The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-11

rable, and adopts them unanimously. In short,
the mist has disappeared, the scales have fallen
from his eyes, and he prays, in the Language Of
the prayer book, for happy issue out Of all our
Affections Mr.. Buchanan is Q tried man, his an
tecedents federalism included) ere al right; and
"A wayfaring man, though fool, cannot now
miss the path of duty. SelaA"
Thus we perceive the sum and Substance Of this
last letter are fiat contradictions to the senti-
ments of the letter of 1S4S. A somerset has
been turned; having fallen offA horse the other
day without injury, Mr.. Van Buren, is not afraid
of mounting the new hobby.
It is not the frst time he has astonished the
public by his performances in the ring. The
original opponent Of General Jackson, he became
his warmest supporter and most zealousdefender.
The bitter prosecutor of De Witt Clinton, the
Generals friend, he became perfectly reconciled
to him in TIE house Ct the father-in-4aw of Go
vernon Marcy. The downfall of the democratic
platform being effected IN 184s, he mounts it
now, and nails up every loose plank.
Whether the conscquents will be what it is in
tended they shall BE-, remains to be seem Per-
haps NJ. Buchanan when he gets into Office, will
remember his eleventh hour repentant FRIEND but
this remains to beceen. 1t is somewhatdoubtful,
however, whethersie will ever have the opportu-
nifty In the meantime, let the lovers of political
consistency truth and disinterestedness, study
we'll these famoCs letters. They may become
good precedent FOR the next exiled statesman who
seeks to renew his influence with the party he
has betrayed. We shall see
THE Know NOTHING WAR upon FREMONT
We publish elsewhere in this paper, as one of the
Know Nothing curiosities Of the day, very
elaborate argument from the exclusive Fillmore
organ of this city, against Col Fremont and
upon the astounding text that, having been mar
red by Catholic priest, she must have been
Roman Catholic" Had we fished up this POM
pous and ridiculous article from some old Puritan
newspaper Of two hundred years ago, when
Roman Catholics were outlawed, and witches
were hung, and Quakers were drowned, as for
the highest offences known to the law we should
not have been at all surprised at it; for this
delectable argument of our BOBBY has much of
the ancient godly twang about it of a sermon
from old Cotton Mather. As a production of the
present day it is the most ridiculous rubbish.
No discourse from the Angel Gabriel in the Park
was ever made up of such incoherent jargon and
stuff. Fremont was married by Catholic
priest -" nobody compelled him y" marriage
with the Roman Catholics is sacrament -
therefore. Fremont, when married, "must have
been, or pretended to be, Catholic !" and if,
in view of the Presidency, he has recently
changed his religion, so much the worse"
Thus it appears that Fremont's religion,
whether he be Protestant or @ Catholic
debars him from the support Of the real Simon
Pure Know Nothings, because he was married
by Catholic priest. What insuferable trash!
Why not inquire who baptized Frement's chill
dren-who nursed them, and whether Mrs. Ere
mont has or not been accustomed to the services
of wet nurse, and II wet nurse, whether Pro-
testant or Catholic; and whether Fremont's butch
er, baker and grocery man are Catholic or Pro-
testant These inquiries will probably next be
sifted by our Fillmore organ, for the enemies of
Fremont have not stopped with his marriage, or
even with his birth. His father and mother, dead
and buried long ago, are dragged from their
graves, and examined as before mixed commits
sion Of democrats and Know Nothings as to who
and what they were. The enemies Of General
jackson, by this mean, miserable and dastardy
course of opposition, did more to make him Pre-
sident than the battle Of New Orleans because
such wreiched and unmanly hostility the honest
masses of the American people repel with scorn
and disgust The same coarse action towards
Fremont, if persisted in, will do more in his be-
half than the fame Of all his wonderful achieve
ments for his country, for science and mankind.
The Fremont party are pursuing a more hon
orable course towards Mr.. Buchanan. He is an
old bachelor, pretty well on the way to three
score years and ten, and has been in his day a
man that need not have gone begging for wife.
But why was he never married. lie must
have loved some fair damsel or other
at some period Of his life. We dare
say that tale fully as romantic as the marriage
Of Fremont by Catholic priest, could be told Of
the lonely old bachelor candidate Of the demo
cratic party But his opponents have rightly
decided that that has nothing to do with his
qualifications for the Presidency. 1t was de-
carod in the Cincinnati Convention that Mr.
buchanan was welded to the Constitution, and
that a. the laws Of Pennsylvania interdict bga-
my he has never thought of marrying anybody
else We think, however, that Fremopt's excuse
Of marriage, even by Catholic priest i as good
as this Of Mr.. Buchanan, with every sensible
whg, democrat or Know Nothing
Let US hope that the managers of the Fillmore
cause in this city win look to their organ, and
for the sala NJ oornrnon decencv sion ifs follv
and nonsense. even II they have to buy the con-