The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-03

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Fremont and The Grumh,crs.
Gen. Fremont's Western Division of
troops are lily provided with equipments
and arms. and newspaper correspondents
are constantly abusing Fremont about it.
At the same time these very correspon-
dents and papers abuse him just as bitter
ly for his extravaganza expenditures in
trying to get arms and equipments. They
surely cannot be right in both eases. Ger
tainly Fremont would equip his troops if
he could. Surely he is not to blame for
everything, as some people seem to think,
or at least try to make others believe
He has never had as large a force as the
enemy opposed to him, and he has had
everything to prepare, without means and
without adequate force.
If our fathers had treated Washington
as many are disposed to treat Fremont,
our independence would never have been
achieved. 1t was because the people
stood up for their General against the
fault finders, that Washington, after nu-
merous retreats before a superior force,
and frequent defeats and many apparent
failures, with IN occasional brilliant stroke,
was Al last, after several years, enabled to
capture the British army at Yorktown.
Gen. Fremont may not be the man for
the place, but if 50, the moi e reason to
aid and encourage him rather than en-
barrass him and destroy the confidence of
his soldiers in his capacity in the present
emergency.
ntH- The Tory Democracy of EanBuren
county have nominated j G. Knapp for
Senator We presume it was the best
they could do, the Douglas wing of the
party having gone into the Union move
ment. 1t seems we'll enough that the 9th
er wing OF the sbroken- backed concern
should rally under J @. Knapp an origin
al Breckinrldger and worthy associate
Ct j. G. Neal.
1t is hardly possible to conceive that
the people of old Van Buren, have sunk
SO low as to elect Knapp over that tru.
patriot and honest farmer, A. III. McCra
ry, than whom no man in our State has
wider reputation as an honest and innu
entail legislator. If Van Buren, woul
do herself honor and promote the inter
ests Of the State, let her stick to her long
tried farmer Senator, and beware of
lawyer politician of such questionable an
tecedents and associations as our ok
"wool pulling acquaintance Knapp.
1D-lt is stated that the famous DR.
Russell, correspondent of the Londol
Times was arreste and taken before
justice of the peace in Illinois, the othe
day, for violation Of law in shooting gam
on Sunday
The Doctor will have occasion to thin
We are as strict as the Pharisees of old i
regard to small offences, W lie the weight
Ter matters of murder and treason and til
like too often 90 scotfree.
11-Our latest word from the Sd Tow
Regiment Is, that the main body of thel
was at Wyandotte, near the mouth Of Ii
Kansas river, but that company b was
Macon City We did not learn that an
thing Of particular interest had transpir,
since the affair at Blue Mills.
COMFORT FROM HISTORY. the f
teen persons FIRST appointed Generals
the Revolutionary Congress, Gully thr
were fit for the position, Or ever did al
thing worth mentioning for the eountr
Some Of them Were grossly incompeter
and others were towards or traitors. Y
we finally succeeded and il il to be hn,
that our case is not worse in the prese
struggle
11s- Tire Fourth Iowa Regiment, G.,
Dodge, il attached to Gen Wsmar
Brigade, and lis On its way to Jefferson ci,