The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-09-05

J. The Hand Of God visible in Fremont's
. Nomination. -.
THE RRpUBLIcAH CANDIDATE.
, From tie Nee York Independent, conducted
By As Rev. DR.. Bacon, the Rfu. DR.. Sor-
ris, the Rev. DR.. CAeeper, the Rer. DR..
Learin, and the Re-. Henry Word Bee.
!, cher.
Az our readers well know, we wero not OF
the number Of these who urged most stren-
uously the selection Of Col. Fremont, by the
Convention at Philadelphia, as the standard
bearer in the great political campaign which
is now upon us, Of those principles Of jus
ticc, humanity and liberty to which our
earnest adherence is given. While highly
appreciating, and heartily admiring. the no.
bic and signal qualities Of this gentleman,
we felt desire that IL possible somo we'll
tried Captain in the ranks, which 80 long
have stood unconquered for the Right, should
b, selected to lead them to the victory which
is now, we trust and believe. before them.
But since this selection has been made, We
are led most clearly to recognize in 1t the
good hand Of God and to feel, as wo al
most never Eel, hitherto, that Providence
has raised up, has endowed and has trained
this workman for his Office, the Man for tho
Hour. II the election in November shall
result, rs We arc we'll persuaded that it will,
in placing him in the chair Of the President
Of these United States, then we are COM
pelled to say that in no one instance in all
the history Of our nation, since the freight
Of the Msyaowor was landed at Plymouth,
will the guiding and governing mind of
God, interrosing for our protection. have
been more clearly shown than in raising
him up to meet this crisis.
Young, unworn, entirely fresh in politi.
cal life, there are upon him no marks Of
past controversies, there are about him no
odors Of past political errors, or partizan
wrongs. OF an inventive, prompt and dis
eliminating mind, as all his history shows,
and now in the full and perfect prime Of
every power, he is able to meet, IL any man
can, the whole demand of the present cmer-
gency. or French extraction, on his ia
thers side, he i, yet thoroughly an Ameri-
can, by birth, by training, by his maternal ,
ancestry, and by oil his ideas Of government
and religion. Born in Georgia, and edu-
sated at the institutions of South Carolina,
his chosen home has still been at the West,
and his ardor for freedom has never failed
or wavered. A child Of poverty, and q man :
Of the people, his career has been more sig !.
nally heroic than that Of any other living !,
American; and he has won his steady way
to opulencc and honor, through the unac-
customcd paths Of selfdenial and forti-
tude. ........
Delicate in frame. entirely modest and
unassuning in department, he has inspired !,
the love Of the stalwart and fCry pioneers Of :
the West, Us almost no man before has done ,
and his name would now rally thousands on
the borders to any most difficult and has
ardous enterprise. OF extraordinary exec
utive and administrative powers, he COM
bins with these equally the tastes Of the
scholar, the practiccd enterprise and skill OF
the soldier. His name is as we'll known II, !,
.hc Old World as in the new. And while
the South has furnished his birthplace, and ,
the wilderness Of the West the chosen scene
Of his exertions, California, the youngest :
and wealthisst Of the States, owes to him
her exploration and her subsequent conquest,
md to him, in great part, her present free I,
dom. The whole country, therefore, and
overy part Of it, has an interest in his name.
The young men Of the cou"try, especially,
must rally 10 him as their natural leader,
with ready enthusiasm. His name seems
xatchword for Liberty and already crowds
make the echoes ring With the stirring re.
frain OF Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Men,
and FarxoSr! ' .'
With him In the Presidential Chair, tho
last threat of disunion will speedily and
forever be alenced at the South. The brave
who steals unsu,pcctsd into the Senate
Chamber, and only reply 10 an argument is
the blud:eon, will be as whist as London
pickpocket with the policeman beside him,
before ,he intrepid and selcpoised will Of
him who has faced the mountain SHOWS.
while they were daintily dallying at home;
of him whom Indians and MsIicans could
not scare-though with ten-fold his free
now welding the treasury and the army of
the country. Nay, with him in that chair
40 have the firmest conviction that oil sec.
ions will feel safe, and that speedy calm
sill succeed the rccent and the present agi-
,ations while his life and his words give /
the ample-t guarantees that the influence OF
the government will all be employed on the
side Of freedom and its benign order.
IL is somewhat curious to notice the strik- !
ing correspondence between the history OF
this young Republican Captain and that OF
him whom our fathers took as their leader
in the rRsr great struggle for Liberty on
this continent. A part Of these have been
noticed by the papers, and by spcakers.--
Others we have not seen referred To. They
are interesting and suggestive. Washing
ton was left In childhood, by the death oi
his father; to the charge Of his mother
Fremont was % likewise, ut still earlier
per;od and in circumstances certainly much
less suspicious. Washington had early a
mssiou for the sca, 30 strung that q mid
,himnans warrant was obtained for him by