New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-21
MORE PROOF:
lie In,cribes the symbol Of ROmanism on " Rock
IBdepcndcEce.v
THE CUSTOM OF EARLY CATHOLIC TRAY
EIERS Inflated!

EI4EKS lm1iAlED!
The other day we stated that Fremont, instead Of
raising the American flag on the Rocky Mountains,
had in imitation OF early Catholic travellers, and In
accordance with the Romsh Church cut the cross into
the rocks OF that far OE region. ne h1rc me Pr0y IN
FTfmotfs oTn rOrds.
Let the reader turn to page II of FreTnonts " Mar
81 rative Of the Exploring Expedition TO the Rocky
" Mountains IN 1912, being Congressional Documents
l66 Of ls45 and be will md the following
"AUGusf % Yesterday evening reached our encaup
Rcs bdependeuce where took soms A.tfoaonica
ohseivstora HEkE NOT UyasDFUL or THE CUSTOM oT
yARiy 1RavELERs And ExPLoREss N CUR COUNTRY, ~
CRAvtD On THIS ROCK of THE FAR "nsl sYhAoL op
,.MEs 1 MADE on THE H,RD GRANITE THs IMPRESSION oP
A LARGE CROSS. waIcR I ooysRED WITH SLACK
PREPAR.TIOs INDIA RUBBER, WELL CALCULATED 70 RE-
TIE IsTLUEScE or wIAD AND Rain"
The "early travellers and explorers Of our country
were Spanish and French Catholics, or Jesuts, and it
IL TO them Fremont refers II was their custom, as
stated, to ertc the Cross at prominent pcnts n
"synbol Of the Christian faith" (snd Catholics aomt
10 other faith to be the Christian but the Romish
and 10 take possession OF the country In the name OF
the Church and the Pope.
All through the valley Of the Mississippi, ard espe-
cally the routes of Hennepin and De Soto, these
SYMBOLS Of Romsnisp long remarked, and perhaps IN
itstapc's ay still remain. II l. the custom OF
the Mother Church instruct her niseonses or 'ex
porers" to formally take possession OF new Countries
and gons Of countries, III her name and The name OF
the Pope, by erecting the Cross NO fac' !. better es-
fully Oboyed this ROish custom, and We have the fact
atteeted Dy his own hand.
thus tie proof of the fact that Fremont ID q Catho-
lie, and a "bigoted one too, accumulates. IL turns
UP at all poittr, daily aud hourly IL has been caimeh
by bis partial supporters that be planted The Stars
apd Stripes on the highest peak of the Rocky Moua-
"ans." so far from tnglng To the breeze that sym
bo" of freedom TO nep be set there the "symooi Z"
the most oppressive system that ever scourged the
world. We repeat again the Protestant sentiment svd
good senst of the country nsul;ed v hen John -
Frs mont was placed before them as Presidential
candidate-an insult, however, the people know how
to aid will resent.
We publish this passage entire, in order to
preserve it as q curiosity of political literature.
We make no comments.
1t is undoubtedly true that Col. Fremont is
Christian; and if that is n fault he may plead his
education in excuse. If there be any who don't
know that other Christians than Roman Catholics,
but especially Episcopallans, reverencs the Cross
as the emblem Of Christianity, it will be useless
to try 1T this late day to enlishten them.
If man is to be a candidate for Office, it would
probably be most e1pedient for him not to have
any religion at ALL and then such Christian patriots
ss manage The E2prcss can make little capital out
of him. But the People would not let Thomas
jefferson be put down because he wss stgmatized
as an Infde nor will they allow Col. Fremont to
be slspdered out of the field becquse he s Chris
tlan
The Sunday Dispatch Of yesterday says:
"'Is Fremont u Catholic? Is nov thu absorbing
ouet;on that puzzles the edtOr5 of the partisan press
The uos conclusive proof is brought forward on both
sdes. After careful examination Of the evidence,
We confess our inability TO decide the vexcd question.
If be is 80 decided Protestant his frienJs claim,
:. Ia ah1
are so rarn,ly advocating has election"
Now this is either true or tlse-xhich' There
are three or four RGmsn Catholic journals in this
city, with thirty or forty in the Union, and if any
one OF them is warmly advocating Fremont's
election" we should BE- glad to know il. SO far
ne krow, noe one Catholic journs is for Fremont
and not sbe in twenty Of the Catholic voters.
There certainly is no other denomination half SO
eent rally adverse to him as tho Roman Catholi,.
and yet lies are piled upon lies day after day to
induce Protestants to oppose him under the pre-
sumption that he is the candidate Of tbe Pope,
Archb shop Hughes, the Jceuts, &C., &c Yet
The Leader, the new Romanst daily at st. Louis
ays:
''The recent fusion to gres, xtent. of Black Re
publicaLi-m aid Nothen Know Nothingirn, AID theI
red union up ire sintS cAnlludlt, were not
necessary TO prove tU their identity; to point out
10 Us that the only difference between them l. that
one avowed enemy, and the otAer or enemy 10
iseuise."
So The Irish american calls on ali Catholics 10
oppose him because the North Americans support
him, and it adds:
"These very men would iorsake him, as r.ts run
awsy from faIig house sinking ship, y he rere
at aav tune Of has i,fe R0mlH CathOiic."
We publish this to chow how utterly false is
the assertion Of The DrT0tcs; ana We beg the
public to note that all the ado about Col. Frenon.s
religion is made BY his bitter adsersaries. No
friend has advocated his election either ss Prot.
estsnt or Catholic cand date, for he is neither.
As d msD, he is d Protestant Episcopalisa, as he
has perfect right TO be; hut Io one Is expected
to vote for him ss President on that ground. he is
oper ly in favor OF Impartial Freedom in the Fed.
eral Territories, OF the immediate admission of
Kansss ss Free State, and OF coed faith against
the Buchabeer policy in our Foreign Relations;
and on tbese grounds his election is advocated
To support OF oppose caDAll6 for President be-
Cause be belongs to this church or dQ1t belong to