The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-11-19

hfm OH tHe uaf befufe the eieetfous ufReu 81
his friends 10 support Buchanan, end depfs
Gated The election Of fremont az teolionsl
caudidate. The following sshsci from iIis
speech will be found interesting:
"Next IL M. fremont, s's0ding near me,
III relation dear as II could be TO me moi to
be tny own child. He has had an eyenliul
life--gfeat difliculles, great dangers, gteat
itias To dHdereos lsiood By him in every
one OF them, as a father would stand by
child. fLong continued appIause1 Nor,
senilsmeit, DID he ever have need that I did
not administer 10 him 10 the extent of my
means. There are persons now on this plat.
form who know lha, spared noihias which
I could raise aud deliver him, in order TO
carry him lhtorgh the eveutful life 10 which
he has engaged, tWam applause.1 All
that was Paletnal, all that was naiure--naiure
acting, nature speaking, nature al liberty TO
obey lis most cherished feelings. tChesf..1
"At last he has permitted himself to be
put up as candidate for the. Presidency Of
The United Safes. knew it long before you
did, lorg before any boiy did, and there are
persons on this platform that knew what was
my conduct that as father speaks 10
child, in room by himself, at The hearth,
there my warning voice was against H.
loud applanse.1 All advice, all my remon-
STANCES, were useless for, IN the first place,
|, who had had near and close view OF the
American Presidents !, who have seen all
the Presidents in their chair, from Madison
10 The present day who have seen them
all in their chair, and been init mate with
many of Them; I, who have received from
ihe lips of many Of them, while they were
sitting there, the orer1owing expressions
OF their own heart; J, who have seen all this,
who have been near enough 10 see the lnside
view Of lhem, did not happen 10 have that
high opinion Of The enjoyment of that place
which great many people have.
''It never appeared to me TO Be place
thai would moi wish to see any good man
in il in preference 10 myself or any Of my
family. never saw the day in which / did
not prefer 10 see any good man thete than
any one OF my connection, aud far more Than
10 be seen there myself ] could at leasl
have been tried for this place. could have
been nominated Tor the place, on some occa-
sions. 1pot il down a. soon as il was men
toned TO me, because l had no inclination
for the iking myself. knew good men whom
I preferred 10 myself, and, therefore, made
way for those good men. have never seen
the time, from Mr.. Madson's administration
TO the present one, in which these were not
my views. 1t was, therefore, repugnant 10
my feelings to see him become candidate,
even if he was s,candidae on national views;
but knowing fion the beginnine--knowing
from the first that Mr.. Fremont was 10 bs the
candidate OF a sectional pauy,I told him
from the beginning that il was impossible
that could support any such nomination
tCheers.l
"No matter ;Shst came, he mus. he na-
,ionsi-he nusi have q vision that could took
over the Union. He must not be on The di-
viding line--he must be on one side or the
other of dividing line--he must he national
or cannot only not support him, but ! must
take ground publicly against him. All this
was said many months. almost half year
before the public knew he was candidate,
and from this have never depared.u t
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The READING QUALIFICATIONS. 1t is said
thai 400 persons, in Connecticut, were dep'iv-
ed of their vote this month, by the new con-
sliluional provision requiring that they
shonld know how TO read and write, in order
10 vote. Connecticut is the first state that has
made an atlemp, to dsfrancbise cilizen.--
Il is desirable that every man should possess
hose aids TO kpowla ge, reading and wiring,
but we should moi fall into the error of mis-.
lake,ng the mere instrumentalilies for inieili-
gence itself. a man may know how 10
lhink correctly, who know nolhiug al all Of
reading aud writing, and some that can do
both the latter have no original thinking
power. The latter are less capable of exer.
clsing The right of suffrage ntellisen,ly. than
the man who possesses natural mother wit,
without any assistance from reading An
arisocracy founded upon scholastic allaii.
ments may be better than ons based upon
pr operIy, but an arisiocracy OF any kind 10 a
representative republic, established on The
principle Of equal political rights, Is no, very
consistent, nor very democratic. ~, ~.
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IMPORTANT From MESGLaSD.--Private letters
received 10 iladsirhia from the Hon. Geo.
M. Dallas, United Stales Minister TO the Court
of St. James, by his confidential friends, con-
vey the impoTan, intelligence that be has
succeeded in negotiating treaty between
the United States and England, which covers
and ses.lss oil the poiuts-iuf dispute between
The two connlries Il has been the earnes,
desire of President Fierce and Secretary Mar
cy to accomplish the dificult task before re-
firing from Office, so that all possible troub.
les nigh, be smoobed away or the incoming
administration. The instructions given TO
Mr, Dallas, when he entered upon his mis-
sion, have been zealousiy followed by him,
and The result has been most happy, as above
noted. q e.s ~, az-,e less E.ststsl
Az AoED VorEa.--Mr. George Angstsdte
the Oldest resident OF Rocklaad township,
Ror rtC m ia tha 81.