The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-06

~ The Springfield MissOurian nomi
mates Major General John G. Fremont fol
President, and B. Gratz Brown for Vic'
President The Mtss0uridn is one Of thu
Radical = papers Of Missouri, and, as w
have before said, naturally and inevitably
runs its opinions Of men and measures t
\ an extreme with which even northern
"Abolitionists" Of the old style cannot keeI
pace. We do not find any fault with this
because il IS natural, and we should be dis
appointed were it not SO. The pendulum
must have it's full swing. But at last it vii
settle at the right point. Men who are very
jealous are exceedingly apt to run into al
excess which in temperate and equablt
moods they will themselves regret.
This excess is not 50 much in purpose, il
principle, asst is in the mode of attempting
to convert them into fact-to realize them
| in practice With the aims Of the Radi.
cal'' party in Missouri, so far as we under
stand them, we, and we believe the whole
loval population Of the North, most heart
ily concur. We believe as sincerely as they
do tnat Slavery is the original source of our
existing National agony, and that il ought
to he and mus, be rooted ont Of ex istence in
order 10 secure the future peace aud safety
O. our common country. Bat there are va
gions modes Of accomplishing this purpose.
Men are not likely to agree unanimously
as 10 whic0 OF these will be most certain and
efiectual. Aud while this want Of unanim-
ity is inevitable, ii follows that those who
are in favor of the "shortest cut y to their
end, should re in favor of leader who
upon the same impulses.
So we are just as little surprised at find
ing the Miss0uYtnu n favor Of Fremont for
President. as we are when we see men who
reside in Missouri and Arkansas and Tenn
essec, tie most ultra Of ali "Abolitionists.'
We have no complaint to make of it either.
In fact. we rather like ii. 1t has a good eff
feet. ii il necessary that some should be
in advance, ia order that the main body Of
the great army o. the Union and Loyalty
may &c kept m 70 the true medium and
maintain the RICH. position. And we are
glad that the advance guard is III the region
where the peculiar institution but late
iN TtEEAtG supreme. Ifl ~ WHERE we
wished 10 have il. and where we trust it
VIII continue. We OF the North wish TO
Jot3oe them. and rot u lead, in opinion and
policy, rs well as measures.
our loyal friends N Missouri who are 50
lii ieA more Jealous Than the rest Of US, and
consequently, 50 much more personal IN
their views, are doing good service to the
cas>e by advocating The nomination OF Free
mont. Ii they do not succeed in persuad
ing the mass Of the people that Fremont is
the man To- tie times, il they cannot bring
the public mind up to their standard, it is
evident that they will succeed in giving
public opinion that direction and in prov
ing that, whatever the North may do, its
only failure VIII be IN coming short Of the
desires OF the Loyal men in what are called
the. Slave States" That is d change of front
not dreamed Of recently as among the pos
sibilities OF the future. 1t is better than the
reverse. II shows that in solving the great
problem Of Emancipation, prudent meas
ures and prudent men viii have sway, and
That. instead Of compulsory means, a wise
restraint only viii be required to ensure
ultimate success. This, to us, is the most
feature of the times.