New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-25
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE,
REMARKABLE COINCIDENcrs
To ae Editor Of The ". y Tribso.


To Ae Editor Of The N. Y Tribune
Biz: II, at the Philadelphia Convention. c,nd;d.,.
Tor nomination had been brought forward who w,s
well known to the people, and whose claims had bser
urged on the ground that his edu alton bs cbsras
ana the course OF his life bore remarkable rasau
o'ance 10 those OF the Father Of his Country sucb
arguments would undoubtedly, have had considerable
weight WHO a large portion Of the Convention No
sue" th'ng was done, but IL might have been with a
otgee truth Tar exceeding that of any Of the psra
lei lives u Putsrch.
Inc nistofy OF our country would be searched in
VAN TO ind Two whose lives have 80 many o,nts
OF resem6lance as those Of Washington and Fremont.
Ahe great characteristics Of Washington even while
ooy, were moral rectitude, indomable perseverance,
ana certain undercurrent of enthusiasm seldom mani
Iteo to Others, but the ess real and efficient,
"sShington was eminebtly man Of action. but aso
able to WELD the pen with dignity Of force Fremont
has always betn distinguished by the same promope.,
dec,on and energy; while the clear vigorous and life
ike style of bis writings elected, Immediately after
their publication the admiration and approval of the
statesmen and literary men Of Europe. and anon,
others, of Alexander Humboldt who bv universal
consent, stands at the head ofthe scientific world Rnt
II Is condolences in outward circumstances rather
than resembiances in points Of character which we
shall rotice.
While yet boy Washington lost his father. and
was tdebted to his mother for bis aly training s,
was with Fremont. 1t was a. a member of party
OF surveyors, or, as they would be now desgna
ted, engineer, employed in the mountars and toe for
eets, that Washington laid the foundation. of this.
practical ywledge and those habits of accuracy and
orethought which distinguished him through life. l.
was also as member OF the Corps OF Typographical
Engineers that Fremont attracted the attention and
gained the appreciation Of the Federal Government
Washington was Dot educated for the military profes
SION, but the courage and ability exhibited by hin in bis
encounters with the French and the savages and his
skill In accomplishing large objects with small means
induced the Continental Congress TO turn TO him. as
the people had already done, the fttest le sder in
the great struggle upon which they were about to
enter Fremont, too, was not graduated" at West
Point, but when transferred from the civil 10 the mill.
taiy service, lie immediately gave evidence of those
qualities which stamp the man born TO lead. It was
amid the Spanards and savages of California that
Fremont gave evidence of those quAts, which
marked him out as the leader to whom the people
turned with such unanimity in the present. crisis.
Washington was in his forty-fourth year when the
Continental Congress at Pniladelphis fixed upon him
as the leader Of the American armies. Fremont was
OF the same age, when, at the same place and within
month OF the same time Convention OF his cOun-
trymen, distinguished for the uprghtness, ability and
patriotism Of its MEMBERS tuned in common with the
people they represented, fixed upon him as their
leader in the great enterprise of restoring to the Gov
eminent something of the purity and morality which
characterized it in the days of Washington.
We hope, we believe, that the parallel will not
cease here, but that the glorious contamination
which crowned the efforts Of Washington will yet
become part of the history of Fremont. VAN.
Stv- York, June "a, 1856.