Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-03-24
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From the New York Express
More Ofthe Fremont Movement.
PRESIDENTIAL.

The political campaign. to end in Sovem
Der, will not down, in spite of 80 many ef-
forts to keep it down. General Fremont
friends have started an organ in this city
known as the NeU Nation. which Begin
work with some most damaging charges
against Gen. Haeck such as supporting
Breckinridgc in California. and long after
November, 1860. Among these charges is
"a desire to make California slave State
and to throw it into the hands of the South
ern Confederacy." All this is said to make
Mr.. Lincoln responsible for the appoint
ment of General Haeck.
Mr.. Chase turn comes next and we are |
told how he "marred the whole experiment, |
and hindered the best and grandest results /
which might and should have come of the
financial revolution in progress. through ie-
norance of the subject, or throught lack of
! the necessary genius and boldne,s to accom-
plish the higher end =
! Mr. Scwarl comes in for charges with:
''The sacrifices Of our dignity, the al an
donment Of our dearest interest and our
most veneratel traditions, the in,oent
! blockade excluding Us from the ports of
Mexico in both oceans, the humiliation OF
the majesty of the people N republicanism,
and of the American name. If Mr.. Sew
ard line Of policy be followed we shall one
day see what it is that remains to be seen. "
BY his ayowal to Europe Of a seeming week
ness, which is by no means borne out by the
really immense strength of the American
people, Mr.. Seward, conformably to the en-
ergetic but true remarks of Talleyrend. has
committed more than a crime-he has been
guilty Of blunder.
Grant, too, is disposed on thus
Grant had no more to DO with the taking
of Fort Donelson than we had Grant
took two months, at the head of over two
hundred thousand men to gain possession of
I.Nicksburg defended by fourteen thousand
and not thirty-one thousand, as stated by
General Grant; the list of prisoners eX-
changed revealed the fact that the difference
| (namcly seventeen thousand) WIS added 10
mitigate in the eyes Of the public, the dis
grace Of having expended so much time,
! men an money against 80 weak an enemy.
With regard to Missionary Ridge, we will
simply state that it was not necessary to fight
! either above or below the clouds in order to
get possession of that point, for Grant su-
perlorlty in point of numbers should have
enabled him to occupy that position by a
single maneuver without uselessly sacrificing
his men. The importance attached to the
success of Grant, troops i'll gaining Mis-
sionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain is
simply ridiculous.
= The World thinks that
E When the Baltimore Convention meets,
and sees that Fremont will in any event.
be run, and that he will receive votes en-
ough to render the success Of any other Re-
,, publican candidate impossible, the Conven-
tion will have to elect between making him
their candidate and certain defeat
f SPIRIT OF THE GERMAN PRESS.
The Nem Zeit has evidently been disap-
' pointed by Mr. Chase's withdrawal from
t the Presidential field This is what it says
: on the subject.
r 1t is iact-Chase declincs-that he i.
d no candidate for the Presidency, because
c the Union members of the Legislature oi
his own State have rejected him. Is thi
sensitive pride, or is it pure patriotism? We
caa not say, and ,CW not decide In Ohio
as our readers know, the contest was be
tween Chase and Lincoln; and Mr.. Chase
:; by accepting the decision there given, ap
d pears TO submit to Mr. Lincoln and to ac
Il cept his general nomination without resist
:, ancc This would, of course, cut him of
o completely from the Radicals, for the Radi
IS Gals are far more opposed to Lincoln $ can
a didacy than to Mr. Chases. This car
N scarcely be denied.
+ Hence, to Withdraw in Lincoln's favor
n is to leave the radical standpoint-if Mr.
" Chase has ever really occupied it, and i
e seems to us as If he must have done so once
Is for we here in Missouri were asked to sup
d port him. Still the question can be asked
= Is the letter genuine? 1t seems almost in
r credible as long, at least, as Lincoln still re
n tans the Blairs. Besides, Chase's friend
IS in Washington have always assured that tn
n most cordial understanding existed betwecl
: Chase and Fremont and Butler. But tn
.e whole letter is published and rumors of j
n have been current already for three day
r. past Were it possible that the hoisting 0
u Eremont's name as a Peoples Canlidat,
Y could have something to do with the with
n drawal of Chase? In that case, we shoul,
/, surely not regret it, For man who coul'
,e 60 over to Lincoln, could certainly not b
is the best man.
Y. The st. Charles Mo Democrat declare
/ John &. Fremont to be its first choice TO
le the next Presidency, bat is willing to acccp
ir Chase or Butler also. Under no circum
" stances, however, will the Democrat supper
sr Lincoln who, it says, "has treated the loyo
ii citizens of Missouri too shameiully mean t
he ever forgiven