Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-10

must have my troops, though Missouri fall,
| and fall myself" After had heard that, L
would have been a traitor to ny convictions
| ii | did not stand mp to defend this man, VINO
was willing 10 sacrifice himself 10 defend The
! imperied capitol OF the country.
| Mr. Blair said Gen. Fremont made a return
I to Secretary Cameron about tie same time,
| which showed that he had fifty Ave thousand
men in his department.
Mir Colax-I am coming to that very
point. He teegrapled to Washington that
he was preparing 10 obey the order received,
and | doubt not it made his heart bleed,
knowing the strait Mulgan was in Then he
telegraphed to Gov. Morton and Gov Denni.
son for more troops, and the answer lie re.
ceived was that they had received orders TO
send all thelI troops east. So there his reli.
ance failed. My friend says that il cannot be
shown that he moved any of his men until al
ter Lexington had fallen. Lexington fell on
Friday, the 22d of September l well remem
Der the day. Here are dispatches TO General
Pope, on the 10th of September, and dispatch
es from Gen. Sturgis TO Col Davis, hurrying
the men. The wires were hot with orders
hurrying the men to reinloic e MGlligan. Pope
telegraphed on the 18th OF September that his
troops would be there day after tomorrow,
which would have been two days before Lex.
lngtUn surrendered, and Sturgis thought lie
should be there on Thursday. Col. MuHigan
told me himself that it Sturgs had appeared
on the opposite side of The river he thought
Price would have retired Thus from three
sources Fremont sent on troops to reinforce
Mulligan, but he failed to do it because the e-
ements seemed TO be against him, and not be
cause he did not seek TO do so in eve
ry possible way that he could send a suUcor
To him. AT tlkis very time there were all
the different posts in Missouri 10 be held /;
his three months men, We're rapidly retiring,
and his best men sent to Washiugton Price,
with fifteen thousand men, marching to Lex
lngtoni MCCulloch threatening Rolla, Hardee
threate ming lrontun, and Polk and Pillow at
Co umbus, and all over the stale were organ.
lied bands OF rebels-about eighty thousand
notwithstanding him, and he with an made
qnate force 10 meet them. And while thus
struggling, from every side were launched
against him the poisoned arrows of hate and
partizan enmty, and while Fremont was out
hunting the enemies of his country, somebody
was In 81. Louis hunting up witnesses against
hun, and giving er pdrte testimony taken there
and while he was facing the foe endeavorng
10 secure victory, synopsis of the testimony
was sent upon the wires all over she country
so that the public mind should be poisoned
against him, and his overthrow might be the
easier. l think, in the name of humanity III
there is no such word as justice they should
at least have sent him this evidence after he
came back TO mis- post, but to tins very hour
the committee have not sent him this testimO.
ny at ALL My friend says Fremont has not
demanded trial 1t the charges were made
against him to the war department, and if they
think them substantial enOugh'to receive any
attention, 1t is their business TO put him on
trial"