If certain Republican papers are prohibited from circulating in General McClellan’s army, it is true that a great many Democratic papers ought to be prohibited from entering General Fremont’s army. The most severe strictures on General McClellan indulged in by any journals, are only criticisms on his course as commander of the army of the Potomac; but all, of every shade of opinion, heartily wish him success, and that he may crush out the rebellion in Virginia. How different has been the course of the Opposition newspapers toward Gen. Fremont! Hardly was he appointed to the command of the Mountain Department before they opened their billingsgate on him, and published and rehashed all manner of falsehoods against him. One of their boldest and most reckless misrepresentations was that some of the officers of that department had resigned immediately on hearing of Gen. Fremont’s appointment, believing him to be incompetent! This story is very handsomely refuted by the officers themselves. Gen. Rosecrans, one of the officers named, has written an indignant letter denying the charge thus insinuated against his patriotism; while Col. Poschner of the 47th Ohio, says, in a letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, that the intimation in the Inquirer of that city, that he intends to resign, is utterly unfounded and adds, “In consequence of ill health, I have been granted a short furlough from active duty, but trust in a short time to rejoin my command and serve under Gen. Fremont, whom I admire and look upon as entirely competent.”
Now, if there is anything better calculated that such lying reports, as those we have just shown to be false, to create disturbance and mutiny in an army, we are ignorant of its existence. Such falsehoods are started with no good object in view; utterly groundless in their inception, dastardly in their character, and villainous in their purpose; they are calculated and intended to do mischief, and that only.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 23, 1862, p. 2
Now, if there is anything better calculated that such lying reports, as those we have just shown to be false, to create disturbance and mutiny in an army, we are ignorant of its existence. Such falsehoods are started with no good object in view; utterly groundless in their inception, dastardly in their character, and villainous in their purpose; they are calculated and intended to do mischief, and that only.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 23, 1862, p. 2
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