The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-15
FREMONT is THE CANDIDATE OF THE CALIFoR.
MA LAND AND OTHER SPECTATORS


FREMONT is THE CANDIDATE OF THE oALFoR.
MA LAND AND OTHER SPECTATORS
Before the convention that nominated Fremont Il. "a.
several candidates. among whom Seward Judps
Mclean, Chase, and Others, Why Fremont should hsy,
been selected them has been puzzle to our fellow
citizens. The Of Mr. Blair and the motives which
mpelled him 10 action, have shown TO have resulted
from his being dropped the orgah-msn under Mr. Pok
whose premier Mr.. Buchanan. But why all the gsp.
temen named oyershadowed for Don Quixoe adyeD
turer has remained mystery without explanation Me-
Lean and Chase were deemed honest aud Seward An
experienced and able man. Whey were they droD.
ped, and without talent political character o,
experience nominated Blair went for him because
he had no political character. But why did Others
prefer him TO whose nominations were ht to be
nader On investigating the sources from whence the
enormous used by the Fremont men in aid of hs
election drawn have ascertaned the real cause Of
his election They two:
lst He is the eyttfsr Of many, and he friend Of The tlo
sands Of rauduIent California claims against the rea,urv
as he records heretofore psblishsd clearly shop.
3D. lie is connected riA many, and The friend Of all II,
rotten land claims pending in tho courts and
II elected Prssat in the government disass all
appeals entered 10 dcttat than,
1t known that the Attorney General acts from dec
ton of the President and that there eight hun.
dred of those land cases and theappsas aside raudu
lent claims be dismissed upon his order These audu.
lent claims are valued at many millions. An executive
leagued with the claimants readily dismiss all the ap
peals and give them patents yielding immense fortunes
That Fremont leagusd with these claimants Is beyond
doubt Palmer Cook Co. the great managers of these
claims and part Of Marposa itself One of that
firm attended Congress last winter get law passed TO
dismiss all appeals by the government which would give
patents to all who had got combinations before the board
or court below, which would have confirmed numerous
where the frauds discovered after the FIRST hear
ing This bill was mainly defeated by the efforts of Gen.
Denver democratic represen tave from California and
his democratic friends. is due to the Hon. George Sim
MONS of New York. to say that he opposed it. But was
by nearly every Fremont in the House as
party measure Speaker Banks its active friend
and denounced the delay which the spectators en-.
countered with fury and bitterness that excited as
Constituent That he in the secret and adviser
Fremont and his friends be questioned That hoss
land SPECTATORS of which Fremont is one procured bis
nomination and furnish the funds prosey expended for
the election is beyond doubt question Let Ere
tilted by him. but heretofore properly rejected, and all
those pending will be allowed and effect will be given
every one of those fraudulent land claims which now fur
nish the sinews of war, which is within the control
the President and the law officers under him This er.
plains how Blair enabled defeat all other candidates
before the Philadelphia convention and why the Fremont
have had the money food the country with elec.
pioneering matter pay the expenses Of thousands Of po
ltcal emssares and its hundreds of thousands buy
votes they boast the day OF election The specul
tors candidate if elected, easily all these
ouays with large interest and with broad profit Thes
things account for what that otherwise would
be uraccountable. They explain why mere adventure
was nominated for the highest Office in noble free
government These considerations have no conneIou
with the slavery question, which is wholly different al
fair Spectators nothing concerning slaves or slavery
does their candidate but they sensitive and alive
to those which involve their claims which will produce
pounds, shnlings, and pence"
We shall this subject hereafter, for purposes d
and illustration