Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-21


Il has been with extreme sorrow and re-
gret that we hare witnessed the controversy
which has sprung up regarding Fremont and
the difficulties between him and the Blsirs.
Gtp. Fremont and Col. Frank P BaiI are
t5o important men to bs either of them set
aside a. this time Of our national trouble
They have both done too much fer the coun-
try, tor truth and right and for the State of
Missouri, TO have their past services or future
imporlance disregsrIed. They are men If
Rncommon power and executive ability, and
the more OF such msn our Government can
now call into service 'he better for it and fol
rs all Rhen the hydra of secession was
& 81 rsarinE iis head and grasping State after
Rtzts 10 its folds, Col. Blair id incalculable
service ia rsseuing his Stale from a like fate
To hiu Is due, In great measure the sys-
TEN which was so ably and bravely carried
CUT By Gen Lyon, and in the execution Of
which that nobe soldier laid down his life.
But Tor Frank P. Blair Missouri might to-
day be member Of the Slave Confederacy.
OF John c. Fremont we need TO say moth
ing in cOnmsudation. He is enshriued in
the inusrEost heart Of tie people, and never
has any leader more nearly touched the sym
Palhies and received the confidence of the
great mass of our people, than be- The
s.oatsneOus and hearty acquiesence Of tie
people whed be was appointed 10 the CON-
mand Of the Western Division of the army;
the popular admiration which always follows
. ma. who has shown in his past life such
uaconquersbls perseverance and such bril-
lan succesS the enthusiastic hOcking Of
recraits and volunteers to his command; ano
the universal approval of his late proclamA-
ti0n. all stamp him as 5 man whom the pee
pie delight to honor.
The difficulties between Gen. Fremont and
Ool. Blair, which lea to the arrest OF the
later, we believe to be purely military ones.
The charges made that the Blairs op-
posed Fremont and tndeavored to depose
him because he would not be party to Ger
tain contracts, we do not hesitate, from our
knowledge of the men 70 pronounce false and
slanderous. We believe them to be honest
and honorable men, and do not believe one
word OF such reports. They are manufac
tured by their enemies tor personal spite or
revenge, and can have. no foundation in fact.
All such personal charges we feel called upon
to denyi the question OF military subOrdiua-
tlon, We are not prepared to discuss.
In Gen FremOnts recent proclamation, we
believe be struck 3 vital blow at rebellion
IN Missouri. The North 30 looked az 1t, and
the South. .feeoiled frVn it as from s'thunder-
bolt Ii be transcended the act OF Congress
Ia that 50 be had done in declaring martial
Law At all. The substitution Of marital for
civil Law involved the employment OF sn
means at the command Of tue military au-
thOrlries TO carry out The purposes Of that
lawI tbs frsS last and entire purpose being
70 crush Out rebellion and establish the Feo-
sral Government Gen Fremont saw that
tbs act Of Congress was missrably Inefficient
IA that State, if be must be confined 20 the
strict lettsz Of It; be therefsre gave ita lib
eral construction and stabbed rebellion to
the hssrA
The President was sincere and homes. in
SOU ring nOdi6ca.iOn OF the proclamation,
for ne looked q. Ihv literal iEt,Iprelat.on OF
the Congress Ohal enaOimsn', und required
rhs subordinate 70 cyniOra stncrly TO the
Instructions oftne superior powers. ltis to be
ra,rsttei that wish the same ssumptiou Of
responsibility with which be Issued bis proO-
Ismst.on in April last iOr a 600 troops, be
had set viewed the matter IL the Light With
which G.n. Fremon saw Il, and taken the
res, es,onsiDIlity Of giving him tree scope. he
aotsd With perfect ho2esg and good inten-
dons, sLt 6s tear the PsO9ls Win not see all
the p0luts, Of MS dec, IOp, and that it will
hsvs depressing etisst tP5a the -adoo.
aWutE IEE LAAg, AIo.--The Washing
ton slar reports that 'ez-President Buth nan
a.. ,,,v in 7svt,r oil \ vigorous Jloaecution Of