The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-10-30

On Sabbath morning the following re-
marks of Rev Henry Ward Beecher were
made, not 10 the sermon, but upon giving
out notice OF meetings of ladies IN the
congregation, for the pupose of providing
hospital stores for our armies, and par
ticularly with reference to furnishing
stores for the hospitals at st. Louis:
The poor West seems destined to me-
glect. We remember the fate of Kansas,
when the cause of liberty was imperiled
there. And now, in turn, the same
cause hangs in suspense in Missouri -
When right and justice are to be estab-
lished, ii would almost seem as if theAe
were a reason for our Government to dis
own them. And | cannot but express
my solemn conviction that both our Gov
eminent, and in yet greater degree the
community, have done great injustice to
the cause in Missouri, in the treatment
which has been bestowed upon that noble
man, General Fremont. | have narrowly
watched the course of things. not unac
quainted with the reality Of the facts in
the case and it is my settled judgment
that, partly from private ambition, partly
from political reasons, and partly from
calculating aspirations OF rivals, the most
unjust influences have been permitted to
issue against this heroic man. My faith
In his administrative ability is not whit
less than in 1856 For ought that we
can see he is second In military capacity
to none of the able generals that are now
serving their country. 1t has wisely been
thought not fit for public journals TO criti-
else the administration of our generals, or
the plans of the Administration ia advance
nor until the whole results are disclosed
1t ia impossible for men remote from
the field, ignorant Ut the mingled polite
al and military reasons that shape con-
duct, ignorant of the trials and difficult
ties, Of the limitations and restraints Of
armies, to Judge correctly, or criticise
Justly But why is this moderation OBJ
served towards Gen. Mcclellan, aud TO-
ward Gen Anderson, in Kentucky, and
his successors, bnt vociferously violated
i'm the single instance of Gen. Fremont,
For the army of the Potomac no stint il
\ given to means and implements. Missouyi
if not neglected, is yet tardily supplied
with o penurious hand. Every step j.
made matterSQf many-voiced criticism ir
a spirit that shows that there is foregone
4 judgment, and that men are anxious t.
, find reasons for purposes which they hay.
already formed. Either let Gen Fremon
alone to work out the poper results of hi:
campaign, or, if it is proper to subjcc
him, at each step, to such abusive invest
CATION and report, let the same liberty b,
INDUCED in the case of our other Gener
ais !, Not one word of the army of tn,
Potomac, and its noble leader; not on,
word of the army of Western Virginia
: and its indefatigale and cautious General
not one word of the management of af
fairs in Kentucky, under the Administra
tion Of the noble Anderson, who has lait
his health upon the altar Of fidelity to hi
country; but against Fremont, incessant
insidious, and unreasonable complaint /
is shame; and there ought to be an in
dign.tion in the community that shall
bring this trifling with the public inter
ests committed to this mans hands to al
end His field is larger than that of an,
other army. His means are less. HI
has had neither tho sympathy northe he'll
that he had right to expect. And if thi
campaign shall fall in his hands, it ism
solemn conviction that the public inter
ests will have been sacrificed for the SAX,
Of putting out Of the way dangerous ri
val New York Tribune, Oct. ed.