The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-03-11
General Fremont.

ScHcrUt
re- Every day the Developments of
the operations of the Western Department
of the army, proves the sagacity, the
wisdom, the competence of this General,
and the wrong done, not only to him, but
to The country, by his removal from the
Command Of that department. Not only
is it acknowledged now by those who
have examined into the conduct of the
war. tha. Gen. Fremont is guillless Of the
charges of corruption and peculation laid
Indirectly, if not directly, against him.
But the whole country have come to rec
oenize the fact that the campaign of the
Western Department, which is now pro
wing so successful which is now arous-
ing the hopes, and redounding TO the
glory, of every lover Of the old flags
being carried out in the way he indlcat-
ed, by means which he originated-and
the preparation Of which subjected him
to sneers and aspersions from military
and civil sources. When he took the
field TO chase PRICE out Of Missouri, his
project was declared t. be a mere spas,
lnodic effort, wild and chimerical, while
others declared ii TO be without object, &
mere pretence of doing something, with
out expectation or intention of result
Wise editors declared that his army could
not get beyond the Usage and that
here was no intention TO carry
il south OF that River That the whole
march was an expenditure Of strength
without The possibility Of good effect
But day after day the Pathfinder drew
closer to bis enemy. The Usage was
passed, and Springfield taken after one o
the most brilliant fights on record
which showed that the General had in
fused the fire of heroism into his men
and that they were equal to the conques
of anything he might undertake. Herr
the campaign, that had opened so glorl
ouslv, was cut short, and the arm.
marched back, only to show, in fey
short weeks, the correctness of FREMONT
Judgment, by sending Gen CURTIS to d
HE work that the Pathfinder had mark
el out and was so near accomplishing,
AGAIN, almost the first movement c
Gen. FREMONT oil his arrival at ST. Lou
is, was u commence he construction c
the Mississippi gun boat fleet. Thi
project was another that received til
iilicule and denunciation Of his enemie;
and one of the first charges made agains
Linn was for thus foolishly squanderin
money. After his removal it is sal
that work was even for some time STOP
ped upon these vessels. But their neces
sv soon became recognized, and the
results are before the world-a prope
monument to the ability and judgmer
of their originator. 1t must be som
satisfactio TO him, even while doomed
inaction, TO force from his enemies sue
testimony as The following from the \
Y. Times, paper that joined in the CT
against him previous to his suspensio
from his command
Speaking of the success Of Foote and Pc
ter, does it occur to You to look back and giN
credit where credit is due, to the man wi
planned the enterprises which have yielde
such abundant returnes Do you recolle
that among the first charges that were bFou8l
against Fremont was the one Tint lie was was
ing money in building gunboats TO be used c
the Western rivers, and TINT an unending foo
Of riliculc and abuse was heaped upon whi
sSas called his visionary scheme Fremoi
mas not been permitted to reap the full harves
.of the seed he planted, but the future will kno
that for the fall of Fort Henry, and probably 7
ahc ultimate reduction of Columbus apd Il
clearing out of the Mississippi, the nation WI
be indebted to Gen. Fremont's foresight an
adaptation ofmcans to an end. The campaig
III the West is coming back to the lines upt
which Fremont stood when his triumpha
career was cut short. 1t is demonstrated tn
it will bea success hereafter. only in that b
we-dgcsted plans are carried out. IN
time aud circumstances Gre yindi2atlng hl
almost before the ink is dry upon the paper tn
doomed him 10 inaeton, and for tine to pu
lie Gems ire,