The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-07-22
Fremont's Position.

1t is evident from Fremont's lotter Of 40.
ceptance. that he aims at something more
than the nomination at Cleveland. The af-
fiction which the Copperhoads have re-
comfy msnifes;si for him ia more than JUS
tilted. 1t is amoronsly recprocatad/ Their
votes are invited He bids for tho Chicago
nomination in the plainest t6rns He on.
dorsos their. pct grievances. Ho echoes
their catch. words. }le repeats thoir lingo
and initiates their cant. The same Execu-
tive "outrages' on the part of Mr.. Lincoln,
of which jeff. Davis in his last message to
the rebel Congress complains, Fremont
complains OF, and In much the same Ian
gua5e. Hear him
"Tho Ordinary rights secured under the
Constitution, and the laws of the coun.
try bavo been violated, and extraordinary
powers havo boon hsurped by the Execu
tive. While We arc saturatine
southern soil with tho bost blood of tho
country in tho name of liberty, we have
really parted with it at homo.
To day VIC have in tho country tho abuses
Of military dictation, without it's unity OF
action and vigor of execution an Admin
is,ration mtrked at homo bv disregard OF
nai'utionaTfights. by its violation of per-
sonal liberty, and the liberty of tho freGs,
and, as n crowning shame, by its abandon
ment of the right of asylum, dear to all
FREQ nations abroad. It's course has been
characterized by a ieebloeoss and want of
lrucple, which has mised European Pow
ors, and driven them TO a belief that only
commercial intorosts and personal aims are
concerned. and that no great principles arc
pacty and selishness naturally produced
such result as led tho Erropean Powers
and logically enough, to tho conviction thai
tho North and its greatly superior popula,
tion, its numerous resources aud It's credit,
will mover bo abls to recover tho South"
What element of Copporheadism is want
ing Hatred of the Administration u is
there. sympathy with the Copporbeads
aud rebels, whom by the authority of the
Constitution and Of an act of Congress, tho
? Q ident lawfully and properly sout to
Fort Lafayette? 1t is here. Alleged ussr.
patton Of tho President Attacking tn,
lawful action of tho President (only TOT
mildly in arrestIng, stopping and preventing
Copperheuds from giving aid and comfor
10 the rebols by reasonable publication
upon tho principle that it issn crime for
public officer forcibly to stop q crimo
Hero it ia under the. head of "yiolation Q
tho liberty of the prnss," And alas, for hu
man nature, it is poor Fremont who style
tho re delivery to the Spanish Governmen
of tho infamous Argnelles, who, by par,Ic
pating in the slavotrade, has rendered him
self an outlaw to.the world and an enem
to the race. "an abandonment OF tho rigt
lie places slave trader, fleeing from ih
laws of the civilized world against piracy. i
the same category with q Garabaldi, q MAJ
lini, Mongher. or q Kossutb, fleeing To ou
shores for having been guilty of ondeavol
rug to establish republican institutions i
monarchia! countries.
Fremont asserts, though covortly and il
directly, and as being ho logical concIus,o
of others rather than his own, but still wit
sufficient plainness to mako bic intent 'ev
dent to the CopperheaGs, tho tayorte Coz
perhead article of faith that "tho Mort
and it's greatly superior population. its nj
. merous resources and its credit, will nevt
be ablo TO recover the South" Could Il
Copperheads who will meet at Chicago at
more Lost they may, ho shows his mo
tie by kicking away the plank of tho Glow
, land Platform most Objectionable to Coz
perheads, aud inIimaing his dsapproval
the remainder. Tho resolution reads 1
follows
"l3th That tho confscation of tho lane
OF tho rebels, and their distribution "a ron
tho soldiers and actual se.tlese, is a measur
ofjustico.
Fremont said:
''But cannot so heartily concur In al
the measures that you propose do no
believe that confscaiion, qStendod to th
property OF ali rebfls is pra racticablo. aud
10 were so, l do not think il a measuse O
sound policy. 1t s. in fact. a question be
longing to the people themselves" Doc
he mean the people of tho entire Union
Evidently not, for their voice can. only b
heard representatively through Congress
which has already voted 10 favor of confis
cation. He can only refer TO the peopl
OF the State ia shich his property is situu
tod. In short Fremont thinks that the pos
pie in South Caro,ius should decide whe,h
or theproperty of South Caroliuians is {
be oonrsrntoj -rebols arc TO determine III
measures OF rebel punishment. Again h