The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1856-08-29

governor raymond, ol New 4 ork, on the
subject Of Col. Fremonl's religion. sp-
pears in the Cincinnati Gazette, Of this
morning;
NEw YoRK, Tuesday, July 80, 1856.
ny Dear Sir;-,Your favor Of the lst
inst. ought to have been answered long
ago, but absence and business must plead
my excuse. r1 VIZ 1ara1 M
/ am not surprised TO hear that the
rumors 60 widely circulated concerning
Col. Fremonts religion should have the
effect OF causing some, who sympathiEe
thoroughly with his sentiments "a regard
TO the extension Of slavery. 10 hesitate
about pledging themselves to his support.
/ But SO far rs those rumors assert, or i'm.
ply that he is Roman Catholic. they are
without the slightest foundation.
presume that, from proper motives Of
delicacy and selt-respeot, Col. Fremont
will no. publish anything himself on tho
| subject, or take any part personally in
the canvass. But he converses with the
utmost freedom upon these topics as we'll
as upon all others; he has no disposition
to practice any concealment Of his re-
| ligious opinions; and ] have no reason
TO suppose that he would desire o o.hers
to do so on his behalf.
Col. Fremont Is not now, nor has he
, ever been. Roman Catholic. His faith.
er dying when he was two years old,
he was educated exclusively in Proles.
tant schools, and at the age Of sixteen
was confirmed. Of his own motion an !
sincere conviction, in the Protestant
Episcopal Church, Of which he has con
tinued evsr since % be q member. Not
one Of his own children has ever been
sent.to Roman Catholic School, though
l believe an adopted daugh er attended
foI a short time the Seminary al George
town, Of which the pupils generally are
largely Prot-slauts. That this ought not
TO be construed 70 his prejudice, even
BY the most Jealous Proteslants. is sufii-
ciertly shown by the fact that Mr., Fill
more sent his own daughter TO Romsn
Catholic Seminary at Buffalo for pur-
poses Of special instruction; yet no one
ever inferred from this circumstance that
he himself WAS nos Protestant.
Colonel Fremonl's marriage was cele-
brated by Catholic priest; but this wa
in consequence Of the difficulty it not i'm
possibility of procuring any Other clergys
Iuan TO perform il. The ceremony was
in Npfivare room. very short and sim
pie. and did not imply any assent, on his
part or on that Of his wife, to the doc
trnes Of the Roman Citholc Caurch;
nor was either Of them required or re-
qaested TO give any pledges that their
children should be brought no in that
faith. They have all been babtized aud
educated III the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
The statements which Alderman Fulm-
or of this city is said 10 have authorized.
To the effect that in March, 1859. he
saw Colonel Fremont joining in the reli-
gious services of a Roman Catholic
Church at Washington, and that in a
subsequent conversation. with him at
Browns Hotel, Colonel Fremont declar-
cd himself Catholic and believer in
tile peculiar doctrines Of that Church, are
entirely untrue. a6A3
Col Fremont was not IN the City Of
Washington at all during the year 852,
He left New York for California in March,
1850, lie returned in the steamer Geo.
4aw, which reached New York on the
9th of March, 1859, and, remaining ia
that city four days, he left on the 10th,
IN the steamer Africa. for Europe, and
did not return until June, 1853 | un-
derstaud that Alderman Fulmer exhibits
receipt from Browns Hotel. dated
March 7tb. 1883, for four days board.
This makes il certain that the Aldermau's
stay There terminated on the 7th, and
that the alleged conversations must have
taken place previously TO that date. But
rs Col. Fremont did not reach New York
from California until tho 9Th, II is inn
possible that be should have been con-
nected with them, especially as he re-
mained ia New York until his departure
for Europe. and did not visit Washington
al all. He has no recollection Of having
ever dined a. Browns Hotel until this
last winter, since 1871, or Of having
ever seen Alderman Fulmer, there or
elsewhere. The Alderman. am inform
ed, is a man who would not be likely TO
make such statements unless he believed
them TO be true. But IL is very certain
that he has fallen into a very gross error
somehow, probably by installing some
other person with whom he may have
held the conversation in question, for
Col. Fremont. He owes il to his own
character, as well as to justice, 70 take
steps to con firm, or correct, the accuracy
ofhis recollections ia this matter.
You may rely upon the entire authen-
ticity of the statements have thNs made
in reply 70 your inquiry for the "faeis.'
In the present state of the public mind,
and 10 view Of tho earnest aud perseyerlng
MISREPRESENTATION Of che truth, you may
think It desirable that they should be
GENERALLY known. II so. you are quite
a. liberty 70 make them public. and 70
add that they are given as the result OF 1
conversations with Colonel Fremont him
sell. II am, yery truly, you're.
HENRY ], RAYMOND.
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