The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-07-11

N Col. FKuoSr. s. G. Goodrich, late I'm
'r ted States Consul at Paris, and well know
!. to youth as " Peter Farley" thus speaks
. Col. Fremont, in private letter to FRIEND
l. written before the Philadelphia Convcntio
met -
|" 1t is true, rs you suppose, that kne,
J, Mr.. Fremont ut Paris. lie was there 70
! several months while was Consul, and ha
: frequent business at the Consulate. / ais
: met him in society. He is about forty-fv
!, years old, tall and slender, of modest dc
= meanor, and OF quiet. undemonstratiye man
: ner. At first, he makes no strong impress
sion upon you, but in conversation, by de
!, grees, you come to the conclusion that yor
are in the presence Of no common man.
There is deep integrity Of expression il
his eye, which, taken in connection with
his calm, measured words, forces upon you
the conviction, that his extraordinary course
is but a just reflection Of his inherent char
acter. Unainching courage, fixed purpose,
, courage that couquers difficulties, mastery
OF himself, which enables him to master
Others, are the qualities which acquaintance
with him, as well as the events Of his life,
emineptly display. This was the impression
he made upon leading minds, foreigners, us
well rs Americans, in Paris. l recollect to
have heard IL said Of him, that his habit of
self reliance and self counselling, evident
from his manners and conduct, reminded
one strongly Of similar qualities in Louis
Napoleon, and which have given him such
an ascendancy, since his accession to power
in France.
These arc the impressions / received in
Paris, and hence il has not at all surprised
mo to find many minds turning towards Mr..
Fremont for the Presidency. He has, UNI
doubtedly, those qualities of frmness and
decision which eminently fit him for the adj
ministration Of public affairs. He'is not
man to be wheeled he is pure, amiable,
and incorruptiblc in private life, and wher-
ever he is placed, he will not, if judge him
rightly, depart from that sound morality
which thus forms the basis of his charac-
ter
y The Wilmington (Del.) Journal and
Statesman, a permanent Know Nothing or.
gan, thus speaks of the nomination of FIRE.
MONT and DAYTON 1.-THE manner in which
that nomination will be received by the
country at large will be determined by the
future; but be the development what it
may, the Republican party can congratu-
late itselfupon having presented a clean
man free from all the issues and cliques
which now disturb the harmony and
safety Of the Union. Mn. FREMONT Is
safe man, a strong man, and, if wise coun-
sells prevail, the good Of the country con-
suited, and the opposition to slavery pro-
pagandism should unite its strength, he
will be successful man ; and our free and
glorious Union will be once more, and we
trust forever, placed beyond the reach of
political dcmagogues and timescrvers, who
to promote their own elevation, have boldly
struck at the root of liberty, not only of
person, but also Of speech and debate"
VThe Democratic papers are saying that
Colonel Fremont is not qualified for the
Presidency. The same was said Of General
Harrison, Mr.. Polk, Gen. Taylor, and Pres
ident Pierce and their majorities were not
reduced single vote on that account
Gen. Taylor had spent all his days in the
camp, and never voted, and didn't know
what party he belonged to-hc was no more
qualified for the Presidency than one-half
the farmers Of Massachusetts, who have had
a common school education-not so well, for
they read the newspapers, and he hadn't
yet he was elected over one of the soundest
and best statesmen in the nation and now,
If Col. Fremont is not elected, it will not |
be because he is not qualified, but simply |
for want Of votes, and he will have none
the less of those from proving that he has
never been in politics.-State of Maine.
Nor BAD.-A LITERAL "OLD LINER. -
An amusing circumstance occurred not q
thousand miles from this city the other day.
An old gentleman, q time honored and con-
sistent Democrat, a little hard Of hearing,
made his appearance among a lot OF street
corner politicians, declaring that he was an
old liner. The quidnuncs gathered around
him they talked of Pierce, Douglas and
Bright, of the Democracy, &c. The old
man listened rs well as he could, then rails
ing his voice, shouted:
81 tell you am an old liner; 90 for
the old line Of 1919 and 1920 made by our
fathers, and adhered to religiously by all
parties up to the time God cursed this ma
ton, by the election of Pierce as its Chief
Magistrate, as he did the Egyptians, with
the frogs and lice. am an old liner !; / tell
you; | am for the line made in 1919 and
800.
The bogus liners and patent Democrats
left in hurry, gave the old liner wide
berth during the rest Of his stay in the vii
lage.-MadisOn Courier.
The MANNERS OF SHAREHOLDERS. About
a year ago IN Texas, q man with few
friends entered German tavern and shot
down twenty-iour men The murderer
went free without even trial, and doubt
il il ever was known abroad. Within the
last two months, there have been seventeen
murders in that state. In Mississippi there
is one town Of population of about ten
thousand. in which there have been, accord
ing to the common report in that vicinity,
more than two hundred murders within the
last thirty years, or since its settlement
Which shall be transplanted to Kansas
the lawlessness Of slaveholdlng states, or
the law and order Of New England? That's
the question.
4 Mr.. SrNSTR's CONDITION. Under date Of
Tuesday, Mr.. Greeley sent to the New
York Tribune the following report respect
Ing our Massachusetts, Senator:
Mr.. Sumner is worse, and is declared in
danger Of softening the brain, by his medi-
cal friends. He is enjoined to avoid all ex-
citement, and will hardly be permitted to
resume his seat this session. He will never
fully recover.
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