The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-03-20

! enemy SOME persors - M 'Na commit @
/ perhaps U"t n.s euem,cs m 1t. LOUIS
wore hunting " Witnesses against Inn, to-
have testimony taken there and no sooner
WAS it taken, whilo he was still ia the face
OF the foe, endcavoring to obtain victory
y for our arms, atl pcriling his lite for his
country, a syuups,s Of these oB pdric s,ato.
ments wa given by somc one to some
| newspaper correspondent ani sent upon
/ the wires all over the country, SO a3 10
poison the public mind against the Conn
mandcr-in-chief of the Department Of tic
West and assist in achieving his over
throw. sir, | think that in common Justice,
common humanity II il there urc such
i Things W Justice and humanity when .hC
returned, as u dcposed general. the com.
mittce might, if thcy did not see 1T to do
so before, have Bcut him the adverse owl
dcnce, which up So dis hour they have
never done and snid 10 him; I" Sir. before
you were scnt To this department. you were
supposed to be an honest man, but this tcs-
4 timony clouds your character. II was taken
in your absence; if you have any vindicn-
tiou or defense to offer we will subpoena
your witnesses and give their testimony 10
the world IN company with that taken
against you while You were IN the field"
| But no, the testimony was never sent to
him, and he has never seen IT, unless some
member Of the House has ere this lent him
Il copy hc has had no official information
concerning it.
Mr.. WADSWORrII asked question in
reference 10 the contraction tho Notifications
OF 81. Louis, which was inaudblc at the
reporters desk
! Mr. COIFAX ! am not called upon to
deiond that contract, but in Justice 10 Gen,
/ Fremont, il ought 10 be stated that tho con-
tractor offered il the worl; could be done
| by day only, instead of day and night I'M
iutcrrtudcdly, when he would have to pay
extra ior night work, TO do it for sixty per
cent less but Fremont said time is worth
moro than money; do the work Immediately,
with all the Iorcc you can put ON, working
night and day -- for hc was Just then
preparing for his march against Price. He
needed all available troops, and, with the
fortihcatonR he could leave st. Louis with
a smaller force for its defense.
But want now to put n question to the
, gentleman, d'yHmcntam at 6OmiHUD,, as he
has opened this question. Suppose you
f lind that some claim has passed this Congress
which everybody comedies to he entirely
wrong and uexcuslhle; and suppose some
man looking over the Glohc fluids, on the
{ list Of yeas and nays on the vote by which
: that money was improperly taken out of the
Treasury, that Mr.. Wudsworth voted for it,
and arraignB him before the people for it,
This on cc pdlfe evidence, would look bad
! ". Here ia cheating claim on the Treas
wy, the people would say, aud the claimant
gets his money out the Treasury by the di-
rect aid and consent of our Representatives.
vote But there are two sides to it. The
p gentleman from Kentucky rises and says,
. Does not my deinmer know that the Com
inittee of Claims reported tavorahly upon
that claim and that il is the custom of
members of Congress to follow the report
OF the Committee of Claims, in cases which
thCy have closely scrutniHcd, and against
which they themselves see no objection y
And when the gentleman has been heard in
his defense, everybody says that, although
he voted for the claim he is acquitted, be-
cause his explanation is satisfactory That
il the only fair way tp try man. Strike,
but hear before you strike. It Fremont
shall prove that he made this contract to
} carry on tho work day and night until its
J completion, upon tho advice Of engineers
! and men experienced in work of this kind
it will he at least somc pHlliution Of it, Just
as the gcutlcman's vote in fnvor of bad
claim, on the recommendation Of the proper
= committee. would paIiatc it, donot know
, what frcmonts defense is. have not asked
l. what his dcicnso is.
{, The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has
has had consent to proceed without limita-
) ton as to time.
Mr.. COlFAN. will not take advantage
Y oi the good nature Of the House. When
p Fremont was superseded what was the con
dition of affairs in Missouri? 1t has gonr
into history and viii live thCro during all
! time, his proudest and uohlcst viudicalion.
: Tho whole State, thanks 10 his energy, was
: more tranquil on that day than was Western
Virginia or Kentucky at that period 49, all
, except little corner down hy Arkansas,
aud an United States officer in uniform
y could ride alono from Springfield, near the
= Arkansas line, 10 ST. Louis unmolestcd and
, mhormcd; that was certainly one thing not
, To his discredit
In the second place, the army which he
= was heading was further South than any
other army of the Union ON that day. That
+ was another good sign.
, In the third place, it was headed in the
l right directions southwark, after the enemy
!, lie may be very incompetent General, Ms
y my friend insists but it took three months
I, I, after his superscdwe To get things back tc
T. Just the point whore he left them saying
l. nothing of all the rebel outragos during the
| interim.
In the fourth place the men under his
! command were filled with loyalty and On.
thusiasm for him. If he had been this
imhCcilc this corrupt man. this timid man
this incompetent General, they would have
> scornod and dCspiscd him, aud would have
u revoltcd against him. The bravo life guard
y commanded 10y Iagouyi - who, my friend
: says, won no victory at Springfield, - per
V formed the most brilliant achievement oi
)" the war up 10 that time, and lighted up the
+ hori2on?aIter long months of inaction and
y reverse, with the glorious illumination ot
: that act -- the prcsage of future triumphS
, for our arms, But that charge upon tn,
: enemy with the war cry OF " Fremont aut
- the Union cost them dearly. When the
T. life guard canlo back to st. Louis, they were
= dismissed from service for words spGker
'S at SpringGeld.' They were refused ration,
y for themselves they wero refused forage
= for their horses they were treated with
: disapproval and almost contempt for word,
/" spoken at Springfield" They were mus
tered out Of service, and Zagonyi whc
: would gladly give his life to make another
:" such charge on the rebel host, finds no plac,
- - open for him in the armies of the Union
~ =, They had dared TO charge upon the enemy
:, shouting the name OF their chief, whom
~ perhaps, they
Loved, not wisely but too urH."
But do insist, however we may differ a
r TO Fremont, that the noble band who hurlo,
'e themselves ON ten times their number, drov,
'c them before them by their impctuous charge
IL and planted the starry banner of tho Unio