Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-13
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING FREss.

The Union comments upon the reply Oh the
ALBANY Ersnine Journal to a statement In a
New York paper shat g note of Mr.. Fremont.
for 81 900, had been offered in Wall street At
a discount Of twenty FER cent. per annum, and
oH.rsd in vain. The Journal says:
every dollar of paper the Pathfinder has
zen will be paid His prudence and
his capacity for affairs will ave him from 60
ing TO swell the list of great men, peTplexe
and oppressed with peeuniary troubles JEFF
ferson, Madison, W ebster, and Clay IL axe the
roll sufficiently painful. Fremont will nes be
added to it His administrative fscnlty is as
great as his genius for exploration and CEN
quest
The Union expresses itself at loss to dis
over why the honored and illustriOus nansss
of jefferson, Madison, Webster, and Clay
should be brought by the Journal into a SEEM
iugly di. adv ntageaus comparison with FIRE.
mont
"The poyerty of these distinguished states
mep and patriots was honorable, and their Pc
cupiary embarrassments the best evidence OF
their Integrity for each and all had frequent
opportunities Of amassiDg immense wealth If
they had DIG stituted their official stations for
lawless private gains. But their official re-
cords are without stain or blemish. In the
most exciting canvasses, In the heat, and vic
lence, and virulence Of party strife-when
impetuous men are hurried beyond the rules
of decorum, and often beyond the boundaries
of truth, and bad men give full vent to their
poisonous slanders-not a word or suspicion
was ever breathed against their official integ-
Iity. They haunted not the national treasury
with claims which no conscientious officer
could or would allow. With all their confes-
eedIy-great requirements, they knew nothing
q of ,hrlo,
trades. The golden mysteries Of the Mar:posa
grant were unknown to them, and would have
rem aimed unk nown TO them had they lived in
California in an Cficial capacity. They never
were suspected Of forming the mythical COM
pany OF the Palmers and Cooks of their day.
They became poor In the public service.
Their hands were never soiled by mOney-not
a dollar, not a penny-obtained by fraud or
cunning from the public treasure"
Tie htelIigemc;r publishes an original let
ter from Henry Clay addressed to VIM. s
Wood, of Virginia, dated July Is, 1885, in
which Mr.. Clay gives an account of the part
he took in bringing about the Missouri Com
promise. The InteiIsgencer in introducing
this letter says:
"1he history and merits of the Missouri
Comp1omlse having, after an undisturbed
and happy existence of thlrty-three years be
come subject of renewed discussion-po sess-
ing indeed with the present generation the in
terest OF new queston-we could lot, we are
sure, offer to the majority of our readers any
document which would be perused with pro-
founder respect and attention than the SUBJ
joined original letter from the ilIustrious au-
thor, as he may be justly styled, of that
important Compromise. This valued reliaue
OF the departed statesman, containing go cir
cunstantlal an account Of his patriotic la
bors, though written twenty -one y ears ago, new
meets the public eye fOr the first time -