Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-09-27
General rremoa. and III. President.

General Fremon, and the President.
No public document has come from any
public iuns,OrAry Tor years, 10 which there
las been such general hearty. and cordial
response, a. the late proclamation Of Gen.
Fremont. Thi. response has come from the
rsople-,he men who 10 the fshtins and
paw the taxes. This approval Of General
FrsuOn,'s Proclamation no, only every
where spring, up in the free States. bot loyal
citizen. in all the slave States have shouted
their hearty amen.
Amid the general rcoieing. when the
wisdom, prOmptn-.., Independence, and
bravery OF the gallant Fremont was the
theme upon every tongue, the President
comes out aud throw. We, blanket over
the whole thing. T., motI6catlou OF IRE
nont's proclamation - bot another sreei'
men Of the doubtful policy Of the Admins
raiiOn towards the aecur-Od rebels sho are
Prosecuting thi. war with s.avase spirit
TIA, has no parallel in The records Of ei'ih-
Iiion III, en- easy" seems to BE- the
rul,n.. idea at the White IlJuss.
lie, u. top aud look at ,hi. matter mo-
neni. FIRST. a. TO the necessity Of the frc-
mont policy and. second, the excuse Of the
Prc-iden, Tor modifying At. Missouri to-
day would have been in the hands Of the
rebels aud .usluet province 9, the trail
t1r,. had q" Washington policy " controlled
IL. Missouri Vas saved from destruction by
the bold, gNllan, and intrepid eourse Of the
trsvo and patriotic Gen. Lyon. and the
brave men who followed - fortune. until
hi. death. 1; sJmc,imes said that easy
blows ki ! the devil - IA; /, never Did u
in Missouri. The e3un,ry demanded The
Rppoinjmrut % a man % the command Of
the Western piy.lon who would act with
pronpInes-, yisor aui boIdncss,-a man
who would carry cot the policy inausuraied
by Gen. LySn. Al eye. turned upon Ere.
iaoui. aud the President responded TO the
call. and he was appoinied. Upon assum'
ing bis command. Gen. Fremont found -.
LOU. and the whole State foil u traitors.
So;hius could be said or done which they
would not c1mmunicatc O. the rebel forces.
The city OF -. L1ui. rested upon one vast
volcano. ready 70 burst out and destroy
everything before Il at any moment. FREE
mont took the bull by the horns and de-
elared u under martial law. IL had the de-
sired eject and !, become, under the al.
pinistrauon Of hi. Proves, Marshal. one Of
ths mOst quiet, orderly cities in the Cnion.
Another difficulty came up outside u the
city. slavehOlding robels stocked up their
plantation. with slaves. under the direction
of.Iavc master. and drivers, aud then Wills
their besrOe- were raising supplies tor the
rsbel army, they were oyeTrunnlng the STATE
and cooperating with traitor. iron Arsan.
sas and Tennessee. and bringing Missouri
under the de-pouc Joke Of the DAVIS dy-
nasty. To NEE, this emergency, Gen. Ere
mont declared martial law throughout the
State, and freedom 10 The slaves owned by
the rebels. This was the hardest. Bee. 81.
rsciei. and most elective tlJw leyeled az
tse REBELLION since It's commencement. IL
vas 10 strict conformity with the Law Of ma
tiOns, a. explained by John Quincy Adams.
and every other statesman Of any note.
either in our eoudiry or ~ the Old World.
The war power undoubtedly gave a much
greater latitude 10 General Fremont than
be undertook TO exercise. rhi. power Gu.
ferred authority uron him a. military
commander 10 libera,e every slave in Mis-
sOuri bu, he very properly limited il 70
the slaves belonging to the rebels.
The President now orders him TO modify
10. and for What rea.ong Simply that il
10 Inconsistent sith the couG.cation act Of
Congress, VI Aug. 9th. lS6l. This is jus,
no excuse or reason at all. That act APP
piled to slave property actually engaged an
acts Of rebellion. The PROCLAMATION Of Ere.
mon, had nothing 70 DO with this act /,
Was neither 'Ased upon il, or contrary To
IL. The Pre.den, Is not ignorant VI the
great TACT that martial law .upsrcedes all
civil law. and that under thu. grea, law Of
pscessity. all acts of Congress, and all other
acts that stood 10 the way Of its visorou.
execution. are Tor the time being .uperceded
and void. Me,s act, 81 Congress can never
pot down rebellion. Acts Of Congress
among the rebels in Missouri. have no more
po,ency than 50 many piece. OF white paper.
Bot tot 30 with that higher law which has
besn re-orted to by all great military COM
manders IN all ages aud ia all governments.
Gen. Jackson saved Sss Orleans by over
riding and absolutely setting a, defiance all
evil Law.
The potency Of Geo. Fremont. proclama-
ton Ia. been destroyed BY the notifications
OF the President. There will Je jubilee in
oil rsbeltOu over it. The eject i. and will
Be indirectly TO lend aid and eomf,r, 70 our