The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-11-19
NO. 1871.

Quartermaster 70 sut horlxe contractors for the
forts 20 buy . million Of dollars worth Of sup.
plies. Said contractor was, ~ We have said,
Californian-an old friend and nsighbor Of
Fremont. When the Gsnsal wants lot he
occupies il. he has put Improvements Of .
permanent character, worth $4,000 on .
piece Of ground, without even saying . word
10 tho owner. He uuites railroads without
consulting their officers. He furnishes rolling
stock without asking il it is wsutsd-sny
thing that viii give Wood, Haskell, Beard,
Selover or Palmer contract IA never denied
them.
OTHER LAwLEssSEss.
This is in proof: Wanting some money
ono day be sends TO the Paymaster to ssnd Il
to him. The Paymaster says the funds in bis
hands are directed 10 . specific object BY law
Of Congress, and that he cannot obey. He
Was clearly right, but the General sends down
file Of soldiers, puts him under arrest for do
ing bis duty, and takes the money he wants
A more outrageous and unmilitary act, no
man, General or private, could be guilty
Of.
HOW He STANDS.
Gen. Fremont now stands in direct opposi.
tion to the authority Of his Governmsnt.-
The Government or the General must yield.
In ih eyes be 10 an offender; and were he not
so sntrenched by his Procla nation 10 the
hearts OF the people, he would be court mar
tailed and at once dismissed from the service.
Those who with knowledge Of the facts Of
the case support him, are abstting robbery
and incipient treason.
WHY THESE THINGS AKE Hor KNOWN.
The Press in St. Louis is awcd or silenced.
One Of the papers is covered by mortgage
of large amount--said to be 904, ,00O-heId
by the California gang. 1t is loud in its praise
Of their patron and themselves. Another pa
per attempted to tell the truth and Was
promptly suppressed, and its publisher put
under military arrest. Martial law prevails in
ST. LOUIS and men dare not talk. The toll
egraph is under military censorship, and no
dispatch can 60 over the wires that 10 not ap-
proved at head quarters. The correspondents
of papers outside Of the city are either inter
rested in contracts or awcd or COOLED into 81.
lence. McKiostry the Provost Marshal, act
ing also as Qusrtermaster, is a tyrant. Un.
der bis iron rule, nobody could peep. The
scenes 10 his court have shamed tho trials Of
Venice, Naples and Rome, Of whice We have
heard so much.
IN VIEW oG THESE THINGS, WHAT crNxIrrEE
We are Informed upon Sufficient authority.
that when the Investigating Committee con-
cluJed their laboD at b. ouis, they sent .
dispatch to Washington, 10y mail TO Spring
field 90 that it might rot be stopped,) telling
the President the condition Of affairs in Mis-
souri,, and urring upon him the instant reno
val of Fremont, upon the ground that in his
the war could not be continued year, for
reasos Of want Of funds 10 supply the waste
and proAigacy in bis Department.
WHY HE rs NOT REMOVED.
The error of the Peesidentwas 10 laeddling
with Fremont's proclamation; and though We
have the highest authority for saying that
that document forms no part Of the accusa.
tions against him, the removal is delayed uu-
I'll the people are satisfied of bis incompstency
now 90 glaring to oil who have looked into
his affaira In the meantime, the coufedsr-
ates Of the California gang are circulating
through the country the lie that the Cabinet
is prosecuting him because be is making him
self, by bis military successes, a prominent
canidate for the Presidency, and that the ef-
forts is to disgrace and get him out Of the way!
Was ever lie 90 monsrrousi
wsY DEBTS ARE NOT PAID.
Taking Frsmopt's contractssnd orders a.
the basis Of the calculation, the Government
owes many millions of money in St. Lous
which it negects to pay; and this is thers.
soa why: The gang and their eoufrderates
have evidences Of Indebtedness based on these
frauds, few of which We have recited The
Tre'sIry does not intend TO pay them. II
money is sent out for any purpose, Genera
Fremont will seize it. and discharge the obi
cations of his frep,ls. Hence the President
has sent out . commisssn-Holt, Davis, and
Campbell-to examine the accounts and rs-
duce the demands 10 fair propo'iop. When
Fremaut is out of ebo way and The Commits.
ion has concluded its lobors, the dow Of gold
will begin. Until these things happen, cred
itors must suffer. Let thsm charge their mis-.
fortunes whore they belong!
THE GOVERNMENT TO BLAME.
The Government that runs counter to the
instincts of its peopl" is sure TO fall into
slough. In this Gaze, its apparent opposition
10 the emancipation Of the slaves Of rebels has
bad its expected and legitimate effect. In
opposition TO the Government, Fremont has
made himself the representative Of Great
Idea, and, as such, has hecome 90 endoarsd to
he people wrougfully hut really eudearek
that be cannot be peaceably disturbed
rhe President has sll the while, since Mu'li-
,au tell. known Of his incapacity, Of the ps.
ure Of his surroundings, aud the character OF
,is transactions. He is opposed to him, and
very member Of the Cabinet, and every head
# a Bnreau in the War Department is op.
,osed to him; bu, the ghost Of the Proclspa.
ion rises before them, and they hesitate =
The time has CONS to delay no longer. The
now ia. IL Fremont or the Govern
ncnt supre'nei
now ALL KsE THINGS AFFECT THE ARMY.
We touch on sad topic. The disorders
md irregularities Of which We have spoken
night BE- forgiven, and the peculationt that
hallenge disbelief might be forgotten, ii, in
be management Of the army there had Teen
ordinary skill or ordinary ,ense. But while
rx..ron, h.h;pd hie haI cadee has been de-