Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-08
ResatdlnE Gen. Fremont.


ZANEsvIEE, o., NOv6.
Considerable excitement has been created
r here this evening, by the burning Of an efigy
a Of President Lincoln.- Telegraph DiPateh.
We regret exceedingly that any such i'll
timed and maryelously injudiciOus proceeding
as is here reported should disgrace any part
Of Ohio. Every such sbulition Of passion is
aid and comfort to the enemy. Nothing
would be received with greater howl Of joy
at the South than the announcement that the
North had risen up in opposition to the Ad-
ministration, ana made Fremont Dictator.
Every such dispatch as the above but adds to
the already intense excitement of the army
which has lost its head. In Gods name, do
not stir up the fires of insubOrdinatiOn and
anarchy, which were only kept from breaking
Olt into open revolt by the prudent oOunsels
of the very General who had been officially
beheaded. There is enough dissatisfaction
and concealed rebellion now in the army and
in the Northwestern States, without adding
to it by such appeals and reports.
Oar sympathies upon the Fremont ques-
ton have had no concealment When he
was appointed to the command Of the West
there was no heartier rejoicing than that
with which we greeted the Pathfinder to this
new feld of usefulness and of glory. When,
a few weeks later, he dashed aside all the
formalities and intricacies which surrounded
the rebellion in Missouri, and struck death
blow at the prime cause OF all the war, we
felt that here, indeed, was the man for the
times. We knew that he saw through the
accursed plot whose object was to enslave
not the black man only, but the white also,
and that he was not afraid to take the respOn-
si6ility of dealing it vital thrust. That
that Proclamation OF his was the surest way
. of putting down this rebellion, we thor
oughly believed, but we also believed that
after the President had ordered modifea-
- ail l----,---I = - L. duty Of
the inferior officer 10 abide by that decision.
Hence ve said, when it was charged that he
= had not observed that order fer dsys after he
had received it, that If the charge was true,
it was cause for condemnation.
When, few days ago, it was rumored
fom Washington that the disposition of the
Fremont case had been pu, into the hands of
the President we congratulated the country
that it was so, for we felt confident that af-
ter the excitement and indignant remon-
STRANGE which was manifest in the people
upon the report of his contemplated removal,
the Administration would not rashly take
he responsibility Of step of such vast mo-
ment TO all our interests. We are no ad7o-
Gates Of the doctrine that ''the king can do
no wrong" but we do advocate acquieseunce
in the decisions Of the Powers in whose
hands rest the destinies of the nation, at a
time when discussions and oppositions may
be our ruin. It is no time Of peece or. party
sriies now, and we are not to judge of our
rulers by peace standard. The arrest of
suspected persons, the unBarranted 10y legal
documents, search of suspected dwellings,
and the disregard Of the haBeas corpus
act, are all transactions which would
not be tolerated in times of peace, but
in times of war we grant War Power
70 our Executive, and rejoice that he has
the frmness to carry them ont. The re-
mO7al Of Fremont is Of different character,
but the distinction between times of peace
and these days of war, applies also in his
case. There is danger-absolute danger to
our government and our cause in allowing
the believers in this man, or the followers of
that, to set themselves up in opposition to the
constituted authorities. It is our chief-our
frst duty to rally the whole country to sup
port the government and as long as our Ex-
ecutiYe officers are faithful to the Constitution
and the Union, every faction based upon Op-
position to them, is a clog upon our army and
barrier to our success. A time Of peace is |
coming when all these matters can be tried.
Uatil then let rs rest with an abiding conf
dsncs in our rulers. If Fremont is guilty of
the charges made against him, the fact viii
be shown in due time; if it is not shown,
- then day Of reckoning will come for his
false aceusers.