Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-08-05
Who is Fremont, and What Has He Done.

We hear these questions occasionally asked
by two-penny politicians, who look no further
! for their Information than Democratic cam
paign papers, and who, when confronted and
confounded with the truth run to their m lsters,
the demagogues, for comfort and consolation,
and who dare not say their souls are their own,
without permission. Such are they making the
" rank and file of democracy and for their
benefit especially, and all others interested, the
the following extract from the Lol On Daily
News Is inserted. The subj ct there under dis
eusslon Is the position of our politics and the
writer IL speaking Of tie great struggle now
going on between Freedom aud Slavery saws.
" President Pierce has so contrived rs that
the conflict shall take place in Kansas, and at
the expense of the protegcs of the Emigrant A id
Society and thus he himself has instituted
such balance in the interests of northern citi-
zens as etectually separates them from himse #
anc from the South, whom lie is provoking
more and more every dav. PRECEDENT Pierce
has so managed matters as TO throw the whole
foTce OF these citizens. at the most critical mo-
ment, into the Republican ranks; and his SOL
dlers, wearing United States belts and badges.
armed from the federal arsenal. and authentica-
leu Oy Governor Shannon proclamation, and
burI ing the tarmsteads and harrying the stock
- ans dilO l! ti!S ~ StftfNc OUT the
proteges OF the northern merchants Certain
horrors OF outrage which have driven the women
acrosSs the frontier, wherever they can lind ref
uge, have determined the attitude of the free
SAFE settles They have left their fields and
their houses to ravage and destruction and have
retired with their arms TO the southern portion
OF the territory, hoping to maintain themselves
/ oF ne Wild game and fish till assistance can
| Ieach them from their patrons in the old states.
the AIted States troops, border ruffians, and
" mean " hite marauders, are coping them up
hoping that the fish and game Will not suffice
and, At the same time, threatening with their
( vengeance ire fuTces-now amounting TO Il con-
siderable army-cxpected by way Of Iowa and
Nebraska 1t Is President Pierce who has
Drought matters 10 this issue, which is sure to
end Ill Tor him. however it may turn out fer
true repubilcanism its rights and duties.
Meantime, Plerce's nearest countrvmen and
de Arrest tees are resolving To have Fremont in
his place. Col Fremont is a Carolinian bv birth
ana education, and married to n southern lad Y :
and yet he IS, and has been, " free soIler" as
his advocacy of free soil doctrine in the case
ct California showed, He was first known as q
man OF science O. mathematician ana surveyor)
has first public achievements were his survey
OF the MISSISSIPPI valley. and the maps he made
Ter the general government. Next he was
known as the scientific geographical explorer,
through whom the whole Pacific territory of
the United States was obtained He is recoo-
nized As the most adventurous OF living travel
iers' and his having survived the hardships of
me wilderness aad the perIls of Indian travel
1gstiies I" his physical and moral strength
MS remarkable power over the widest Indians
seems 10 indicate his fitness for rule and his
emerging with all clearness from a crowd of
disgrace inflicted him By rival and factitious
commanders Is regarded in merica as a good
cerIincafe OF character. He is a known man. a
respected man, ana man likely TO be ANYTHING
rather = tool = +
should arise from his being high spirited SOL
der in the vigor OF his years he is forty-three,
1t may be remembered that military rulers are
found In practice less rash in going to war
than civilians So we English are won't to saw
IN regard to our Indian empire. If the Ameri-
cans are, once more, 10 be governed bv man of
emlnence. 1t must be by soldier or sailor for
Il they haa any statesman OF eminence, political
parties woaId not permit successful choice
This feeling considered, it seems that, as far "a
can yet be known, better choice could hardly
"a made tan II Colonel John Charles Fremont