, 1862-03-10
Thf': TribuuE..
RERLx 10 soHE AssA1LANrs.

cent date, In which the Editors OF this pa
per are grossly maligned. The occasion
[or the attack was an exposure Of the
stupid ignorance or wilful ta1sehood Of
that sheet, in an article devoted to the de-
Tense Of -FIemont's strategy in Missouri,
in which, to make out his case, the writer
laid down q couple of hundred miles
Of railroad which had no existence any
where save in his own added bruins. The
gist Of the charges against us is, that, dis
appointed in receiving that personal atten-
lion from Gen. Fremont which our vanity
demanded, we veerd suddenly about and
became his violent and malignant personal
enemies; and to establish the charge, the
alleged fact that four Of the gentlemen con
nected with this journal, visited his depart-
ment, one after another, sought Gen. Frc-
mont's favor, and were, one after another,
repulscd, is set out with such force and
sarcasm IS the author Of the article in ques-
lion could command.
Here that Lie turns up in another shape.
When The story was first started in
St. Louis, It ran substantially thus:
" The editors Of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE
supported Fremont for the purpose Of get
" ting fat contracts on an equal footing with
" the most favored Of the California gang.
81 Fremont was too ineorruphble to be Sc
" dueed by their flattery hence their tears
This lie served but brief purpose. We
put in vigorous and effective denial, and
called upon; NIL men, Fremont and
the gang included, to establish the accusa-
ton by proof -Four months have elapsed,
and the man is not found Jet who has the
b1azen mendacity to say that the falsehood
has any foundation or, that, in the over
hauling which the affairs Of the great war-
1ior hare received, there is O spark Of eyi-
denee, even from Ike Wood or Selover, the
Generals most trusted ieutenants, upon
which the atrocious lie can be hung.
We thank the New York Tribune for its
malignity, which, not content with general
ritupera,ion, descended to particulars, thus
affording US an opportunity to pointed
II answer its rev version Of the old cal
umny, thus: One Of the editors Of the
CHICAGO TRIBUNE called upon Gen. Ere
mont in July last, in company with, and
by the Invitation Of, delegation Of citizens
Of Chicago, sent by the Union Defense
Committee, to expose to the General the
real 1nfamy Of one Of the men who was
commissioned By him to under
take and conduct business Of semi
military character, the gross amount Of
which would probably equal half a million
Of dollars annually. The delegation was
not received, and our associate withdrew
wifi the gentlemen who composed it, after
sending to The General the court records
and the testimony Of s dozen of our best
ci1izeEs, in which the. scoundrclism Of the
man whom they accused, was fully set forth.
IHewasneverre removed thought. This was
in July, and the TRIBUNE believed in Fre-
mont until October. Saye this call, no
man connected with the CHICAGO TRIBUNE
in any way, shape, Or manner, in any Ca
racity whatever, permanent or temporary,
ever sought Gen. Fremont's presence for
any purpose. No man connected with the
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, By himself or agent, ever
asked Gen Fremont, or any one Of his
friends, or any other man, for place on
his staff, nor for any appointment what
ever. No man connected with the Chicago
TRIBUNE ever sought or wanted military
contract Of any kind or sort from Gen.
Fttmont or any one else, No man
connected with the CHICAGO TRrEUSE ever
asked any favor Of any sort, civil, military,
or mixed, from Gen Fremont, nor from
any one in any way connected with hin,
Or who could in any way influence him
(Exception.-One Of us telegraphed Gen
Fremont, on the Sunday On which the sac
news Of D1nl1igan's surrender was brought
10 this city, asking it the report was true
and begging the "favor" Of reply. That
dispatch remains unanswered 10 this day.
And NOW We invite the scounlrcls who
have been assai]iDg us, to the proof Of tho
calumnies which make up the sum total O.
their attacks, uthey have any facts which
controycrt our plain and comprehensive
statement, let them be published to th'
world. # We have sought contracts, 1c
them say when, where, and by Who's
agency. # we have applied for place O
places on Ftemont's staff, let us know
the name of the applicant, and the man t.
whom the application was made
we hare sought Gen. Fremont for an,
purpose, let our enemies tell what it was
Open The record to the last page, and le
the country have the whole truth ",
challepgethe pack, from the New T ork Tri5
une down to the veriest thief who fattene,
on the Government during Frem4nt's mill
ta1y administration. Let them tell all the
know They have lied enough. We dc
mand the facts.
We have never been, we arc not now
the assailauts Of Gen. Fremont's persons
character have attacked Ills nli}itar
administration and the bad men by whor
he was abused, Our motives we're patriot
and pure. We were acquainted with I'll
facts. We made no mistake; hence "
have nothing to unsay or regret. For Ge1
Fremont we. have no evil nor unfiendl
wish Il: will give us pleasure to lnoi,
that he is, after Court Of Inquiry,
1isc aboyc: the unwlolcsome su,
roundings and the untrustworthy adviser
the Boards, Selorcrs, Woods, Palmer
and The Ike-who fattcned upon his mi
taken f1yor, in Missouri; that his goo
name, which, in spite Of the events Of tt
summer, is dear to portion of his cou,
trymen, is to be indicated by success
another field; that the murder Of Lvo,
and the surrender Of Mu1ligan, and th
escape Of Prices rebel horde, arc to |
swept from public memory by deeds
daring which expectation demanded fro1
the Pathfinder when he assumed
Major Generals rank. Untl that d,
comes. -and. he redeems, ---~b by -~ h
valor, the mistakes: and; by his skill, Il
misfortuncs Of his Missouri campaign, ii
schemers and plotters, who, in his perso
are using the principle which he avow,
and towhich the Northwest holds, for Il
purpose, not Of beating the enemy and p1
ting an end 70 The: rebellion, but to sccu
advance the 9avorof possible cant
date for the Presidency, to the end tn
thrift may follow fawning, are bellowni
themeelves hoaIse to no purpose. let fl