St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-04-02

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Insignificant crowd who have the entree
there, 7 T., am not d tham.
Next z. 8. and to me most important
I u'issed,seeing Gen. Fremont, who called
to s.e me while + wassin Philadelphia and
has left the city, Hope and believe, with
an important command. Oh, what I
should have given to have looked into his
honest eyes and talked to him ten min
utes, and for me to miss him so stupidity.
He understood that I was settled here
and hetkept himself SO quiet 1 thought
he had left without calling. His visit to
Washington has been strangely devoid of
ostentation. No one knows where to find
him; but how the great national heart
throbs at his name !! 1 attended Wendell
Phillips lecture on Touissaint L'Overture
at the Academy Of Music, Brooklyn, of
which more anon, and at the name of Fire.
mont there was wild and prolonged
burst of applause, although the lecture
was delivered before one of the most con-
servative associations in the city and a
conservative audience of course. At the
Cooper Institute, the evening before, they
stamped and shouted at his name.
Recorder Smith, Of New York, Sey-
mour Democrat, said to a gentleman late
ly:, >.rA 49,. 49,: ..<s::> .'.: 49,
'"McClellan is about played out. When
his name is brought in, in a theatre or
any public place: as it is sure to he, we
have to get up some applause; but it is
hard drag, but the name of that Fremont
goeslike wild fire." Apropos.
You know they got up sword for Nc
Clellan, in Boston lately: AS one Of the
collectors was going around with his pa
per, begging the money, he called upon
merchant in State street, and inquired
what he would give to this.
"Give to what?' -...
"Jo buy a sword for Gen. Mcclellan"
"a sword for Mcclellan ? Why in the
name of all the DIS in h-don't he
use the sword he's got?"
Dir. Collector left without answering
the question.
Horace Greeley told at dinner party,
given by Mr. George B. Lincoln, Post
Master of Brooklyn, at which I had the
good fortune to be present, that gentle
man once rushed into his Office in a state
of great apparent excitement exclaiming {:
"What do you mean in this establish
ment, what do you mean by always at
tacking McClellan? It is cowardly, un-
called for, unprovoked Mcclellan new
er attacks anybody-neecr did aud never
will! It's unprovoked, sir, unprovoked!"
*ACAnp.-1nasmuch as the Managers of the
"Washington Lecture Association are fire.
quently inquired Of as to the reason why the
expected course Of lectures has not been deliv-.
cred, the following statement is made in expla-
nation:
In October last committee of our number
waited upon Professor Henry, asking for the
use Of the hall Of the Smithsonian, and placing
in his hands the following list of expected lee
turers: Hon. Edward Everett, Rev. DR.. Man
ming, Rev. DR.. Storrs, Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er, Rev. DR.. Fisher, T. Buchanan Reed, ESQ.,,
Rev A Cleveland Cox. General o. NJ. Mitchell,
John b. Cough, Horace Greeley, George Sum-
ner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Geo. W. Curtice,
Rev. T. D Huntington, James E Murdoch, Rev.
Mr.. Milbourn, Col Thos. w. nigginson, Rev.
DR.. Furness and Rev. DR.. Samuel Osgood. The
hall OF the Smithsonian was refused US. APP
plcations was then made to several of the
churches then to the proprietors of Wizards
Hall and in turn were denied them all. The
Hall of the House of Representatives being the
only remaining room in the city suitable for
our use petition was made for that. And while
we have the pleasurable duty of rendering our
Acknowledgements to Hon Mr.. Olin, of New
York for persevering services III our behalf on
the floor of the House, through the objection
Of Mr.. Wickliffe Of Kentucky, he was unable to
bring the question to vote.
In regard to the refusal tof the churches and
Wizards Hall, we have not "a word to add be-
yOuu IIC meIe St1telue0L OF the TACT : OUT we
consider Mr.. Wicklif's Directing in harmony
with and eminently proper for the representa-
tive of a State Of whose adult white population
66,687 are unable to;read or write, who could
not be in sympathy with the genius OF such
constituency, and the same time friendly to an
association like ours.
4 We would call the attention of the legal and
intelligent citizens Of the country to the fact
that the Secretary Of the. Smithsonian assumes
to close its halls against such men as Edward
Everett, DR.. Ossood. DR.. Huntington, DR.. Fish
er, and that now sainted soldier and scholar,
the gifted and patriotic Mitchell. .
JOHN PIERPONT. President,
~ N. B. DEVEREUX,
Member Of Executive Committee,
C. ROESER.
~ j. Member of Executive Committee,
.. L CLEPHANE, Vice President.
.4e y. ,DELANO IT. SMITH, 3... '..'
.,,..... :.~.,1,q.,: Vice President,
IT,. -" .,f>i Vice President,
~:..s'; JOHN r FRENCH, Secretary,
yr.,< z. RICHARDS, Treasurer.