The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-07-17

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TeiJoHN G.. FREMoNT. of California,
COL. FREMoNr's REPLY.
" New YoRK, July 9Th, 1856. /
GENrLEMEN:-You GU call me to a high
responsibility by placing me in the van, o.
a great movement of the people OF the
United States, who, without regard te
past differences, are uniting in common
effort to bring back the action of the Fed
eral Government to the principles o
Washington and Jefferson Comprehe1n.
ding the magnitude Of the trust. which
they have declared themselves willing te
place in my hands, and deeply sensible o
the honor which their unreserved conf
dence in this threatening position Of the
public affairs implies, I feel that .cannol
better respond, than by sincere declarai
ton that in the event .of my election to the
Presidency, I should enter upon the exc
cution Of its duties with a single hearted
determination to, promote the good Of the
whole country, and to direct solely to this
end all the power Of the Government. ir
respective Of party issues, and regardless
of sectional strifes. -
The declaration Of principles embodied
in the resolves of your, Convention, ex-
press the sentiments in which I have
been educated, and which, have been ri
pened into convictions by personal obser-
vation and experience. With this decla-
ration and a,yowal, I think. it necessary tc
revert to only two of the subjects en-
braced in those resolutions, and to these
only, because events have surrounded
them with grave and crit cal circumstan
ces, sand given to them especial Importance
Q I concur in the views Of the Convention
deprecating the Foreign policy to which
it adverts. The assumption that we have
the right to take from another nation its
domains because, we want them, is an
abandonment of the honest character
which our, country has acquired. To
provoke hostilities BY unjust assumptions
would be to sacrifice the peace and char
acter Of the country, when all its interests
might be more certainly secured and its
objects attained by just and healing coun,
sells, involving no loss Of reputation
International embarrassments are mainly
the results Of a secret diplomacy, which
aims to keep, from the knowledge Of the
People the operations Of the Government
This system is Inconsistent with the char.
acter Of our Institutions, is itself yielding
gradually to more enlightened. public
opinion, and to the power Of a free press
Which, by its broad dissemination of po
liticaI Intelligence, secures in advance tc
the side Of justice the judgment Of the
civilized world. An honest, firm, ,ane ,rle
open policy in our foreign relations, woule
command the united support Of the ! ma
ton, whose deliberate opinions it would
necessarily reflect. : = -,
Nothing is clearer in the history Of, oul
institutions than the design of the nation
in asserting its own independence, ane
freedom, to avoid giving countenance tt
the Extension of Slavery. The infuenc,
Of the small but compact and powerful
class of men interested in Slavery, wht
command one section of the country, AM
WELD vast political control as "a oonse
quence, in the other, is, now directed st(
turn back this impulse of the Revolutior
and reverse its principles. The extension
Of Slavery across the continent is the oh
ject of. the power which now rules tnt
Government; and from this spirit .ha.
sprung those kindred wrongs in Kansas
so truly portrayed, in one of your resolu
tons, which prove that the elements o
the most arbitrary governments have no
been vanquishe by the just theory ofou
own. a.. s.--,...-...-..
It would be out Of place here to pledge
myself to any particular policy that ha.
been suggested to terminate the sectiona
controversy engendered by political ami
mosities, operating on q powerful clas'
banded together by a common interest
A practical remedy is the admission Q
Kansas into the Union as, Free State
The South should, in my judgment, ear
nestly desire such consummation., I
would vindicate its good faith. Itlwoulc
correct the mistake of the repeal ), anc
the North having practically the. benef
Of the agreement between the two sec
tons, would be satisfied, and good feeling
be restored. Tie measure is perfectly
consistent with fbe honnr of he sSoutl