The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-09-02

THE bold Jack sonian PROCLAMATION Of g icr |
FEEMoNr will elcctr,ly Vi. whole people, ant
will 20 farther than any other fact hitherto to
bring the country and the Government into
decisive and energetic attitude against the re-
kelliOn. If the Government at Washington il
MOI petticoat Government, and doe, not come
down upon Fremont in a swoon IF con'terna-
ton and extinguish him, We shall Look for the
Test results, even more iron the example than
from the direc, effect Of hi. course There are
Of course timid, short--ghtel and qupblng
characters everywhere, Whose breath will be IA.
ken away for the moment by the stroke; bu, the
common sense Of the people will ritiy IT, aud
the more II Is looked into, tho more thorou, u.s.
it will he approved.
Look at the circumstance. Whilo there i
no, a single southern state which &. not at this
moment legally in the Union by virtue Of its
own conSxfhticu and II all 'Jr' 'r,r pd,s'i IN
pursudao, her,of there il yet a protence AMI
claim in some of them, that secession from tho
United States has been accomplished, and q =
state governments act in pur-rincc Of the pre-
iencc, and claim for II the allegiance Of tho
citizens. Bot In Missouri, where mere pre-
tender, without even ihr form o. sttc
function, is invading anil lnr,int The
state. and whcrc savage hIud- 81 iri.al traitors
are spreading fire AMI uforl among the peace
able and loyal ma or'y Of i's poopl" ti"rc i not
n shadow Of excuse for douhrius to what author
ity the allegiance Of good citizens is due. Al
who have taken up arm, there, arc in rebellion
not only against the United Siitcs, hut against
their own state authorities, AMI against the
overwhelming majority Of the state, and simply
engaged in a administering attempt 10 syLipg1ie
Missouri, against her known will, to the revolt.
ed Confrderacy.
To he sure, the suhjugntion Of the other states,
in most cases, has undoubtedly been accom-
plished in opposition to the will Of majority
Of their inhabitants. But IN the case Of Mis-
souri,, the attempt j. harliccd, nni the crime
aggravated to the ut,,mo-t by IIll conscious
ncss OF It's undsguisod nature. Considering
these circumstance the idea If lcnily or quarter
to any Of these hriganls caught with arms in
their hands, as to mistaken AMI mi guided men,
would H. an abuse Of the very name Of mercy
General Fremont evidently understand, the
case, and mean, to deal with it rs b. understands
il, consistently
Many will be- disposed, at ti.t hlu.h,'o quo
ton General Fr..NuSrs authority 20 free the
slayes d the rebels. Such should remember
tia, thi, is merely applying the act Of conf sea.
ton 10 this de cripton Of s. called property. IN
the only mc,c in \, hich uitod state authority
can act upon it. Had FHLNnrr boon q rIln,
cian, instead Of being essentially -oldcr
as ho i, lie might have substituted
for his declaration that the slave, 81
the Outlaws are free men, an explanation,
remark that property in slaves held ll such
persons, under the state law, while n'cc t,iril,
con6scated could not lc acquired or exercise,
by the United States, and must therefore be- re-
linquislIci by them, and consequently cease al
together. This would be- something Ike
LAWYER, way If saving the same thing in cllrc,
which tho soldier has blmily aid in his pro Ia
nation. Possibly the strictly legal form Nigh
have been morc cNpcdicnt, hui why ,ayil at u
word- when the fact is the same