Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-20
The Gazette and it's Complaints, Mental
and PhHAicRI.


An accident prevented US yesterday from
giving that attention to the Gazette which
we admit to have been due, if not to its
vigor, to its infrmities. We knew by the
cut with which its issue of Wednesday was
illustrated that it was afflicted with some in
testinal disorder but the diagram, we feel
borne out to say, was entirely needless, as
the symptoms of disturbance were fully as
strong in its editorial as in its other depart
ments; and if we only knew whether it
were best to judge its complaint by the pic.
ture, and send it bottle of vermifuge, or by
its articles. and send it bottle of cholera
mixture, we might dispense with editorial
notice altogether.
We remarked in paragraph which ap-
peared in the PRESS of Tuesday, concerning
that part of General Fremonts proclamation
which related to the freeing of the slaves of
rebels in arms as follows:
The letter of the President places it be-
yond doubt that in this part Of his procla-
nation, at least, General Fremont acted with
out authority from Government-sot having
the warrant either of the law or the Admin
istration."
The Gazette inquiries, "Why in this part
Of his proclamation alone?n
Simply, because this part of the proclama-
tion was the only one we were speaking Of.
The GGzette-"The PRESS seems to suppose
that the other parts of General Fremonts
proclamation conformed to the civil law, or
was warranted by the President, and that
the Presidents objection was only to that
part which did not conform to the civil
law"
We said nothing from which such an in
ference could be drawn. We thought of
only one part Of the proclamation, and that
was the one we were writing about.
The Gazette-"The Proclamation declares
martial law. Will the editor of the PRRss |
inform himself where there is any civil law
TO warrant that2"
WecertainIy will at the first convenient
opportunity.
The Gazette-"It declares that rebels taken
with arms in their hands, within certain
lines, shall be tried by court-martial aud
shot. Will the editor of the Press inform
himself where there is any civil law to war
rant that 2"
Martin's Law Of Nations, p. 200. Bright.
leyS Digist Of Laws Of the United States, PIP.
SO, 66l.
The Gazette-"But the editor will see that,
in spite Of his laudable desire to defend the
President, he is hitting hard"
This is matter that we are so unfortunate
as to care very little about.
1t is simply ridiculous for the Gazette to
assume, because we did not agree with one
part of General Fremont's proclamation, that
we are TO be considered as indorsing all the
rest. We did consider that as Congress had,
only few days previous to its date, acted
upon the subject matter of one branch of it,
it would have been advisable for General
Fremont to make that particular part con-
form to the law; and that is all the Gazette
has as an excuse for the expulsion of a good
deal Of bile, in our behalf.
In conclusion, it strikes us that the Gazette
is comforting inordinate Importance upon
this matter-perhaps greatly to the disad-
vantage of that attention which 30 heavy a
journal should pay to weightier affairs. We
confess that we have looked upon the pro.
clamation of General Fremont in a light
somewhat different from that in which the
Gazette, and to some extent the public, has
chosen to regard it. 1t seems to be generally
considered as something done; it appears to
us rather in the aspect of something said.
To many it looks as if designed to act fear
fully upon the enemy, to US, as if there was
also the thought of gentle reflex operation
upon the loyal. We may be mistaken. We
would not willingly do General Fremont in
justice; but we who have no deep feelings of
admiration for pronunciamento literature,
were looking to General Fremont for acts,
rather than for procIamations. At any rates
we refuse to consider it great war measure.
This rebellion, if it is TO be put down, is to
be put down by fighting, not by robbing
hen-roosts or dissolviDg the relation between
master and servant These, at the very best,