Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-07-10
35oIitital Aa0lnq.
The Candidate of the Specified Party The
Record

The Cand date Of the Speckled Party The
Record.
The political record Of Fremont, brief as it
is, shows some things that serve 10 expose the
rotten hypocrisy o! that party who are always
mouthing "freedom'' and humanity land charg-
iag pro.Sl0verySm upon all those who stand
steadfast upon ,he Constitution. We have
another case, aside from his vote against Chase
Hale and Co, on the abolition of slavery in
the District Of Columbia, which goes further
TO show the procliviiies of this man who dis
covered the ''ram'S horn' route over the Roc.
ky Mountains by following buffalo trails, v hch
viii! serve TO expose these "Gnt Slaeery dem
ogogues. We copy the following from the
Congressional Globe of September II, 1850:
In SENATE OF U. s.. Sep. II, 1850.
Mr.. Underwood Of Kentucky, called up the
bill for the aid of the American Colonization
Society The slOves that were Eecaptured on
the bargue PonS were turned over 10 the Uni.
ted SIalesj sent to Liberia, and there kept at
the expense Of the society for one or two years.
Most Of them were children from twelve 10
fifteen, and sixteen years Of age. The society
thought tne expense Of feeding, clothing, land ed.
ucaling these people which was thus devolved
upon them by The action OF the government
ought to be repaid them. 1t was certainly an
expense incurred by the society, Though the
action Of the government in throwing those
| young negroes upon them for maintenance,
instead Of taking them, as the government was
bound TO do by law, and providing for them.
! That is the nature Of the claim. They Simp-
| y ask that SO much shall be paid them as the
society, IIom It's own experience, pays in ref
erence 10 its own emigrans. The claim was
reported on favoraby two years ago. A sim,
lar report has again been made, and as tie ne
cesSltes of the society require that hey should
have the money, hope, said Mr.. Underwood,
the Senate will consent 10 take up the bill,
and proceeded 10 consider it as in comm ttee
of the whole.
Mr.. Turney asked for the reading Of the re-
port of the committee.
| The secnt0Iy read The report accordingly.-
1t sets forth that liberal construction Of the
ac. of Congress, March 8, 1919, would require
that the government should provide for the
support Of those recap'ured Africans for rea.
sonable time after they had been landed in
Liberia, and that it is beneath the dignity Of
! the gOyernment TO devoye this duty upon the
society. The petition Of the executive com
mittee of The society, which the committee in
corporated in their report, states that on The
10th Of December, 1915, the United States
ship Yorktown, Commodore Bell, landed al
Monrovia, in Liberia, from the salvcr Pons,
seUen Hundred and .GCy re captured Africans
in naked, Starving, anA dying condition, all
Of them excepting twenty one, being under the
age of twenty one. The United SAFES m ade
no provision for their support after they were
landed. The services
OF providing for the destitute negroes were NOT
requ iTed to be performed by the society under
1 t'eir constitution, but the alternative was 10
leave these recapturcG Africans 10 starve and
die, and The society therefore cheerfuly took
charge of them, relying upon the government
Of the United States TO refund the cost 10 them.
1 The question was discussed at length as 10
whether The United States would pay heSe
just and legal demands; and on the vote being
1 taken for The engroSsment of the bill 10 o third
reading, Mr. Fremont's name is found record
ed in the ncgaiicr, as follows:
/ YeaS-MesSrs. Badger, Baldwin, Be Il, Chase,
Clayton, Davis Of Mass; DAYTON, Dodge Of
Wis.,, Dodge Of Iowa, Douglas. Ewing, Felch,
Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Jones, Mangum, Pearce,
Pratt, Seward, Shields, Smith Spruance, Stur-
geon, Underwood, Wales, Walker, WhitComb
and Wlnthrop-39.
! NayS-MeSsrs. Atchison, Barnwell, Benton,
Butler, Dawson, Dickinson, Downs, F E
MONT, Hunter, King, Mason, Rusk, Sebas-
tan, Soule, Turney and Yulee-l6.
| The circumstances Of the case are related
above by Moses Underwood, q whig Senator
from Kentucky, and by The report Of the COM
lee called FIR Sy Mt Tuney, Of Tennessee
From the report, one would scarcely think thai
so reasonable proposition would have met
with one dissenting voice; and yet we find
this Mr.. Fremont, the candidate of the par
ercellence "heedom" party voting with men
that are denounced by the abolition organs as
pro. slavery men, and against Chase, Hale,
Dayton and Seward. There are only two votes
against it from the free States, MessTs. FIe-
mont, and Dickinson, OF New York.
Here were seven hundred and fifty Slaves
taken from a de;esa able SLAYER by United
States ship, under the laws of the U. States,
sin naked, starving" condition and provided
for The colonigation society, who only made
4 the reasonable demand that the United States
should return them tue money they had speEt
in The cause Of humanity, aud this was oppos
ed by Mr.. Fremont, the candidate of The grcd
party which is continually believing abou
freedom and humanily.i
Let US hear no more denunciation heopet
upon The heads OF Atchison, Butter, &C., unit
we are told how it is that Fremont is fount
voting with them on all these questions where
slavery is concerned.
The hypocrisy Of such men as Chase, Sc
ward, Hale q Co., in supporting Fremont a
The friend OF freedom, when The record show
, him 10 be always against them, and they clai
: ming Ibis for themselves, deserves the severes
condemnation. We ask the question, whlcl
r was right, Chase, Hale, Dayton, Seward !
, Co., or Fremont ?--Statesmdn.
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