The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-09-18
CHARGES SUSPENDED.


The President has suspended the
charges against Gems. Fitz John Porter
Franklin and Griffin, preferred by Gen.
Pope What his reasons are for so
doing, We can but poorly conjecture.
Certain it is however that Pope was not
we'll received by our eastern generals,
and that they were so extremely jealous
of him, that they wished him whipped,
in the very first engagement. 1t is we
think also equally certain, that he was
defeated, by The inaction Of some Of
these jealous pated scoundrcls. What
are the American people made Of, if they
will quietly submit to these things?
What excuse car any general present,
WHICH SHIN a>-u"'o >s.-l~est shade Of
Justification, for permitting the sacrifice
of thousands Of soldiers in order to sa-
tisfy a depicablc feeling Of jealousy
which he may have, against a superior
and commanding general ? None i'll
deed !: There cannot be such an excuse
framed in heaven, hell or upon cayth !:
and the reckless demon who may be
guilty OF such conduct, should publicly
swing in gibbets until the vultures and
bnzzards have fully gorgcd themselves
with the last piece of his foul flesh, and
his demoniac spirit sent home to the
nethcrmos hell.
The President certainly will not gain
friends by the suspension of these char
ges. The public demand an inves.iga.
ton of them. They wish to know
whether the troops, who are SO nobly
and promptly periling their lives in dc
fence OF their country arc to be thus
rccklessly sacrificed at the jealous
whims of selfish fools. An investigation
will do no harm. II those generals are
not guilty, let it be proven at proper
examination and then confidence will
be restored in them BY the soldiers and
by the people. If they are guilty, exc
utcthcm as ,heyrichly deserve, and then
a new confidence will be created in
that government which now administers
our laws. BY all means let an exami-
nation take place. We have still enough
generals, if these then should even at
this crisis be taken from McClcllan's
army.
The following is from the corrcspon-
dcnce Of the Cincinnati Gazette.
Washington Sept. s.
Lamcntablc as the fact may be, we
are forced to accept it-there is to be
no immediate investigation Of the eau
ses for our late disasters, or OF the cur
rent charges against our most prominent
officers.
Pope, you probably know by this
time, had preferred charges against Fi,z
John Porter, Franklin, Griffin, and per-
haps one or two others. The nature Of
these charges was certainly such as to
command instant attention. These men
were substantially accused of having
conspired to break down a brother
officer by means Of a defeat Of our army.
which it was part Of their alleged plan
to insure. The very thought that such
infamous purposes could possible be at
tributed to the generals who have the
lives Of our brave volunteers in their
keeping, was enough to make tho blood
run cold. OF course not an hour shonld
be lost in testing the truth OF falsity Of
the charges, and not man should be
left under the control Of the accused
officers till their innocence were made
as clear as the MONDAY.
Yet the whole matter has been
smoothed over. The infamous torrent
Of abuse that reckless partisans have