The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-07-18
From the Washington Union.
COL. FREMONT'S LETTER OF ACCEPT
ANCE.-THE ISSUE or UNION OBJ DlS-
Union MADE UP.

AACE.-FHE ISSUE 0E 1AaOA Ob bsSr
UNION MADE UP.
Colonel, Fremont is now mp for he presidential |
race. and sets be novel exaefiEehl OF riding
two horses at the same time. lie has some ce'etTi-
~ eques rian and lie wall have still more II ne
succeeds in his present feat. His acceptance OF the
North American nomination appeared some days sgo
That required out little time 10 arrange, but ae re-
sponse 10 the abolition tncs-sildeTs who met at
Philadelphia required more care and clrcHmspecuon.
II vii be found in another column and more inge-
Nous specimen OF dena4oglsm WAS pever conc0ct-
ed by those master spirits OF sectional agitation,
Nessrs. Seward, Greely, and BLzir ~ course Col.
Fremont is made 10 endorse lie principles o! the alb
tllton Convention which nominated him.
IN regard 10 our foreign policy, Colonel Fremont
ASSUMES :hat there IS panty u this country which
maintains the doclTiHe that II is right 10 take what
ever new territory we may want By resortto force,
and be very etnphaically repudiates such doctrine
inconsistent with national bouor. II there S any
po.t IN this portion or the letter. it intended 10
insinnafe SAT Ir. Buchanan pnt forth this doctrine
in Tie GSteu4 document Such is the application OF
the letter made BY the New York Evening Post The
answer 70 L Is, that Colonel Fremont has grossly
perverted and niisrepreseHted the doctrine OF thai
document. 1t contains 10 such sentiment, but the
doctrine which il does announce Is one which no one
who values the preservation o. government as
the highest dEty Of every citizen car either deny or
cohtroyert. That doctrine Is, that when our gov
eTament IS satisfied that seil-pre>ervation
MAKES u necessary 10 acquire Cuba 10 avoid our own
destruction as a nation. we have the rsht, ana Il
VIII be our duty, to eXi>tepceb by buying tie
island II we can, and ii this cannot be done, 'en "
sesartingto force.
II woeld not be expected that a candidate Tor the
Presidency, whose principles lead lnaTo'da3iy to tae
destruction Of the Union, would approve doctrine
'hich upon The deepest devotion 70 us pepe:n-
fV. II was therefore meet aaa proper for ae can
6idae OF party which ignores one halt oi i1s con
iederacy 10 pledge almSet tnat, I. the uHioh ceHiG
not be saved from dissolution except by taxing ala
a. 4 f.fqf fEHTf al m
sii,rtoas with the ignored section, be would soon
sr let the Union "a than resort 10 the first law Of na-
rHre-the law OF self-pTeseTvation- Fortunately The
Democrats nave candidate no stands apon The doc
.rihc that sde federal Union must be preserved"
and who has heart that embraces IN lis throbs the
South we'll as he North.
The other subject on which Colonel Fremont avows
his cordial concurrence with the aboEtion conven-
ton is IN regard TO the slavery questioa. he con-
yeuon lays down the doctrine that nether Congress,
nor the erritorai legislatures, individuals, nor
associations oi iHdly ca6 give legal existence
10 slavery within Territories long as the con
sritution lasts. 1t follows from this doctrine that
slavery ca@n9 exist const.tutOnay anywhere with
IL he United States except where il existed when
she Constitat on formed. We have the same
constitution no-V that had when Florida, Lousl-
ana. and Texas were accCpired; and hence, upon
Cot. Frcmonts principle, slavery has no valid exist
rnce in these STATES formed tromthose errtores--
The doctrine leads 10 the conclusion that Save
ry cannot have legal existence in Kansas, whether
.!p people there viii it not aud heEce the oHly
suggestion he has 10 make for The settlement OF the
Kansas question Is the admission OF the Territory as
c.frep State. Co. Fremont therefore, stands upon
Tee ground nat there cannon ana shall not be any
additional States admitted no the onion which ioi-
crate Slavery. he stands pledged by his letter to
carry out thsS principle in tie event OF bis election
as President and hence il matters nothing with hm
if every man, woman. ard .hld in Kansas spoaa
.e>ire that tie state should come in slave State
the constitution, as Colonel Fremont coast5tes Il,
must exclude them. His doctrines goes even fur
taeT; g Kansas were admitted to-MorfoN IS Tree
SKATE the ppope could not afterwards change their
constitution ard laws TO give legal existence 10
slavery Still further, upon the same doctrine Col
Fremont would pronounce every slave Ia FLORIDA,
Texas Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, now 70
be illegally held 10 service. Ihe language ot the
platform which he endorses, and which he pledges
oimsef to carry out, bears other fair constrnc-
ION.
This IS open and undIsgujsed disunion and vet
Col. Fremont allows himself 10 be degded with the
idea that he find sympathy, in the South,
with the great mass oi the population who are not
owners OF slaves. lie adopts and reiterates the IN
$urrectionary suggestion and appeal. made Dy Mr.
Seward and reiterated By his followers, TO the Suppo
ted ealouses and interests of the southern non
slave owners. lie, too, IS more than a dpmagoghe
Then he talks about the southern Shareholders as a
class banded together with interests anagonlStlc to
those their ghbors who cVu slaves and by
sde power OF iheir capital rulhg the masses. We do
tot object to the IsSnes which Col. Fremor's conn
zei!oT's have induced hin. 20 make up bY his letter.
I is point to which aboliron,Sm, combined with
Enow nothingjsUn at the North, has been rapidly
drifting Tor the last two years. 30 better time can
Dc found 10 make a final trial OF the strength Of the
.-uton than 1ne present. Whilst deeply regret
that he mad spiri; of anaci@m should render sgga
trial necessary, vet since the issue is unavoidable,
saw, let II come, and ist II The ca'y
Fhlng desire, in order 10 make victory sure, Is,
that every notional Union-loring man shall ana
feel what is the real issue. and what IS at stake.-