The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-07-16
s-A,agremont Ratification Nee,

E& Fremont Ratification Meet.
ing held in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y;
June 2Sth, it was estimated that twelve
thousand persons were present. The
Chairman introduced j. M. Stearns,
Esq, who spoke as follows
Fellow Citizens-Tho cause that has
brought us together addresses itself to
our intelligence, to our moral sonsiblity,
and to our patriotism. tits not political
organization or party tactics or ina
chinery. that have assembled our crowd.
Tho people have seen, have understood
and felt oppression Of domestic tyranny,
realized through tho agency of the exis-
ting administration of this Government,
and sought to be perpetuated by the so
called Democratic party, and the people,
as prompted by the necessities of the
hour. have como MS committee of vigil
ance, not only to resolve, but to act for
the public safety The pcrils of these
times are startling, and they have walked
up q spirit in this land that shall drive
out the merceuary minions of oppression
bowling as wolves escaping from the
burning prairie Constitutional liberty
is the watchword in this patriotic cam
paign The inspiring interests of liberty,
which made our national government, are
again awake again are beating to armsl
again arc inspiring the sentiments and
the confidence of other days, when Wash
ington, while taking leave of his patriot
army saw the western sun smiling as it
set upon the homes Of free people
when a ncw born nation felt that to be
free was the paramount public blessing.
Those old pristine days of the republic
are the precious memories which shape
our destnies at his hour. Ard we may
rejoice that our stondard beaten, the
energetic and gallant Fremont, N addi'
lion to his seeming as creation OF Prov
idenoe to meet the exigencies Of this
crisis, stands pledged to administer the
government, if elected, " according to the
truo spirit of the constitution, as 1T was
understood by the great men who framed
and adopted it, and in such way as to
preserve both liberty and the Union
| And is it strange that the poople,in their
| affectiouate devotion TO the paramount
interests of this great nation, in their
| cherished veneration for the memory OF
our revolutionary fathers, in their love
of liberty. IN their hatred of oppression,
in their beneliccnt philanthropy, which
hopes for the future Of this land even in
theso dark and stormy times, should
spontaneously come together to raiify
! such platform aud such a nomination ?
l have been asked ,ann,iugly, "What
has Colonel Fremont done to entitle him
to be President ?" 70 this reply that
he has emulated the example of George
Washington, in never seeking political
position or public life-pursuing those
paths of personal usefulness and mental
culture the farlhest removed from con-
hicts with public parties and public men,
and which, nevertheless, have done more
to promote the interests and develop the
resources of this nation than could have
been realized from the leading of armies
in a ten years successful war. lie has
becu the pathfinder Of the wilderness,
over which civilization is forcing her way
with giant energy. And, though he has
acted as it were, alone, the civilized
world delights to rchearsc the stories of
his reuown. And though he is now, as
it were, in his youth, the golden fields of
California recognize him as their politi'
cal father And as its godfather he Of
fciated at the baptism Of the Free State
BIT, more than all, lie has secured a
place in the great heart of the American