New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-01

Out of no personsl feelings have We
felt called upon to dencunce the coarse
Of John G. Fremont in the department
Of the West, and for what seemed > US
good and justi6able reasons. The po.
litical ignoramus that rules over aSir-
ius,' in half column Of slang, betssy.
ing the fool as much as the charlataa,
says Of US:
"Thc article with regard to Fremont iqthe
last issue Of the sheet referred to, is . base
! attack on man Of spotless integrity, and he
who wrote it is simply liar, and there b no
truth in him."
Perhaps he does not yet know th,t a
War Commission consisting Of pen
venerable in years, Sages in political
wisdom, loyal, and devoted to the
Constitution and the laws rs the safe.
guard of the Union, were appointed to
examine into and report upon the do
ings Of this spotless abolition Saint.
Hereafter, when Sirius" shall point
to public functionary as man Of
"spotless integrity" we would point
our readers to what 70. Holt, Hugh
Campbell and David Davis say of Ere
mont, taking him as its model. This
committee, after examining 1900 wit
nesses whose published testimony COM
prises a volumne Of nearly 1900 pages
without finding one circumstance, even,
Of the most trivial character t, Justify
his eondxct, say Of him:
"The statements ofthcse witnssses-ofkcers
will, We are sure, be heard BY the govern
Gen. Fremont prcc!aims, on assuming his
command, that there were no longer any
civil rights that there was no government
except that outside Of the censti: ution, which
had been suspended that it was his descrm-
ination to administer his departm, mt without
reference to law or regulations; that the poo
pie If the United States were in the Geld .and
that he was at their head, and that he meant
to carry out such measures Is they, tile peo-
pie, expected him to carry out, without re-.
gard to the red tape" Of Washington people
that is, the President and Congress. 1t 10
singular how perfectly these sentiments bar
msnize with those held by the usurpers who
in this and other ages Of the world have
sought and established absolute power upon
the ruins Of public liberty. Caesar, when he
stood upon the banks Of the Rubicon and
waved to his veterans to advance, did not
make holder declaration against his coua.
try than this. The words, SO earnestly and
30 often spoken, announced q revolution con.
ceived, but which, happily, most happily for
the country, the parent had not the strength
to br,ng forth. No man has lived in the tide
Of times wise and pure enough to DO intrust-
ed with euch power IS Is here claimed.
Military cbieftains who cut red tape always
do it with their swords, and history proves
that the throat If their country suffers quite
NJ nue. = .,.r,-
Law, and in the obedience ofthe people and
their representatives, civil and military, to it,
this expression Of o purpose to cast aside all
political and constitutional restraints, made
in the halls Of legislation even, would alarm
but when made in the field by chieftan, at
the head of great army. it chilis and awes
the patriots heart by its parricidal spirit. It
reveals an INSCRIPTIONS ambition, which
awaits but the prestige and power Of victory
to sweep the government itself, As cobweb
from its path.
This sad page in the history Of the late
commando o. this department gathers q
deep shadow from the circumstances under
which these declarations were made. Gen
Fremont had few weeks before taken and
subscribed the following military oath:
John C. Fremont do solemnly swear that
will bear true faith and allegiance to thu
United States and that will serve then
honestly and faithfully against their enemies
or oppOsers whomsoever and that will OBJ
serve ID obey the orders Of the President O
the United States, and the orders of the CT
icers over me, according to theOllcs and ar
ticles Of war" He thus, in the sight Of Coz
and bis country, had plghted faith with hi
government that he would bear to it tru'
allegiance; and he stood pledged by tn
most solemn Of human sanctions to supper
that constitution which, when the people ar
in the feld,' places at their head tho Presi
dent of the United States and not any gen.
cral holding commission under him. Witt
confding fnnaness he had been summoned
from the obscurity of private life, and
preferred above the veterans and who'll
army of patriots, he was m ade Major Gen
Scarcely has he girded on his sword, to who's
honor the best interests of the nation hat
been committed when he says to his subordi
mates and followers that he draws it, not il
the name of the law or the government, bu
in defiance of both, to enforce such measures
as, in his Judgment. the people expected hin
| to csssy1asatl The>A words were spoken. .
It were, in the very sick.chamber Of the Re
public, and had t',e tone Of the undertake
while the patient was yet struggling for life
They were uttered against the government
ons s shi bn nua 'n With al assalanss but
a country distracted and humbled. and blee
ding under the stabs Of traitors They cam
from no flush of excitement springing from
triumph of arms, but were the solemn an
oft- renea ted enunciatiOn If q general lust en-