The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-07-04
Frsmont's Nominate a--The Press.

Tho following is from the New York
Times -
He has been man of the people his Ia
bors have becn for their benefit, and he now
stands before them candidate for the high
est honor they have 1t in their power 10 be-
stow; and If there 10 such sentiment us
that Of gratitude in the public hcart-if the
people OF the Free States have any admira-
ton for high personal qualities, for perse-
verence, bravery, dlsintercsted bencvolence,
generosity, heroism, for noble.mindedncss,
high attachments, and devotion to duty-if
they prefer such qualities as these, which
have been freely exerted for the public good,
to the low acts Of political chicanery and
party subserviency, Fremont will rece We the
united support Of the Free States Of the I'm
ion.
The n. Y. Courier and Enquirer remarks:
We heartily join in the response. and In
the same spirit which moved the Convention
to 50 gratifying an unanimity, We accept
the nomination rs the one under which the
great battle, for the common good, can best
be fought, with the surest prospect of sue
cess, and tho one, the end OF which, IL well
fought, will be victory.
The n. Y. Mirror congratulatesthe con-
vention on the harmony of its proceedings,
and their spontaneous selection Of u man
who is connected with no faction, whose
name is familiar, as household word"
throughout the wide extent Of our Repub-
Inc, and whose whole life has been devoted
to the interests Of civilization and the glory
Of the American Union.
The n. Y. Herald says
In the nomination Of Col. Fremont the
managers and conflicting pipelayers Of the
Convention have unquestionably been borne
down by the irresistible undercurrent of the
prevailing sentiment Of the opposition mass
cs Of the North.
The Boston Bee thinks the Courier little
too fast when it declares that Fremont Is
totally unknown to tho country, and
says
Col. Fremont was member Of the con.
vention which framed the Constitution of
California; and in that body performed able
and acknowledged service. He was also
elected to the United States Senate for q
short term, ending in 1851. OF VIM. l..
Dayton, the sam. paper remarks, " his name
will certainly add strength to the ticket"
The n. Y. Tribune after dwell ne upon
Frcmont's acknowledged success in whatever
he has tried, says
May he be as successful in this as in ev.
erything else that he has undertaken! And
that he will he who can doubt? for surely
every honest man in the country will hasten
to aid him with his voice and his vote.
The principal paper in New Jcrscy,-the
Newark Advertiser (straight Whig) thus
compares the rival candidates, in an article
endorsing Frcmont's nomination -
Can Buchanan, Breckenridge and slavery
hope tO maintain successful war agains,
Fremont and liberty-liberty Of speech and
territory? Il would STEM to be impossible;
we are sure i, would DO undesirable for our
country's sake and that OF humanity al
large. The cause Is Fremont and Dayton
against Buchanan and Breckenridge-FRE.
MONT, young, full of useful enterprise, gen
erous and daring, Of large natural genius
for acknowledgements the calculating
politician, always hunting for personal nd
vancement, changing sides to obtain it,
compound of the selfish ntriguer, warn
ilibustcr and cold patriot, crystalized int
that antiquity known as jams Buchanan d
the Cincinnati platform, no longer person
any more than Carolina negro, bat slave
IA plank.
! The following sensible and practical re-
marks are from that excellent jsurnal the
Philadclphia Inquirer, in ai)hrticle for Ere,
mont -
The untiring zeal with which the friend,
of Colonel Fremont have, from the first
urged his nomination. cannot but be regard
cd Us u good sign. But II must appear t.
every sensible mind, that kindness and goo l.
will are absolutely essential under the cir.
cumstanccs, and that the friends Of Other
candidates already nominated in opposition
to the existing National Administration
must be treated with all possible delicacy
'And consideration. The great aim of the
conservative voters If the Republic, should
be to secure thorough union Of all who
are adverse to the Cincinnati Platform, and
thus signal triumph ut the pulls.
The New York Erening Post, democrat.
ric) remarks,-
The cause in which he is engaged is one
that enlists every generous feeling-the love
Of liberty, regard for the honor Of our corn-
try, sympathy for tho oppressed. On the
other side are ranked the champions of an
oligarchy whom the submission OF the North
has made arrogant, and whose arrogance in
turn has led them into brutalitics which
made them detested. The popular tide
which is now beginning to rise will only
need to swell Us nlpidly us It has done for u
few months past, and It will sweep them and
wirheskort away"
The Newburyport Herald (neutral) says
Succeeding or falling politically, how
ever, he has already won place in the af.
fectons of the American people, and they
will teach his name to their children and
childrens children for many generations,
and that will be the case with those who
vote against, as we'll as those who vote for
him."
The Hartford Couran, (straght whig)
says
"We support JoHS c. FRExoyr for the
Presidency, US the man the best adapted to
carry out the present paramount objects Of
the Free States, in opposition to the section.
nj union of buchanan and &arery."
The Norwich Courier (stnight whig)
says
lie has been nominated rs the standard
bearer Of the hosts Of Freedom IN contest
the immediate and prospective results Of
which. for veal or for WOO, cannot be over
estimated.
y The National Inteihgenoer, q journal
by no means apt to aLtter. has the following
just compliments to Col. Fremont -
The fact is, though full young to be
brought forward for the Presidency, he is a
man Of hi qualities; modest, wise for
b;s ve,rs salf.raliunt brave COLLECTED and