Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-24
TIE NOMINATION. OF COL. FREMONT.

D.suite the warnings Of all the more moderate men
Of the Black Republican party, and the wishes oi oil
the comparatively conservative citizens VINO were
casting longing glances towards that organizauon-
Iasu;i. the assertion Of Thuddeus Stevens in the Con.
veuriou, that without Judge Mclean was its candi-
late, Pennsylvania w"Iid he lost by 3O,GDO majority
m the fall, hs was withdrawn under circumstances
which strongly Indicate his betrayal by pretended
friends, for some unknown reason--perhaps the In
wish use Of Maripusa gold had something TO do with
In his place, that Contemplating young man" Col.
| Er.mout. has received the nomination.. Destitute OF
| qualifications, destitute OF all sembiance OF states.
,naulike qualities, his only recommendation appears
| 10 have been that there was "a great deal ot ro-
! nance about him. This may be Il welghty colISld-
| Grafton with n young lady in her leens in selecting a
lover, but il, would be III i3sult to the intelligence Of
the American people to suppose they would not re-
! uuire more sulid and attractive quaRt:re in n Presi-
lent. The following short biography " Fremont has
| been going tho rounds OF the press:
".John G. Fremont father was a Frenchnan, who,
for some political offence, lost bis property and es-
| caped 10 this country. he taught The French Ian.
| snage in Virginia for a living. aud at lepgtl! nm away
| viii, q planters daughter aud married her. SulIs
years afterw ards he died in Charleston, South Caro-.
linn, leaving a widow and two sous, very poor. Sune
ladies' uf the city took cl!args OF the family, gave John
G.. a good education AT their own expense, aud pro.
cured him. through the then Secretary Of the Navy, a
situation rs teacher IN board q government vessel,
where lie remained two years and u half, when, pre-
| rerring the land service, Those ladies assisted IN pro-
| curing for liul Il commiesion IN the army. Que oil ls
.urlicst exploits after that was To run away with and
marry Colonel RentOns daughter. But the Colonel
nj length forgsve him, and procured for him the COM
mand Of an exploring expedition across the CONT
uent."
We will not pause here TO remark upon the ;ngrati
J tude he has displayed in reGuiting the generosity
/ and kindness Of the ladies' Of Charleston by lead.
| ing on those who are known to be the deadly foes
| of the section of the Union which gave him birth,
and which, by cherisi,ing him, nourishrd in its
busorn a viper ready now to stii:g it to the heart
Nor will We at present descalt Il length upon
those elements of romance" which the opposition
viii 10 doubt dwell upon largely during the campaign.
For the saks Of Mr.. Fremunt's own lame, he should
never have placed himself in n position which will
render it necessary that the true history OF his life
should be made public, the veil ct tiGsel with which
he has been bcdecked DO rudely suatched aside, END
the facts connected With HE career exposed. HE
friends will lie Vel y apt TO maintain d close silence
uuop his feats ~ an explorer. WHEN the history Of his
niuuders aud heartlessness becomes kuoSn. They
will not boast much OF his famous C0ochat"pe Pass,
! which eventually proved ~ be the highest peak out
; one cf the Rocky mountains nor ot his tavorite route
TOR the Pacific Railroad, which, on examination,
proved no croose1 that il received the S0HbrtqHet OF
the Rams Horn Ruui"-por Of the School OF Engi-
neering which he estabiissI.a, viz that the move
n.nts of the Butfaloes We're the b2ot guide 10 IN eI.
| plorer-nor will they be apt 10 particularly laud the
! infamous desertiun of his corps i'll the midst 0f the
perlIs in yhich he had i~uveigled them, shut up in
snow thirty feet deep, which occurred near Taos, in
New Mexico.
Perhaps no man OF his cSc has a more unfortunate
regard than Col. Fremont. He VS. court-nartialled
md dismissed from the army for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
financial transactions with the government funds gill
urobably be found TO be not at all times Of the Inosi
r~reditsbIe characteristic failed IA a politicians; aud,
after serving II short term III the Senate, was superse'
drd as soon as he became iaifly known by the people
If Californiu-and altogether, although he may be a
very fast, a very romantic, aud Il very enterprising
Young man, no will find that no "buifalo eng'geer
ing" viii take him within Mailing distance OF tli
White House that obstacles, high and lnsurnounta'
bic MS his ianou. pass, will rise before him = aud TIM
his political .ramsh"rn route" will lead him into d'ttl
culties us iuextricuble Is those by which ne was sur
rounded when he ignoiuiniously deserted his com
panions ia the SNOW ut Taos PenmsyiraHaH".