The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-04
Colonel Fremont In History

in our annals. Nothing but an entire change in
his future character and conduct can deprive him
of the respect OF the masses Of the American peo-
pie, or lessen their admiration of his great and
brilliant services. His whole career has been
marked by eminent ability the extent of his at
tainments, his irrepressible devotion to science,
the energy Of his mind and the immense value
Of bis discoveries, can never be justly disputed
They never were, until the shadow Of his coming
greatness threw into obecurity the small politi-
clans who claim the high honors Of the country
exclusively as their own. But when these men,
and the assailaDts who have been pushed on 10y
these men-when their very names shah be
forgotten-that Of Fremont will go down to pos
terity with accommodating glory 1t is a solid
fabric, and win support the laurels that adorn it"
And this Is not the language Of aSulasion-it i
merely the foreshadowing Of our future history.
Two remarkable series of events have given
Colonel Fremont opportunity on the one hand
for the development OF his great endowments
and for the generous and timely appreciation OF
them by his countymen, on the other.
These are what never can occur again together
in the career Of any other Of our public men. T.
will not happen to any Of the class Of such as
now seek to become the President sf the nation
10 have discovered, mapped and conquered q new
empire, and be the railying point and ensign
bearer OF constitutional freedom. His daring
persevering and snccessfuk adventures-his gal
liant conquest of Californa-the frmness yet
gentleness, of his sway while in command-all
subordinate, however to the love Of science, and
the advancement CT the good Of his country
have already found eulogists in every part Of the
! world, in every hail Of learning in every COM
| mercial city. They drew from his own country
| men their early admiration, and have fixed
their continued regard. From the very poll
ticians who have since fastened upon him to
| destroy him, have come unsought acknowledge
ments and honors, which they cannot take back.
His sudden rise in political life is truly re-
| markabe Trained and hireling office-seekers,
who are always ready for conventions and nomi-
alone capable of governing this country-have
been unexpectedly set aside for representative
whose antecedents have displayed comprehensive
ness of mind, sagacity Of judgment, indomitable
energy and intexibility Of purpose. 1t was seen
that red tape could not much longer hold the
Union together, when the constitution and the
laws were beaten down in Kansas, and when
American liberty was becoming mockery and
dream The crisis found its man in Colonel FIRE.
mont. His selection was great inpromptu Of
the people.
The scientific labors of Col. Fremont have been
Of no ordinary kind, and though Common OBJ
servers have not given them much attention, those
after all who rule the world and give it fame
have studied, appreciated and recorded them
When Mr. Everett, in his splendid address at Al
bsny, paid his eloquent homage, and that OF the
learned men around him, to the memories OF Co
lumbus and Calico, he was but saying what other
equally gifted orators viii yet say of Fremont.
Possessing characteristics that marked them
both performing the duties of an astronomer.
geologist photographer, q meteorologist,
and the leader OF a band Of devoted followers
opposed by the elements in all their fury with
trackle@ plains to pase, mountain gorges to de-
scend and snow covered peaks to climb-with-
out clothing without water, without food, death
thinning his ranks, and despair on every face but
his own-do the wretched assailants Of such
man, think that he viii fail beneath their puny
blowsf Not only has he endured all this for his
country, but be concluded his tolls for her and
for science by the conquest Of the territory be
plored, and opened to commerce, industry aud
TO freedom, ports and rivers unsurpassed In ex-
cellence- soil that gives to labor almost every
product Of the temperate and torrid zones-a
State that, with its republican form Of govern
ment, is our only bulwark Of liberty on tic
Pacific, and with its inexhaustble supplies of
gold, regulates for us the balance Of the worlds
exchanges, Is the man who has brought al this
about, to be pushed aside by such miserable
stipcndiaries ~ now assail his character
Mankind in or o,rn dry have not been entirely
Indifferent to the value and the effect OF such
achievements To name the labors Of Hnmbol ]
and Arago is but to name the professions !.
Fremont. Both those eminent Europeans in
their scientific researches have endured the great
est trials, but neither more than he. All have
met with some romantic adventures for fools =
sneer al: since, indeed these belong to and |
tend the career of all great and remarkable me |
The friends OF Fremont, then, whether in this
contest they succeed or not, may congratulate
themselves on the imperishable nature OF his
fame. There viii be a niche for him in every
temple throughout the world which is dedicated
to the memories Of the discoveries and founders Of
States; but for the mere politicians who
seek power for its personal advantage. and are
actuaiel by % great and lofty sentiments there
il neither shrine nor statue. They tie elsewhere,
in etbe cross roads Of fame the dus, of the
mtiee which was the breath Of their nosirils. be.
comes their winding sheet and their graves
Musical on DITs-That there l. a hitch in The
negotiations between Monsieur lie Baron dc Stan
kovifch, the eminent Russian, aud the Executive
Committee Of the Opera The Executive Com.