Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-19
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The following is copy of the letter addressed By
Mr. LINCOLN 70 Gen Fremont

The following Is copy OF the letter addressed Dy
4 Mr.. LINCOLN to Gen. Fremont.
WASHINGTON. D. O., Sept II, 1861.
Ma. GES. J. C. FRENoNF-SIR: Yours off the 8th in
answer 70 mine Of the I'd inst, IL Just received.
Assuming that you, upon the ground, could better
Judge of the necessities of your position than could
at this distance seeing your proclamation Of Aug
30 perceived no general objection to IT. The par
ticuaF clause, however, in relation 70 the contscs
ton of property and the liberation CT slaves ap-
peared to me to he Objectionable in its noncsnform-
ity to the act Of Congress, passed the 9th OF last
August upon the same subjects, and hence wrote
you expressing my wish that thRt clause should BE-
modified accordingly. Tour answer just received,
expresses the preference your part that should
make an open order for the modification, which |
very cheerfuy do 1t is therefore ordered that the
aid clause Of said proclamation be 30 modified,
held and construed as to conform TO and nOt tran
scend the provisions on the same subject contained
ia the act of Congress, entitled, Act to C0Dsoate
Property used for InsurrectionsFy Purposes. ap-
proved August sixth eighteen hundred and sixty
one, and that said act be published at length with
the order, Your obedient servant
A. LINCOLN.
Tie following special dispatch to the Chicago
ITibtae has references TO this matter:
WAsHRGroS, Sept. IL, lSGI.-An eminent New
York barn burning Republican, Gen, trem0nts
confidential friend, has been for post haste BY
the President, TO be consulted with regard 20 Ere
mOnts proclamation. lie arrived last night. He
told the President that II he did not sustain the
Proclamation, Hamlin would take his place and
would sustain it. 1t s understood that the author
Of this sharp answer was summoned in consequence
Of the remoDstrances of secret delegation from
Missouri partly in consequence Of some visit OF
Blair and Aeigs TO st. Louis. IL Is said that the
slaveholding committee charged Fremont with in
activity and insccessibiiiiy.
The Louisville Journal Nf tho lsh has tie fol-
lowing paragraph: in regard to the matter
We have just seen dispatch, dated Washington,
September H. and from the highest authority,
which states that the correction desired By the
Union men Of Kentucky in Fremont proclamation
on the two points, the turning loose of cOntseSted
negroes, and the penalties attached to men who
may have taken up arms for a day only, and after
wards served the United State faithfully, will be
made Immediately. Under Fremonts proclamation.
men in this condition were rs much subject to pun
ishment as those who persisted in the rebellion up
to this date Of the proclamation. We repeat these
two points viii be corrected. The conRscated ne
groes will not be set free, and encouragement will
be held ont to men to lay down their arms aud re-
ceivP pardon for the past, We publish this BY au~
thOrity.
The following is dispatch TO the Louisville
Courier:
CmclGo, Sept I9-Ths Tribune of this morning.
contains severe article on President bIncoln's let
ter to Fremont saying it takes away the penalty OF
rebellion, and leaves the war mere opportunity
for mutual assassination.
The Post independently also condemns the letter.
Saying it will have bad effect 10 Missouri, and that
backward steps now will lead To no good results
There is trouble in the camp about FRENoNT's
proclamation. The radicals mast that it shall be
carried out, while the Union men of kentucky
have demanded that it shall be modified. and il
seems they have triumphed. It il now reported
that FREMONT has resigned.
While this farce is being enacted, the Washington
correspondent Of the New York Times shows that
the LINCOLN Government is carrying out the princ-
pies of FREAoST's proclamation
Some time ago, number of persona we're indicted
at Chicago, Ter aiding cOntrabands to escape from
service. In every instance, | believe, it Is ascer
1sineG that the owners of the slaves are Rebels
The Attorney General has, ] understand, ordered
the indictments at Chicago to be dismissed, and the
defendants discharged from custody snd from their
bonds. 1t ID probable the same course viii be pur
sued in relation to similar indictments elsewhere.
THE CorToY SUPPLY At LowELL.-The Lowell
Gelos says:
The Mer=imac Manufacturing Company, in this
city, have now hand in their store houses about
5000 bales of cotton, sufficient to run their entire
machinery for ak months. Cetton is now worth
25 cents and the sdvRnce over Whist the company
paid for their supply is upwards of Sl3000O. Cot
ton cloth is advancing in price, though OF in pro-
portion 10 cotton. Nearly all cotton mills have
a large supply of cotton on hand. which it il pro-
posed to manufacture INTO cloth the coming WinteF