The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-07-26
i Stupendous SpeculatiOn...FremO
Nomination Accounted for.

i Stupendous observation-disclosures
Nomination Accounted for.
1t is within the knowledge of all who have
kept themselves posted in reference to fusion
politics for the last months, that John {.
Fremont was never seriously spoken or
thought Of for the Presidency, until all Of a
sudden the New York Herald, Tribune, and
Courier and Enquirer became the ardent
Advocates of his nomination, to the cxclu-
sion Of Seward, Judge Mclean, Chase, &c.
&C. That these papers should so suddenly
and simultaneously discover the available
qualities Of this utterly incompetent man,
and become so earnest in pressing his nomi-
nation, has always been 10 those cognizant
OF these facts an incxp!icab,e riddle. \ ma
tural suspicion was excited that some mo-
ncycd influence and grand scheme of specu-
la;iou was 8: the bottom of it, When Ben
rctt, Greeley, Webb, Geo. Law, and Van
dcIbilt H-cre united in scheme, it required
mo ghost from the grave 10 assure all ho-
nest citizens that there was some deep
scheme TO be forwarded that had objects be-
vora The mere defeat Of the national deInoc-
racy.
These Big contractors, Says the Cincnna-
Il Eaqnier pursuing this suhject,) Law,
Vanderbilt and Grinncll-have become cnor-
mously rich, through no special talents,
skill o. enterprise of their own, but chiefly
by contracts and monopolies, secured
through the aid Of government, which they
have purcha' by corruptiny those intrust
ed with the s,ranting of such privileges.
They have been the authors Of that grand
system Of lobbying which has rendered the
seat Of our federal legislature q scene Of the
most disgusting corruption and dissipation,
and made it the opprobrium Of the country.
by dining congressman and legislators, Civ
ing them facilities, paying the expenses of
elections, and various other corrupting APP
piiances, they have succeeded in obtaining
grants, contracts and mOnopolies, which
have been the source of enormous fortunes.
These are the sponsors of Fremont's poll
teal character-thc trustees Of his principlcs
and his fortune. Regardless of their own
oft-eXprcssed political opinions. Law, Van.
dcrbilt, and their compeers determined TO
take Fremont up, an:.., through the COM
bined aid Of Bernett, Webb, and Greeley,
to run him INTO the Presidency, with view
Of usps him ior their own selfish purposes.
= nat We suspected from the first begins row
TO assume distinct reality.
EremOnt's object in repairing to New York
and establishing himself in Wall street.
when all his interests lay in California, b
gins now to be understood. Our readers
sill remember that, during the Mexican war.
Fremont took advantage of the general con-
fusion Of affairs in that remote state to buy
for 100000, an enormous tract of land
upon which hundreds and thousands Of
miners and others, having every reason to
believe to be public land, have squa,ted He
has obtained a patent for this land, but, thus
TAR, has not vet realised Z cent from il. Be
iug heavily in debt. lie repaired TO New
York with a view Of obtaining the aid of
the large capitalists to prosecute his claim
and render i available. From these inter
views. consultations and arrangements be
tween Fremont and certain New York capt
tai!Sts Sprang this nomination Of Fremont
for the Presidency. Willis the honest but
deluded followers of the black republican
tag imagine that Fremont is the candidate
OF their party and the embodiment of their
principles, he *, in fact, the candidate of a
set OF corrupt spectators and jobbcrs in the
city Of New York
The New York Day Book, which is on the
scene Of the intrigue, has nosed out the
whole cOnsriracy and revealed it in all It's
naked atrocity, to the great confusion and
Gi-may Of the managers. The FLOWING is
the Dag Book ; reference 10 this matter:
Fremont AND HIS BAcKERs-Our money
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the most stupendous California land -lobbing
scheme ever known in the history Of the
country, at the head of which stand. Palhcr,
Cook / Co, and Col. John Charles Fremont.
How many leading men and presses they
induced TO take interests and issues in their
scheme is unknown. They suppose that,
10y securing Col. Frcmont's election as Pre-
sldvnt, their eighty odd claims, Maliposa in
C!ud.d, viii net them $50, 000, 600 to SO,
900, 600, and make them all millonaircs.
" make no charges and call no names.
But II We would carry the case into court,
as public prosecutor, we should call to the
stand scyera! prominent politicians from their
public duties at Washington, and interroe ate
them a TO their completely in the stupendous
speculation. We should call to the stand
the Tribune of New ork and ask its editor
whether he o. any of his associates are in
terested in the Mariposa land grant, or other
claims Of the said company, and demand an
answer yes or no. We should call to the
stand the Courier and Enquirer, and ask the
same questions of its editor, and demand an
auSwcr-ycs or no. We should call to the
stand other men and other editors, and put
the same questions to one and all, and de-
mand them to swear an oath, yes or no, SO
help them God-gUiIty or not guilty."
no. -, Il
Washington 20 institute searching investi-
CATION into the doings of this powerful com
bination of land .jobbers, who, if they sue
coed in making good their claims, will con
into possession of a large share of the whole
state Of California, gold<and ALL
The New York Erpress has the following
upon the same subject:
This whole movement originated with a
small gang of reckless and venal politicians.
They do not anticipate success i'll Novem-
Der, but by uniting forces, and controlling
the speaker during this congress, they On
pCct to carry some of the most monstrous
projects ever submitted to congress
Through this concert, they have already
carried the large land appropriations, 10y
which Mattcson and others filled their peck
ctS. and in which some of your rtuous
brethren of the New York press shared
largely; through it they carried other big
Jobs, and by the same agency they hope to
pat through The most gigantic suindie fer
CaiitoIyiu srer get attempted
Weed. Abel, Mattcson and Company,
with Banks quietly, arc the managers Of
this ,rdOltSaic System IF plunder.
Nothing in the history of the country
cob,s,ares rih tho Tdscaiify nor plotted, and
which has already in part succeeded. Plum
der is the watchword of .'rcpublicanisni,
and the leading managers are VIGOROUSLY ni-