The morning call., 1892-10-02


Senate. But he was not sufficiently OPP
pressive and hard on the Door, ignorant
and helpless Mexicans to suit the rough ana
greedy settlers; besides that he. this South
erner, began to develop manly indications
OF sympathy with the slave. And that was
the end of his career in the Senate.
"Other explorations and other efforts for
the widening and the well-being of our mar
vel0us republic, which he had done so much
to magnify. followed. But in all his enter
prises / search in vain for sign of the hand
of the selfish nan who seeks his own glorv
and gain alone. Always the scholar, always
the gentle. liberal-handed and liberal
hearted citizen. And in testimony OF this
look at his empty, clean and honest hands at
this hour.
Passing over his aspirations. laudabe in
all respects, for the Presidency, we find him
Issuing the first emancipation order that
ever any man had dared to entertain since
the death OF John Brown. For this he was
promptly removed from bis command. We
md MIN again in the field after this, how
ever: ana MS war record as good as any
mans, although l am bound to admit that,
like General Mcclellan, he did not show
any great ambition to butcher his fellow
citizens when it was not required. His
emancipation order, however, which cost
him his commission, speaks for him above
all the thunder of battle, and shows that, in
this as in other things, he was far ahead of
other men OF his time. He was the pioneer
here, as he had ever been. Time will have
very much to say ON this subject when we
are all dead, think.
''There was trouble In France years later.
with which am very familiar, but only have
space to say that Fremont was trying to
build a Pacific railroad by floating stock
and bonds in the French market. A panic
struck the purchasers OF the stock and
bonds. This was because of false reports
started by envlous men, and the failure to
a t0nnTQaG nrnm12O6 IhQU
demanded his arrest, yet his work was in
every way laudable-a noble and practical
enterprise which has since enriched all in
terested. But Fremont, as in the case of
the emancipation order, had been a little
before his time. He was once more an IN
fortunate pioneer. In the battles OF this
life the foremost man is shot down, and
over his body those in the rear often pass
on to renown. The men who succeed are
not always leaders. They are too often
cautious and cowardly followers. But FIRE.
mont has all his life been leader-a man
to the front and without fear. Hence these
wounds. Strange, romantic, most wonder
ful is the story of this Georgian; this
author, Governor, Senator and citizen, al
ways courteous ana gentle, and singularly
industrious at all times, temperate In all
things. and. SO far as can find out, unself-
ish in all things. You can put your finger
on rude and ruthless and graspiug and
time-serving men on almost any page of our
DiiCl ntotOIls anu tUoiI udnc6 lUtdU IlcHtS
and renown; but here is a man who has
certainly done pr0digious work, and honest
Work, all his life; led a long way In advance
IN more great enterprises than any man
know in modern history, and yet he now is
miserably poor; and, If we may judge from
the neglect that has oVertaken him, is al
most friendless
us it his merit that has left his aged
hands empty after all his offices9 Is it his
modesty that has kept him from making
some claim and receiving some substantial
recognition for his services? | believe 40.
But whatever may be the reason or eause, l
call the attention OF the country to his con-
dition. Congress must pay for his services;
place him on the retired list of great cap
tains.
In conclusion on this subject want to
say to the world that the pioneers were the
real world builders As rule, they
wrought without pay or promise. Their
perlls were great-much greater than in the
most deadly wars. Their endurance and
suffering were oftentmes simply terrible
Ii ever men deserved gratitude and eonsld-
Grafton they deserve 1t. And. in fact. were
to try to answer now why Fremont is my
ideal hero l should go back many years be-
fore the war to point out his deeds of en-
during splendor."
1t was indeed a mighty modification to
the proud old man to have his stainless
name dragged into the mud In his last days
by his wretched publishers. who dared to
lay one OF the reasons for their failure at his
door. But 1t is now clear that they used
his great name as cloak under which TO
carry on vast system of wholesale swim
ding preparatory to the crash. in which
they failed" for hundreds of thousands,
for the head of the firm, Alex Belford, is
now living in splendid style on the most
aristocratic boulevard in Chicago.
1t may be bit OF satisfaction to the
friends of Fremont's memory, as we'll as
all others who love Justice, to know
that that man Belford" was in San
Francisco not long ago hiding from the
law. He was served with process on the
ferry-boat as he left US, and the poor wretch
denied his name and identity. believe he
is dealing in sort of cheap piraIed edition
of the Encyclopedia Britannica, bat dares
not show his face or own his name here in
Fremonts land. And this is only an Iex-
ample OF the fate q isaly or MS 80 al
great mans detractors. The authors Of
the thousand falsehoods. the authors of the
venomons and vile paragraphs that insulted
him persistently FOR half century, they are
dead. they are forgotten, they are never
known OF any more save far, far down below
Us on the register of frst-elasS well-reeu-
lated hell, which such liars and robbers, il
seems to me, make absolutely necessary in
the equities and economy of nature.
JOAQUIN MILLER.