Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-18

act Irther to amend the several acts for the
establishment and regulation of the Treasury,
War and Navy Departments, " and the
names Of officers whose accounts for advances
made or balances unaccounted for, one year
prior to July l, 1858. and have not been set
tied within the year prepared in pursuance
of the 18th section of the act of March 8,
1917"
In this long list of names l find the names !
OF some OF the modest sons of the republic
The names of General Gaines, Worth. and
Harvey, are in this list, but the name of John
U. Fremont is not among them If his ac-
counts were unsettled, if balances were
against him, why was not his name report
ed His name is not in the list of persons
whose accounts were unsettled during the
year preceding the LIST of July, 1853, or the
three years preceding that date.
On the LIST of July, 1858, no MONEYS were
III his hands unaccounted for. He owed the
government nothing. AT that very time he
had claim for supplies furnished the govern
meLt as early as July, 1851. That claim was
examined and reported upon by committee
OF the House of Representatives, at the head
of which was Col. Orr, one of the leaders of
the administration in the Honse. That com
mittee reported bill allowing Col. Fremont
$lS3,S25, and that bill received the unani
approval of President Pierce on the 10Th of
July, 1854.
If his accounts were ansettled-if money
was in his hands unaccounted for-if the Gov
eminent had any balance against hm-why,
sir, why did not your administration compel a
settlement, and secure any claims of the gov
eminent when it held $lS3,S25 of John c.
Fremont's money in its Golfers: Will the SEN
ator from Pennsylvania-w any senator an
swer this question:
Some mousing politicians in the depart
ments, or who have access 10 the depart
ments; some little soulless creature ever rea-
| dy to blast the reputation of honorable men,
has doubtless found papers bearing upon Col.
| Fremont's connection with the government
out of which he thinks extracts can be quoted,
if published, by which Eenal politicians can
blacken the reputation of one they fear and
hate, and the Senator from Pennsylvania
comes into this chamber with this resolution
to carry out this small game of political ma
Lightly.
shall vote, sir, for this inquiry, but wash
my hands of its meanness, its abject littleness.
If it applied to anybody's candidate but the
one L support, l would vote against it, I
would never consent TO resort to such petty
warfare
The Senator from Pennsylvania assumes to
be Mr.. Buchanan's fugleman here. have
sometimes thought the Senator in his deep
anxiety, felt that he carried Mr.. Buchanan
on his shoulders. hold Buchanan respon.
sible for this attempted blow at his rival, struck
by the hand ofthe Senator from Pennsylvan-
ia, who processes to be his particular friend
who is ever watchful of his interests and
iame,-so prompt is the Senator from Penn
sylvania, who processes to be his particular
friend-who is ever watchful of his interests
and fame. So prompt is the Senator from
Pennsylvania 10 rush to the defense of Mr..
Buchanan, that come to regard him as that
gentleman's "premonitory symptom" here
Nothing but that Senator's extreme desire to
better the wavering fortunes of his chief could
have induced him to engage in this political
device.
A Mr.. President, the people will regard this
as persecution 1t will bring odium, not
upon Colonel Fremont, but upon the men
who originate it. 1t will rather rebound, as
all slch attacks against candidates for the
Presidency have done, to his advantage. The
issues are made up. They are the gravest
and most transcendent ISSUES ever presented
to the people of the United STATES All that
the Senator from Pennsylvania and his can
didate can make out of his inquiry will not
weigh feather in the coming contest, which
"a To decide whether freedom or slavery shall
sway The policy of the republic.
Iowa, young Iowa, has uttered her voice
for John Q. fremont by majority of thou
sands. Maine will respond to Iowa for the
East in few weeks, in a voice not to be mis-
taken. The Senator cannot break the mighty
cunent that is bearing the friends of free
kanzas on to assured triumph, by this petty
political maneuvre. which gentleman should
not stoop to engage in. Pennsylvania, on the
l4th OF October, may teach her Senator that
she is not to be won by any attempt to de-
fame the chleftain around whose banner the
liberal, progressive democratic masses of TIE
country are rallying for the coming fight.
have not spoken Mr.. President, of the
motives that have actuated the Senator from
Pennsylvania in introducing this inquiry, !
have nothing to do with motives. have
spoken of the act and have spoken of it as
think it deserves. Perhaps the Senator feels
that he has the good name and fame of Col.
Fremont as well as MIR. Buchanan in bis
keeping. Perhaps we ought to feel grateful
to him for his zeal for the reputation of our
candidate-but cannot but feel that wbate.
yer the effects of this inquiry NAV be upon
Col Fremont the Senator will win no laur.
els by 1t that any one will desire to pluck
from his brow.