The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-08-20
Fremont the Hero Of the Cowpens
No. Q!
EfTTTG
He buys six hundred Cows for his
own use and has them charged 20
the GOvernmcnt!!!
Two Dollars a Day and Rost Beef and a
Cow Boy for tho Presidency.

The more the past history of the
Black Republican Candidate for the
Presidency is looked into, the moro ap-
parent becomes his dishonesty and in
efficiency. A close examination Of the
of his explorations with the
testimony of his companions, shows that
he was mainly led Oh to his greatest
achievements in that field by men Of
better sense then himself, and that all
the misfortunes that befel himself and
party, and all the hardships they en-
durcd, were the legitimate consequences
of his own recklessness and blind self
will. 1t has been shown that he ap-
p,opriated %rations to his own use, fur
nished him by Government officers for
the relief of his suffering comrades
whom he had basely deserted in the will
derness, and many of whom actually
starved to death for want of the pro-
visions he withheld from them. 1t has
also been shown that lie voted uniformly,
during his short Senatorial career, with
TooMBs, ArcuIsoN; and other pro-Slave-
ry men, whenever the Slavery question
came up, thus stamping his present pro-
LESSONS as dishonest and hypocritical.
In addition to the foregoing formidable
array of facts, and mauy others that
might be presented against Col. FIRE.
MONT We present an official document be-
low which boldly charges him with hav-
ing deliberately swindled the govern
ment out of the snug little sum of Sc,
975 while acting as Military Governor
of California. 1t is proper for US to say
that all the documents referred to below
are in our possession, and they are pre-
cisely as represented. Our only reason
for emitting them is want of space.
Headquarters 10 Military Departmental
MONTEREY, California, Oct. 9, 1S47. :
"SIR:-I have the honor herewith to
~inclose to you the papers relating to q
certain contract entered into on the 3rd
day of March, lS47, by Lieut.. Colonel
Fremont, mounted ri1emen, with q Don
Eulogolo dc Cells, a resident of Cindad
de los Angeles, California. The paper
marked A is a copy of this contract,
with Lieut.. Col. Fremont's certificate,
bearing date April 26, l647, that the
contract had been complied with OF the
part of Don Eulogolo de Cells, and that
he, Fremont had executed to him in
payment a note for the sum of S6,975.
Lieutenant Colonel Fremont left
California in the month of June, l847,
giving no notice to Gen. Kearney or my
self of the existence of such a contract,
or that he had pledged the faith of Lis
Government for the redemption Of it by
the payment Of the sun $6,975. Nor
had | the least idea Of this obi cation
until applied to by Col. Stevenson wheth-
Gr I woutc recognlze the oonsraub and
redeem the bond at maturity. This let
ter was accompanied by others, which
| show that, in fact, notwithstanding the
| certificate Of Lieutenant Colonel Ere
ment, Mr.. Cells never delivered to the
commissary of the Iaiifornja Battalion
one single mead OF beef cattle under
this contract. and tha5 not one II these
six hundred head Of cutie was siaught-
cred for the use of that battalion; but,
OF the contrary, that they have been de-
livered to a Mr. Stearns, of Los Auge-
los, in two parcels; one of four hundred
and eighty one on the first day of May,
and another of one hundred and nine
teen on the 9th day of July, i047, both
of which dates are subsequent to the
discharge of the California Battalion
commanded By Lieutenant Colonel j.
G. Fremont. There is no doubt that
these cattle are the same six hundred
contracted for by Lieutenant Colonel
Fremont on the Sd of March, l647.
Mr.. Cells stated it positively in his let
ter marked D, and the receipts for them
by Stearns, marked B and L, specially
state that he (Stearns) receipts for them
in the name and behalf of Lieutenant
Colonel Fremont.
"These deliveries occurred at a time
qchen a garrison was stationed at Los
Angeles, with a commissioned agent of
the commissary department of the army,
Lieut.. Davidson, 20 take charge of sub
s%istence stores intended for public use
yet these cattle furnished by G. formal
contract are delivered to q private in
dividuul upon a special agreement las
he, Stearns, says) to breed on shares
for the term of three years. 1 have en-
deavored to procure from Mr.. Stearns a
copy of the agreement he made with
Lieut.. Colonel Fremont for taking care
of these cattle, but his letters (marked
7 and 10y posi'i ely assert that he re-
CARDS those cattle as the PriUate proper
fy of Lieutenant Colonel Fremont, but
that the agreement by which he holds
them is a verbal one, witnessed by a Mr..
Hensley and Lieutenant Gillespie of the
United States Navy. Thus stand the
facts and I am applied to know whether
payment will be made upon the paper
marked 2, which is a certificate that the
sum of $6,975 is due MI. Cells for sup
plies furnished the California battalion,
which supplies are clearly and plainly
the lot of six hundred breeding COWS
now in the hands of a private individual,
not one of which has been used for pub
lie purposes. This note becomes due
on the 18th day of December, 1S47, and
bears an interest of twenty-four per cent
per annum after that date"
I'm connection with this subject, I
call your attention to the paper marked
3, wherein Lieutenant Colonel Fremont
has bound himself and future governors
of California to pay the sum of $4,000
at the expiration of eight months from
the date of March.3, 1S47, or, in default
thereof, that the note shall bear an in
terest of t~wenty-four per cent. per an-