The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-07-18

replying 10 MI lnVltauOn 10 De present. NJ
the mass meeting of the friends Of Fremont,
in Western Massachusetts,, held in Spring.
field on the 4lh, Hon Samuel II. VALLEY
writes. "Belieying TINT 1t 10 The solemn
duty OF every citizen to vote, and That every
vote thrown at the next election will count
Tor Fremont or Tor Buchanan, ] should cast
my vote, if tho question were to he decided
now, Tor Fremont and Dayton, without hes
ita.iop, not intending by this nc, TO join the
Republican party, or To torsake the Whia
parry, but only availing myself Of The best
means in my power Of carrying out what ]
believe 10 be sound constitutional principles,
and Of maintaining the essential connection
between liberty and union.
Mn SUMMERS SPEEcn-IMMESsK CiRcu.
LATioS. The demand for Summers Speech
continues withou, abatement. Not seven
weeks have elapsed since its delivery, and
at lcasrn million copies must have been 10.
sueed Editions have been published In
most Of our larger cities, and the printer in
Washington had. on Thursday last, received
orders for 225 900. II is also incorporated
entire as par, of the Congressional report
on The Brooks outrage, OF which probably,
one hundred thousand extra copies will be
printed On The whole. Il will deserve the
name OF the Uncle Tom Of speeches. - Wash
ington Cor. N. Y. Ere'ring Post.
DROWNED. A young lad Of about twelve
or fourteen years, named George Warren,
a SON Of u widow woman, who lives on High
ST., in this City, was drowned in the river
near the Steam Mill, on last Friday evening.
He was with number of other boys who
were bathing, and slipped through the logs
In deep water and was unable to got out
His body was found the next day.
A PRINTER TARREp AND FEArurRrp. J.
F. Cummings writes IRON Topeka, Kansas,
to The Chicago Tribune, that on his way TO
that territory IN May last, no was forcibly
dragged rom The steamboat nj Lexington by
a mob, led into the woods, AMI on avowing
that he was in favor OF making Kansas free
Stale, he was stripped and iarred and fealh-
cred. He was ala, severely beaten and
lett by the road sido. He walked in the
following night, Is mile, to q wood yard.
where he took the first boat for 81. Louis, and
a successful attempt, few days AFTER, 10 GET
10 Kansas, where he arrived safe and still
remains.
When the small inv en,ion that Fremont
was educating daughter in Catholic Con-
vent. in Georgetown. was first reported 10
Mrs. Fremont, she remarked that the story |
would be amusing II Il did not touch her
character rs good mother Sho held II 10
he The duty OF American women to educate
their daughters themselves, and rear them |
amid the good Influences Of tho Home
This duty. she remarked, she had thus far
been enabled TO ,e,form 10 her own daugh.
ter, and should continue 10 discharge il ill
the culture was complete. Portland ADJ.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Commercial, says:
Intelligent Democrats from the Northwest
have arrived here, whose accounts OF the
political excitement in that quarter are very
gloomy. In Ohio, they say, the feeling Is
all IN one way, and that is against the dem
ocral.. Farther, they say, the same feeling
appears 10 be very general throughout the
whole Northwest.
nvTwelse Of The States were not repre-
sented IN The Philajclp hia Convention which
nominated Mr.. Fremont --Boston Post.
Sixteen OF the States were entirely mis-
represenisd ut The Cincinnati Convention
which nominated Mr.. Buchanan, and oil
the rest were unrepresenied except as 10
4 small minority Of the people, and the In
lerests they have against the majority OF q
lbe same.-Boston Chroniels. Ii
Ala meeting at Howell, Mich. WIN. A.
Clark veteran Democrat, rsnounced bis
adhesion 10 Tho Democratic patty as follows:
~ om hi, day for Fnemontr | cut my
this day, from The P'o Slavery
,arty. nouinally democratic, and enlist IN. q
Ter The banner o. Free Suil, Free Speech,
'ree Men, anil FREMONT"
~ Tho New York Herald says the Gov !,
rnor of California has made requisition :
m the President for United States troops to
uforcc the laws which have been tramplsd !,
pom by tho Vigilance Committee.
The Gloucester Telegraph has lowered q
he Fillmore and Donelson Gag. and substi. p
tied that Of Fremont aud Johnson. There
now bot one avowed Fillmore paper Ia O
iassa chuss,is-the American Patriot s.
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