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hive hinted that he -. Was. designed for the brave the steeps: nth sn9
Church, _but when I. eonternplate4.. his - bold, MountainS was net te. be: i
fearless ditpOsition, his
,powerful ~inventive-. where
,y(mth,ond;-bettut,t ,
genins,,:his 'admiration . :of , warlike„ exploits, ward. ''.:•,,So .he sutight in. 1
and his love oil/en-AC and adventhrous'deeds, gyntan. of his owl professi
I did not thinkitlikely ha Would e
h i
„... r; . Tri m: Prote-stant Eprsei,paltehn•
ister of the Gespel,, Ile 'had not, htnvever, in marriage ; • bat they n 1
the lea4t appearance of any vice . whatever.—, G3l. Ileipton i . then being it
Oil the contrary, he was the very; •pattern o f.power in the Feder:4 city
virtue. and modesty, I could not, help Wing other leading clergy man.
hint', so much: did he captivate!. Inc by . his . .his disapprobation -by. so
gentlemanly eonddet and extra Ordinary . pr o . riagki . of his tbiugliter l in 4
gress.. It was . easY - to see that he would one. in Illi dilemma, a lady NI
day raise himself to: eminence: *AV hilSt un- offered to find a pr:et, w
der my instruction 1 . discovered his . : ea.7ly knot and•ask no quest ion
genius' for poetic Compositiou in the follow- • accepted; she brought- in
• i , '
lug in'atine . r : W hen .the Greek -class read the.. olio Church, called iitth,
accountthat. Herodotus gives of-the. battle of . performed the ceretuony
•• •• - • • . •. --•-.- • • !. - • ' - ' • ithrithou - the bravery of Atiltindes and °his lover, whU thus .bravi'd
Thm
e ' fet of ."threi, en , have:,:press' ed . the . •• '• •' ,-,
tea thousand ureelt4'raisd his patrioticfeel- • of.Mls'soulli, 511(10 bity:tit ,
ElOpeS of-the Rocky 11lountains,Whose names - in-law to.respeet him fin
ings to entliusiasin, and dreW friiin .him ex
assiielated forever with 'those waist rang- nressions . which 1 thought' Were en - lbw-Wed, a ble deeds, and to li3Oh iii
eS: -11.01not.t, the
.Nestor,of.se;ientifieTrav- tees loves l f tel ... r: i r d,c i n 5„,,,,,, w ,•li. wr i uei , ure.and pride. • ShoLw . ll ,-
'vllers.; ArturnoX,„the Interpreter of Nature; verses in a Clnirk•ston paper, on that tar-faun- could thus tenipi oli i r• I:,
:and Fr:pap:sr, the. Pathfirlder' of Empi•re..--• . c c]
unequal : but - sneee.s,,tbl. conflict against 'yellvortliy. of the risk I
'Each has done mach ti, illustrate the Natu• ,that her judgment and ii
:yr:luny, and o pine•s,:sion.; and stispeeting nit•
ral Hislory.of North kinerica, and to dev . el-' • „.:" 1 . t i - 1 • l t .. •ii I . t t ...,,,A •,,, 1, 1 . r iiLN, 4:ll,Ace
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.. . CI enLet 'SCIO itr :0 ie . : 7.` 710 un-, w o n ~ ! I
'31.3 its illimitable resiiiitees. ; The outliaig.t his desk and asked hin3 if._he . did not write ' lier fas,•iii.iti,•::•:„
'of all is likely to becotne as: illostrieu . s as'l- '1" ' • r .'• . •.- .
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then} ;and [lei-A:l:mg at lir-4, rather UN mg- -.. :nee tle e ~o . n itilt (,
!tiler, fur fortune has.rapked . ,his :name with it,
h i lly. contesseci Ile did. .1 then said : ." I knew ' 1:ll'01 could 11;1V.;' , ,be111 in,
iseene in.the history (It the' Pe public, as start-.
vou could .do. such things, and suppose you •then Frethont ; i'1,41.1 let
3ing to the world as the 'first ainiOhneentent o . f .
, have -some such pieces by, von, which I should and fume a- th,•-i• May a
!Its existence. To liis.hands was' . eotn-nfiltteo
z Id- •.t )-' 'e lio- laity , ihoth to toe.'. Ile. ihr:s-yMpathijs or I 1 ) . A y :
'the magnificent tasit of openingAhe - gates- of ' 4. '
5i ,..1 . -, • 1 . • ) • .I.' ••-i • • •. Wh, )
- s r • • • .• eiiliSellWu, Alio - In Ll 03 . ) or two, 1r0 3 1,, ! , It me it • i tioaw ay 2%, is„ : i
oar Paeitic Eropite. - - • . .-; -.- . •-• • - ,
--. • • . Illflnoer, which I read with l.ksur. al ad• •t a .l: nop) .c,r young
1..
Jl'lln Chiirk" Frenfrint:was-b''i'll ' ll l . S'ii . ail : •MiratiOn at, the strtlet intirks of genia4 stamp. "at this peril•M, fr ig ht o f
e• •
ilah, G.a. •on :he '2 1 ~:t of Jantiory,. 151.3.
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- - -, 4 i.4,0n all, but her e.inid thi•ve . requiring„ as•• 1 it'ir, Who eould, - :::: , ••
I The . u. , -ital I'e.:l4l,..tice (if Lis talt)ily,Wl ri IrieS I • I - • .-; "NI 1
,' '. -'/ ' ' 1 lotto lt. IVTV' DT 1 ' 111110.11( me ~. .. . :. --eet L'e .. inging of
- , • , . •"•, •••••‘ Bat 1--,• 1.111 Illir'li' I
ton. . f.liS Tather t . Who bore t h e 'same•name - '..• ~ • , i , • ••:- , 1 . 1 -,„ '••, ." -, - ..- .-.
. , `•• i into rarvo a mat nematician ,otrne I won
' was Forth in Frata‘e . attar LyOtiS. - ..11(. was ~
1 • ~ , : . .fliirsti.,,g, for „n o w_ t,
l .r io i i o, i l m ys,l f (for 1. e arid ••not then teach .. : -,, 2, i., •;. -
,„•
! dy,eynied tram the ' Pt:lit - my: of lF i aCp-,--lho ' ..: • . ... •. ' ; -. . . . kW 1". 14 /;•i,'.H -1 ,/ ,,, first 0 . 1
, that -science) and in this i also-made such •, • . „ 1 • „.., ~I • 1
'1 ItiouenOts-froin the ine.rt wiwpi wire -ecn,;e- ---.,!. twin,. txpLuttio., , 4:11(..ii
1 - * ; WOntiz'l int ...ilmer •: , ,s tliat at-the en d 4:f one I 614 imini , 11.1%.;11,,' r,•
crated te,: Liberty. Anti the /.1,141 , 1:416f6-41seellek' Vear he enteral tile JOlllOl. CI:1S; in . Charles- ."
.'- - - • '•:•':',.', ',..
in the ;baptism of- tire_and bli:iod. : Having •• • ,-• n ': • 'i.- t i -; -hi! i • T i l , - -I • : ,
conimesston in - Lue e
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1- 1.. 1 ton t.,0 ego ti, lut11) " 111 .7 , :" ,t" P,, i'r?- w I° . Engincers,-he proposed
• n e , n t ; rl,',. e n pris,Aler-by the . Etigli;,ll; while on ~- i ,
. ' 11:10 lice]; A lid . ) ins four Qat's and were. were
the wai„to Join his relatives ill St,...l)oriongo,W..r io n • 'tr/i. • the
1 . pith. L t c L
. , oh! it,..1: 10 t:I lie th ItS. , 1 - oniord Ctass - i'.... - Ab out . '
• ! His. plan. was approved
he afterii.rimls escaped aliii'c't"" to the V tt " -. the - end of the viar - -W•28., 1 14;ft'Cliarleston. Imo" -. .1 1 . '
het
ed Statei•t. Being a voiing rmni.': of fine . taste . ~ ;, . ,„. ~• ••.,
er , . -., ~ . , „.., ~ • . .I/// 4 ! 1 - 1 ' . of men: g:n•.,
i ..
ii•ontier, he . reviled .Inl
- . ~A....r ~,at. no tat _iit, ma,nen.,itics D r some r
L a . ! • Oiis - ido:dble slii)l in 1" 111 4g , 110 t=" ( "' ' i ... - iji' s , •I T : e is - :ifti;r wards hai been one of • ... - ' '':
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I made fren . d.., and found. ciiiphiyment. •He ,;' : • l '' : . •"' .• I'•3 • 3 .3 3 :•• 1 - i'll : Pe- aelli4vvd '"
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1' 1 .,, r „ 1e anventinv.lot hair-oreatatil eseaPes •"Y - do n e; re.onired. :' 1,11,• no
, wa s deehly. interested•lh. stinlying'theeliar- ~ , 3, ti t•,,1; i IA ;it t t::
110071 :111.:1 i:1,',01.. ai i io of €,..4, , ,ei1i we ex psl Ta tio n g . !•1' ,e-, ,
T ' h knierielli
actor - and : eondition . of the •I\ ttt . , ~ , , ~ ity ang-cnaracter-ot tit'
wow,: wive made} him %y•.) . Tld-wide renowned. ' m i i,..1.,.,•',,:„- r i„,l 4 ...,,,,,i „,,
hulianS,!4o f)c•Ilt the last years 'of his life
lit a Ic:fk r . . 1 reek. veil . from him v^rY iao.dv„ ,f. 4: 1,r,„„,i.;,:, ii
in vi-iithf; many of theit trihes' i y Who moth- •
he ex' ot•ecv - liis , o:ltitude to tic l• ' the i 1 I ' 3 ' . 3-1 .. L - -.' - ''''' " j 1
er, cel'el;rl4,:(,N/ for her beatitv at'hl wortii..was , ' .'. • ....,„, ', ~ 7,' •1, o - I••,i l t anr .,, z(! „l, ) ,T v ,, au ~113k.'
r IOW mg words :• • i ani very far from el: ii - o; ,•,i,. .•:.,,1 di•:si..;••l';-ted thi
Anti Beverly .VI biting, a natiye:.of Gloifeester - •- • . • •„ • „ • ,•• „ .-.,•.•., •• •
..- -, -:.
rowelling-S( 1 " ('.!‘ Thir •Lr ie L ini g -""`' 0 ; i ' ri ‘' '''' 1 lit. Ifi.' . i.i.: !et(lli 111
I . i 'inlilt VI Virginia:Per funili: was &unmet-. c -•• i , i i r i „,‘• • • • , "/" - ..,•
• ~ ~.• - ' ~, way l osing t o e .. on reg.ar, L . inu for you.— • ii:.,,,, is : _ . ._ li v i,,,,- ,i,, e - or
i ed with many distingui , :hed.. l .4'W•s,. 4 ' o ' l- . 1 Iho'e„is no film: t•.:• which I •io hack- -with r .:-..t.,.. . :e. 1
irig. ,hi t i 04 - W .4ls hi n g ti , m, ..,_,
...t , „, ~ , ....he , wits . • .
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.... t .
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. " ' i ' more preksure ti an . that Spent A% It li N Oil, IOC : . , • .
: nearly . related. It is, said dart they were - • His rep"iirt :••Wai pr i nited .by the . Ss:nate
. there wastio:t.line so thoroughly Nvefi spent: -..'
i i , :l• • 1 ':i . i i f l ,* ".. •• • ••'• • •t r ' the ••-••i
inarri.il I.•ont:ary to the 'wislieS; of her.Sioni-
.Ind • ,-‘ . i •
... ,i, . learned.
i - : .oi. .til 1 iln, 11 - a) It‘r rum m
iv• '1 - ••'.- ' • . c.:." . , I. entitle NVOI7.Id 14 ,tik eil on: Fremont.aS one et Its
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, . .„- ber.no: hit< so we and so distinctly. as. Fant •
hi_ncfactorsi ImPtitichf, hOwi;ver,„for broad:
' . If i
Tit a_ her died in ISIS, cas ing a klov. 1 aeriturel with you.• .•• Here I entinot 9 , 7 1 ,1) .
er aii.i more iii•ti:irilon; 'fields, lie planned a
and three children, txo sons Initi a..d.ingliter.- • •sayin , •illat the merit, was
~.., . . . . n ew•exi,-,ediiiini:to'&,,• 11-,taill territory of 9r
'r
Col.. '''reitiont.: the sole' suryiNor of in, fain- It is true that I .neounie 1 'Cleft
i. ; ::::1.• -II i-. first' hi. 0. met ,• to the stun
' ily With - the exception' of - a - Hi - 4orphall: niece, oh. - but if tries , I into- NN 7 i 1
Iltit.S of the IZ, , c-ky . aintains ; Wilkes•liad
the dinighter
.of his - brother. who singe nine •of learninf , had'. lot:bee,n
Sorveyi•il the 1 i•l,--,%vat, 7 regions of the Column
,. years Of ivre has been a•Theinlkr of his fatni- .t
` . they •'''. • ld' in. ' .r 11. -
e y, •V, ad • ID.. •1 r , bfa river .tlit t z: - et:11 . 1 • twO I•XrIOVerS Iny :1
IV. The ' :
mother died. ih 1 #7, at Aiken, hundreil•fold.in• he full en
- 1 - . tract of a . 1 still' , iii es,- which was a blank
',. South,Carohna : the brother od, sister some friends,' is but ,n impvrfeet sketch iii my
• lithe. ..: • *
-- years. a
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- ,•• . once beloved ;in favorite , pupil, now i Senn
. • .i •••.
,I Atter the death . o f heilias:Vand, Mrs:Fre- tbr, and Whoun y yet rise to lie:at the head
I mon( fent:tined some tithe in Virginiit. 'where 'cf this great n 3 growilig Republic. My
•
~.„JohMCitaries, ,r eceive&the itidirnentS 'of his 1 praycr is that be may ever be opposeirto",,
. . • . . _ i
edueapon, at Dinwiddie Courtl.Honse. . She War*.lnjusticA , , a id°opptessien of every hind,.
th4niertioraci' back 'to Chiyiesion,:wher• she a blessing to
vie
.cotintry, and•an example of
fixed; .-, fixeer,rid,;ifiee, Ond:theeilkestiOn of- her every noble vir ne to the Whole World.' - ~,
childieii." --. Sa5„ Continited....:•Althouolt
,borhand He -was.Afi . rned if ' • L'rith t
, ,In is se% eu et. year,
rears "in and :U*Stomed to the as a men - liter ct the ProteitanC I;liscopal
free Oa :liberal expenditures ',or the. hiispea- t:hurch, in whi h communion he was brought
-ble 44,,generous class to..Whicli her Virginiaup - , ,and . Continus to- this day. - Imitiediately
r.elatt*es* belonged;; -she, waslefi, -with her after. leaving ,College, Which - was • before the
. ;you* charge, in very litniteci•irtum•L;tan'ees, 'yl,, se - o f Ah e t eademie tort -,
.be . opened a
but OrtithatelY *in :a tomrnunity xrbich,lippre., school'iniCharl stint. At such' hours as he
ciatell her claims, tO resp'ect, - ..fty in pothy;
.and 4 contd. cordmant ; he 'attended in other schools.
all kind offices.' .She is still r4lnentbred bY • to.inst met , eI:LS: es in mathematics; and, J 1 'tier.
• in:uii,' f4thfui,friends in Ctutrteston. as a Intl; •tulditiOn.to all - hose Iztbors, took charge for '
- .t'• '
of g . eat piety and ivorth : - 4 , , . a considerable_ eriud, of. an eenhtg. _school.
.. \Then John Charles wat:about thirteen PeNunS,who h ye beer. engaged in .sintilar
yeah of„ve,:John: N . V. Mitchell, F,sq.., a - law pursuit, can ap reciste.how exhausting such
3 , er lin Charleston,a gentleman of great re- coritin - OOus lab, rs must have been. So ear- .
s*tability, in no ,way connected
. with the - Iv did he. dev lop the iddefatigable energy
fan:4lv, actuated only by,bvinipia; andpower.of . dn
e :durance that have marked his
•-•.. .eile :} olent !s- • • ,
es, ilihough perceiving. it is' not, unlikely, the. "whole •stibserpt -
.t life., - - . -
bright promise of the lad,—thOit'him into, his'
lit 1533, by he influence of Mr. Poinsett..
office for the purpose Of making a lawye,r of, 'young - Freuto t Was • ap . pointed tt-ItehiT. of ;
hirri'.:... At a ' subsequent. perio.,. ; it became a
mathematics
t cf ! board the sloop-of-war. Na
favOrite object of Mr . Mitchel , to have 'hint
chez, then . stitloned in Charleston • harbtly. til
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JOTIN C. FREMONT,
prepare suaselt for ;. le Oinl: y t.
Church.
Church. Mr. Mitchell s . placed him under the
tutiatt- of Dr. Robert 50n., , :.a learned instrae-
"k )totint . that time in ChariestOi; 'and irt;' en,-
:' gaged in the - same ethriloyaent in Philadel
phia.' Dr.
.li4c:rtsiiil 'pnilliiilied an - edition.
of I.Xe . noplion's - A n:iliaSis . -,,iii MO.- In the
prkface he-give4:the fieloWinkaceount of the
. -.,
, . y i tl4 whom Mr. Michell_ h:iii, ,
f oaeed in 4.15 .
a: - 45, - _ - -.- - • .: : R . -7 - . -
IA.
~.For your further, encouragement, I ".will.
..... h ~ e 'relate a very_r mailiallte instance of
;
pasent diligence .and indomitable. persever
snre.
1" In the year 1827, after I , had returned to
Charleston from .Scotland, and my classes
wore going on, a very respectable lawyer
*lie to my school, - 1 - think some time in the
"month of October, with - a y4uth, apparently
about sixteen, or perhaps not so much, (four- .
teen) of middle size, graTful in manner,
rather slender, but well forfned, and, upon
tie-whole, -what I should 'call handsome • - of
Omen,' piercing eye', and noble forelLad,
seemingly the yery , seat•of genius.. , The gen
tlernan stated that ho.had.fmurml him given to
study, and.tbat be had been about three weeks
learning the Latin .rtidimentis, and (hopinff„l
suppose, to turn the youth s attention f rom
the law Wilke ministry) had resolved,to
place him under my scary', :fpr the purpose of
learning Gmek,l4tin, aid Mathematics, suffi--,
cient to enter Charleston tollge- very '
,gladly received him, for I Immediately . per
(eived be was no colninon;youth;
,genee beamed in his darli eye, and shone
brightly on his countonancii, indicating great
• - . • t.
ability, arid an - assuranc e a t his future .pro.
tress. !at once pit bim itt the aighesi-Oaas,
)ImM:beginning to-read etii;ar's 'Cornm6nta.
,rise, and, although at first inferior, his 14)44 ;
giOtte.olerno - ry and, enthusiastic aPP/Ic4til
soon eael)/ed - to surpass the , Witt. I e
began,_Oreek at the same:, time, arid - read ,
with aome-iyho had be e n :tart at it, in which
lie ilio;:atOon excelled. lo c Aort, iti tile spa . eo
oni year be had, with the eras% And at odd:
hours *i akvaelf, read TourbOok* of Gees,
COrnianat &Ix* §allust, six books of Virgi l ,
tea/trill- of Horace, and tWo books of Livy
and in Greek, * all Grata *floors, about the
half of the first; volumeof Gr&ea Majora, and
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four books of Hmi
oer's 1414.,
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er, 11e rend, e retains 4.,,
.g.,seernedAo.trie,
Aet„,as if e fearnoi by mere intuition. 1
was rrs f utterly astonished, cold. at, the
same' ,t e delighted with, his - progress. .1
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or.erawe 'milli le. n,-and .fie suhseque L
made, in that vessel, a cruise of two wars
and a half. Op .his return, he adopted. the
profession of a .surveyor And • engineer, and
I y
t
'served in that
,pacify,yll under Capt. NST all i,
. (!f- thfi'(forogr• rihienl Engineers, in a survey
cif arailroad* .. . outel..betWeeu Charlestim mud
•Cincinnati.. , -, uhsegiiently he nccompanied'
Cap . :-.., .W. - ir . a iceonnoisarA'e of the Cherokee
' country; = . Aft . :r . .this he joined M. Nicolet, a
1-distingnished 4-rench savan in ltieemploy. of.
1. the United_St rtes in an exploring -expeilition'i
over the No thwestern PrairieS. lie wa - 41
employed in this survey 'during ihe years
1838 and 18, 9, and wltile absent upon it, was
appointed. a- econd Lieutenant in the corps'
ri,i
of Topographical Engineers. - NV hi le 'prepar-I,
ing- a report, he resided fbr some - time at
;Washingtfm; Among the ; friendly :and -so=cial‘
relations - formed: at this time, which, per
haps, morel an any other, inflUenced .his fa....
'turelife, by- identifying him
. thost . directly .
withlhe into ester of the
_West, was ,- his ioti- ,
• macy with t e family of Mr. - Wilton, then
senator fro Missouri, . - hr_ whose' second
-daughter Jesie,- - only.fifteen, he becanie deep
ly.. interested ; liis suit "was ilivorably enter-,
tabled by th daughter, but not by her par- -
To the marriage-of their daughter -with an
p
offieer; - ' both - Mr. - and ' Mr*.: Benton :were de r
cidedly op -d. . -Mr. Benton,'beeause - the •
army - was n te limfession - , only. a salary (To
- ring -lifetim * throwing -the . widow upon the
:war .departt nt, to which : Mrs. *Benton-la
ded the .far her 'objection or her daughtr l 4 l
extreme yo ith. Both had the . -highest' per
sonal regar :for Mr. Fremont, who'in they
had kitown iviell during the two - winters pre
ii
,viou ,s, .ttr.d ut for - these `reasons, the ntarr
ragewoolhave been, What itt-afterwards be
eltme; one , ntirely agreeable to them in eve=
ry respect:l :- I ' ' ' • ..
.. -.During t
poor young
might witbi
eficounterek l t
exorable 01
the :river • I
which the
homes, 10.
country.
id -.summer Of:184_1; and while the-;
officer wasas best he:
theolrataeles which his suit: had
, he received a lOysterOns, but tin
der to' make an exainitistiOn
es Mine upon , -the '...banita of. ,
.aes and Fez Indiani still had their:7
a being at that time a. frontier
Fie set out to the discharge of his
duty With such spirili as 1
.finished,it,' and returnt.d to
`?the,l,9th Qetoer,.l.B4l,
turn, the impiktipntJevers
.1.1.0 who had in
MO
Ce could_ command ? ,c(iii)pkte "" it 14 stirveys-st . h,e rola ro t a great`'
Wa s hington. ' . On road front t the'MississipPi to:sart Feartessesis' ,
tartly . after his re=. ;:: - Agaitt lie..appeared in - -the far `W-est .0 Gila:
I eloped, and were:, t old. mountaineers .fieektid,:around 'WM,
..fand_i
1 ,hint ..-the spirit -to. i with 33 men and 130 innles;.! Perfectly. equip e l
Ars of -the Rocky . - ped, he started for the Paei:fici.•
cfOn the . Sierra
tented luau affair Sail Jtiaia; all:his muleS and a third: Of his
beckoned- him- 'One men . perish . eti . in . more. than I RusSiatt - cold';
Washington a c!cr- i and: FreMont arrived" on- foOt at Santa -Fe,
ion, viz e that of the. stripped of . everything: Isut 'life. -It was - a
reh,, to unite them' moment fur-the last pang (.4 r despair whielt
II refused, bemuse breaks .the !Art, or theeneral heroisin.which
1 his- palmy_ cleys of j cailipiers Fate . itself. : The . inen of the - wi1,...
,... no Episcopal Or i derneke knew Fremont; :they refitted his -ex
thetiglit fit' to risk
. .peditien ;. he startedtigaiti,pierced the corm
, emnizing the mar-
. try of the fierce - and remorseless ,Apachase`i.
- epositioe to his-will. i met, awed or defeated the savage tribes; and
vho was a Cutholirt, j in . a :hundred days from -Santed.i'e, he stood
'ho -would knit the on the glittering , banks 9f• the Sacratknto.—..
This offer being ' The men of California reverso the judgm - ent -
t pri e st of th e G a th.. *X the court: martial ; and Fremont was made
er ti ors t e e g h, w h o the first senator of, the tiloltidn State. ,It was.
I The &trine young . a nobler tribute to seleeee and heroiStri .
!the veteran s enator I Alr.- Fremont now devoted himself to de
his % entrable father- veloPing the resources of his California estate, -
his talents and no. I. which, had: been discovered to be rich in gold;
• ,„, hi m. w i t h 1 , 1 ,,, 1 .,,_ . but;lin addition to shelOS.4 of his commission,
,:e glace and beauty . as the only reward he had I realized for his
slro has -proved h e r. services in California, he nuiv found 'himself
lite i i::;11, and evinced 1 greatly annoyed - by ela'Ans i against him for.
iveritithee ion in re• supplies, which, during lasearnpaign in 'Cell- .
tvere tlot. inferior to fertile, had been furuisht_ to the United
States on his private credit. D wring a e visit
to London he was'arrested on one of :these
chums, and-it was only afte l great delay that/
the Government of the United States w.a5.,11-
natty induced to relieve hinf from further:an
noyance by the payment ot , these debts. - ."ln
maintaining his, right to the M.aript - )sa prop :
city he was also'obliged te:enceunter Many
obsttieles on the.part of the g [ overninent.which
resisted his claim, but finally, 'by, repeated
decisions of the Supreme Curt of the United
,
States, lie has triumphed.over all of them; , '
' , His name is identill'ed /forever With some
o tl4proudest.and:mtist grateful passages
brAmerican history, e ;His twenty
.thousand .
miles of wilderness - eXplorationA, in the midst
of the incle.meiteles: of nature, and. the feroci
ties of jealous and merciless tribes ; his pow
ers of endurance iii a slender farm; his iii ,
7 trepid coelneSs in'-most uppallieg,dangers.;.
his irragnetie swiiy over enlightened and sav
e.
als'o men ;' his vast contribtitions to science ; •
his controllin le e energ y in the extension of our
einpiee; his lofty and Unsullied ambition;
his Magnanimity., hemanity, gimius e su &rings: ,
and fteroiseN suake ail. _lovers 0... f progress ;
learning, and .virtue, rejoice that Fremont's
..
services have been rewarded -by high civic
la ators,eshaustless wealth, and. the,admiration:
and gra t itude of m ankind. During all' his
..
,explorations among the mountains, and snows
i and ice,.urid cold and storms, ho never drank
~* any thipg but -cold
. water ; Col. Fremont has,
what 'so many public Men- lack, FAIT/I IN
AND STILICTLY I;EMPERATE HAIIITS. He
:I. e 1;7 4;. * quiet, . d - -- d. Iy
'ate..
i iiitt el t . rian; lie N i e s r l Y in ri t l a 9 .big tl ' e n l iti c n ee ' b i t iig
has .r °
1 intellectual and strong r.anly face, and a cam-1
l plexio
n that would indicate that he had just .
! come in from a thousand miles ride through
the sun. : His face. is indelibly marked with
I exposure...l, •It is said of Erect:tont that the on
. I . ly. person; in the:world who had gulch influ e
k t, geograk._ ~, ' i enee over him was his - iv ife, and that-she is a
St :N1ey,484:.;., h e I e I CI the front i er of Mis- I most•estiniableladY, handsome and intellec
\,
souri, . d ~in, NoVenib l er - he stood on Fort) tual, feud of her home, her husband and .chil-.
:Vancetivt..':: . . with the:cid - tit 'waters of the
H Paci- , dren, and devoted to them. . -
:fie et his ',' ~ - ~ t. Ile, approached
. the. Among
Among the objects most sacredly cherished . ,
mountains hy .41,. ew Me, scaled • their sum- i by. the 'greal,. Pathfindere. are a. magnificent
'pits kanthiof tlicb 1.1 - 1: Pass, deflected to the 1 sword presented to him by the State of South
Cireat. l „,Salt..` hike, and it 'shed his examination"! Carolina, and, a. beautiful . _ Miniature 'of :his
right' and deft - along his nitre ecrurse.. 1 - le Wife, at tached to a faded pink iibbon, - the
,
jOined his !;nrvevi to ‘irilke4liploring Expo , : I only th i ng' f • valWpreserved about his per
ditiOn, and hi:: Ortlers 'were fulfil 'A. • But . he 1 son when he first.arrived in California. The
hid ,ortn E ,, ) One rootti to the Coiu bia s and Colonel' keeps these souvenirs . of love and
he.Wislasilto find ano her. There wa: vast. glery in his library, 'lucked in a glass cases .
'region soigh of the line, invested with a u- 'The sword, Above. allu - ded 'to, is a rich ands
ions intes,sst,an,l he longed to apply it to th
„splendid specimen.'-of highly wrought . and
test of Science. ,It +9.he.beginning 'of win. I aborately executed workmanship.. ..It is
Wioout resonrees.. - ademtate supplies, I go t and silver mounted ..The head (4 - the
or - even-la - guide, met with-.only twenty-five . ) hilt, a' mil winch is coiled a - rattlesnake,' bee
Cempariites, h‘_! tur4.(l his.. face once more I lotiging t 'the old arms of the State l iS form
towards the Rocky Mountains. 'Then began ied .1.0. re press. t-the summit of the Palmetto
a Ns.l.l
that w,ontlerftd. , ..expllition s ~f illed with ro- . tree.' Oiethe j, terd is a map, with the word '
i
,manee;.achieverneet, daring and suffering, in ‘t,OreLron'.' pertlys . itsk , ulled, to display the
which : he s was lost from -, the world nine coast of the Paci fi c Qt. are On the scabbard,
-months,
.traversine : ;000 Irides- in sight of 1 whiCh is gold, are two st -er shields, hung to=
eternal stiows :in m,l ich he explored and -re. getter, i with the - words !California" and.,
'.v . ealed the .'rand' features of Alta California,, " i,Si•IG" respectively.. • Belo them; is the
Its great ibi , ln, i the sierl.a - Nevada, 'the 'vat- 1 tbllOwing inscription:
levsof Seri Jozirptina d Saeratriento, explored ll' - '
li . , .
' resented N ' *
".t t rtr
b i3 , 1 ) , I u ..a l? 1 . ):1 ) :
, i u: l:: l ,!: . ) , 7 4 l i f : i i i ,i r i a l:,d reza g ie: ( l ,g t r l: li e th r;a o l f i i . - BY THE CITIZENS OF CII - ARLESTON N .
Ili We‘tern part sof Our continent.
1_ In An- l i J .. o TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
HN•CH-ARLES FREMONI N %
gust. ,IS-.0. he ..vas 'a eiln in Wnshington; af- i . . OF
. i. A MEMORIAL THEM HIGH APPRECIATION
ter an .absttice i o six .c en months ;his report , ;
OF-THE GALLANTRY AND SCIENCE
pet the Seld to the .fi me of the !Toting explor. 111
.1 , • E• HAS DISPLAYED IN HIS
or.' - ..; ' ' i , '.-
, . He was planning
'riling a history, t - ,f
ft‘:. pubbeation'; in 11
Way tr 7 the Pacific,
comrades, to !exam'
slope of the North t
resulted in giiing a,
:the w'orld,and , Califs
We. cam lot trace: hi?,
.War with Mexico, '
I 'slitirellow Many a
.. ,
fought: C:. - 1
'''' :The lion. "Wm. L. Marcy, the .then Secre
:tun •,.,-
.„. r i ,
o(Ya in' hi, .: _Annual Report, dated
-Dec.g -- 1845, Said • 'if Colonel Frennit," .llrs
ACDIEVED inr.. Co>QuEST OF, CAprOlinA . Iti
run S:ART SPACE pt . SIXTY DAYS FItOX Ink
I viritst,nEcist 0, -moN, EltEsi. :
Aftei the;conqu st of California, Frernonl.
i f
-was. made the victi n of a, gnarlel betwen twii -
Atherican s comnianders. Like Columbus, hb
'was - - breaght, horn a prisoner,oveillie vast: .
territory helhad e plored,stripped by' a court,
u l.
,"martial of,his.co mission, as . Lient. Colonel
; pf MOUnted.Rillen en i l i and re-instated by the
'President, . Frau nt needed justice s not mer
ey-a-'7O he
fence Was worthy jof a man of honor, genius,
,and learning. llnring<the ninety days of his
1
. trial his nights re i re given to science.
..o.hirekipus of the golden West!
As i l he returned from Salvador,
co thou, by jcialousy oppressed, . • -
~
The path of honor traveled o'er, . ..
But time islgs.t ; . -and glory now - • ' •
• • With busy ;fingers joyful weaves;
A diadem to O•ace thy brow ' - •
91", ;myrtle ttougW and laurel leaves.
. -,_
). Thus enkkd his services to the Governtnent,
ttrove Iv
liut not tO toankilid. " lie was o priate
I eiti?,en and a po(l?r man. Charleston offered
hint - a lucrative Office which he refused. He'
had been brough, a criminal from California,
where
_he had, be en . an. Explorer, Conquerer
•Peaeetnaker, and,Povernor. He determined
t 6 retrieve his hbnor on the field where he
had been robbed of it. One line more would
.T . RO,S;,-,..,•TITU . RSPB:i 7 ;'. - 0-.o . :cf:ST' 7 :2B . *
t Ibqen-of Troy,. no
tro qlrongly tomptpd
fathers . fret.
144 tit. these Matters,
I'M :11 wa2;'s run'‘iith
In.not sho'rtted at
, ehinvar, or trembled
Lord Iliin's
'the 244eg,
, aclier,"
•
Jvciiiurcs, Fremont
thosi . 6li•itantand per
liat-.e g .j%-eii_ lu,titc• ti)
:oivili :t) lieutenants -,
• I ;s' of l'f pi Ignit)llleal
. to the &Tref:ll'3' of
.:o+elzy :NI - omit:tins ---.•
:Ind iii- 1843, ,with ::I
et.] on the iSfiAsothl
)
:tpiQl'ud.the. Situth
, e - t-liatt• his instrue:
urily fixed.the
r. tool
t.
t. •:tt l'a49l„ , ibt;)uh
V .. ltrk'sSing ttr Califor.:
r , oi om . v, geography,
rrVrulr+ry art the
t o ikjwed;
ti).. flag .Of the Un.
It wiltleytitass
-third expedition whdSt
the second ; and before
p 45, he wdsagaityiln his
collecting his mountain
tte in detail the Asiatic
inerican continent, which
tew volume of science to
rnia tothe: United StateS.'
.
flelnev. , lnents during the
wr will future times in
-how great battles he
" . SERVICES 1N: OREGON AND CALIVOTOIA
Still lower down-on the scabbard is a eel),
resenation of a buffido hunt.
An 'elegant and costly. gold-mounted- belt,
having the present arms of the State on ifs
clasp, presented by the - LADIES OF CHARLEI
- accompanied the sword.
Writing to Jessie—(who has proved her
self worthy to be a hero's bride, for she is'
1 - freaufful,. graceful, , intellectual, and accom
plished) after and-of his most perilous adven ,
tnres, Colonel Vremont said: " when I think ,
of you all, l-ft.;el a warm glOw at my . heat*
which renovates it like a good medicine, and
I 'forget, painful 'feelings in stronghope for , ,
the future. We shall yet, dearest wife, enjoy.
qui-eta:ld happiness together-'—they , are near
ly one and the sanie to me.now. .1 make
/frequently 'pleasant - pictures of the - happy
home we are to have, andoftenc. 'it and among
the pleasanteat of all; I see our library with'.
. its bright fire in the rainy, stormy dhys,and
1 the large windovs looking out upon the sea
in the.bright•Weather. I have it all planned
l'in my own.mind. -It is getting late upw.--
La Harpe Says - there are two gods which are
very 'dear to us, Hope and Sleep. - My hom
age shall he equally divided between them ;
both make the time pass lightly until I see
you, and so I go now ,to . pay a willing ugh;
lite to the 'one with my heart full Of the oth..
cr. 'Qtiod uight.! -: . .• ' : :
... _ . .. .
r - _•e." The - Antillepubliean papers are pub
lishing the votes of Colonel Fremont while a
member of the Senate, to prove that he, is
tiot• on 'abolitionist. Go ahead, gentlemen,
you could "not do him more: service. ' The
.Republicans are nbt abolitionists encl.:there
fore do'not 'nominate abolitionists for. office.
They ere opposed to the extension of slavery,
and their eardidate represents them correctly
on' that point. 'Fremont is abused . ovally
by the Border Ruffian Pro-Slaviryites tnid .
the Garrison abolitionists, thus showing that
he occupies the true conservative ground,,be
tween the two extremes.
:..:',: . :i'- . 1' . ...V.0 - 0,14i).0:00'..
Froat OelVaiianal Era.
The Pale of the Sierra. •
BY J.,0.
All hight . nixi+ellteit Itteity•bed • -•
• .They saw the maps march ,' The wilii•Sieriii'ovE4 Ifeao, • ,
The desert's . death below.: ; •
The Indian•froie his 'lodge of hart;
The , grey, bear coin hie den;
Beyond the camp,-•fire!s wallordaric,
Glared on the twoutitaitt men:
Sdfl upward tiiriiect; - .with noxious stistin,
Theitieade4 sleepless eye, : '
Where.- splinters of the Mountain chain
Stolid bhiek against the sky. '
The nlghtivaned ikr: at last; a glow,
• A•gleam of -sudden firi, • .
_Shot up behind thelwalls of snow, • ,
Ana Lippert eackieY spire. 1
I:TP men!" be eriA ; "yon roely comb,
' To:day, pleats we'll pass;
And look fritini Winter'i frozen home. '
On -s.unmer's How "Citi 'and,gresi.”
They set their 'races: to the blast,
•.They: trod th' eternal snow •
.4nd faint, worn, bleeding, b ailed at last
The promised land below.
, •
Behind, they saw - the snow-elowli tossed
By many an icy horn';
Before, w4rin valleys wood-embossed;
•-
• rind green with.lvines and corn.
They left the Winter at. their backs !
To flap its baffled wing,
And downward; witd the cataracts,
_'Leaped to the lap of Spring.
Strong leader of that mountain band! -
Another task remains,
'To break from Slavery's desert land
,path to Free4m's plains..
The winds are wild; the way is drear; '
Yet flashing through the night,
Lei icy ridge and rocky spear • '
Blaze out in morning light!. ‘,...
Rise up..FREMONT!• and go before!
The. flour must have its Man; . _
Put on the hunting-shirt once more, •
And lead in Freedom's van !
For the•hidepexclexi Reoubheatt..
S7SA,IIEHANNA I rCOXINTY POUTICS.
No. 5. -
:
. .• , .1..M:0x, Angust,ll„lBs6.
. :
During the Stimuli& and Fall of 1854 ; the
. 1 . ~ -.
I einoerats ot this County almost nininliiions• .
ly'profeSsed . to be lopposed •t ,- .1 the - repeal - - - of
the Missouri dOinProthise, and ix F.A:i'On. of
I :,::
ITS 4 - s:rOaATIoN, and of the right slid duty of
CongresslO prollibit. Slavery* in' the Territo
ries. • - The AfOlitros i e ‘'Democrat 4 Of A.in-fast
3, 1854, diScourseS as fkillOWS; - and -at; 'that
time it was thought to be Democriltic, and
the Piere3 and Douglas doctrine of popular =,
sovereignty 'was repudiated as a humbug : :pro
:"On the final paSsage of th e e Ne,braska bill 'ter
in the House of Representatives ' a th
majority
of the Northerd'Prenioeratt'voted as it, ` 4
'and in every eleetlidi since held in a North-. de'
ern State, 'the repeal has met. tbe4ntist, deel-,.
dad cii
deiappro alot! the people. We. take, it
_, ti l
( 3
that the filen s of the bill in all quarters I ,'
have Oow come to the conclusion that all' ht.':
tempts to wring*m. the sentiment of the
North
.an endors-einent.of the mea'S'ure, will,
eventuate in disaster. and. ruin.. Certainlyl
unless tidal blindness to events and th
elreaus: I
ii
~
s- darke . • :tl.
: en' the jiidginent, 'tic:l'M:id Can now be-'
liev,e 'that the NOrtli; or •any. Stat- of the 'On
North, _ will : ever . sUstain that . hill asit passed - m '
Congress and became nlave.7
':'The 'Den - met:it' of August 10th, in follow- .
ing-tip the subject, says
I : •
.
." f our rulers hayeAlOne *a weong, therein-
, r
edy is both simple' ai - l.easy. Rl;PFALit,tbai, '
is the word, REP AL.. We have...rio, doubt e ' (
‘
r
that:the next Congress - will he strongly for `••
repeal, so far- as-the House is concerned ; and h
.the question wilklprobably rest -there' till a
radical change cad tie . made in the Senate.—
. ,
Quite - likely before that can take 'place, Ne
braska 'and Kansas will
,lie knocking...for:ad
mission as States'i: Then' 'Will' Come the rub
'A Congress in favOr ofrepehl,'cifcinirse‘Woulg
:refuse to admit either. of These .TerritOries as
States, with a_Slave Constitution,: and there
would doubtless be uo spirit of ornpromisp
pervading the Northern . mind.', There, in
Congress, is the proper place liirthe*conteSt,
and there let it'be fought '4ll. the laSt'armed
foe'expires.'" I * ' • `. • • . - - •
' -
"While reading' the paper from .'which the
`aktive_is taken; 1..c0 . uld hhrdly persuade my=
.
p
self` hat there vas •not some` mistalce;'in
tha t I soot reading-a Fremont-and,"Da
•\\,.
ton paper, n , !cl ibefore I could' fully satisfy'
myself of the fait-=so . fullY and clearly Were
Republican senti tints 'set forthl had to
burn over the paPeri, • hen l'Saw,•"Chiiseand
Day, publishers; 1854.l:Jake the 'Derno
crat !- of 1854 and- of 185 d 'n side
,
by 'side, read them careful then
ask • yourselves Which upbc stains.
. .
Democratie• Sentiments. Then the atch
word was RIEPEiL,and the restoration•of*i
Missouri Compromise; now Mr. Buchanan"
says that " the ;Compromise should not be
restored." : • Then it' was madness to attempt
to wring frofir the, sentiment of the
. Northrui:
endorsement of:the ineasnre-; now every man
iS•it !‘ blaek'Reimbliean" who is in favor of
the restoration ' of the Missouri restrict i on, or
keeping Slavery out' of liainiaS.* : Then the
Douglas dectinie of popularsovereignty."
Was ridiculed iy The Democracy of the cod ! .
ty as a swindle, and a hirinbug; now it Is the.
war-cry of*the !part:) , andthe only true 'NM."
Otratic doctrine.: .
.In the: '.DeMocrat' of the 14th of Sept.
1854, the people of the County were asked
to make the issue on Pongress, and
,all other
bilkers where'it properly belonged, - and not .
on Governor.d The County Convention,.after
nominating t 1 ticket in 18,54, adjonrned. with..
- —•
out passing_any • resolutions defining its .posi--
tion on the great question of Freedom in the
Territories.* :Many of?*ithe most :firm and:
•
consistent Democrats ;in 'Ala 'County were :
~„_..
sottly .disapPoill ._-, .'..- laid : it Wile "due.
Ale..Y
froM the Detnoer : y 40iis.Co n r i ty .to :plant
themselves"fairly.aod squarely on the side of
. ....
Free Soil: Tho tieltetwas composed mo.st=
ly of mien who were -right - in ptinciple,-con
sequently itreceived the support : of many
:._,•
. - 4
agrrii • ~P - 4404.4*
. „ .
Numerate ':vrhe *ere &satisfied with Abe.
coitisaiif ti,uspartyi but had confidence la thei
men phmattPiVillinitraitien; .111i..Grew t 'the -
eandidate.ltor Congress; had.been.,tried;iand
during' the whole of the atruggle in the Hensel
on ttis relleal.Zo(=the: Mint' off Coiaprgraiie, -
proved' himself and faithful: to' ihe inter;:
rata ef-treaduni.y And.to satisfy-,the issepte
of, the coMii , in a measure ilii'lhe-County , '
Convention's. dodging". the, resolutiOsi• the '
Gmgressidnat Coilkrees,- E.. 3 - Cliast- and
Wra. Satch, earnefuliy-uptd the. public
,
' Semi ma= fof , : the County, and- pieced% Mr-.
MOB
Grow-npon sOn of •principles that rite:
.....
the hearty I approval of the mas s es o f tns- Con.;
.
gressionei 1 district. Before the"nomination' of i
Mr. Growl he had defined-his; position, in a
speech at'the Court Muse; and-tioOnewas
or could tie mistaken-. in the position he then
occupied, or the course he , intended to pursue
in the futtire
il . He -was for "Free\Kotias,"
1
and for ing every lasWful Means td. keep :.
Slavery Out of territory. now free. ;He was
an oppon'ent of the Pierce v administratlim,
and every Democrat in the County\ knew it.
i t
The Conslention by which he was nomin ted
knew that he was opposed to the. exte ion
of Slaveri into free territory, and-that f he'
was sent to -Congress another term, liiiwkole
; .
efforts would be exerted to mae Kans3A
. :tfi'
F Free State, and with shoknowledge he was
`UNANIMOUSLY NOMINATED: The Coafereei ap.-.
ited at the same meeting above referred
wererknown to be gentlemen who pre
ed tolsympathize'deeply with the feeling
1 .
ndignatlod that -
every where existed at the
orth,-a l t the' violation of: national , faith - iti.
repeal of the Mis:Miiri Compromise.. No;
ter understanding can be- iven of the.po
)n ofi the -Democracy of thiS - ilistriet than '
leriv from the.proeeedings and resold
-
is O the . COnferenee held at - Towanda,
)t. Gth, 1854. . Thos:Sinead was called to
Chafr, and E. B. Cha'se chosen Secretary.
On mofion of W. K. !latch,. Hon. Galusha
A. Groliv was unnnimously nominated for re.
electio -to Congress. The following resole'
tions i ; ere 'then unanimously:adopted :
"Resolved, That the restriction to the
spread fof Shivery conesinerl in the Missodril
Compromise, rested upon the only and earli
est polielof ow fitthers.of the. Republic, and
that th repeal of that restriction in the net of
Congr org anizing- the Territories of Kan
sas an Neb raska, was a direct innovation. of
that policy, a breach of faith between the taro
li
:LionS Of the Union, a violation of every
ine.i le of justice and humanity, and ade
i.,
•rni ed attempt to
overturn. the I settled
?asu es of the government, and,establisliin
eir tead, constitutional e.oristrnetions' sub
rsiv of the rights and guarantees-of free.
of i
EMI
. . . . .. _
,Ivied, That - we. cordially.. approve of,
course of 'Otir'RePresen tatiVe iii Congress,
r. GroW, and especially . de'Vre . 'enramend:
i course in , resistinir, - the ,repeal-ofLthe Mia-!•
.
souri Compromise: He has refiecied honest...
and with fidelity the views oflisixinstitu
ti,..the best evidence of .wliich,:asyre4S of,
iir ,eterniination to resiStthiS outrage up
- thdir- rights acid principles,' is his unani- -
MIS nomination.'?;• --` ... 'lllio t, ' ,
.. '
.... ',.--
Signed.) ' - , , ~-.: . '
' TnomAs SMEAD,.Chairman. ' .
E. 13. CuAsE., - See'y:. . . .
Tb re we have the platform of Democratic ,
. .. .. . .
pies for this district,:.the,
.inc I
arseof Mr. Gni* fully. approved„and say .
I . , _
lase and Hatch, "Especially do we commend
Ourse in resisting the fepeal of the Nis.
souri t f compromise, ancl s - he-ho r efl ected hon.
esty bnii with fidelity . the views of his constit.
tiCtitt: ' - ' I
In mediately, after the, election in the fall
ot 1:54, when the wedietion of Mr. Chase as
to' t e defeat of the Demperatic party, on the'
Nebraska' Platform had 1)Oen most strikingly •
verified, the first "Deznocrat" after the elec..
don 'discoursed as fidloirs.:
„,,
"'lt must be admittoot by every close
obse ver of olitleal events and r4lations
that' the Northern Democracymust rally,
in '56, around a Northern man, and a man.
with Northern yrineipks and ideas. Such a.
man long tried;in the school ot American
statesmanship, a man who has had no part in
repealing the Missouri Compromise, and mill
com i c forward"... and condemn that repeal as
wrong, unnecessary, and mischievous, who
will pledge his administration, if elected, and
his antecedents, as a' hostage of gond th,
thao the whole force of his administration,
shape wielded to place things back to the po
silicon in which they were at the opening of
the I last Congress:' We say such a man on
-9.lected—save the Democratic par.
ing peace and repose to the coun-
ree States, and the editor of the
it."- was not slow to see the cause-,
and devise are edy, and that remedy was
rossr
" the nomination a ircrotin in 5, with North
er - principles and id ca , and who - would
plklge his adininisration toring 111.4igs Zwick
tolwhers they totre 'at 'Me opening of the last
C'n,Oress." -•- • ' `,. , _
he
the men Who took the lead:l ' 'placing
the party in the position ivoccuipiedin 864,
mere dishonest and designed tkeeiving the'
\
ple will hardly bedisputed by any one. Chase'
a nd.. ~ - ' Congresition4vnferees, are
gentlemen of baracter and standing in the
li T lemocratie - pa y, and atite Towanda Con
rents° both prefeSsed to be among the 4 most
f ;rm and inflealtdd Free Soil men in' the . eon,e- .
ry, and there can ~ se'arcelY be a doubt .hat
But principles then- promulgated as those of
ihe conferees and were the honest con.
ivietions of their own jUdgments,. But ghat
a_ change Once tato timp.!, -, i-The_ductrines
'then advqes.tedfai.;Vesnocratio= are now -,‘•,-Acr r f
fionarland Republican ; "-popular
,SoYetsig‘k:
qv" as oonstriied by Toombs, sad Douglas
'is the only trua 'Democratic doctrine a . . and
• _ •
good sound_Democratic doctrine
s good liernocratic doctrine now,
had been most soundly thrashed
all who refuse!. tet*pp . Wilp4e l ,tti;
IPl"tfPrMie:#l4`4i.6o4eo !?f*ifrox
.noun Ced as. : seltismet . 4 - - aFty_„nain
'catch!ris ere 1 4ditttn.tiselipnly....Wb
convey. to the tninti the, principles upon .
the:party. is ts bist
'etples_neyer;‘444.3,..k.oeßtA,l4-ippg(4loll
the reader . IpokrpF•prAn . :l4ittiO*.otr i
:Democratic PerAy4lo,lkkg4;il4;,:-04'. the* 1 1
eight Year5,'T.4,.40ct:4,91:,f.044in: JP •
Tetgitor. 44 2 l V i lk 4. 16 4' '. - V44eltt4.-
then look s (stiei anat • hilad
honoreik . ptinc)plei tl ,party *Atli!
rplet formic. and-Ithett;i . na”ll;',OnliSlUtiiilitr
an =Anierican-eititiWtiet
form melreririkli
Democratic ;'• -1;k
. -
Prong the
' - The Dog Noble and Empty Bel&
BY BRICRY WARD . , , . ..
The first summer which we spent itt Li
ox,-:we had along a very inielligentdog Mtn
Noble., lii, was learnedip_nialW tlliaigstri
by his dog-lore: excited the undying wind
t=an of all the children. But _there witeacn
things which Noble could neirerles.in: - EL
ing on one occasion seenle red squirrel:•l
into a. hole -in.& same wall be could, net
persuadeOhat he was - ,not ? Owe , for em
more. .
Several red squirrels lived close to
hOuse and 'had become familiar, blittot ' D,
They kept, up ®ular rinplwith-Nobl
~.-
They would come down fr om the maple treat
with provoking coolness ; .they, would inns:,
hing the fence almost within reach ; .:, they
would cock their tails and sail across the to ,
to the barn ; ainitiret there was such Cs )
timed ealculationiunder all this appari3n,t,rik
nem; :that Noble; invariably arrived, at th.
critical spot just iis the squirrel left it, -
~,-.,
, On one .occasion Noble.was lio - Cloie ,- ,
his red-backed ftiend thht, 'unable to ge - 4 ,
4, 1 ;
the maple tree, he dodged into - at* in the •
wall, ran through the -61n1A emerged $.,
little, distance, and sprung into the tree. 'f
intense enthusiasm of the dog - at that hol cur ,
hardly be described" , Ile filled it 0;11 of
barking. He pawed and scratched as i utt
dermining a bastion. Standing off ate itthi ,
distance he would , pierce thehole with - agate
as intense and fixed as if he were:trying -
netisrn on it. • Then, with tail extended and •
every hair thereon e lectrified, heviciuld rush
at the' empty hole ;with a prodigiou on;
slaught. -• '• . .-- - ' ''
.
This Imaginary: squit rel haunted Noble
night and day. _The very squirrel hi self
would run up. before his fade inio.the roe,
and cr,oucfied in a crot 'would ait'sintly
witching the whole peersa_ ol - I ).orn 1 -
the ertiptiliiie, with=great Sobriety an -
I v.
'ish. Biit' Noble `would tittidfl aAodo ' ht.,-
His" conviction ihat , thit hole had a'' irrel
`in continued unshiketvfor six weeks. ' ,
all.other occupations failed this hole rani' '
`to. him, When there were, no moroehli
'.to harry, no pig=, _ to.bite, ini cattle te't
no children Co rinnp- with tiO'expeilitie
make with the grown . filts, and 'wheat
slept sill that . his dog. in . wouhr ho
Would' walk out of the yard i yawn And
hi ii iSel. f, and then I . •A•k I- wistfully . at tie
j 1
as if' thinking to himself, "Welt, - *Silt
nothing else to do I may as welrtry.tt_
We had almost forgotten this -little tralt,' , -- ,
until • the conduct of the:New York's.Exprefis,'
in respeCt to Cot...l,'reinont"sreligiOn Infought „
it ludicrously to'inindfagain 7 • 'Col: z. m oat
4
is, and always has,•heeti,-sysoundli .E 6 test,: .
ant as John , Finns ever „was; He ' bied-: .
in, the Protestant faith and has limier, got—
He is unacquainted with the doctrin and
ceremonies-of the Catholin, Chnich, a d 164,,
never attended the . , service of that (thir'rel - ;"
with two or three eitceptions, when eittithitY„ .
or some. extrinsic_ reason, led lii.M:as a wit:
. 'We dc•- not state this upon. v s e k .be. ,
iet. We, know - what we say.. ,We
. 4w ;it
,
upon our own , perso n al - 'toil. anti' roper.
,408 .0
knowledge: ' own-
Prettiont ne., ei: Col. ' - Odle
not-now, , S . Rennan Catholic. '-. lEfe' tuts *vet.'
:been wonflo attend ,that - Church :,, or- has
he. in any= way, directly or indirectly given'
occasion for thiS•repOrt. , ... .. , _., .
~...,
It is "a 'gratuitous fidsehood,• iitter;_ . arrPn, ,-
:hbsolute, and iinqtnifified. ` The - ite y:'. hie '
been got' up for-political effect. It is "in cii.•
culated for, that reason; and likei3Othe potk--
ical tits, it, is a sheer unscrupylous-fal e.hood;. 7
from top to bottom:froM the core tot ft; Skit l;
..
and from the skin back to the core lit:—i
In all its parts, in riidre; tegarnent,4t At ea I -
and seed, it is a 'thorrou ht
and.total' ntriith,'
and. they - who spread it bear false wi tees.i-r:
And as to all the stories of the:Fulmer + etc.,: •
as to supposed_ conversations, with-F w t t iti,„
a non
in which he defended the was' . s , and: .
.., noti"-,:
they are pure fictions. They never happelied:
The authors ofthein are slandeiers'o.l3i-itiesi'
to believe;theta are dupest- the men who_ ...
spread' theM become endorsers of wi
• ill erid : ..
corrupt libellers._ I : , ~ - ,'.- , , -., - • ... _
, - But the 'tExpresisr'like NOble;
~ :4431Ted.
h it
on• this bele in ' the ; wall; and can ' ever *i f ,'
done barking at it -, Day aftei.BaYi iiiiorti n 's --
"to this empty , hole.l, When".iwarytkusir its
fitils this re s ource remnins:,..=Thern...theY IlreV..
indefatigably-0e i r gtratt4',.;and, Nohle 7 -a
thureh without aFreniont," 4 . oA .. ltelii'ilith- ..
opt a squirrel in'it -= - , ,_ -; ~' •'., '-,-,
- in some respect. Ittiiierer, - the dog halls :
i
advantage. - Some ieies 'Art :thought that he ,
really., believed that there * si.Squirrelo
there.. But at other times he aptly had - ,
irn inkling et the ridieillouiness'ot hiiConatiet,
for he 'would droP his tail, and walk - towards:
us with his tongue. out and his eyes a-little'
aslant, teeming to say, - "bey dear sir, - ,„zou
don't. understand is.dog'l„,feelings: 'la id
of course much prefer a squirrel . , buklf, IONA:
haVe :that, an emp ty hole is better than nods *:
i g.' J‘rmagilie how I would cite - 104 4'4,
w - -there: Besides, People who ' pates" by
\
don't ow the faets. They.thiek that nave
got so think tis medlar jtalteep up mr
reputation tor sagaeit— ' .. ti n t ,.
truth Lhaveit#ted' it,
I have half persuad ed
squirrel there . ; iir *l'
Well; every d ' '
every dot einkt have
we wera,,to brit to
summers' ,ahsen ,
„I
for`that hi . 3le'in ttiei
zeal as ever.::-
We never read tl
QM!
without thinking in.
the on is letting off
bit-,
or'
EM
mss;_;
ns IP
'had
41, he
'setae
hole,
re is
thole
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