The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-18
David Paul Brown done Brown.
From the Railway IN. J Pathfnder.1


Iperceive from letter written by David Paul Brown,
Esq, copied into your paper that he denies having
sailed the character Of Fremonrs mother, charged in
the New YORK HERALD Now, as | was present at the
meeting you will permit me TO state the manner IN which
the subject introduced After having put the ques
nop-Wbo Is John c. Fremont-with variety Of en-
phasis, accompanied by extravagan gestculatons and
grimaces to be beaten by the best clown in the
satisfaction Of those who had always been Know Notsngs
I'm the natural way) Instead Of reading the republican
platform and Isiang Us principles he chiefly engaged
McElTath. In this biography, in all others, brief
account given Of Femonts father and mother in which
would subject the writer TO the charge OF surring
something But instead oseeng In this the candor Of the
while he said that he hated such oahsome details the
book contained be seemed bound 70 dwell upon them by
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JUNCTION he made faces at the crowd and told his hearers
finally walked Spanish BY going OF With her,, Fremonts
uother) With great gusto be repeated that this ady
when che was eighteen was married to man Of sixty
two that she lived with him two years and according 10
the biography got divorce; but, according TO the Penn
ylrdndn she got no divorce at ALL but ran away with
the frenchman ~ Not satisfied with the disgusting
state mens Of the writer he termed them ne went
out OF his way" TO repeat the still more disgusting
true he afterwards said that The story Of the Pnsoanian
might be alse but that would the unscrupu
ous portion OF his hearers from repeating i. To crcu
late that which he doubtful Of confess a
want of candor To betray the shifts which false position
made him resort 70 and indicated propensity to retail
boriy This be insists not asaing the character Of
Femonts mother But this he did, yet he that
be hasa "horror of assaing women In O political eontro
versy, any other But after had said
all this about Fremons mother, he not done with
her To chow what kind of woman che was, the audi
informed that after the "Frenchman died she
&C paiy married again "A third hnsbandl" This was
recied with such . conortion OF the countenance and
wrhpg OF the body 10 convey TO the hearer vivid
Impression OF the horror thus created the speakers
mind. When he TO speak Of how John c. Fremont
tell IN love With young ady from the West Indies, he
Was not satisfied with the disgusting details" Of the
book for be guessed she quadroon. When he told
how :. lie CEREMONY away with old Tom Bentons
daughter he seemed fully impressed with the turpude
9th act.
Although be knew and everybody else knows that II
was no, for any dshonorabc purpose that John c. Ere
mont took Jessie Benton from her home but TO
his lawful WIFE, yet the speaker, In mis- eloquent
terms charged him win awful crime Of roopng the
sspctity Of q mothers heart"
will net be necessary for TO notice the numerous
nsfepresebtstons contained Ia this speech will only
give one brick from Babel He said that Pierce
Was a. well known at the time he nominated Is John
c. Fremont before his nomination. Now will be
bound | can prove tsAi Fremont was better known in
Europe ten years than Pierce America the day
he was nominated. Oh man OF brass How could YOU
tie said Fremont was found guilty OF charges by
court martial, when beside him on the platform ssi
Com Stockton, the man he had obeyed and Tor which
obedience be was cashered yet he opened msuth
Tie orator finally wound up with a peroration about
liberty and Millard FILLMORE which, my opinion, was
the most aadaeious performance OF the whole.
WALTER GRAHAM 4