The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-09

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Colonel Fremont and the New York Herald
In the south-Our Principles and GU,
Policy.
In another part Of this paper we give to oul
readers, from the Charleston Mercury, what tha
journal is pleased to call 9" correction and
oneade for incorporating, in some respects thu
position of the New YORK HERALD in the las
Presidential campaign.
The Mercury frankly says it was mistaken in
supposing that the HERALD supported Fremont
on the same ground on which he received the sup
port of the party for that "upon examination
Of the files" it appears that the HERALD "tooh
ground of its own, peculiar to ITSELF" &c. But ther
comes the qualifying and multiplying proviso ir
reference to Fremont's election, to wit: that "ths
HERALD, as contributor to such result, me
date or immediate, whether by design or unin
teniionally, was not friend to the South, Oh
specifically and in substance true to the constitu
ton rs since expOunded." This left banded
compliment We cannot permit to pass without q
word or two in reply.
We deny the fairness of the position assumed
by our Charleston contemporary and the justice OF
his differences in the premises. A brief recapitu-
lation of the events and circumstances resulting
in the nomination Of Col. Fremont for the Presi-
dency will be a sufficient answer TO this revised
accusation against us of hostility in the late
campaign to the constitution and the South
In January, 1856, there were three parties in
the field, manGuvring each for the Presidency
and Presidential candidate--the democratic,
Know Nothing and republican parties The de-
mocracy had several Candidates in the foreground
Pierce, Douglas, Buchanan and Cass. The
Know Nothing, or American party had several,
the most conspicuous OF which we're George
Law and Miilard Fillmore The Northern rump
of the old defunct whig party re organized into
the republican party, were also working for seve-
raj canddates-Judge Mclean, w. III. Seward.
and others Being under no obligations to sup.
port any party or any candidate, but being
absolutely, and in every sense. free 10 take our
choice Of parties and candidates, we were in
clined at first TO give the American party a Lift
over the shoals and George Law a good start
upon the course. under the impression that there
was some good solid timber in him, of Southern
"live oak quality. But George Law, in the
speedy development ofhs true character as self
oonceited parvenu and ignoramus, speedily de-
feated himself, and was very properly set aside
by his party though in their selection of Mr. Fill
more, " tried and found wanting they hit upon
q nomination not exactly lt TO be made
Next, looking TO the democratic party, we fore
saw, as il was easy to foresee, that neither
Pierce nor Douglas nor Cas- could be nominated
at Cincinnati, considering the tremendous popu-
lar Northern reaction, then in full force. agains.
the Kansas-Nebraska bill and Pierce's Kansas
ruflisnism. Accordingly, moi once but repeated
ly. the HERALD advanced the opinion, with our
reasons for IL, that Mr.. Buchanan alone, in being
The candidate of Pennsylvania, and from his
alb on The Ksnsas-Ncbrasia bill. commanded
the vital advantages required TO carry the indis
pensable State Of Pennsylvania for the democra-
cy and that this consideration would be para
mount at Cincinnati. But, having been assured
from the mouth Of Mr. Buchanan himself, on two
separate occasions, in Europe that he was no. a
candidate for the Presidency, We took him at his
word, and shortly after our rc.grn to the United
States made a nomination Of our own in the per.
son Of Col Fremont We took him up as an in.
dependent candidate, acceptable TO the solid
mases Of the American people, tired Of the trick
cry Of party dcspotisms, and DESTROYS Of an op
portunity 10 act for themselves.
Nor did We then, nor can we now recognise
anything unconstitutional or hostile TO The
constitutional rights Of the South, or danger
Gus 10 the safety of The institutions
Of the South, in our advocacy of Ere
mont's election, As a patriotic man, tested
and approved in highly responsible civil and
military affairs-as an educated and talented self
made man, who bad rendered invaluable services
to the country, 10 science and civilzaton-as q
man with q clean political record, free from all
dabbliDg in The dirty work Of juggling pollti-
cians-as q national man from instinct and
much obesrvaton-as Southern man by birth,
education and axociations-as Union and con-
stitutional man, against all factions sectional
ultraisms, North or Southland as a new and
active man, who would give the country new
and positively useful administration, We adyo-
Gated Fremont's election.
Through the outside ticket of Fillmore, and
through the treachery Of Seward and his staff OF
party managers, Fremont was defeated, notwitb-
standing he was supported by thousands of old
wings and democrats, and original Jackson men,
Clay mcn, Fillmore mon, and Pierce, Cas- and
Douglas men throughout tho North. We dare
say that had Seward and bis selfish clique really
desired il, they could have turned the small
democratic balance Of two thousand votes
IN the Pennsylvania October election
into majority OF ten thousand against
the democracy This would have carried