The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-09-24

| Lieut.. Col and Dep. Lieut. Gen
-, j. P. TAYLOR, .-.
Lieut.. Col. and A ssist. Com. Geu Sab
f.-I..,g,.,sss4r y +. L.. BAKER
| Major Ordnance Department
| = Three ether members of the court ap,
fpended to the record Of these proceedings
the following, viz; j.
Under All the circumstances OF lhi,
case, and in consideration of. the distin.
guished professional services of the ac-
cused previous,to the transactionfor which
he has been tried, the undersigned beg
leave to recommend him to the clcmency
of The President of the United Sra;es.
-ea ~ S. S. LONG,
Ea3 f Lieut.. Col. Top. Eng:'s
RICHARD tDELAF1ELD, .''
i y Aiaior Of Ensineers
1A it E. w MORGAN,
Leat: Col Thirteenth Infantry.
After this no one will he surprised to
| learn that s @ s
JOHN c.. FREMONT is A puEL1sT,
nor can it be doubted, for here is the
PROOF. i slt1sa if.
FREMoNT'sA CHALLENGE TO COLONEL MASON
Ciadad de los Aagelos, April l 4, ls47.
SIR-An apology having been declined,
Major Reading will arrange the prelim-
naries for meeting requiring personal
satisfaction i lf.-
i Very respectfully. -... r ..r
Your obedient servant,
't,s j c. FREMONT, 3
1.ient.~ Col Mounted Rifemen. =
Z Col. Il. B. Mason, First Dragoon,
Ciudad dc los Angeles. 49,, rs q
FREMoNF's CHALLENGE, TO FooTE.
Mr. Bigelow, in bis life of Fremont
very sagaciously suppresses Fremont's
note and challenge. but gives the reply, Of
Mr.. Foote, which clearly shows that the
note of Fremont was challenge. Mr..
Foote's reply closes as follows:
If after this statement, you pcrsevere
in the demand contained in your note /
shall certainly crafty you, though l shall
from certain prudential considerations,
defer formal acceptance of your prop
osition until can leave the District of
Columbia.
Your obedient servant,
H. s. FOOTE.
Senate Chamber, Sept. %, 1850.
!, 3st JOHN C. FREMONT. A BULLY
+ The duelist soon becomes bully, or as
in the case Of Fremont, and as it was in
the case of Brooks, is generally bully
first. The country hass been filled with
shriels on account of the attaek of Brooks
ON Sumner But Brooks did bnt little, if
more shan Fremont did FIVE
years before. .9fasi sI8 4q 79di f.
81 THE PROOF 7aao-i
E In the fall of 1850, Colonel Fremont
assaulted Hon. FL. S. Foote, in the ante
chamber of the Senate, .Jos- words spoken
az Ge5ats;;l and that We ma y,not Ice accus-
ed of misrepresenting, we copy a state
meut Of the affair as published in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer at chat time, and
which has been republished m 6i f9gs
THE FooTE AND FREMONT DIFFICULTY.
The difficulty between Senators Foete
and Fremont grew out OF o,he cireum-l
stance that Foote charged Fremont in the
Senate with seeking legislation in refer
ence to the geld mines for the sake of his
own private advantage, which Fremont
pronounced false. Afterward they mctiin
the ante-chamber, when Fremont struck
Foote and brought blood "a They were
Immediately separated by Senator Clarke
Subsequently Fremont addressed note
to Foote, demanding retraction of the
language used by him in debate, to be
signed in the presence Of witnesses, and "a
challenge note was to be left if he re-
fused ssssiisaH ~ sa.3 @1tl5 ei s
Mr.. Foote declined to sign the paper,
but addressed a note in reply to Fremont,
diselaiming any intention Of giving any
personal offence in the language used BY
him in debate.
The friends of both parties considered
this satisfactory to Fremont, but, at his
instance, the note Of Mr.. Foote was sub
mitted to Col. Benton, who consented to
the arrangement. The following card
was the result: 'os sFi3sss =
WASHINGTON, Sept 90, 1850.
A CARD. The undersigned are author
lied to state that the difficulty between
the Hon. H.. s. Foote and the Hon. j.
@. Fremont, growing out of certain ex-
pressions used by the former in relation
to- the California bill in the Senate last
evening, has been adjusted satisfactorily
and .honorably to both those gentlemen.
Signed. A. G. DODGE,
VIM. GIVEN,
HENRY w sSIBLEY, 3
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