The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-02


This young officer had won for himself eouaider-
able distinction by A. achievsmenss in Dis over
land expedition. to tie paciae He had dtsplayed
. remarkable degree q energy, tact and poys'c,i
endurance--qualities which excite always VIM
generous people . warm admiration na'
yes there was nothing In what he had done 70 s'ss
MN any claims to the honors Of the first once IN
the gin Of the people He had not BY his services
IN council or field assumed anything Of the rfesf
d :ntial stature 1f98
How came he to be taken mp by the BLACK 80
puoifcansf and what commended him to then sap
pons They are class Of men whose poi''iS"'
pnaosophy az they have any and religion "efe
not likely to and in his rapid marches, MS sur
prises of the Mexcans and his land acquiring pro
pensties any thing TO admire. The ebony kepa"'
Leans have professedly devoted themselves 10 'ne
establishment of means TO invite the more rap''
approach Of the millennium. They were tor s'op
ping every hostile demonstration among men, ca
cep, stealing negroes, and confung the tact'cs Oh
offence and defence entirely to the tongue we
cannot imagine what in the chalater of Col Ere
mont they could find TO admire, unless It DC ms
offer to commit treason to his country In "Hi'h
they were already involved Possibly their aomi-
ration of him was increased by the fact 'nA' h'
outstripped them by q double treason. HAVING
first proved fai.hless and ungratefu 10 MS nal'e
South. he superadds the crime OF when tney arc
stained beforethe nation Proceeding IN thls hn0
Of reasoning and estimating his merits ara MS
claims to exaltation in an inverse ratio 70 Dis li~
my, of course Col FREMONT stands as Saui
among the dark prophets of Black RePuoiicanislh
This attitude, so commendable in their sight, 1t
Is supposed, was aided in . good degree oy wi
FREMoST's reputed wealth. Mariposa nao
charm which even the Saints of Black Repuoh
canism could not resist. Even they ACKNOWLEDGES
the value of material aid; and a. they knew ''o'
the msnGuvring going on, that its owner We. .
most eaten up with the passion to get into Tue AZ
sidency, they concluded very nationally tina. II 0o
FREMONT were nominated by them, MAip''~
might also be thrown into the scale, ana WIN ~,
they had better reason to hope their ticket "ouo
preponderatsi
But Mariposa-what of thati Is it the great es
tate it is represented to bef Travellers in CaNiof
mia have spoken of it very poor land So a.
its agricultural advantages are concerned; anu w
have heard men, who have dug in the mines o.
California say that the gold Of the Mariposs VEINS
is deposited in hard quartz, from which its sepa
ration costs IS much as gold is worth Ii SO, "nA'
ia Mariposa WORTH Besides, it has been anu 10
now dug over by a set of gold hunters VINO are
true free soil men, who are not to be driven OH
until they have sifed from the surface all that tney
can get easily out of it. The pocket mines WIZ
have been robbed of all they contain, and the 20
lionel or his successors will have to dslve In the
quartz veins for what they get 1t may be then'
that in using it in the Presidential campaign, 1t
may be. yielding about much as it will In any
other way; and it may be, that having been de-
feated, as he will most assuredy be, the now uni
versally considered millionaire candidate for the
Presidency will become the defeated asprant to
that high position, and owner of poor tract OF
land in California, once deemed to be worth mil
lions.
Defeated, JOHN CHARLES FREMONT will have
fewer sources of consolation than any man who
ever ran for the Presidency. Unless, indeed, ne
W Ill have become Patriot enough to be consoed by
the reflection that bis election would have involved
the dissolution of the Union. and the ruin OF his
country In that case he will have the highest gra-
LITIGATION that any man bias yet found in his rejec
ton by the nation.