Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-07-31
Fremont. Political Aase.eas,,ts.


To rs i j. alT. " ;ssater Of a.ucE more irnpor.
lance 20 know where iuau is going t,ou to know
from whence lie come We k,.oyg that II Fremont
is elected in this strife he VIII g With lie ,nrty Of
freedom and be its representative 10 the Executive
cheir, and that las been sufficient o de-egu.n our
course.
We are an old reesoc., i Jon choose. an old
abotionist and therefore very naturally personally
preferred for candidate, an old free soilcc. Butwe
knew long time before Il oonv cntiou dat we could
not ha> choice, or the very obvious reason that
ahoet nine ont of ten Of the party with which We
were wiiin to Gct in tie campaign, were not old
fee s'cts bat new ones and would therefore pre-
fe' rev nee sole. for acsndate and being in the
Gsccu 1T would have 2 new one 70 all of this we
were cpu.ent-aro content. We were very sure that
the ant"ce Tents of the candidate would prove full as
good rs the antecedents of the majority hat nomna-
ted and that equally with them he was now en-
listed in tie of freedom. Therefore we have
cared little and troubled ourselves less about his
tecodeuts.
But there are others who attach more Importance
~ these things and for their sakes we have look ed
the record OF Mr.. Fremont's brief political ca
reer and will give it truthuly
Mr.. tremonts term in the Senate commenced on
the 10th of September 1880 and ended on the 4th of
March, lS5l-embracing q days of the session at
which lie entered unexpred, and the short session of
Congress next succeeding. He returned TO Cafor-
ni4, however at the close Of the long session and did
appear at the short session at ALL so that his time
OF service was really but Il days.
Heintroduced many bills and procured their pas
SAGE Of local importance to his constituents which
of course, need not speak of in detail. The only
measures OF general importance in any wise invol-
wing present issues, or in any respect significant Of
the Character OF the man, upon which lie called
upon TO express opinion, were;
l Compensation to the Colonization Society for
taking care of slaves rescued by an United States
vessel from SLAYER Pom, and lctg at Liberia.
On this Fremont oted No Thenain question at
issue appeared 10 be, whether certain act Of Com
gress authorized any such charge as the Society had
made against government ami therefore wheth-
eritwas incumbent the gov ernmcnt to pay it. The
recognized ant-slavery men of the Senate all voted
in favor of the claim, but nevertheless the question
manfestly involved no opinion whatever on the sub.
ject of chsttel slavery.
2. motion made by Seward to substitute for
bill then pending for the better security Of olave pro
perty in the District of Columbia, a bill providing
first, tor the unqualified abolition of slavery in the
distuct-second, 10 pay for the slaves so liberated
out OF The national ueasury-third. to submit the
question or the adoption of the BID TO the people Of
The district
On tins Fremont voted No. We conceive tho de,
tails of this bill to have been Objectionable and that
TO vote a5ainst it involved expression Of opinion
on the subject Of slavery in the district or elsewhere
Fremont is accused ofvotng OH this occasion against
submitting the question Of abolition III the dis
trct to the people; but it viii lie seen that it was
n tp 10 pf ftc a. st-irf