The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-16

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to this country. llis lil, to tho Muposa
tract was Afterwards confirmed AMI he bcclme
the undi'putcd owner
In August, lsjj, at the joint expense to him
self nnd Col Benton, lac started on his filh ani
last expedition, anVioas to stNr he problem Of
the pUcihility Of trlus-,on.incltm commu-
ncalion, hv ,omnon road and by railroad. lie
returned To the Atlantic states caily in 1854,
AID published a coudausci statement Of the gc-
neral result. Of the expedition.
A convention Of delegates assembled at Phi
lllclplid ON the l7th day Of June, 1866, unani-
! mou-ly nominated Col. Fremont flr the oicc of
President Of the United States. This may he
considered the organization of the Republican
| arty which, tour years later, elected Abraham
Lincoln to that olico. Orthe particulars Of that
canvas 1t Is unnecessary TO speak. They are
familiar 10 all Americans. After his defeat, he
devoted himself to his personal business, ON the
two sides Of the continent and in Europe, dcycl-
opiug the wealth OF his California property aud
extending his business relations.
! AT the breaking out of the present war, Col.
! Fremont went again to Europe, and while there
! OF arms aud munitions ol war. Soon after his
| return, ho was appointed Major General, and
assigned to the important command Of the
armies Of tho West. llo was not very
prompt in assuming his position, and at
the very onset, his course began to be com
planned oi, and series OF misun-
dcrstandings, or something worse, h.vo fol-
lowed, which have at length resulted in his
being "r,liercd n his command Our readers
viii bear witness that tho SuN has done Gem
cral Fremont no injurticc in reference to this
unhappy az ir. Never having had full conf
dcncc in hi fitness for such a position, We have
nevertheless admired his admitted holiness OF
character, and have not been unmindfl OF the
| warm attachment that was growing up between
Lin and the officers aud solIicrs of his COM
maud. We were not inscnaiblo 10 tho fact that
his wns poiticidn's appointment, and yet we
hoped for good results, and felre the effect upon
| the army IN Missouri should he he dismisscd-
We were slow to bolicye the charges that were
brought against him, and We still hopo that
fun investigation may yet prove at least that
they have been much exaggerated.
1t iswcl Known TO our readers that the Sccre-
|
souri to inquire into General Fremont official
conduct, and that Adjuiant-Gcncril Thomas,
| after personal investigation, made long report
| which embodied the complaints or charges upon
| which the action OF the Administration in SUI
| pcrscdirg Gen. Fremont via based. Ii the
statements OF that report are true ii is difficult
to see how the President could have acted other
wise than IA hc has. They certainly develops a
degree of rccllossncss and insuborlinaton to
superior authority which could never he permit
ted in private, or captain, or colonel.
Why should it be IN major-gcneml? In a
letter to the Albany Erc1iag Joarnm, Thurlow
Weed condenscs the statements Of the report,
and We reproduce the following extract from
that letter.
Passing much that might bc said imprgning
the sense and taste Of Gen. Fremont, aud con-
iiuing myscli 10 accusations undrna " true,
submit to the readers Of tho JoUrnR fomc GIc,s
which will show them how hmcntallya favor
ed general disappoiuts the popular expectation
When Gen. Fremont reached 81. Loui, hc
took as his headquarters house for which the
government IL paving $4,000 year.
| He surrounded himself with numerous staff,
none Of whom were rcsilcnts OF Missouri; or,
gauiLing, simultaneously, a body guard, con-
sisting Of nearly three hudrel horscmcr,
through which access TO the chiei il ~ difficult
AZ the approach 10 monarch In tho darkest
| ages Of dcspotism.
lie has appointed and commissioned, without
the -hidow Of authority, more than fifty officers,
with the rank Of colonel lieutenant colonel, ma
jOr captain, &C. Colonel Andrews, the United
States Puymastcr, was required to pay these
officers, and upon his refusal to do 50, was
threatened with imprisonment. lie was ais"
directed tu make an Illegal transfer OF 800, ,OOO
| The officers bolun ling 10 Gen. Ercmont's stan
are interested iu amy contracts. Capt Has
kcil, an all, % 4 partner o.. Col. Dcgrlf in mule,
hay Hud u,lEu' contracts.
| CNIt Tuuly, United States C0mmissary,
WAS ordered 10 receive and layoNorhltgnt prices
| for inferior mules, hum Capt. Haskell, nnd upon
PROTESTING against this wrong, was ordered
] away fum the po' by Con, Fremont,
Capt +, NJ. Davis, uf ten. Fremont 3 staff,
received a contract iur blankets, which, ON de-
livery. proved rotten ami worthless, and, though
conlrmugd. were paid for and sent to the hospi-
tall.
Tho mu,kcts purchased by Gen. Fremont, in
4 France, Iu WORTHLESS.
for oat at soc, corn at 2S'., ard hay q az 90,
a contract was made with Baird and Palmer
Opalm,r Cook A Co, OF California notoriety) At
s3c for oats 3Oc. for corn and $l9 tor hay,
amounting IN the aggregate 10 ?lOoGo'
Gen Fremont on his arrival at St. Louis,
, was mot Ly the Aid of Gen. Lyon, accompanied
Nv Major Phelps, NJ g., asking Tor reinforce
nlcuts which were not sent.
, The indebtedness of the Quntermasters de-
tnrtmcut for Gen. FrcmOnts command is over
four millions and half.
TLn DISASTROUS condition Of things Is attri-
bptaIle 10 the ''malign influences" of Califor-
: mans with whom Gen. Fremont become untor-
: tunately connected in mining operations, and
who hurried from the Pacific on learning that
he wAs intrusted with high military com
, mand: These ill-omened men, some o.
ifOnis, seem " have obtained either