, 1861-10-05
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER $, 2se1.
FIRST RATE LOGIC
Editors Chicago Tribune: ....

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Editors Chicago Tribune: .... |
p,r.ntc Gen. Fremont did right thing In issu-
inc h.t proclamation in regard to the alavcs Of
rcIels. ard because sou endorsed and commended
him for It. are zoe 1ot committed to ths policy |
Of endozripg the surrender Of Lexington and
everything else he ma. do or permit to be done,
ghe1he: good, bsd CT indifereuts submit that
you are. .Ieubnst also That It yuu lore Fremont
you are bound to love ali the haackless, who ore
swindling the government under his nose. Since
Gen. Fremont took command Of the Department
Of The West he has ieeued one proclamation, and
lost two armies, and allowed more thau half the
State Of Missouri to tau into the hands Of Pricas
1abble. The proclamation Was good; therefore
the other thingS wc1e good also. No one can
ytseonably ind fanlt with this logic.
Springfield, III October Z. 1851.
We need not say that We cannot afford to
sec Gtn. Fremont defeated in the import
ant expedition he is leading against thereb-
els in Missouri 4 serious reverse would
not on1y cost the government millions Of
dollars and lose theState ofMissouri, but it
would place us in Illinois On the defensive,
ard endaDger our own homes and fresides:
We have more at stake: in everything that
can make men eagerly desirous Of General
Fremont's success, than nine-tentas Of
those who are clamoring against Us for
telling, as ne have done, the unyarnishcd
tutb, and pointing out the peril which
neraces our cause in Missouri. We be-
lieyed that bad ge1eralship went before
the army Of the Potomac up to the fatal
S1st Of July, and We hesitated not to say
SO. Yet No one could have more earnestly
desired the success Of our arms, and surely
10 one more keenly felt the anguish Of the
defeat at Bull Run, than ourselves We
thought the change Of Generals effected
by That eveat was dearly purchased, but
that the change was imperatiyely needed
10 cne now da1es dispute. That General
F1emont may not find Bull Run between
Sedalia and Lexington is the most ardent
wish that VIC are capable Of entertaining
Even though We we're actuated, as some
people pretend to suppose, by personal
hostility to him, ia foolish and p;tiable
<larde1l our oWn material interests, and
those Of the city and State with which we
:rc identified, would require us to pray
without ceasirg for victory to perch upon
lis banner. Not only SO, but The lives Of
hundreds of OUT best friends officers
aud soldiers who lately marched from oul
camps and honored us with their cheers
as they passed down cur streets-a1e hang
ing in the balance Have We not reasons
enough to pray for victory? Can any rea
son be conceived why ne should not pra,
for victcry-F3eazont's cicto7y? And her
let us say that we think he will be success
ful but the peril has been serious, as "
have had the most abundant reasons 70
believing. We are aware also that il he i
successful some persons will be malignan
enough to accuse us Of wishing it wer
otherwise; while if he Is unsuccessful tn
same persons Will be weak enough t
charge the disaster upon US. But We az
used to such things.
The kind Of logic which our Springfield
correspondent employs is painfully con
mon in certain quarters about these day
The argument that because Gen. SEQ
teok the city Of Mexico at the age Of si1t,
two he could put down the greatest rebe
lion Of modern times at the age of seyent,
six, was irresistible, as compared with Il
proposition that because Gen. Fremont i
sued noble and glorious proclamatio
the surrender Of Lexington, 7ciEt0ut o.