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

pr clsmstion must be changed. | regret
that he was of hat opinion. But | know
Mr. Ia n oln to be an honest man--as honest
aud as conscientious aud true-hearted man
rs walks the earth and | know he must
have taken this position because be felt,
looking over the whole country, that that
ee iel T. be his dutv. Whether he erred
or Fremont erred world he the last man
to aspe 'se any OF Mr. bnclln's acts. when
they are based MS a ! know they pre Oh his
convictions. When the Prssideft ord led
the proclamation 60 be mod.h.d General
Fremont e0lied IN lettcr, moderate and
not "hnml q tic" whore.nhe SAYS II Q pi efers,
if tio Pres dent feels il itnecessaiv, ncsnoud
himself modify q ard that he would bow
TO the order, as a subordinate should Always
bow to the rebnhe Of his chief.
think my friend might have spared tHe
sarc lstic remarks which he made about the
threatened mutiny at Springfield when Gen.
Fremont was removed from command. I
have the assurance of gentleman from
Indiana, whose word ia as good as my oath
or any other man's oath - I mean Colonel
Hudson, the agent Of the State of Indiana
who was there az the time. tliat there was
sadness all over the camE when the news
came that Fremont was actually superseded,
This may have been unjust to his successor.
Ii may have been unwuTranted but still the
Fremonts utmost influence was promptly
eXertod to preserve subor);nat.on among
his troops He bowed, thout murlnur.
to the decision though il took from him
the coveted opportunity of viudlcpt'ur
himself against all who had attacked h'm
and he demanded that all under his commal1
/, should co daily obey his successor. II .
farewell to the Mississippi Army."-which
he had laborcd so earnestly against all adj
verse circumstances, to organize which he
had led, by forced marches that seem in
credible, almost into the presence of the
enemy and which was the only army of
the Union that had, up to that time, been
led fifty miles away from railroad or o
navigable intercourse has been read, not
only in our own, but also in foreign lands,
even by men who, with the multiplied
charges against him, had doubted his capac-
ity. with moistened eyes, as they saw how
nObly that man. thus stricken down, without
Il complaint, and closed his military career
, in the Western Department by stirring
, words OF encouragement 10 the gallant SOL
diers from whom ho was thus separated.
: Even one of the New York papers that de-
nounoed him spoke IN highly eulogistic
language of manner in which he met his
fate. Aud when twenty thousand of the
constituents of my friend from Ohio Mr.
Gurley who had been on his staff, came
; thronging to honor the fallen General. and
offered him an ovation in the city of Cincnl-
natl he declined il, and passed through
; without accepting any hospitality. Six
months have passed since then. Has there
been man who bore himself 81 meekly?
He visits New York, after official consent
was at last obtained for him to leave St.
. Louis, and refuses the complimentary re-
ception that thousands would gladly have
inina1 in No utpvl pF hirtarpaSS nF
plant falls from his lips. He comes to this
city, suppenoed by congressional commit
1 tee, to testify as to his management of his
: responsible trust. He comes here and
bears himself as modestly as in New York
! DO YOU see any parade of his gaping wounds
, TO the people Not at all. He has not
even prompted me to say a single word in
; his behalf, although he knows me to be his
friend have not asked him for single
fact in reference to his case, because |
wanted to speak independently here, as
Representative of the people lie doubt
less longs to be in the service of his country
at this hour of her peril And though he
may chate at maction as his heart bounds
at the thought of being again at the head
OF advancing squadrons. driving the enemies
, OF the country before him, have you seen a
, single lire of complaint from his pen against
those who counseled his supersedureH
But, to rccur to his proclamation. Let
me ask what differences was there in sub
stance between that proclamation and tho
celebrated remark i'll Cincinnati, of Andrew
Johnson, that loyal Jackson-like and heroic,
Senator from Tennessee, whom all true laen
in the country cherish in their heart of
hearts? He said. about the very time when
Fremont issued his proclamation. that no
rebel had y right to own anything" Free
|. mont said that the real and personal prop
erty of rebels shonld be confscated to the
public use, and that their slaves if they
had any, should be declared free mon and
, Andrew Johnson, a savehUlding Senator
from slaveholding State said that no rebel
had right to owning anything. can see
no difference between the two. except that
Fremont, as q commanding general, desiring
thus to weaken the power, and cripple tho
resources Of the traitors, embodied it in a
proclamation, as the Senator did in u SEN
, tence.
THE FALL or LEXINGTON.
come now to the siege and fall of Lex
ington. | think have shown, by General
Lyons own statement that he did not arraign
Fremont for not being strengthened and
succored; and ] should have added then
that Fremont arrived in ST. Louis only four
teen days after Lyons death Ihave shown
where General Lyon thought the RESPONSE
! Lility rested. | have shown the dispatch
from General Mcclellan only six days before
Fremont arrived at ST. Louis, saying that
there were only enough troops and arms to
, reinforce Cairo, and that the troops he could
spare, an but two regiments at that, must
only be used TO defend st. Louis, and only
then "in case of absolute necessity |
will now leave that part Of the subject, an!
come TO the surrender of Mulligan at Lex
ingtun. think can make out as strong
vinlication for General Fremont there.
am gal to see that my friend from Missouri
is paying so much attention. The attach
lnent between him and me has been such
that it is the most painful duty of my life
to have to differ from him to-day on such a
subject. | would far rather meet any one
else hero in the collision of conflicting
views but we can differ, know, as friends
should differ when their roads separate.
My friend said that troops could be got
in every direction 10 defend Cairo. Now
! here is a dispatch from Governor Morton,
| of Indiana, in response TO Freno lts pressing
appeal, dated the 4th of August, three days
after Fremont went TO Cairo, and six days
! before Lyon was killed:
"Can send ive regiments if Leave is granted by
the Department, as ordered to seSd them East
as fast os ready"
| Now. to show also how General Fremont
was "aided at that time, here is dispatch
| from, Washinuton aiShf 5ava hafora unv.