The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-01
The Lion-Skin Laid OF.

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..ss That JOHN c. tCross) FnEMoNr is of J.
Catholic descent, was married by} a
Catholic Priest and once professed the,
Catholic Religion himself, are, facts so
we'll authenticated, that those honesty
seeking truth on these subjects sacansro,
longer doubt or deny. That he vas
openly of that profession until his aspi-f
ration for the. Presidency led him. or
his friends for him, GREELEY, BEEcHERs
& Co.. to deny this .faith. in order TO
secure the Enoso Nothing .eote, Is Is also
a fact entirely beyond controversy -
Weroa there anything wanting to COP. !
,elude the most complets testimanyEiu
the case, we have it now, placed, in our.
handssby one OF those accidentalf little
incidents, which as an undeuiable facs,y
is worth whole volume Of arguments
to establish any truth. .rse1 ~
There is an "old salt on our Lakes,
by the uame of John j. Wood, who, like
others of. his profession has been the
rounds of the world. He happened to
be on the Frigate Congress, Commodore
Stockton, in 1854, when she was order
dered on the California coast He is
now on one of our Lake pr pellers, and
| happening 70 land at Snndnsky The 9TH
er day, he heard some persons on land
debating the question, whether john c..
I EREMexFL vase Catholic or not Being
no politician, but knowing Col FREMoNr
well and knowing the fact about which
the parties were discussing, he volun>
teered to tell what he personally knew
about the matter. One of the parties
soon after met fusiouist to whom he
related the circumstance, when the lat
ter denied the whole affair and offered
to bet ten dollars that said sailor dare
not go before Magistrate and swear to
any such statement. It was simply to-
win the wager, that the said Wood was
Induced to put his statement into the
following solemn and legal form: 49,. ys
The STATE OF Ono, John James
/ Erie County, IS. Wood of lawful.
| age first being duly sworp, ,deprcsseth aud
saith. I belonged to Frigate Congress,
Commodore Stockton, and went to Cal
ifornia in 1874, and returned in $40,
was detailed by Comunodore-Sto in
1846 / think, to- take care ef Col. FIRE.
mont, now, the Republican nominee fer
the Presidency, during fit of sickness,
and during that time Col Fremont was
quite sick aud sent for a Catholic Priest =
who administered to him Col. FremonHo 10;
the Sacrament, aud burned, over him in ) Z
cense. This. ceremony was performed
every morning until Col. F. got better.
| That Col. Fremont was then Roman
I CatholieaI have no: doubt, whether he is. !
noso Catholic or not am not ab.eitoso
say. szs..3,----7 JOHN JAMES WooD. ,s;.
/ Sworn to and subscribed before me,
by the above named John james Wood
this 18th day of Sept A. d. 1856. - %
| GEO. s. Patterson, J. P. Esp
Every, body on the line of this lake
| knows Geo. S. Patterson, the Sandusky-
Justice of the Peace, and most of our
sea-faring men know Mr.. Wood, and
knowing him, have entire confdeucc in
his statement. Commodore Stockton
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must know him, the records of the frig!i
ate must know him, and Col. Fremont
must know him. .'ea
THessrre Is no dodging tie zroef ii ttis'
case. 1t as ample and conclusive, clinehs
ing the last nail in The coffin Of this pre-
varicator and political aspirant for the
Presidency
Itisa o maxim of the law that ga dys
ing man is an honest man." Hence the
| rule, that the declarations of q party
are admissible in his own case, and are
received in common law courts asithe
highest species of evidence. Here we
have Col. Fremont in ertrenaus nsortuas
declaring by acts which speak loude;
than words, that his faith is in the rites
of that church and believes in the saw.
ing grace of the "inceuse that burns over
him."
Now, for ourself and the Democratic
party, kn,S all the world, that convict.
ing Col Fremont of Catholicism does
not in our opinion disqualify him for
the Presidency but convicting him Of
preuarication, even in immaterial mat.
ter, does in; our opinion discredit him
for. that high and honorable Office. Had
he not denied his faith, and that too for
the sake of getting K,soso Nothing OOtes,
without which be knew he could nat b
President. he would have discounten.
aneed al enquiries into his religious BE-
HeG CzecA PEafAaAa6ss.