Demoine courier., 1856-07-31
HOwFREMONT RUN OFF WITH
OLD BULIION'S DAUGHUERS

HOwFRErONT RUNOFr WITH
OLD BULLION'S DAUGHVER!
| "Go IT JESSIE"
Col. Tom. Benton is a great man,
sir. He always has. been grea. man
since he has been ary man at all. He
was great man, ard Senator from
Missouri, with house at Washington,
when John G. Fremont was poor
draghtsman and mapis.. Fremont woulu
not have dared to propose TO Col. Ben.
ton to run away with him. Such D
thing would not have occurred to him,
for he regarded COL Benton with becom.
ing awe. But Col. Benton had daugh.
Ter, q swce, and amiable girl. Of whom
young Fremon. was not all 10 awe. He
had passed many an evening in her
company, and tho of,ener be saw her the
of'ener he wished TO see her. Love
oeercame iimidity, until ono day he
found himself. hat in hand, with heated
breath, In the presence OF The great Tom
Benton. asking him for his daughier.--
But Tom Benton would no, do il. He
was ihexorable and he refused to do
wha, IN few days afterwards he wag
ready 70 do--Tom refused 10 "give him
Jessie." He also forbade Fremon, the
house; bu. that the drsugh,sman cared
ll,de for. because j, was not the house ho
wanted. Finding aIl persuasion use.
lees, the young couple determined TO DO
married, clandeslinely. and so they 90,
abou. the preIlminaries. They found
the ProtestaD. clergy over.awsd by the
awful dignity Of Col. Benton, and afraid
to act, bu, they found Catholic priest
who stood in no such fear, and the knot
| was tied. Jus. before the decisive step
was taken, and while her last step lin.
gered on the paternal threshold, the
sweet daughters heart yearned for the
mother, Who she was thus abruptly leav-
ing, perhaps forever, and she hung her
head and sobhed; the carriage-door stood
open. the horses prancsd, ano:hsr mo-
ren: aud all NIGH! have been lost. "Go
il Jessie" was the word from the bride.
groom. the bound was made from hem
ton to Fremont, "a grea, leap a, .ha.
time the horses tore the pavement in
their fight; and the night wore On.
"They'llhave feet stesds who follow
though, The young draugh,sman, as his
arm encircled Jessie; and he looked =,
that moon under which SO many strange
things have ,ranspired. Col. Benton
walked in the morning, descended to tho
breakfast table but found 20 Jessie
Her room was explored. bu, no Jessie
was found, and her bed had no. evsn
been occupisd. There was the grsa,
Col. in great rage. sir. He froihed and
foamed. and roared and santed. perhaps
he .swore. He promised he'd give the
rascal cowhiding-he'd give hin six
years in the peui,en,iary-he'd give him
-. "Yu had better gius him Jts.
sic" was the quiet suggestion Of the
mother-perhaps che was about half
right. &&
/ One of tbs, grossest accusations bro't
against Col. Fremont 10 The running
away with Tom Bsn.on's daughter; yet,
after all, there 10 much 10 be said ir ex
ienua,ion. He admired the family. and
fell that he must have member OF it,
To have run sway with the old lady
wonld have created great scandsl; and
to run away with the Col himself ws1
Eoa. Of the questionable sook the only
one OF the family he could get.
/ Old Cardinal Richelisu said to Louis
i Kill. when that monarch fell in love
with Julia de Mortimer, neice Of ihs
4 Cardinal, sit you must lore somebody,
h Sir, ioue ner' Benton was s,,.: more
I unreasonab able--he shu, his doors sgains,
Fremont. and forbade him to love any Of
i tho family. What could he do. then bui
what ne dids as4 srsslns le1ta g
4 Every pro-slasery newspaper from
i "54 40 or fight" down to 80 90. pa
parades before its readers the damning
fact. that Fremont had tho audaci,y to
run away with Col. Ben,on's daughter
i in order 10 be married 10 her. Tha. he
told her 10 "Go i, Jessic" a, tho very
momen. Of her departure. This fact Is
mentioned With an air Of decisivsness; as
i if he had run away with Col. Benton's
pocket book, or favoriie race horse ~
| In this country. soeie.y, the laws and
public opinion, al make broad dIsiinc.
j, ,ioD. and SO il stands, in respect to all
their tribunals. that Colonel Fremont is
neither more nor lees it to be Presidens
Of The United States upon that account;
and his wife is neither more nor less 6s
10 dispense the hospi.ali.ies Of the Ex-
ecutiye mansion. lie will not receive
a vote less because Of the fact. which is
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