The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-05

triviaiities, but all with whom I act show tina. the,
ere now In dead earnest
know you will rejoice 10 Know thi,.
As soon - 1 can get the machinery Of the ono,
working. the rats cleared out, and tho rnthoie,
stopped. we shali NOES. This army has got TO nsht OF
run away; and while men are striving nobiy in thu
West the champagne and oysters on the Potomac
must be stopped. But patience for ashort while only .,
all I ask, n you and Others like you Will rally around
mo. Yours truly. D n. STANTON.
O. A. DANA, ESQ.
A few days after this l wrote Mr.. Stanton a
second letter, In which / asked him to give Cen.
Fremont q chance. At the breaking out Of the
war Fremont had been made q Major-G oneral
in tho regular army and the of the
Western Department had been given him. His
campaign in Missouri in the summer Of 1861
gave great dissatisfaction, and in November.
1861. he was relieved. after an Investigation By
the Secretary OF War. Since that time he had
been without q command. l believed, AZ did
many others, that political intrigue was keeping
Fremont back, and ! was anxious that he should
have fair play, in order that tho nroat mass OF
people who had supported him for the Presi-
doncy In 1850. and who still were his warm
friends, might not DO dissatisfied. To my letter
Mr.. Stanton replied:
WARRINGTON. Feb. 1. 1853.
DEAN SIR, II Gen. Fremont has any light In him he
shall $50 far as I am conoerned) have q chance 20 show
~, and l nave toid hfm DO. me times require the
help OF evory man according TO his gifts and having
neither partialities nor grudges to indulge, Il will be
my aim to practice on the maxim ''the tools 70 him
that can handle them."s
There will be serious trouble between Hunter and
Lane. What Lanes expedition has In view, how 10
came 10 DO set on foot and what 10 expected 10 be 40
complained by u. I do not know and have tried In
x.,n "a ana ont. II seems 20 be n bapb.zard ,1aIr
that no one will admit himself to be responsible for.
But believing that Lano has pluck and 10 an earnest
man. he shall hate Jnsr play. II you know anything
about him or his expedition pray tell II TO mo.
To bring the War Department up to the standard Of
the times. and work an army Of I'VE hundred thou.
sand with machinery adapted to q peace establish.
ment OF twelve thousand. Is no easy task. This was
Mr.. Cameron's great trouble. and the cause Of much
of the complaints against him. All I AJAX Is reasonable
time and patience. The pressure Of members of Con.
gross for clerk and army appointments. notwithstand.
ing the most stringent rules. and the persistent strain
against all measures essential to obtain time for
Thought combination, and conference. IL discouraR-
ing in tho extreme-it often tcmpts me to quit the
helm in despair. The only consolation Is the con-
ndence and support OF good and patriotic men-to
their aid I look for strength. Yours truly.
Epwts n. SrIEror.
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