Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-31

ridge. who had been Confederate Gene
raj and was Secretary OF War ~ the last
meeting OF the dissolying Confederate
government. Fillmore and Donaldson
have long since passed away, ana DaytO
died in Paris while Minister TO France
John c. Fremontis the only survivor OIL
the residential tickets in the nrst cam
paign in which the Republican party was
known. He was then romance III our
history and politics. He was pcpularizeu
as the "Path-fnder,N because OF MS eN-
pl0rations in the then unknown recesses
and cliffs Of the Rocky mountains. anu ne
had no political record. be was the SON
in-law and then the favorlte proIeSe %
Thomas II. Benton, although he had re-
fused to recognize the young Lieut. r re-
mont for years after he had run away
with Jessie Benton, the veteran senator
daughter. Benton had been endorsed IN
Missouri by the Radical pro-slaVery ele-
ment and Francis =. Blair, an old poll1-
cal associate of Benton. and one OF he
shrewdest OF the old jackson leaders,
Joined the Republican movement ana
created Fremont as Presidential canul-
date. Greeley. Weed and seward oil Ne"
York Joined Benton and Blair to divide
the Democracy by taking their candidate,
and Fremont was easily nominated
Fremont was not elected, but Few
thousand votes, alleged to have been cast
frauduleHtly in Philadelphia, alone de-
feated MIN, The October election gave
only some 5000 Democratic majority
in Pennsvlvania and had the majority
been 5000 or even 1000 the other
way, Fremont would have been Fresl-
dent instead OF Buchanan, and the reoeI-
lion would have come four years GARNER
But Fremont was defeated and he soon
thereafter engaged in gigantic railroad
aph s..
which he was afterward indicted ana
tried in Paris, in his absence. and con-
victed. but the conviction was suOse-
quently reversed by the efforts OF the late
Judge Black, his counsel,O full presen-
fation of the facts. He was recalled from
France at the outset of the war to accept
"A Major Generals commission IN tue
army. and was assigned to the command
OF Missouri. while his special irlend,
Frank p. Blair, then a member OF Con-
gress. was at the head OF administration
affairs, Fremont and the Blairs soon
quaIreled, and Fremont was driven from
post to pillar until he finally lett the army
without having added to his fame. lie
now lives quietly on Long island, his head
well frosted by his full tbree-score ana ten
wears. and his name is almost forgotten by
the living OF to-day.
OF the eight candidates on the PresI-
Dental tickets of 1880. but one is among
the living. Abraham Lincoln and Hanni-
bal Hamlin were the Republican candl-
dates: stephen A. Douglas and Herschel
V Johnston were the candidates OF one
Democratic faction, John c. Brecken-
ridge and Joseph Lane were the candl-
dates OF the other faction, and John Bell
and Edward Everett were the American
candidates. OF these only Hannibal
Hamlin survives, and be is yet vigorous
mentally and physically, with all the
scars of four score years. he was Sen
ator from Maine when elected Vice Presi-
dent. and in 1885, when he was dropped
for Vice President to promote Andrew
Johnston, he was returned to the Senate,
where he continued until half a dozen
years ago. His retirement was apparent
" voluntary, but young men had wearied
of waiting for his hOnors, and he had TO
choose between voluntary retirement and
a doubtful battle to hold his place. He
chose TO retire, and he with Wheeler and
Arthur are the only men among the living
who were elected TO the Wee Presi-