New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-14
McMASrER BACKS OUT AGAIN.

~ ,ba 18th of last September i'll reply to an Objec-
,ionsbe demand wrote letter 10 resi- lent of OHIO,
in Lch the assertion is made that Mr. Fremont had
",atass.d 10 be a Catholic, had Z" given himself oct
20 Catholic" and that ii he denied that fact under
his own name. would prove his denial fasehoOd.
That Inc religious test exists among Us, is evidenced
b tho fact Of the collateral ssue upon COL Fremont
rsc,y in respect to his religious professions. have,
however stead, maintained that that Issue ought not
~ exit; that It is uI-Ameucan and UNJUST In the
letter referred to- begin and end by denouncing NJ
Scsring that tbe religion of Mr.. Fremont if he has
0snv bas nothing to do with his claims for office. In
7JI Fr,,m0a's Journal of Sept. l3, two weeks pre-
yous to the publication OF my letter, 1t IS SAID to be
the real American principe that man religion s
mot matter on which he ought to submit to ques'
Joining" In the same journal and still prior to The
nublicntion Of my private letter. l said To be Of
" the Protestant, OF the Catholic rellgon-or TO he
d" Of none-or TO have changed from Protestant to
Catholic or from Catholic to Protestant II not TO Do
admitted Is any political test In this country.
Now it certainly was not the Intention OF private
letter directed obscure town IN dstsnt STATE. III
r,ply 10 private letter TO throw bone to the ban
ddo = of the poca press of this clty-aresdy deaen
inc the land with their clamor. My friends moreover,
REPRESENT 10 me thai in the interim of month from the
date of MY letter several respectable persons some OF
them more directly engaged thar myself In polltlcal
life have offered or made the identical issue with ny
own II is enough to name few of them. Mr.. Hunt
gentleman OF high social standing In st. LOUIS, mas
been cited by the local press a. Affirming nom us per
sona know ledge Col. Fremonts profession ana Prac'
tce o. the Catholic religion
Col Sulli, al has publicly proclaimed in Cincinnati
his personal knowledge of similar facts IN ashlngon
90 Nj Yea,on one of the editors and
moi rietors Of The Charleston s. c. Courier,
now or lately in this city, has announced the
pos-ession on the part of the editors of that pa
per of oral and documentary evidence OF Col
fruonts having Ieen in the communion OF the
Catholic Church-tat which has not been ass, rted by
me- and which hore may Prove never To have been
the case. This documentary evidence, MI. leadoh
adds il vet confidential, but the seal OF conn
l. IN (tni -I
make the issue presented and challenged by me
" Charleston Courier" hat If, - shall deny under
"hs own name that he has ever been Cathode
Nv friends therefore represent To me that these
proofs hsve anticipated mine and thaty on my own
principle precudiDg vigorously all religious tests Tor
,fce ought not TO favor tie az tat'on oi thS the
original issue by needessly furnishing campaign doc
uments for the canvass one SIDE or on Inc othcr
the more So that my letter was not addressed 20 me
public or met ant publication, rs indeed its on hand
style alone demonstrates. TweDtyone days passed
befnre il r. achd the press. which II then did by
breach of pr. Eriety. Coming forth without the writ
err know lcdge consent, only by betrayal OF I'M
ped coufd nee il il fairly entitled to stand on Its own
ers s contents entire as signed by liz authof an
nc,uaI moi "A virtual" document its pledge coupled
with it. condition neither more nor less than IL sup
stantialy is. 10 that form H. enemies have goteh H.
and in that form they are welcome to II.
Tnlcss the gentleman III question be ACCORDED the
rare privilege of dlscourriug undenable evidence tor
himself To be reialed by interested proxies tue pup
lc mind must with the evidence ALREADY elcHen' eel
Tie upon tic yicon that Mr.. Fremont has, In sew
,rn connuIifies remote from one another nj divers
i'm es proessed to be a Catholic, given himself out
a. Catholic" by word by a., IN private and IN puo-
lie Were the thing to do over again there Is
enough of fanst.csn among the supporters "i hr
Fremont 10 preclude his nomination on the gIouhd vi
Ms religious m fitness Bat the issue being Jolucd and
advanced 80 far the only left is TO hide IN the
dust aud smohe Of unIneasured abuse tno oo7'acie'
which lie in the way of the ambitious Pathnnder
As TO the THO Of the nosiest newspapers III New
eh
ton of the country and now herded together IN the
ATTEMPT 70 elect q President for the people oil ,ue
United States have only to hope ttat among o'hA
important ends this contest may De the means oi
bfaking the oyererowr power of the twopenny ul-
pripcipled press BY awaking the people To IT. mon
sticus and unheard-Of arrogance ana Preensi' Li''e
respect have they, il reality Tor the pe9Pe "heh w.
the indirtdUqi man. even Il already chosen ny 'ue
people to the most elevLted offices they nave no
iaBguag but that of the grossest insult ne eLao'
which never pre- fessed any principles, TIE TRIBUNE
which never possessed any but oaa PrncP"Ji ,San
The Daly Times which follows first the one and 'heh
the other OF these-tut always - non p0Sa0n' @IHts
have ooupimen'ed NE with their polntles' aDu7e'
They are Incapable of causing on my part, the IaAhs
of single step TO the right or to the eif' IN sn! 1u
mar Transaction.
The last named print while putting its othclou' mn,
g,rs -pon Mr. Fremonts mouti. 10 husa hGi from al
leliy. and tying t. say saucy things 70 myelI ~ W.
same copy Of lis paPe-n the same Goiul n o M
same cOpy-with amusing monastery ae- Gun i g
Judge McGra.h for not having thrown on M oin,ta
robes and descended into the arena Ia tght loilo
dy,-ss If the pes fer pa-,iyity in the latter ca'v
were rot a tLOusal times stronger II ID 'hat i"i ,H'
,,lfu0osod mumur7s which it defends IN hI. re-
mont. Tbey seemed t. have swa;hcd their candida'e
nike the growing queen bee, but IN at lh'es'I'u. -
raI 10, bore,-while hey fy abroad Ia 10 me s'nS-
ing Il to be hoped that the great national parry
will Iroyr To b. tie gauntlet whose grasp --a u
Tie whole ve1atloU- buz ing tT,be.
To yor! respectful comments Mr. tdlt'r aId lHciI
re.pectable channel decide to say thus much, WINE
tie rri,ts have reutoncd are IN my oPlm"n' 10 ~
re.itd by any freeman who woHld not give tr"unl 20
the new tyranny Of the type theg are 'e7sued 10
li-h owe. the con munity ard tic cOlniiy ,,-rEp
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