Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-07-18
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From The y. Y. Independent
The Republican Candidate.

rs our readers well know, we are not OF
the number Of thoso who urged most strcnu-
ously the selection Of Col. Fremont by the
Convention at Philadelphia, as the standard.
bearer, in the great political campaign which
is now upon US, Of those principles Of justice,
humanity and liberty to which our earnest
adherence is given. While highly apprc-
ciating, and heartily admirins, the noble
and signal qualities Of this gentleman, we
felt desire that IL possible some well.tricd
Captain in the ranks, which 30 long have
stood unconqucrcl for the Right, should b.
selected to lead them to victory which is
now, We trust and believe, before them
But since this selection has been made, we
are lcd more clearly 10 recognize in it tho
good hand Of God and to feel, as We almost
never have fclt hitherto, that Providence has
raised up, has endowed and has trained this
workman for hi. Office, Man for the Hour.
n the election in November shal result, a.
wc ate veil persuaded that is will, in rlae.
ing in the chair Of the pcsilcnt Of these
United States, then we are compelled to .ay
tlat in no ono instance in all the history Of
our nation, since the freight oc the May.
flower was landed at Plymouth, will the
cullin. and governing mind Of God, inter
posing for our protection, lagc been more
clearly shown than in raising him up 70
mc5t this crisis.
Young, urw5sn, entirely fresh in pjliu.
cal lIrc, there are upon him no marks Of
past controversies, there are about him no
oIor, Of past political errors, or partian
wrongs Oran iuycc,iy,, prompt, and dis
eliminating mind, as all his history shows,
and now iu ,lc full and perfect prime Of
every power, be is all, 70 meet, IL any man
can, thc whole demand OF thc present cmcr-
srucy. OF French extraction, on bis Ethcr's
sl,, be- is yet thoroughly an American, by
b.r,h, by training, by ismatgrual ancestry,
and by al his IDEAS Of so,crumcntand ofrc.
lisiln. Born in Georgia, and educated at
the Institutions or South Carolina, lis cuo.
sen home has It'll been ia the Wcs., aud his
arl0r fyr freedom has never filcl or waycr-
cl. \ child Of poverty, oul o man Of the
people, his career has blcn moro sisually
heroic than that of any other living Amcri-
can aud be has won his steady way 70 op.
ulcnco and honor, through the unaccus,om.
cl paths Of ,gli.dcnial and ioriiiudc.
Delicate in frame, entirely modest nni
unas,umins in department. be has inspired
the lo,, Of the staIwart and fiery pioneers Of
the West, asalmo,, no man before has done
and his name would now rally thousands on
lac border, to any most diIcul, and haz-
arl1u- enterprise. ugeN,raorlinary cErcu-
tiy, and administrative power, be combine,
with these equally the taste. of the scholar,
tlc prac,icrl enterprise and skill Of the sol.
li.r. mi, name /, as well known in the Oh
World as in thc New. And while The South
has furnished hi, birthplace, and the vii
dr-ucss Of the West the chosen scene Of bis
chief cxrrtious, California, the youngest aud
wcalthicst OF the Sut,s, owes 70 him her
exploration and her suL,2lue.i conquest,
and to him in great part her present free
dom. The whole country, therefore, and
every part Of it hrs an interest in his name.
Tie young men Of the country, especially,
mus. rally 10 him as their natural leader
with ready enthusiasm, Ills very name
seems watch-w5rl for liberty and al
ready crowd, make the cchor, with the stir
ring r.Gsa Of Frcc-.oil, froc-spccch, aud
FgmoNr'
With him in tho Presidential chair, the
last threat Of disunon will speedily and for
ever be- silcnccl at the South. The bnyos
who steal unsu,rcctcl into tbc Senate Cham.
bcr, aud who's, only reply to an arsu-
mcnt i, the bludscon, will be as whist as a
London pickPockct with the police bc''dc
him, before the intrepid aud sclf-Poi'cd will
Of lin who has faced the mountain-snows
while Hey were daintily dallyins at home
of him whom Indian, and McSicans could
not scarc-though with tculoll his force
now welding the treasury and the army Of
the country. Nay. with him in that char
we have frmcst conviction that all sections
will be ulc, and that calm will succeed
the recent and the present agitation; while
hi, lie and hi. words give the amplcs' guar
anty that the influence Of the Government
will be employed on the side Of freedom and
u, benign order.
It's something curiou, ,onoiicc the s'rik-
Ing correspondence between the history Of
this young Republican Captain, and that OF
him whom our fathers took ns their lS9der,
in their first great struggle for Liberty on
this continent. \ part Of these have been
noticed by the papers, aud by speakers
Others We have not seen rofCrred TO. They
were interesting and suggestive. Washing
ton was left IA childhood, by the death Of
nj. father, to the charge Of his mother IRE
mon, was SO likewise, at u still earlier pc
ri,l. and in circumstances certainly much
less auspicious. Washington had early a
passion for the sea, so strong that mid
.bipmans warrant was obtained for him by
hi, friends. Fremont went to sea, and was
t there employed Tor more than two years.
Washington was introduced to public life
through his service ON the frontiers, as a
: surveyor and civil engineer. Fremont won
his discipline and his early fame in the same