The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-10-07


er has been threatening to give u crushing
expose Of Mr.. Fremont's religious history,
which would establish beyond psradventure
the fact that he was Catholic.
The Leader is a Catholic organ. II sup
ports Mr. Buchanan with oil it's energy, and
spares no possible opportunity to malign the
candidate of the Republican party and to
misrepresent the Republican cause. And it
openly and persistently endeayors to preju-
dice Catholics against our cause and csnd-
date, appealing to them not simply as Ameri.
can citizens, but as Catholics, making the
religious sentiments and preposscssions OF
its readers the ground of ia operations and
influence Ii cndeayors TO prove that Mr..
Fremont toas II Catholic, but as not, and so
COMPROMISE and weaken him with people of
that communion for his apostacy from the
faith while the fact that he once was and
still may be a Catholic, it fancies will oper-
ate to weaken him among the Protestants.
But after all the Leader has some qualms
about msking his religious sentiments the
ground Of specific attack, and 50 endeavors
to salye over its conscience by prefacing
that, though, under ordinary circumstances,
his religion would not be proper subject OF
remark, yet as he is the special candidate OF
the Know Nothing party, and.as such can
diiate denies erer hdring been Catholic,
therefore his honor is in question, and his
honor is fair subject Of discussion. II
that 10 not "whipping the devil round
stump" then we never witnessed that ex-
plot. Blu. even this means Of getting at q
discussion Of his religion is dishonest and
hypocritical, for it hinges upon his being
special candidate Of the Know Nothing par
tv, anu pledged to its principles, which is
not true; and, not to be mealy monthed
about the matter, when the Leader, to fix
this starting point, says that he told the
Know Nothings she would run as their can
'sdidate, if he received the nomination OF no
''othcr party" it utters an untruth, and
knows that il does so, for what he did say
was published; is matter Of public notor'e-
riety and it contains no such language or
sentiment. He simply accepted the nomina-
ton of the North Americans, and thanked
,hom for it, without in.imation Of sym
pa,hy with them in their peculiar views, or
pledges of any sort, and with the full knowl-
edge on their part that he was not member
Of their order, but with the understanding
on both sides tina. i, was bestowed upon him
as an opponent Of Slavery extension, and as
an exponent of that sentiment.
But allowing the discussion to be ali right,
and the excuses for it ample, what is the
proof Of his having been Il Catholics the
I terrible, crushing, overwhelming proof ?
I Why, Just this Before Fremont went over
4 the Rocky Mountains he was in love with a
Catholic lady in st. Louis. Ii is not certain
that he wrote any love-letters to that lady,
and IL he did it is not certain that they con.
tanned any confessions II attachment to the
Catholic Church; but yet IL is beliered that
he did write tender letters TO her, and j!
those letters only could be got hold of, it is
thought they would be found to contain such
confessions! Was there ever more puerile
J shameless logic than that Could a man
who employed it bare his face in the sun
) light without blushing to the tips Of hi,
ears? Yet that ia simple AMI honest state.
meme of the Leaders principal chain Of 10.
gle.
Now be il understood, that the Leade,
eonfesses It's belief that he is not nop a Cath
Ollie, and gravely employs such an argu.
ment as this TO prove that he once ras a
member Of that communion