, 1864-06-07

Indeed the evidence OF the unaniuaity WAS
made more complete and perfect by the very
feeb1eness Of ths opposition which wss there
collectively manifested
4st Mr.. Fremont proposes, in ei1ect that
II ths delegates At Baltimore will betray or
diesppoint their constituents, he will not
run; but II they obey their pledges given to
the people By nominating Mr. Lincoln, he,
Ar. Fremont, will run Mr. Fremont thus
converts his Cleveland tsnomlnasion" into a
bullying threat-by contemplate few, too
few to be called even faction, against the
almost unanimous maJority-a political do
rics Of ths lowest order, and more ca1culA-
ted than any other course could possibly be,
to secure the object It aims to defeat, viz:
the nomination Of III. Lincoln at Baltimore.
It Is hardly conceivable that he could expect
10 puuJ threat to have any other effect,
either upon the delegates at Baltimore, or
upon the people who sent them there, than
to Gauss both to rebnke by their votes the
impudent audncity which induces him to
mako thu tbrcst.
Docs Nj. Fremont, In this great crisis,
when the very existence OF the nation ts at
stake-An issue 60 fsr tfanscenaing, al per-
sonal questions and spites-expect the great
u1nes Of the Union party to abandon thefr
own choice and Judgment to crafty his
spleen? &c stakes his opposition on no
principle. He docs not claim that the Clere-
land platform is In any respect superior to
that which will be adopted 1t Baltimore He
indicates no required line Of policy which
Mr.. Lincoln has tailed to pnrsue, or the great
Union party to indorse. BE has no platform
but spite-no principle but personal anlmos-
itJ. Mr. Lincoln tried him twice, and did
not try him II third time. He seems deter
mined, By proving himself man OF less
caubre than his seTerest assai1ants have
charged, or than the most doubtlng Of his
friends have feared, to prove, TIL the very
blind sec, the good sense and wisdom Of Mr.
Lincoln In declining to give him third high
command. Few II any, but himself, to-day
would wish to see Grant, Hancock, Burn.
side, Butler, Gilmore, Sherman, Roseorans,
or their like, removed to make room for him.
Fewer still would wish to see him placed in
command over them all.
Fremont commits political suicide by the
course he has taken, but will wrctchedly full
to har1n the object Of his vindicttye hate.
lie undertakes to play the part Of Sampson-
to pull down the temp1e Of the Unfou-wil-
ling to Kill himself In tue hopes OF s1aying
the President; but while he will succeed in
dispatching John c. Fremont, he will not
harm hair on the head Of Abraham Lincoln.
Earnest men canpot afford to turn aside
from the path Of duty and Of patriotism to
help eorehead obtain personal revenge for
| imaginary wrongs.
The Chicago Journal, which for long
time past has been the special champion Of
Fremont, thus speaks Of tho contemplate
/ folly Of bis present couree:
| Tho nane Of John G. Fremont has occn-
| pied an honorable place among Freedoms
| good men have regarded him With = feeling
| 1rlroximating that Of affection. But now,
by fsw reckless dashcso Of bis pcn, he epoi1s
hi. fair fame, snd destroys the confidence
and rcepect Of his friends. Mr. Lincoln will
bt nominated ut Baltimore, By the regularly
called. regularly constituted, and emphati-
celIy Instructed convention Of the uncondl-
tiura Union men Of the loyal States; AID
| John G. Fremont-alas, that we shoutd have
| to say It Of him will occupy the unervis-
| bic and disbo1o1able position, ali through
| this momentous political contest between
! the friends and the foes Of the Republic and
Of freedom, Of opposing the candidate Of the
| loyal PEOPLE, and throwing the Influence Of
his n5me and efforts on the side Of the coun-
tr3's aud of freedoms enemies, by dividing
and thus weakening the Union party, as far
81 be and the small faction that supports
him cen divide and weaken it.