New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-29
TIE FREMONT MEETING.

TIE EKEMOtJ MEEkINsss
It is no disparagement to Gen. Fremont TO
say that the meeting Of Monday eve in his
behalf was the broadcst burlesque Of the sea-
son. 1t was large, spirited, enthusiastic but
ii was not largely composed Of Fremonters, nor
specially enthusiastic for Fremont. lt'was hon
! estly and truly an anti-Lincoln meeting, yet
there were probably as many present who sup
port Lincoln for reelection as expect ever to vote
for Fremont. The list of officers, the speeches,
and nearly every thing else, tend TO show rs
utter baselessness regarded as a movement to
make Gen. Fremont our next President on the
Cleveland platform.
We repeat that this is no dsparegemcnt to
Gen. Fremont, who has many and Jealous
friends here and very considerable popularity
throughout the country. ButAhe simple, over
ruling truth is, that, in presence of the stupen-
dous events Of our time, the momentous issues
now impending, all personal considerations seem
trivial and impertinent. As We give but par
acraph to a murder or railroad accident which
: in peaceful times would have absorbed many of
our columns, so the elevation Of NJ. this or Gen
eral that excites no general interest in view of
The gigantic, bloody struggle. whereof our whole
Country is the arena. "Shall the Republic live
or die Z" is the question which engrosses all
thoughts, rendering the aspirations and fortunes
of Jones or Tomkins of no account.
=. Should Gen. Fremont be nominated at Chi
cagO--of which we zee no chance-he will
thereupon become formidable candidate for
President; if not nominated there, he will get
no vote worth counting Tens Of thousands who
/ would gladly support him if he had chance
c will utterly refuse to do so, seeing that they
e thereby conniye at a Copperhead triumph.
= Third parties will be Of smaller account this
o. Fail than ever before. Hence We lay no stress
re on the feuds which yisibly distract the OPP
te position. Tens Of thousands among them think
j they viii support none other than a Union War
. candidate; as many, if not more, are equally
A strenuous in their resolution to support only d
j, Peace" ticket; but, when the nomination
IL shall have been made, nearly all these
ID will support the nominees, whether Tie
j." leading name be- that OF Mcclellan, Ere.
mont, Fillmore, or any one else. And
whosoever shall be nominated there will have %
be the Pro-Slayery candidate-in favor Of q
e Reconstruction" Of our Nationality with Slavery
left in and Impartial Freedom kicked ont. Mr..
: Wendell Phillips or DR.. Brownson may strug-
" sic against this-may persuade himself, and
perhaps few others, that the fact is no fact
but all in vain. "Shall the Union be recon-
{ structed uih Slavery or withOut 2" is the Main
Question to be decided at our next Presidential
Election; and the votes Of those who wish it re-
constructed eciAom will inevitably be concen-
trated on Lincoln and johnson; while the other
. sort will be cast for whatever ticket shall be
framed at Chicago. And these two tickets viii
divide between them ninety-nine of every
hundred votes cast throughout the country.
We soy this, in no spirit Of partisanship, but
because it is the manifest truth. We are i'm
PEELED to it by no trace Of feeling, no shadow Of
prejudice. We should support Gen. Fremont
quite as willingly as Mr.. Lincoln if the former
stood at the head of the Anti-Slavery host; but
he does not Either Mr.. Lincoln must be re-
elected, or ne must DO superseded by the caDdi-
date Of Vallandigham and the Seymours, Of
Carrot Davis and Fernando Wood. Whatever
any one may WISH this is the only practicable
alternative. Gen. Fremont, in order to have a
shadow Of chance, must more and more com
mend himself to the favor Of the Sham
Democracy; and, if he does so, his Anti-Slavery
supporters will necessarily fall away from him.
Here is q sample:
| To the Editor Of TAe N. Y. Tribune.
SIR see my name in the list Of Secretaries OF the
Fremont and Cochrane ratification meeting held at
Cooper Institute last evening.
So far as that meeting in harmony with tie grand
platform Of principles adopted at the Cleveland Con.
vention ON with 1t. SO far 1t sympathized with
the principles and policy heretofore advocated by Gen
George B. Mcclellan and many of his friends must
! beg leave not TO be counted in
for justice and equal rights TO every man either
black white Gods foostool for free speech free
press and compromise with traitors or with sympa.
thizers with treason, ald for tho immediate overthrow