Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-23
gailg empire.
'The Fremont sHov~nlent sa New.
YOrk-MF. GreeIey's Speecu.

There was meeting of the friends Of Gem
eral FREMoNT at Cooper Institute. New York,
d. on FRIDAY evening A Fremont Club WAS or
gsnized, and platform adopted The platform
was Internationally for FRENoST There
was no proposition to submit his name to the
Baltimore Convention, but il was resolved
that I'VE do hereby nominate Major General
JOHN c. FRHNoNT as our candidate for the
next Presidency OF the United States The
platform also pronounces 10 favor Of "the
one-term principle for the Presidsney,' and
said 70 the President, "ths oueterm pledge OF
his inaugural will be rigdly exicted of him :
and to his administration that, losing sight Of
their ddasIvasnd proorastinsting poiicythey
concentrtse thsr sfJrts 50 Us 70 complete
their record honoraLly, within the present
lease
The speech Of the evening, was made by
Mr.. GREELEY. He said
"I do not believe that 1t is in the heart OF aUy
friend Of General FRENoNr's, am sure il is
not in that of the great majority Of his friends
to press his claims by any means Of denunoi-
alton or dietation or in any manner not con
sistent with our position as earnest and loyal
friends Of the great union movement. We
are, we have right 10 be, the advocates Of
our choice"
Me- GREELEY failed TO refer to the fact that
the nomination Of FRENoST was uneOndition-
Al, and had not a word to say Of the submis-
sion Of bis candidate claims to the Baltimore
Convention Tue inference would be inevita.
BILE that he did not favor such submission, if
he did not say he would support "the Union
nominee" AS FRENoST is already nomina
ted, the question is whether Mr. GREELEY con.
siders him the nominee He said Of Gen.
FREMoYT "a
II only wish to know that the work will be
l., 4 - L.. n q.
that the man who shall represent US in the
struggle that is before shall be a man
whose heart is in the work; who not merely
sees, but foresees who not merely goes with
the current, but to some extent directs and
impels the current"
This is a thrust at the President, Of whom
the Radicals assume that he does not "foresee
On the one-term principle Mr. GREELEY said
III think, too it would be wise and whole
some if we could feel that the President once
in that Office, should realize that the faithful |
aud successful performance OF the duties Of
that office was the sum OF his ambition. | be
heve that lift were settled that no man in
office as President should be reelected while
in Office, that very admirable improvement
in our public affairs would be effected. |
want the President to realize that he is no
longer the head OF the party that however
great the principles which have been affirmed
by the people in his election, that he regards
that people as his constituency, and is bound
to be all he fairly can to satisfy and at least
to serve them. believe we shall come to this
We have not for thirty years re elected
President, and it is because the good sense of
the people, that instinct that is sometimes
wiser than logic, has taught them that it is
better that the President should feel he has
nothing more to work for but the public good.
T.. r.. Il .
This New York movement fairly opens the
contest between the friends OF Mr.. FREMoNT
and those Of Mr. LEEcoLE e. Cincinnati Com
nercidL