Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-10
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The Acceptance of FFsmont.-

~ 5CeN - dlA uOb dCCdpt--
His awhole charge Of aneieuts, corporals, |
lieutenautss gentlemen of comPauies, dis.
carded unjust serving men, revolted tap
sters," would all go TO the dogs If be did.
MT accept. 1t is plainly enough now but
an Ill ventures yet, being 10 SO far, there
wac no Alternative but to stand to it.
TWAS needtul not ouly toaEcept, but to
give'reasons. Fremont has given them, in
the letter We Published, yesterday. They
are very vague. Words lie go thick about
them that 1t is not easy to make them out. |
But we gather that his acceptance is nee
essary because At. Lincoln has violated
personal liberty, and the liberty OF the
press, and especially the right Of asyium;
because bis foreign policy has been feeble
aud without principle; and because the
and seihshuess, with all "the abuses OF
military dictation, without its unity of ac>
ton and vigor of execution These, ev.
cry one sees at once, are Copperhead rea.
sons pure and simple. They consist Of
exactly the stuff faction has been casting at
President Lincoln for the last two or three
yesrs, only little staler II Is evident
that Fremont had his eye on the Copper
heads while pennipg every liue of this let.
ter. He takes good care to lull their Pro-
Slavery instincts, by declaring that .'Sla-
very may be considered practically de
stroy ed" and that "the party divisions
created by it have disappeared" BE graf
lies their Sympathetic feeling for the reb-
els by giving out that he "does not hear
lily concur In that portion of the CIevs-
land platform which sets forth that tthe
con6acation Of the lands of the rebels, and
their distribution among the soldiers and
actual settlers, is a measure Of Justice"
| VtHp0tlv q hn0 q to
chance of his beibg taken up by the Chi
csgo Convention. He does not hesitate to
make direct Allusion to it-ssying that If
Mr.. Lincoln is renomiuated, "there will re.
main no alternative but to organize dgainst
him every element of conscientious opposi-
ton, with the view to prevent the misfor-
tune of bis re. election. Impressed with
this necessity. this brilliant patriot realizes
the Importance Of standing well with the
IOopperheads.
Fremohl's prating about the violation of
''the' ordinary rights secured by the Con.
stitution and the laws of the country" is
all the more absurd when his own sum-
mary arrests aud suppression Of neWspa.
lpers, with which he began his rule 10 Mis-
souri,, are recalled, and particularly the fla
nous martial law proclamation with which
he closed that memorable summer. With
out the shadow of authority, either from
Ibis military superlors or from public law,
be assumed, in that extraordinary edict, to
confscate all property real and personal,
4 of all persous in the State of Missouri who
shall take up arms against the UnitedStates
or who shall be directly proven to have td-
ken an active part with their armies in the
field" Governor Gamble bad previously
issued proclamation, granting amnesty
to those who had been indisereet enough
to take up arms under Jackson's cali, aud
who would return TO their duty as goo
citizens. This amnesty ofthe civil authority
of the State was wantonly set aside. The
act of Congress limited the penalty of
condscation to property actually employ
ed in the service of the rebellion, with
the knowledge and consent of it's own
ers. Fremont in utter disregard Of that
law proclaimed that the property Of
rebele, Whe!hsy used in support Of the re
Il bellfop, or not, shopId be confscatsd, and
that az slaves should be emancipated. So
arbitrary an ASSUMPTION Of power has not
been Witnessed 10 - a = sssiaset,l,s
The siyfI Aspects of the case, II was ,sheer
usutpauon in Fremont to attempt to over.
ride the law of Congress on con6sca ton,
which had recently been enacted after foil
deliberstiou, As respects its military
bearings, it was an endeavor to arrpgate
the functions of the President, who, uuder
the Constitution. ia the responsible military
head of the cnnulry. Though Fremont
. S.;shE nave communicated with the Pres
ident in halt an hour, he gave him not the
slightest inkling of his purpose to make
this stnpendous change in the previous
military PoIicyl under which eli OF our
Commanders bad acted. He took upon
himself authority to sequester aud abolish
property to the extent of hundreds OF mil.
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premises, either civil or military, than the
Dey of AIgiers. he did this, too, not in a
State which had pretended to cut loose
from the Constitution by secession,
bat in a State which yet claimed
to be loyal, and which was under the con.
troll OF q loyal Governor, aud q loyal con
stitutional convention OF the peopI. dnIv
elected. These facts are matters of his
tory. Every American knows them. Yet,
10 the very face of them, Fremont ioins
the CoPperbeads in abusing the President
for violating "the ordinary rights secured
by the Constitution aud the laws of the
country" II is almost incredible impu-
dence.
| Gen. Fremont by this letter breaks de- .
nnitl'eiy With the Union party. We are
sorry Ior 1t. Not for the party's sake, but
for bis own. The party is sure 10 prevail
1t will not feel his loss. But it ia MOI
pleasant TO reflect that a name which was
once peculiarly associated With a grand
struggle agsinst the slave power 10 The DO.
political field should now be connect
ed, With movement tending only to en-.
courage that power, when 10 fragrant re-.
6ellton. The wish of Gen Fremont is to
draw of a portion of the Union party to
his own support--in other words, ID al.
vide It. No extensive division could take
place without neutraliEing its power, and
gtying the next Presidency to the party
Of negotiating With JEFF Davfs-,be partv
for whose success the rebels have a specisI
solicitude. The spirit must come ei,her
from hostility to the aims and objects NJ
the Union party, or from personal feeling
aginst Mr., Lincoln.