Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-06
"The Stnee-lt IL L ~

We publish to-day, in full, the remarkable
proclamation Of Gen. Fremont in Missouri -
He coolly informs the people that, in his judg
| ment, ir is best that he "should assume the
| administrative powers Of the State" That is
the Lincoln idea Of free government, and the
mode Of preserving the constitution and laws
He says that there must be "unity of purpose
,oithoat let OF hindrance '' Now, truly, the
little despot speaks largely. Nobody but him,
and all power in his, hands! 81 am monarch
Of al survey"
lie then proceeds to declare edictS that, for
severity and barbarity, are without parallel
in modern times, and almost without parallel
in any age. In this country, where men have
been in the habit or taikIDg about liberty, and
celebrating the fourth of July, base.bo1n
adventurer goes to the great State of Missouri,
to tell the people that he will assume their
rule, and that he will rule them at his abso.
lutte discretion; and then signelscs his sway
by declaring that any man found with arms
shall be shot, and that if he quits his home his
property shall be con6scated Westop not to
enumeratc further.
Severe laws always mark cowardly rulers.
1t is the resource Of weakness, as inrariable
as it is vain, to seek to reinforce impotence in
action BY vehemence of denuncation. y ty-
rant, us he feels his sway departing, ever in.
creases the (erocity Of edicts which ne ina? no
longer enforce It's the gnashing Of the teeth
Of the Gagged hyena. Fremont, known person.
ally to be coward, and cooped up now in the
city Of st. Louis, and sustained there BY i'm.
ported Inercenarics, with his associate forces
almost destroyed at Springfield, and Lincon's
invaders everywhere beset snd chased by the
patriotic and brave Missourians and their allies,
Fremont, under such circumstances, after he
has ceased to be either terrible or respectable,
who is TO longer even hated but simply
despised-Fremont announces 10 the people Of
Missouri that he has concluded to be their
king; and that if a man shall stir from bis
house or shoot squirrel except BY his gracious
lcare, his life shall be the forfeit The whole
State Of Missouri is covered by the edic.s Of
this little Pretender, as he sits in guarded
room in St. Louis AS well might he have
included the Moon in his pretended sway; for
no more will he or can he, even with his ar.
mics, visit many portions Of Missouri, than he
can visit the Moon.
His proclamation is not, however, to be dis
regarded. coward is the very man to play
the tyrant over such rs fortune OF accident may
throw in his power; and coward, disgraced
and desperate, and who is being driven from
his prey. is the most cruel of all his tribe
Lincoln and his man Fremont, therefore, may
be expected to do their very worst 10 injure
and Cypress those whom they we'll see they
cannot injure and Cypress long,
nbSah as5 hG asE basbsEcus ediets AR and
FIRE tie resolve OF the Southern people to over
take them with Jet swlfter and moro terrible
discontinue and retribution. On to the charge,
We gallant Missourians. until John Charles the
First shall fnd y place in your dungeons, or,
by fleeing from yorr borders, leave his CON-
rades in crime to their fate rs he left his com
radcs in misfortune to theirs in the frozen
passes of the Sierra Madre.
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