Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-06-27
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F.ETONT on AN slTRARY Ar.
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tssn. Fremont did not attend the Con.
cord Republican Convent on last week
probably because Butler was there
but he wrote letter which is attracting
acme attention. Fremont takes issue
With the administration on the question
involved in the case of Vsliand'gham-
the "sppsrnost question OF the day. a'
he calls II, and gives his radical breth-
ran to understand most emphatically
that thsy arc wrong. lie sage:
If had been able to attend the
meeting, shonld have addressed II
mainly 10 the point which recent erents
an the West had made tho appsrnaost
question ef the day, and Which the peo-
pie consider so vital that in Ohio they
are in danger Of accepting % its repre-
sentative . man who uses the doctrine
Of free speech - defencs-a shield to
fight the flag under which be has served
and the conduct of whose life shows
that he is not willing TO accept 1t ~ :
complete principle eonprehendiog all
men and questions, aud covering alter
Yitory. In this country men tc,H 90
ruth principle, and if you allow false
leaders to assume you're, the people will
90 10Th them because the principle car.
ries them. I should have urged the re-
rcblican democracy Of New Hampshire
10 assert distinctly their cid principles
and to maintsin the noble question
which belongs to them.
hope, my dear sir, yos will insis
upon this, and not allow men who arr
openly thwarting the objects OF govern
ment to wrest to their aid the vita
principles Of your party TO be used, il
the Confederate fashion, to mislead ou'
own people and our swn flag with its ole
inscription Of FREQ speech and free press
But while rs-asaertiug those principle'
upon which the adminislration wsn'
into power, and against which the South
rebsllsd, trust your people will mark
plainly the broad line which separates
them from the men who are really OPP
posing the war, by making equally dis
tinct their determination to support the
government in putting the rebellion
down. This done. free SPEECH would b.
secured free speech for Wend>N Phil
lips az ,reU as for Mr.. Taliandigham
Now that the radicals have denounc-
Cd oil who oppose the administration
on the "uppermost question Of tho day
- "soppsrheads" and TRAITORS VI
should like to hear from them on such
"coppcrhsad" and "traitor" in this re.
spect - Fremont The Eveming Post
which has c0ntendcd from the first that
the administration had made fatal mis-
take in the case Of Vallaudigham, is the
special organ OF Gen. f., and no doub
clearly presented his views in the arti-
clss that we have copied from its col
umss. A writer in the Post Of Saturda,
shows that Fremont has "hsld this posi-
tion all his life," and cites instances t,
show how he acted while in eommant
Ut the West. In 1861, while he com.
msnded the Westera Department, Gen
eral Fremont received a telegram from
the Governor Of free State in that de
partment asking for the arrest Of mem
Der Of Congress who was travsrsing thu
State and making reasonable, "Anii-co
ercion speeches" Fremont sent stat
officer to the Governor with the message
that while the State was not under mar
tial law it would not be right to max,
arbitrary arrests within its borders, anG
that the civil process was the only prop
er resort.
CAEDIDArEs FOR GovRRSoR.-The
Dss MONIES special Of tho Gu icago
Times says:
The coming democratic convention, or
the sth Of July. will undoubtedly be the
largest and most enthusiastic ever held
10 the State. Gen. futile is the choice
of the democracy, rs we'll IS Of the con