New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
COL FREMONTS RELIGION.
A LETTER FROM LIEUT.-GOv. RAYMOND Or
NEW-YORk.
CIScISSATI, Tuesday, August


CrscISSATI Tuesday, August 5, 1856.
The following letter nom Lieut.. Governor Raj
uond Of New-York, on the subject Of Col. Ffemonrs
religion, appears in The Cincinnati Gazette Of this
monipg:
Ngw.YoRK, Tuesday, July 20, 1886.
MypyAR SIR: Your favor of the lst inst ought 10
have beer answered long ago, but absence and buss
muet plead my excuse.
am rot surprised 10 hear that the rumors widely
circulated concerning Col. Fremont's religion should
have the effect Of causing some who sympsthze thor
oughly with his sentiments in regard TO the extension
of Slavery, TO hesitate about pedgng Themselves TO
biz support But 20 far IA those rumors sssert, or i'm
ply that he Roman Catholic, they without the
,l htest foundation in fact.
Ipresume that, from proper motives of dec scy and
sslfr,spect, Col. Fremont will not publish anything
hmsef on the subject, or take any part personally
tee canvass. But he converes with the utmost free
dom upon thefe TOPICS IA upon all otheis; lie has
desire disposition 10 practice any conceanent OF his
religious opinions; ana | have reason to suppose
thst be would derire others to do 80 on his behalf.
Col. Fremont is not now nor has he ever been, a
Roman Catholic. His father dying when he was five
years DID, lie was educated exclusively in Protestant
scbcos and et the age CT sixteen confirmed Of ns
own motion and om sincere conviction, in the Prot
estsnt Episcopal Church, of which he hss continued
ever since TO be member Not one of his own chill.
dien bas ever been sent to Roman Catholic school,
though believe an adopted daughter attended for =
short time the seminary at Georgetown of which the
pupils geLeraiy are largely Protestant. That this
meet Jealous Prutestanis is sufficiently shown by tho
fact that Mr.. Fillmore seut hls own daughter to a
Roman Catholic SEMINARY at Buffalo Tor puIpose, o
special Instructions yet no one ever inferred from this
circumstance that he himself was not Protestant.
Colonel Fremobts marriage was celebrated by
Catholic priest but this vas in consequence OF the
GfiCuty if not impOssibhity OF procuring any other
clergy ma 10 perform il. The ceremony was IN pri-
waite room Was very shot and simple snd did not I'M
ply ary assent his part that of his wife to the
doctrines Of tle Roman Catholic Church; nor was
ethr of them required or requested on that occasion
to give sty pecges that their children stoud be
brought up in that faith. They have all been baptized
spd educated in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The statements which Aldermen Fulmer Of tbs city
il said 10 hsve Authorized 30 the effect that in March.
1852, be saw Col. Fremont joining in the religious
vice. of q Romsn Catholic Church a. Washington
and thst i'll subsequent conversation with him al am
ner at Browns Hotel Col. Fremont declared himself
a Catholic and believer in the peculiar doctrines o.
that Church, entirely untrue:
Col Fremont was not in the City OF Washington at
all during the year 1852. He left New York fer Cali
forna in March, 1850. He returned In the steamer
George Law, which reached New-York on the 9Th Of
Mach ls52 and remaining IN that city four days, he
let on the 10Th, IN the steamer Aca, for Europe, and
old Lot return until June, 1883. ! understand that
Alderman Fulmer exhibits r,celp' from Brogns lio.
tel dated March :, 1852, for four days board Thus
makes il certain that tie Aldermans stay there ter
minated the 9Th, and thai the alleged conversations
mrst have taken place pr' viously to that dae But
as Col. Fremont did rot reach New York from Cali
fornia until the 9TH, il is impossible that he should
have been cobLected with them, especially ~ he
Imsired in New Yoik until his departure for
Europe AID did rot visit Washington at oil. lie
b8s 10 RI col ect on of having ever dBed at Brswns
Hotel until this Last Winter, since leil, OF
having ever seen Alderman Fulmer, there or else
where. The Alderman, clio informed, is man who
would not be likely to make snch statements unless he
believed them to be true. But it is very certain that
be bas fallen into very gross sJmeho ~-proba-
bly, by mi.tSkr rome oth.i person with whom he may
have held the COny CREATION IN question for Col FIRE.
n. He Oyp %
Justice take steps to confirm correct the accuracy
vi lie rtcollec,ions in this matter.
You may r,ly upon the entle authenticity Of tho
statements have thus m ads in reply to your inquiry
for the "fscs." In the present state Of the pubic
mind and in view of tie earnest and persevsring mis-
representations tf the TRUTH you may think il desa-
bic that they ehould be generally known. II 30, you
are quite at liberty TO make them public ard to add
that they are given the resut Of conversations with
Gel. Fremont bipseif. am very truly youn,
HENRY J. RAYMOND.