, and too great a political Issue
to make withou:: consulting the Pres.
idont; they thought it showed weak.
ness to prOclaim martial law IN Mis-
souri, without the power to enforce it.
AT the vcrydste ofsthe proclamation,
some of the bounds within. which
martial law was to prevail were then
in the hands Of the enemy; within q
week thereafter.St. Joseph City, and
the railroad leading to it, were undel
the control OF secession, Hence hi;
proclamation was Tcre paper block,
ade, and calculated to. bring its author
Into ridicule before our enemies.
But whietlIis was the opinion en-.
tertained, it twas rot made canse ot
complaint to Washington, Our peo
pie care not for such triaes. Yhey
would put up with a new proclama
ton every day, it they could see any
evidence Of generalsnip in the mar
shading of our arn,ioa, and in meeting
and overthrowing the traitors. Yea
more; they would stand the squan Ter
Ing OF a few millions of the public
money, if done by,a dsshing and vic
toriOuS copQueror. ~. .. -...-..,.