Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-24

mont would never get into another com
mand with his help. As the gentleman
from Indiana had picked up this CaSt-oh,
be would soon get sick of him.
Mr.. CoLFAx said he had not picked up the
cast-of Of anybody. He had started in
company with the gentleman from Missouri
aud had kept on, while the gentleman had
switched of.
Mr.. BLAIR replied that il was time to
switch of when Fremont made contracts
with Beard giving four times as much as
4 the work was worth. st. Louis never was
( in danger except from Fremont. Nov the
I latter is in Western Virginia, the CONF
plants ori MATED IN Missouri are resumed,
and letters are written. as usual, aSsailinE
( the Government for not furnishing more
troops.
/ \ running debate between CoLFAx and
I BLAIR occurred, concerning points in the
/ military conduct of Fremont
] Nr PHELRs, Call without declaring
I himself a friend of Fremont, believed he
was entitled TO fair hearing, He knew
that BeArl was here asking for survey of
the work As for Woods, lac was person.
ally acquaiuled with him. If Fremont Sc
{ lecIel Moods for his business manager, he
could not have made better selectiou.-
I The gentleman from Missouri seemed to
/ have stigmatiIed the returned CalifOrni-
ans" Ia response to this he (Nr. PHELPs)
I had only 10 say that if you strip the army
/ Of It's "reiusnei CalitOrniaus," you will
/ have but few competent leaders.
/ Mr.. STEVENS tPa-l said that in ReYolu-
/ tionary times there was 4 ca6al sgaiust
I Washington, and there seemed TO be such
cAbal now in existence.
! The only difference was ir the kind of
men of which they were composed. The
means selected TO destroy Fremont were
more Infamous than those reSorted to with
] the view of destroying Washington. The
motive attributed by the gentleman from
I Missouri 10 the President for reinstating
] Fremont, was not 10 vindicate an injured
man from the SANDER Aeaped upon him
I Ii there ever was worse charge made
| against any man in Office than that against
/ tine President, he had yet to learn it, The
gentleman had made none as bad against
/ Fremont, though he had condemned Free
mont As a plundcrer.
Nh STEVENS alluded to what he term
ed scraps of SANDER" against Fremont,
and of persons being put on his scent by
those who had been his friends but had
! become his enemies, to destroy him.
There was no pretence that he had re-
ceived any money to which he was not
| entitled If it was in order he would
move to disgrace the seandal-hunting
committee from any further service.
| They had committed more fraud than
they had detected
| Ma. BLAIR Mo in explanation, said
| that if Fremont did not bring those Cali
/ forniaus here, he received them with
open arms, and filled their hands with
contracts of the most notorious charac-
ter. Beard had defrauied the men whom
he employed. 1t did not lie in the mouth
of Stevens to charge him (AIr. Blair,
with assailing the President, when it
was known that the gentleman had here
t0fore not only assailed the Administers
/ ton, but our Generals in the field.
Ma. DIvES's resolution was then laid
on the table
Nh. ALDRIcH (NIich) moved the pass
age of the resolution heretofore offered by
him; instructing the Committee on the
judiciary to report back the bill to sub
Ject certain persons to military trial and
! punishment, and for other purposes. If
this had heretofore been passed. the
House would not have enjoyed the de-
bate to which they had been treated to-
day.
Ma. THOMAS Mass believed that n
large portion of this House was Disguised
with the discussion. The quarrels about
particular Generals were distasteful.-
There was one parallel to it in history,
namely, that ola Roman-Emperor fiddling
while Rome was:burniug.
Mr.. COLPAx cOncurred in what the
gentleman had said. No friend of Ere
mont had said word about him except
ing in reply to the attacks made upon
him.