The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-05-21
DIFFERENT DESTINIEs OF TWO
BROTHERS.. C. AND FRANK
FREMONT.

FhEAONT.
II seems to be settled, now, that Col j.
Z. Fremont is TO be the Presidential cam
dida,e Of the Black Republicans-th
most detestibe set of POLITICIANS not eX-
cepling The party of Rotespierre and Dan
ton, in the French revolution, that the
world ever knew. For the atrocities of the
era referred to, there was some very slight
pa'lation in the expressions Of previous
systems and wrongs Inflicted 10y the class
es which were so horribly revenged 10y the
Partisan cut tbroa,s. In the case OF the
American sanscuIottes, the attempted rev.
olntion is sof,ened by no pretence ofinjury
to its actors, and is against all the in.
stincts of the race-while it is demon
stra,ed, hy recent events at the North,
that Their ierocity is as intense and as hru-
tai as tie annals Of revolutionary Paris
can exhibit. .
1t is this party that Col. Fremont now
leads, and Col. Fremont is n Southern
born man. Nay. he is Southern. born
man, whose present wealth and dislin.
guishsd position are fairly attributable TO
the social influences Of the section upon
which he is hereafter to make war. Had
he been a native Of New England in all
probability he would at tins day have
been s,eeped in poverty and unknown to
fame. If Col. Fremont was not born in
| Charleston, he was carried there at an
curly age by his mother, and he certainly
received there the education which fitted
him for subsequent success and distinction.
! He was the protege of the Ladies' Bcnev-
olcnt Society of Charleston, some mem
bcrs of which found the family in great
nc"" and aided them. Young J. c. Ere
mont was discovered to have talent, and
| iy tHe interest of these same ladies, be-
cam" the beneficiary Of charity scholar
smpin Charleston College. lie WAS grad
uTtcd there, with distinction. having shown
(as we always heard decided mathemat
Ic0 talent. Subsequently,, through the
influence already mentioned. Mr.. Poinsott
was induced to get him an appointment
as a teacher of mathematics, on board a
national vessel; thence he WAS transferred
to the corps OF Typographical Engineers
not very long afterwards married haugh
"' Ion. Thomas III. Benton, anI began
his ,rlIliant and rapid rise. Every one
33ws bis snbSC'iucn, history.
E'i. Fremont had a brother, Frank. n
, ''..r or two younger, who went on the
81? &C very early. He WAS buff hokinc.
hearty fellow, seeming very much more
like man destined TO military leadership
than lis brother. For some little time,
Frank made n sensations and got tn I've cal.
lcd the charleston Ros2ius"-hut gradu.
ally came to be con>ilcred merely tole.
rabe stock ac'or. After he bad been on
the Stage some wears. he marrieh-iu New
York, as we'll as we recolIec,. Some where
about 1889. While playing an engage.
ment in Buti.,Io, (Ncw York; he got into
an abolition riot Of some kind, and. while
flhting gaIiautly for Southern principles.
received 4 heavy blow on his head which
affected his brain. From this lie never re
c"vercd-the irjnry finally settled upon
his luug. and lie died Of consumption
lie continued to play, We believe. up to n
few days he!ure his death. WHICH we think
occurred in Columbus, Ga, in 1859. At
! any rate, the writer Of this found him
! there with some little trouble as he was
| playing under an assumed name.) having
| been charged with message To him bv
his mother. who, it may lie remarked, was
quiet. melancholy woman greatly devo-
ted to her sons.
1t is n little striking, that those two
brothers, born and reared on slave soil,
should 10y The merest accidents, both have
teen so nearly affected by abol,tionism.
personally. The one is knocked on the
head aud "dcne for" hy fanaticism, while
the other makes name infamous whirh
had else been truly famous, 10y giving his
influence 10 The miscreanls who wage an
unholy war upon the institutions of his
own section, and rf people who raised
him from lowliness and placed him on
the high road to- fame and boundle.s
wealth. ihe ever thinks Of his origin he
must see the depth Of mn ingra,itnde al
most subime- Montgomery Mui.