The daily union., 1856-10-25
oFREMoNTs REMARKABLE POSITION"

'FREM0NTs REMARKABLE POSITION"
Il Is the opinion Of Bennett Of the New York Herald
thai O. Fremont occupies the remarkable position
that was ever occupied BY candidate since the organEa
tIou Of our government
This fact it Is presumed, viii dispute He is the
FIRST that occupied the position Of candidate for
sectional party engaged in waging against the con-
situton and the rights Of the other section In this par
ticular his position is very remarkable But attention
is more particularly called to his great seEeommAnd,
his equanimy Of temper under trying circumstances Al
though grave charges seriously affecting his character
Of honesty and integrity have been preferred against
him. he has never answered line he has lost that
selEeommand II should be borne in mind that these
charges not Of indefinite and general nature vague
and unde6ned such often manufactured for election
eerng purposes They definite and specific and estab
shed by evidence which is ndispuabe He is accused Of
having charged the government thousands of dollars for
cattle for the army in California which the army
eeived but which turned bis private
This charge is sustained by facts dates and fig
ures which cannot be refuted
When in the army he was charged with amutiny and
insubordinationD
He was tried by court martial found guilty, and
teuce of dismssion passed upon him.
He charged with having rudely assaulted ana struck
of the United States for swords spoken in de-
bate" He is also charged with having challenged that
senator to mortal combat
These charges proved by record evidence Jackson
Clay, and Scott to whom he is compared and to whom
he is said to be superior in "secommaud" would not
have resed under such charges hour They would
have vndcated their character But prefers to @man
,o.,, Jo;ln, Yua.-
Because he knows these charges true and it is useless
attempt to deny them His friend of the Herald attrb-
us it all to his selfcommand Where was this selfcom-
mand when he challenged his superior officer Colonel
Mason? Where this sefcommand when he assaulted
Senator Fooe for swords spoken in debate? Where
it when he challenged him to mortal combat? 1t seems
hen that this very desirable quality this elfcom
mand is newlyacquired virtue. He is indebted for it.
doubt 10 the of training which he has been
subjected under the tuition OF his teacher-hs ardent
admrer Bennett and the philosopher Greeley who
each, occasion may require, submit complacenty
a cowhdng Gaming which their scurrilous Ibes have
SO richly merited
We constrained to admit that Col Fremont
pying remarkable position but is remarkable
for the cool mpernence exhibited in it than for anything
else
man charged with frauds against the government
with mutiny when in the army, with making rufianly
assault upon senator when in the Senatewith all these
proved and fastened upon him. he is still before the Amer
people candidate for their sages for the highest
office within their gifand that too the candidate of
sectional party in opposition to the national democratic
candidate whose life pure and spotss and whose char
acter is without a stain
This is certainly remai kable position To occupy it
offer insult TO the good sense and intelligence Of
the American people They will surely it it de-
The low murmuring Of indignation that has just
been heard at the polls in Pennsylvania Ohio and Ind
but the prelude to that scahng whitening rebuke
that will be given in November when the storm of wrath
shall burst FORTH and the people visiting the authors Of
this insult with heavy reprobaon will sweep them to
utter destruction with overwhelming defeat