The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-07-30
The specalators, Candldate..

the nomination of Lieutenant Fremont, that the
land and stock gamblers, who were Instruments
in bringing aboutthat nomination, made very
grave and serious mistake. By a concentrated
effort at Washington early in the winter, they
succeeded in manufacturing a bogus public opin-
ion which they managed to have come from all
pirts Of the United States at once, and just ia
time to have its eAectupon the negro worship
p,rs convention. People who had ne yer heard
'oE Fremont were surprised that every one out
of their own little sphere was in favor of him
for President, John Smith, of Hardscrabble,
Illinois, learned, on arriving at Philadelphia,
that the people in the next town to his were
al in favor of Fremont, and Richard Roe, too,
fon this next town, learned for the first time
that the people of Hardscrabble were to man
for Fremont The Tribune told the people in
Oneida that everybody in Madison was for Ere
mont, and the people in Madison were made to
believe that all Oneida would go for Fremont.
Massachusetts, was told that New York and
the West were all going one way, and that way
was for Fremont, and New FORK and the West
were made to believe that no one was thought of
in New England but Fremont. That all this
public opinion" was made up in Washington,
isnow as, evident as that the sun shines and rain
brings forth vegetation. We do not know that
the congregation of spectators at Washington
had any pecuniary Or selfish interest in bring.
ing about the nomination of Mr.. Fremont; we
do not know that the hundred thousand dollars
Of California interest money was spent among
these gamblers by Mr.. Fremont's partners, to
whom it was entrusted we do not know that
the fact Of Mr.. Fremont having the Mari
posa claim and the Baron claim, and prospect
iycinterest in great many other claims, all of
which by the aid of the government, might be
made worth a hundred million of dollars, had
anything to do with his nomination; we do not
know this, we say, any more than we know that
tho rain and sunshine bring forth vegetation;
but we know that without the rain and sun
shine vegetation would not come forth, and zoe
kao,c that without the California interest mon
ey, Mariposa, and other claims, Mr.. Fremont
would never have been thought Of fer Pre-,
sident '..-.. ..... ,..r. r..l ,.g
But tho Washington gamblers and spacula.
tors made, as we have said a very serious mis-
calculation. Mr.. Fremont deceived them, or
they greatly deceived themselves. He allowed
the story to go abroad thatahe was immensely
rch-that he. had clear title to Mariposa,--
worth, at the lowest estimate, thirty millions
Of dollars, The impression has gone forth, and
tskqn possession Of the public mind everywhere
that he was the richest man in America, and
this fact has been counted on to help his popu-
larity. That he has been aparty to this false
hood there is no reasonable doubt, nor is it less
evident that had the falschood been exposed be-
fore his nomination. he would not have received
a dozenyotes in the Convention. Who believes
that had it been known on the 10th Of june as
well as it is known the 10th Of July, that Mr..
Fremont WAS literally a dofaulter to the tune Of
ono hundred thousand dollars, that a Judgment
for five thousand dollars was dockcd against him
in the New York Supreme Court, and that his
notes were ha Sked about Wall street for sale at
fitycents on the dollar he would have been
nominated by any party for President? Nobo-
dy, of course s.# arasa .s.t EHi9.
Mr. Fremont both before and since his nom
ination, has acted tho part notof an honest man
nor gentleman. That he is as hon st at heart
as the generality of politicians, we have no
doubt; butihe has not shrewdness enuoSh to
keepestraight when straight forward, upright
and honest course is necessary to success. Es
stands to-day before the public not simply as a
suspicious man or as one charged withguilt but
a convicted man. There is no escape for him
no getting out under the plea that political op-
ponents will make serious and groundless char
ges. Hecannot escape by silence, nor by throw
ng his defence on thc.shouldors Of his party
1t is in evidence that Mr.. Fremont as part
ncr, in the house of Palmer Cook & Co., is res
ponsible for one hundred thousand dollars they
received in trust as agents for the State of Cal
ifornia, which ono hundred thousand dollars
have been spent sqnandered, used or nlisappied
and not paid over to the bond holders. 1t is in
evidence that Mr. Fremont obtained the nomi-
nation for President on the false representation
that he was a very rich man, when he cannot
pay hisidebts. Ii9it1a ~ aaahH2 !2a3 +,
1t isfurther in evidence that Mr. Fremont is
or has been, a. Roman Catholic, and member
of the Roman Catholic Church, all his life and
that he now renouncesthat religion and authoFi
Ses his partizans todeny that he ever was Ro
man Catholic. In this matter Mr.. Fremont has
equivocated lodged, shuffied, sneaked, and ios
the confidence of his friends. So strange ant
uncertain have.been his denials, as to get hi
defenders into difficulty. Even Mr. Beecher,
who, from his own lips took down, the state
ment that his daughter insteadyof being oduca
ted at Roman Catholic school, had ynever beer
away from home toschool at all, and published
it as a triumphant denial of a charge agains
him was astounded to learn that Mr.. Fremont i
now educating an adopted daughterat a Roman
Catholic, School Mr.. Fremont knew, when hi
authorized Henry Ward 1Beecher to publish
this statement that the charge was that he had
an adopted daughter at "a Roman Catholic school
yet he makes Bsecher believe that lit was hi
daughter and tells him that she was heye
away from homs,t0 school at ALL aq d mId ~
All thisyofiitself, is a. matter Of the smalles
Importance ---in fact, of mo importance for IT.
none Of the pnblies business where Mr.. Ere
mont educates his childrennor what religion n
processes But these equivocaf' 'dcnfals Of facts
this pandsFfag % prejudice this dishonest wa
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