Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-28

= seyesa,ss ard speeeE.
He Complain. Of Uujp., Trea,msn,.

He Complains Of Unjust Treafment.
Msjor-GeneraI Fremont auived in S.. Louis
on the 2Osh, and was serenadsd in the eveaI z.
He made a speech. Of which lLs following srs
the material portions. Il IS interesting Oflis
removal from command in Missouri I4s. yer,
he says:
Returning from the field where ny hopes OF
usefulness were buried, oppressed by injustice,
under the attempted humiliation of suo1Idila;es
seeking 20 please power, ] came upcu the u1eE-
pected and magnificent welcome In w1ica you
gave vent 70 your generous Indignation, and
offered ms your warm hearted sympathy Fixed
in my mind ss ore Of Tie most gTste.U- event g
Of my life IS that night when, Wilh ny Eoart
chilled and contracted BY tie uudeserVed sevali-
ty of the government, I stood here and felt i5
glowing and expanding amidst the ceai7rli
cheers of the friendly multitude which lille 1
this space. 1 felt rebuksd thas I had for m1-
ment d]ubted the inevitable justice OF the Pe''-
pie. Not unworthy a place among the b8It8
scenes of your State was the moneut w-ea SO.
opened your crowded macs hat night 90 L5lc-
IN its passsge the tatteEed remnant OF that 5rsr5
young guard, which made the 25.h Of ibis
month Of OssOber the anniversary Ci q hzr0lo
deed.
mention them here, not only because thar
come up among the incidents Of tina. uigl., hCi
because they deserve mention as NY hands. ard
because they deserve 20 be he'd in remembrance
by yCu. Fr0ra their brilliant 6ai3 O.. victory
-h-y returned to me with hum-lis.iCli TO b1
dismissed from service IN the army Of tLa. com
Try which they had served 30 rcc.y, slI -u
share in the Unmeri.sd severity which was VS.
tied upon ali couusessd with me In Ey b1i--
administration Oar patIi1.i-m was Te---5sls
services irrCr-1 and faI9sr- Is-af
our best measures anlUIed or subv-r-a-. ih1
very works erected 20 defend the Er,a- Interests
that center in your city declared iiI-iuige1 ana
useless. But tine has already brought us s1u5
cOnsClatiOUs. and it must have been q CREST one
% you who were c3-labC-=rs with us when
lately you read the order directing these f5ril---
tions 70 be pat il complete equipment ard Iead-
mess for service.
And if it Be true, tha. in Che misfortune CT cur
Is best friends, there is siwsys something 70
please us, yen must bs7a found p-assC-s IN
seeing the violent haste which your uzira87riug
cities threw into TIE building oi l1r-Il-a-i5-s,
when you were resting securely in tLe Fr1-ec-
ton of your own. [ Loud cheering ] And them
too, in the case Of the city detsuses Ihs rspulIs-
ton was 80 thoroughly classic TIE builders
OF the walls Of Toy were refused payment rlr
their work, and surely we ought 20 remain
entirely satisfied under the authority oil such Ga
larity' here. il Is true that those other builders
we're violent and did mischief but LLsn they
were gods and had power, and hes-heus Eked
the Law Of retaliation; bus we were uortsls and
lived in a Christian era, and every incentive OF
patriotism required ne 90 he satisfied, ii cn.y
cur work went 10 .Es 0sEtE. Of tie country.
LCheeTs.
But what was really the cause of al this
What was it that scattered the fruits Of cur Ia
~.
field Of successful duty, and Psraiyzsd the
career Of our victorious troops Perhaps our
war secretary had been reading old campaigns,
snd his mind had become excited by che ral-lty
which characterized the great soldiers Of Europe
at a time when war was in its u0rmsl c0udi-
ton. He had read about the cas-i y CT Peters
3urgh, and carried IN bis miud what an Eug-
Iish minister said Of him. That be could never
write TO him, bat was always obliged -1 W-lt5
At him. Laughter and lCui applause.
Perhaps with these and other such examples
before hiH, the secretary thought that ws ia the
West were too slow. We had suffered q prss
only two hundred miles of to surrender llr
want of reiuf0rceneuts- Or, perhaps, De la1
later events in his mind, and thought Ct tEe
French Enper0I'5 brilliant campaign ID Iaiy.
lie beheid that splendid force lor which the
great dictator Of Europe had drawn upCn all
the resources of the East all that sCieucs could
carry his troops in:0 the battlefield, railroads 10
bring eff his wounded, and balloons % carry
his scouting parties through the air.
The secretary had ell this iE bis ulld- and
grew impatient with rs. He forgot how few Of
these appliances we had, and how pocr The West
was in al the ready materials of war, except.
indeed, in that one indispensable material Of
brave and loyal men, which she has So IaTls1ly
given to the service Of the country We may
Z l. a. IL e.. ah-H b. .--. H.r.H
not these crest appliances for rapid ana brilliant
successes, We sre safe on the other hand from
the arbitrary use msde Of them. TIE Italians
were promised freedom t-0m the Alps % il5
Adriatic but tie great army won tIu,-.ess 5a--
ties, and the hopes Of o brave people were ---u-
dsd. But We comprehend cur epJcl-'
Ia this country it is not possible that swo c0--
mandeTs Of opposing armies can meet together
at breakfast table and compromise away the
hopes and liberties Of g great people. j1acrs
Butit was not that we had disappointed some
high wrought szpecsat ors OF the secretary It
was not because we had failed in a soldiers
duEy, or suffered, st the Esuds Of the enemy la-
glorious defeat, that we incurred minis-aTIl. Ils-
pleasure. L was becau7e In Cur uncslculatia-
eegernesE, we were too hss-y i'm striking that
enemy a vital blow. Like the Trojan, whose
spear agsiEs. the treachsr5us horse made tho
clang Of arms resOund snd whom the angry
goddess EuIl8ue4 ll-t U-l|N li--A atH- atl-ete
property, so, TOO, did we undergo sudden pun
ishment for devotion to cur country. Loud
cheers
Upon me too, as in the old story, were tho
serpents set They wound around ire thci-
lcaihsome c0iis-they strained me with their
foul embTsce-they breathed Oh me their pastl-
entisl breAth-they lacerateG NE wish their
venomoUs faHgs-but greater than FaHa5
rules the contest, and power TO destroy was not
equal 70 the VIII. I live through the uuG-ean
struggle 1 come back to you g second time
and you receive me with the same Old regard,
the same warm welcome rs heretofore 10 uIzt-sc
how often strUcz down aud Tufely thrown back
among yen, the friendly contact restores my
strength, AID rise again full OF c1Idleuce AID
hope, and ready again for another effort 20 serve
you Wild and prolonged cheers.
With you feel myself ia sy uPa-by. 1 tl-2i1
your thoughts, and I know that my Eesr,bsa-
responds to your own. I believe il your j1slica-
and not only IN your justice, buJ ia your gen,
erosity, which have so often and Sc largely
shared, and 7 submit couteutedly TO your YER
Diet TLoud calls and cheers
After comp,imsnting General IcElB.ry, ss %
witness III whose Trial he had been tummeusd
to ST. Louis, General Fremont ceased speaking.
amid immense applause.
General scott's letter.
a late Northern dispatch makes The following
explanation regarding the lately published lst-
tar ~ General Scott.