Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-07-08

              it & Ifftf 1 1 J . 1T1 lit' a .1 VOL.IL MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN. IIRKI ) $2,00 Per Annum, if in AlVanoe. ADVERTISING The IUpulioa has tha largeat circulation in the county and Is.tberefore.the best medium through which business men can advertise. Advertisements will be Inserted at the following BATB8. 5 " 5 2 1 a a 8 5 2 o o a a a a g a n v s O 1 square! e. I c.'$ e. $ e.'f e. $, e't, el e. T 00 I 25 1 752 25 3 00 3,50 4,50 6 00 9 aqr's., 1 75 2 253 25(4 255 85,00 6,75 8 00 iTv't', alo ro so io T7a', 350 Too 5nn 6 nn7 noe.no innoia 1 equaro changeable monthly, $10;weekly,$15 V column changeable quarterly, 15 U column changeable quarterly, 18 column changeable quarterly, 25 1 column changeable quarterly 40 CTTweive liueiu this type, are counted at "CTElitorial notices of advertisements, or eallingattenHon to any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will be charged for at ine rais oi iutnw pc, n.i. CT Special notices, before marriages, ortak ing precedence of regular advertisements, double usual raies. ITNotioes for meetings, charitable societies ID" Advertisements displayed mlarge type to .t a Ana.iiii1f itinvA than regular rates. UV UiiniKOU vo-. ' " " o ( ILTA.1I transient advertisements to be paid in advance, and none win oemseneaumeBsiur definite time mentioned JOHN C. FREMONT. This .lWino'iiiBhed c-enlleman. who is now before the country as a candidate for the Presidency, was born in bourn Carolina, in January, 1813. He was consequent v fnrtv-three vears of aee the fiist month of the present J ear. His father was a French emigre, his motner a v irgimnn. At the early age of four he lost his father, and he owes entirely to the energy and sagacity of a most excellent mother the superior education he received. There is a popular impression abroad, that he was educated at West Point. This is a mistake. He graduated at Charleston College at the early age of 17. After he quitted shool with the highest honors, he engaged for some' time in teaching mathematics. His talent in this direction, guided by his tastes, led him to civil engineering. In this purtuit he attained such eminence as to receive an appointment from Government in the corps of typographical engineers.In 1 838, the Government sent an expi-dition to survey and explore the waters of the upper Mississippi. He was a member of it, and showed peculiar facility for the discharge of his duties, and a Btrong pro-c'ivity for the wild, stirring incidents of border life. Upon his return, he was engaged for some time in preparing the maps of the xplorition for publication. In the intermediate time, up until 1842, lie was engaged in the du'ies pertaining to Lis topographical position. During the first months of that, he applied to the Secretary of War, and obtained permission, to undertake an i xploration of the northern and western portions of what is now known as the Territory of Nebraska. He left St. Louis on the 22d of May in thai year, at the head of twenty-one men. Among these was the celebrated Kit Carson.whom he employed as a guide. Whilst absent, he skirted along the whole eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, as far as where the Little Missouri breaks through its gorges. One of the highest achievements of this (xpedition was the discovery of the opening of the South pass, which has since been of such infinite importance to emigration and commerce. He returned to St. Louis on the 2d of October, 1842. In May of the following year, he set out from the little town of Kansas for a more extensive tcur of observation and discovery. Again Kit Carson was with hira, and he had then thirty-nine men. His object was to penetrate farther than he had done the year before. A more thorough exploration of those portions of Oregon, which lays South of the Columbia river, of Northern California, and the region now known as Utah, was then his purpose. In these districts he spent fifteen months. As he.went out.be approached the mountains by a route, which led him far south of the Great Pass into the Valley of the great Salt Lake. In that valley he spent some time. When he had penetrated as far Westashe desired, he turned eastward, skirting the Sierra Nevada of California, almost throughout its entire range, all the time in the presence of eternal snow frequently compelled to travel for whole days upon its smooth but treacherous surface. During this trip be penetrated and followed very far the valleys of San Joaquin and Sacramento. For nine long months no tidings came from his party. During that time he traveled 3500 miles. His family, friends, the whole country was in a roost painful state of anxiety in regard to his fate. Indeed many of our people had giv-! en him op for lost. When be came in, . . conducting his expedition to a successful .' termination, amid extreme perils and hard-" ships, the whole country was alive with ex- vitmpnt and rinnorrntnlation. The Simple. truthful relation of their "hair breadth es- capes by field and flood," wore an air of romance, as wild as the wildest a ream wnicn Spanish minstrel or Persian poet ever gave birth to. TTnnn his return, he rjrenared for cubli- ..iinn thn hiatorv of this heroic endurance. This he left in the hands of ths printer to 1 start again for the distant West. There were other districts yet unknown topograph ically, and he could have no rBt until he bad penetrated them, learned their capao:. ties and resources and made them known to the' world. We may remark here, now-r,'.' ..., tw the narratives of bis ' '" two finl expeditions, published under lb e .; CtreCUOD pi lal gOTernmeofc. imw font inn vrvwliMrA. Their simple, easy, u 'perspicuous style, gave their author place had already won in the scientific world by his contribution to the stock of human knowledge. In 1865, lie again returned to Northern California. When the Mexican war broke out fn (ho spring of 1 840, Fremont was then in the region lying near Oregon. President Polk anxious to transmit to him authority to act promptly and vigorously in behalf of this country, sent Lieutenant Beale of the navy, with dispatobes to Commodore Sloat and him. It was whilst performing this duty, that Beale made his celebrated tour through Mexico. He landed at Vera Cruz in disguise, passed thro' the capitol and reached Mazatland. There he embarked for Monterey. He found Fremont somewhere in the wilds of California. When the latter received the dispatches, he at once abandoned any further explorations, turned southward to the valley of Sacramento, and began to raise volunteers among the Americans who bad settled there. On the Fourth of July, in that year, these settlers raised the flag of rebellion against the Mexican Governor, Gen Castro. The device upon it was a grizzly bear. They met at Somona and elected Fremont Governor. In consequence of this demonstration, Castro tied to the South. The explorer gathered around him a bond of 1 60 gallant riflemen, and at once off. red to co-operate with Stockton, who had succeeded Sloat in the command of the Pacific Squadron. By a series of joint manoeuvres concerted between him and Stockton, De los Angelos, the then capitol of California, was taKen, ana uasiro anven from the country. Stockton appointed him Civil Governor. In this capacity, he is said to have exhibited great administrative nhilit v. Subsequently, during the lebellion of nco and if lores, ne lent important aiu io Kearney and Stockton in its suppression. Whilst he was operating in California, the Government raised a rifle regiment. In this regiment, the Colonelcy was given to Persifer F. Smith, the Lieutenant Colo nelcy to Mr. Fremont, and the Majority to JS. V. Sumner, now serving in ivansas. He never assumed command in his regi ment. For just at the moment when California was rp.snlnliipd and tranauilized. he was arrested and sent under guard to Washing ton city for triial. Charges had been preferred against him by Gen. Kearney, because he chose rather to reocgnize the au thority of the Commodore than that of the General. Upon some of these charges the court of officers, who sat upon his trial, fminrl him cniltv. bnt the President remit ted bis sentence and restored his sword. He indienantlv refused to receive it, and retired from service. In 1849 he undertook an expedition by the way of Santa Fe, northwestward thro' the San Juan mountains, towards the valley of the Sacramento. His object was, if possible, to find a gap far south of the Great Pass through which a railroid could be easily constructed. When in the mountains, he and" his little band were overtaken by a terrible tnow-storm. Nearly all his mules were frozen, his provisions lost, and eleven men frozen to death. At great personal hazard, he returned on foot to S:tnta Fe, obtained assistance, returned and brought in his famishing men. The expedition was refitted and started once more. Although it encountered severe opposition from the Indians, in one hundred Hays it was in the valley of. the Sacramento. This expedition was undertaken on his private account. The government lent him no assistance. Upon his arrival in California he found the people were organizing a State government. Thiy elected bim to the S nate of the United States. la 1850, after the admission of that State, he took his seat in iliftt hndv. Whin ihe new Senators drew for the Ion i and short terms, he drew the latter. He sat out his term in tnat body and in 1852. John B. Weller was elected to succeed him. Since that time, he has been chiefly engaged in prosecuting his claim to the great Mariposa claim. The suit has been dtcidod in his favor by the highest tribunal in the land, and he is now one of the wealthiest men in the country. He was married many years ago to Jessie Benton, the daughter of Hon. Thomas H. Benton. This connection was formed under highly romantic circumstances, despite the opposition of the old Colonel. Mr. iremoni is at present resiuwg iu Tlow Yort. When travelling amid the gorges of the Rocky Mountains, twelve or he could scarcel v expect that he would one day be the candidate of this great country. But sucn are me strange freaks which fortune plays in this tomnnratie land of ours. His life has been eminently one of excitement and action. The "Double Bee" Ticket, ruoornnr Wisa of Virginia, closed an able speech at Richmond, with the following "game" paragraph: He said that when a boy shooting 'geese, ducks and plover,' along the Atlantio coast, he bad always iou.iq -aowwte nn w tn ha most effective. This is .PR tinW Let it be called the 'double w itcliot Tt has not onlv B for Buchan an. but B for a son of the chili Male of Virginia Kentucky joined to Pennsylvania Virginia's npnheir and erandohild! me . - -r : o ... Now wiih these double bees, we Had only to load the Democratic big gun, take aim .i u. wta nf the wiocrs of the leaders or watch geese, let flv at the flock, and at every nre we onia nnnj u u wvh gau than we could bag! Enquirer. t, ..II Innwn that there are three B s running on the Democralio ticket, and we this-lr (irtV Wi trtiiltv of a breach of good mnnpra in omitting the most important one. The ticket should read "Buohanan, DuiilfiiiinftM Bnd Riinenmh." - May ft these B's will i successful in the h.ttia mi h mm. hat we don't ft-lieve it, i cmn thev are not the real BB by a big siirhL Thev are D B's. Not Democralio R'a either: but Drone B's. B-sides, they have no Queen B; and that no hive can flnnrinh without one. eannot ft denied. We ft-lieve these B's will ft ft-ten badly, won't "bag" nothing mine way w "game. Hurrah for the three re; v ' j MOUNT VERNON, COL. FBEMONT'S LETTER. The first of the following leters was written by Mr. Fremont in reply to an invita tion given him to attend a meeting held in the Tabernacle, New York, on the 29th April, 1856, The letter was suppressed until near the time when Mr, Fremont was nominated: Niw York, April 29, 1850. Gentlbuin: I have to thank you for the honor of an invitation to a meeting this evening, at the Broadway Tabernaole, and regret that other engagements have interfered to prevent my being present. I heartily concur in all movements which have for their object "to repair the mischiefs arising from the violation of good faith in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise." I AM OPPOSED TO SLAVERY IN THE ABSTRACT AND UPON PRINCIPLE, SUSTAINED AND MADE HABITUAL BT LONG SETTLED CONVICTION. While I feel inflexible in the belief that it ought not to be interfered with where it existB under the shield of State Sovereignty, I am a INFLEXIBLY OPPOSED TO ITS EXTENSION on this Continent beyond its present limits. With the assurance of regard for yourselves. I am respectfully yours. (Signed.) J. C. Frsmont. Messrs. E. D. Morgan and others, Committee, &o. Eward C. Kemble, a very intimate friend of Col. Fremont's, in a letter to Dr. Morse, writes thus: From the period of his appointment by Com. Stockton as first Governor of California to the present time and through nearly all the vicissitudes of his distinguished career, I have been a personal witness to the fact of his thorough and steadfast fidelity to Free principles. The Convention which framed the State Constitution for California resolved at its close into something like a caucus and nominating convention for the elections which were to follow. The enactment of the Slavery prohibition clause in that instrument, it was understood, had been done with the advice of Col. Fremont and with a unanimity equaling that with which "Involuntary servitude" had been rejected the choice of the delegates for our first U. S. Senator was John C. Fremont. And when the first State Legislature assembled, six weeks after.that choice, from among a number of candidates chiefly from the South was ratified by his election on the first ballot. He was the colleague that winter in Congress of our lamented friend, mv associate. Edward Gilbert, of the Alia California, whose devotion to his party you well know, and it is one of ray clearest recollections of their conjunction in this sphere that they were active sympathizers in the anti-slavery spirit which, in deed, a majority ot our uongrebsionai aei-ogation at that time represented. In, the winter of 1850 '51, when Mr. Fremont was presented for re-election to the United States Senate, he was defeated, I hare eve-rv reason to believe, bv the Southern Dem ocratic interest which then began to look to a division ot the atate. mere was, oi course, no sectional issue avowed by the South, anv more than there is at this time, in this country, but it was implied and un- Hpminnri- Anri the successive elections men and since of Southern Representatives to Congress from our State, show something more than mere "accident of birth," and casual coincidence of priro'p'e. This testimonv. in connection with the fact that Col. Fremont liberated, in a slave State, of his own free will and accord, the slaves which his wife had brought to him. . . ..... is amply sufficient we thinu to sausiy an true anti-slavery men. By this act oi emancipation hi evinced practice as well as prOICSSlOu Ul uppusiuuil iu oiavcijr. miu i this conduct is in beautiful comparison to that of 8. A. Douglas, who still retains the larrrA nlantation of slaves whii h he became possessor of by his wife! North American. Plymouth Anecdote. When has a eood man got enough? Wver till he rets a little more. A very good story of old embargo times and the war of i8a was torn us tne otner oay. Under the impulse of the removal of the embargo there was a suddenj rise in the value of property, ana sucn a aemana jor it, that merchandise was sometimes carried off from vessels before the owners arrived at their place of business; and the parties taking it came in afterwards to say that they were at the owner s mercy, ana musi pay what they choose to ask. A brig was lying at Boston harbor, which had come up trom jriymouin jus ueiuio mo swuaigu was laid, fit for sea. The Plymouth owner thought it was a good time to sell the brig, and sent up his son for the purpose, telling him to demand 8,000 for her, and nn tn talio Iakr than tG.000. John went to Boston, found how things stood, sold the britr in a moment, and nurnea nome, eia- .O .... A 1 - JaV. ted with his bargain, as ne neareu me tli a nld man marching ud and and nresentlv he rushed out to meet bis son ana near toe result ui r - , r, . ,. . the sale. . . "Have you sold the brig, John? "Yes, father." "For how much, John?" "For ten thousand dollarsl" "Ten thousand dollarsl" cried the old man, with staring eyes, ai neanng pntc more than double what the vessel cost. t.i thnnaiinrl dollarsl I'll bet vou've sold her to some swindler, who don't care what the price is, and never means to pay his notes." nVniM A'u von sav. father? Wbr. there are no notes in the case. I got the money and put it in the bank. Draw, and yon will get it. The old sentlentan's eioitement was sud denly cooled, and, as the ruling passion rose in its plaee, ne saia: John, couldn't vea have eot a lettte mortt" y rr- franlilin Pierce was elected to the Presidency by an overwhelming majority of the nation Decause ne was nu kdvwo. He has been dropped by general consent beoauee he tv- Wattongw vrgan. : OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1856. Another Ultimatum The South presents another ultimatum at whioh this Union must be dissolved. The Republicans in Congress must have the halter or penitentiary, and the North join with the South in "congratulations" at the assault on a Senator of old Massacbu setts, by a South Carolina Ruffian. The Rich. Enquirer, the principal democratic journal in the "Ancient Dominion" thus expresses the determination of the South Prom the Richmond Enquirer, June 9th. 1 It is idle to talk of union, or peace, or truce with Sumner or Sumner s friends. Cataline was purity itself compared to the Massachusetts senator, and his mends are no hotter than he. They are all (we mean the leading and conspicuous ones) avowed and aotive traitors. The sending the Con gressional committee to Kansas was done with the treasonable purpose of aiding the rebellion in that territory. The Black Republicans in Congress are at open war with government, and, like their allies, the Gnr-risonian Abolitionists, equally at war with relig;on, female virtue, private property, and distinctions of race. They all deserve the halter, and it is vain and iil to indulge the expectation that there can he union or peace with such men. t?umn-r ana Sumner's friends must bepunMied and silenced. Government, which cannot suppress such crimes as theirs, has failed of iis purpose. Either such wretches must be hung or put in the penitentiary, or :lie South should prepare at once to quit the Union We would not jeopard the religion and morality of the South to save a Union that had failed for every useful purpose. Let us tell the North at once, if you cannot suppress the treasonable action, and silence the foul, licentious and infidel propagand-ism of such men as Stephen Pearle Andrews, Wendell Phillips, Beecher. G irri-son, Sumner, and their negro and female associates, let us part in peace. We woul 1 like to see modesty, female virtue, common morality and religion, independent of government. The experiment of the South to leave these matters to the regulation of public opinion, works admirably. We are the most moral, religious, contented, and law-abiding people on earth, and are daily becoming more so. The reverse of all this is, for the time, at least true of the North. If you cannot expel the Black Republicans from power, nunish them and silence them lor me iu- ture, you are incapable of self-government. You should adopt a military despotism We adhere to our Republican institutions. Your svmnathv for Sumner has shaken our confidence in your capacity for self-government, more than all your past history, full of evil portents as that has been. Clay Whigs and Buchanan. The Louisville Journal, edi ed by one of Henry Clay's ablest defenders and best friends a live Whig with a soul in him talks to Clay Whigs as follows: "It seems to have been the deliberate purpose of the Cincinnati Convention to bring into the faces of old line whis every conceivable insult and defiance. The platform is a reiteration of violent and ni.dy-ing hostility to every measure of public policy that was advocated by the old whig parly, and in the selection of a candiJaie the convention has been peculiarly successful in choosing the man, who, of all the public men in the Union, is most obnoxious to the friends and admirers of Henry Clay. Of all the bitter and unscrupulous enemies of Mr. Clay, there was none so deadly hostile, none who has so often and so violent ly traduced and calumniated him as James Buchanan of Pennsylvania. He was Mr. Clay's most vindictive enemy. He was the author of the most foul and malignant charges that were ever brought up against him, and during the whole cf Mr. Clay's public service, James Buchanan lost no op portunity to malign his motives, underrate his services, and pour out against him the most bitter invecives and fo il abuse. The nomination of such a man is a direct insult to the old Clay whigs who have been ca- juled and flattered by the Democralio par ty for several monins past. Col. Fremont's reply to the Massachn setts Delegation. On their return from the Convention, the Massachusetts Republican Delegation called upon Col. Fremont, and congratulated him upon his nomination, dec, in a few remarks made by Mr. Elliott. To these Mr. Fremont replied, as we find in the Atlat, as follows: Gentlemen It will not be exprcted of me, I am sure, that a formal response will be made to vou. at this lime. I thank you cordially for your action, and for this kind and unquaiinea expression oi commence in me. I shall endeavor to deserve it. You have been engaged, gentlemen, in a cause which should draw to its support all the friends of constitutional freedom. I have read the platform which you have adopted, and have examined, with care, the principles it embodies. It is, at this time, like a second Declaration of Independence. I believe in its truth, and 1 can adopt it In all its carts. And it will be my purpose, if the voice of the people shall ratify the nomination which you have made, so to conduct the government, that these princi- 1 11 . IT . pies, tbus avowea, snail oecume euecure. lyWe extract the following stsnzs from a Whiz song of 1840: When this old bat was otw, Bucbasan was the man, B-t 8tted in the Keystone Stte,tolead ths fed rl riant He swora if Democratic blood did make his vina ran blue. ' He'd ears it by phlebotomy, when this old bat was mw Xy The D anbury Timet is resposible for the following: . - Hew happy Franklin Pferee fnttt bs f Sines he's turned out to well ' t or ha eaa leave off war, and toon la peace and Concord dwU. Li CoL Benton a Prophet It Is well known that the New York Evening Post has for a long lime boon in particularly friendly, and even confidential relations, with Col. Benton. It was in this journal that the chapters of bis history, which appeared before the work was issued complete, were first printed. Its authority is therefore cood. on matters per sonal to Mr. Benton, and Ihe following from its columns of Monday lust, is highly interesting:One of the predictions with whioh Col. Benton was wont quite frequently to entertain bis intimate fiiends, begins to acquire a degree of interest just now which does not ordinarily attach to the prophetic dreams of politicians, howevor eminent. In descanting upon the various talents and virtues of his son-in-law, Mr. Fremont, than whom no person engrossed more of his pride or thoughts, lie was always ac customed to conclude with the remark that the young hero was destined some day to be the President of this country; that he had just the qualities for a great President, and could not fail of reaching the eminence for which they so peculiarly fitted him. These predictions, when made, regarded by many, merely as pardonable ebulitions of paternal pride, and nothing more; but the events of the last week, and the en-thusins ic echoes which the nomination of Mr. Fremont, at Philadelphia and iu this city, have awakened in every quarter oi the Union, justify the belief ns well as the hope that the election in November will prove that Col. Benton, if not a prophet is, or at least once was, an excellent judge of the kind of timber from which the Pres idents are made. It was not revealed to him, however, in any of his spiritual exaltations, that he would be of the number of those who would oppose the verification of his prophecy. 1 hat, however, is a circum stance which only renders the prophecy more marvellous. Letter from William H Seward. Washington, June 21, 1856. Gentle men: Your letter, inviting me to attend a ratification meeting to be held by the Republicans in the city of New York on the 25th inst , would be irresistible, if the con dition of the public business in Congress would suffer to be absent so long from the national Capitol. bvery step of the republican party since its inaguration, keeps time most truly with the accordant music of liberty and the Un ion. The proceedings at Philadelphia are marked with the wisdom, the dignity, the generosity, the conciliation and firmness which becomes an organization destined to csrrect existing deplorable evils ofmal-ad-ministralion of the government, and to restore it to the safer career which is marked out by the constitution. 1 subscribe cheerfully to the basis adopt ed by the Convention, without wishing to add or subtract a principle or sentiment. I know the candidates nersonallv. bv as sociation in public life, and while I rejoice in welcoming lhemas fellow soldiers under the republican banner, I rejoice still more in b- ing able to assure you, and all with whom my opinions have any weight, that each of those distinguished gentlemen is a man, who, as a leader, will be found not only able but also constant, steadfast and reliable in eveiy event and under whatever circumstances may eccur. Let them only be supported now, by the friends of juslice, freedom and humanity, wilh the zeal and energy which a correct view of the critical condition of the country cannot fail to inspire, and we shall within the next six months see the vulture of slavery drop the bleeding territory of Kansas from its talons and betake itself to its native climes for safely. I am, gentlemen, with high respeot, your obedient servant. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Tre-mend i-ous. Capt. Clay Pate why should we make two bites of a cherry? why should a Uap-tain so renowned have two names sosmall, so int-ignificent? Let us fuse them into the more sonorous and significant cognomen Claypate. Capt. Bombaites Furioso Clay- pnte, of the Missouri Bloody Thunderers, l: . 1 u u, t D III Ilia uurresuuiiueuuc hj vug oi. uouia Ave- publican, details the following "tale of carnage" respecting his sanguinary com bat with and subsequent surrender to the d d cowardly Yankee Abolitionists: "AfUr the firing had gone on for about three hours, there was a lull, which I took advantage of in order to have an understanding with the Captain of the opposite party. When the fight commenced, our torees were nearly equal; but 1 saw that reinforcements for the Abolitionists were near, and that the fight would be desper ate, and if they persisted, not one would be left to tell the tale of carnage that must follow." This pheerful phtght lasted three mortal hours, and the return of casualties is as follows: Killed 0; wounded 1, and one Capling Clay Pa'e orful skeert. Who will deny that the valiant Captain is every inch a hero? Did not his bravery impel him to stand fire for three long, very long hours, when one of his braves was wounded au derriere, of course then discretion came to his assistance, and "to save the further effusion of hot blood," be gloriously sur rendered. Brave Ulsypalel Heroic Cap tain Bombastes Furioso Claypate! 'Twere idle lo say that thou art as brave as Julius tcesar. The ancient Woman darsent write such a report When the grateful South shall raise statues to heroes, thine shall stand beside those of Gutla Percha Brooks, Tittlebat Pierce, Quilp Douglas and Simon Tappertit Soule, Duke of Burgundy. Maditon Democrat. t3T The following is a verbatim copy of a pass recently given in Kansas, to enable the bearer to pass in safety the bands of pillaging Missonrians: ' - ."Let this man pis i no him two be a Law and annjabidin Sittisen."-(Signed) SAMUEL SALTERS, "depy shrf." . Ibis agent wtii do to assist In "subdu ing" the Free State men of Kansas. Il 1 n h men that government chooses to exe cute iiaoruen. . . - The following letter from Senator Sum ner, intended for the American Republican demonstration In raneuil nail, last even ing, was not received till this morning: I am not strong enough for public speak ing, even if I were strong enough for a journey to Boston. Besides, my duties in the Senate have the nrst claim upon me, and tn them I must cive mv first returning strength. Therefore am 1 constrained to decline the invitation wilh which you have honored me. Bui I am strong enough to end from mv present retreat a bnel ex pression of my cordial concurrence in the nominations made by the i'eopie s convention at Philadelphia and also of the gladness with which I shall support them by voice and vote, with mind and heart. I have long honored Colonel Fremont for his genius in geographical enterprise, for his manly fortitude, for his perfect integrity, and for his easy command of men sway ing to his own beneficent purposes even the savages of the forest, while nature herself, in her winter fastnesses, bowed before his march. It is well, at this moment, when a great crime is instigated and ius-tained by the National Government, that such a man, with a courage which will not be questioned, and wi b a sensitiveness to right which will not sleep, should be summoned to grapple with the wrong doers. And permit me to say that I find no force in the objection that he has not been a politician.Your candidate for Vice President is worthy to enjoy the same enthusiastic sup port. As a lawyer, as a Judge, as a senator. Mr. Dayton has been conspicuous for character and ability, and I rejoice to believe that he will soon have a larger field of activity, where they will be employed for the good of our common country, wniie the Senate, which is the stronghold of human Slavery, will be compelled to receive as its presiding officer a representative of human freedom. But better even than the candidates, is the declaration of principles under which we now go forth to conquer, bucn a declaration, promulgated by such a Convention, is in itself the beginning of victory. Strong in its simplicity and truthfulness, it must prevail just so soon as it is comprehended. It expresses objects which must enlist the reformer, which must rally all who turn with respect to the example of the fathers of our country, and also must rally all who are filled with aspirations for a brighter fulure on earth. It proposes to save Kansas from the revolting usurpation which is now established in that fair Ter- litory, and in this good work, it joins issue with the slave oligarchy which now sways our whole country so that in saving Kansas we shall necessarily overthrow ibis despotism, and save ourselves. r or its support it appeals to all without distinc tion of party, who love their country. It appeals to the Democrat, whose Democra cy is founded on a recognition of human rights; it appeals to the true Whig, who is aniraatea wim inai nairea oi aespouc power which inspired those who earliest wore the name. It appeals to the true Ameri can, who is ready to forget all other ques tions for the sake of union, to save liberty now endangered; and it appeals to the for eign born, who, rejoicing in the privileges of American citizens, will not hesitate to join in this holy endeavor to vindicate them against the aggressions of an oligarchy worse than any tyranny from which they have fled. In this contest, there is every motive to exertion. "Now or never, now and forever," Such was the ancient war cry, which embroidered on the Irish flag, streamed from the Castle of Dublin, and resounded through the whole Island, arousing a generous people to a new struggle for their ancient rights; and this war cry may be fit ly inscribed upon our standard now. Arise now, or an inexorab.e slave driving tyran ny will be fastened upon you; arise now, and liberty, will be secured forever. UHAS. SUMJNEB. Let the Pnlpit Thunder. "Before I would see Popular Sovereign ly wrested by force from the people of the territories, 1 would nave the plains ot Kan sas silent with universal death, before I would have the lips of our Senatois and representatives sealed in craven silence by the hand ot southern violence, 1 would see the halls of Congress ankle deep in blood." Such were the words which electrified a large audience in one of the churches of Detroit last bunday evening, as they came earnest and glowing from the lips of a tear less and faithful minister of Christ. They were not spoken to urge bloody resistance to or retaliation for the late outrages of slavery the speaker proposed a more peaceful remedy but to indicate the path ot duty m a last resort. It is such preaching as this which the limes demand. If ever the Christian ministry owed a duly to society if ever the pulpit should thunder against oppression and wrong, now is the time to meet the great obligation. Let our ministers stand up bi-'uiy like their predecessors of revolutionary fame, and hurl the shafts of God's truth at the citadel of oppression. Let them rebuke the giant wickedness of the limes manfully and fear1eRly, as becomes their exalted mission. We repeat it; let the pulpit thunder. Detroit Tribune. iTThe Catholic clergy of Switzerland, fearful of loosing their large property, have been investing it in lands in North Ameri ca, upon whioh they induce Catholics to seme, in this way tbey nave founded a colony in Iowa, mostly composed of German Catholics. tV There are to be cine hundred and thirty-fonr hotels, and two hundred and thirty-one eating houses in the city of Philadelphia, under the new liquor law. X3TTbe day fixed for the election of electors to eleot a President andVice-President of the United Stales is the first Tues day after the first Monday in November.in all the Slates. It will fall thisyesr flpon .V. A.U A t .1 .1 ' uie u uaj vi ui woniO. . i ..j NO 34 PREPARATIONS ?0R DISUHIOU. The Washington Union while professing to give a full report of the proceedings of the late National Convention, disposed of Mr. Black's speech most briefly. r ."Colonpl Simuel Black, of Pennsylvania in an eloquent manner returned tho thanks of the Pennsylvania delegation to the Convention for the honor conferred upon that Stale." ,. Why is this speech tluiB slipped over wilh a simple tribute to its eloquence? Its eloquence was not its feature, The fuaturo of that speech and it marks an era in our national history was the pledge that in case of a dissolution of the Union, Mr. Buchanan and his administration would take their lot with the South. . . The history of this speech is worth making a note of. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, was the person selected lo cast the vote of his State, and in doing so, on the IhkI ballot, following tho example of other delegations, he returned thanks to the Convention for tho compliment it had paid to a citizen of his State. Immediately after he sat down there was an uncxpeoteil c ill from' different parts of the Convention for Mr. Black. It was difficult to understand the interest which seemed all at once to ha felt in Mr. Black's communication.but when he had finished the mystery was solved. Tak ing in connection with the sudden change of vote and feeling from Douglas to Buchanan, there was no longer room to doubt that Mr. Black's pledare for Buchanan and the State of Pennsylvania, in case of separation of the States, had removed the final objections to his nomination. Q loting the language of Ruth to Naomi, he said. in the name of Buchanan, to the South. "Entreat me not to leave thoe.or to return from following after thee: for whither thou gocst, I will go, and where thou lodgest I win iouge; my people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, I will die, and there will I bo buried, the Lord do so to me, and more nlso. if aucht Lu" death a t thee aid me." The nullities have never been able to ob tain such a pledge as that before from any northern candidate, and it is precisely what they have most needed. They have desired a dissolution of the Union.orthe naii n- ahzation of slavery for several years, but have never been able fo make their people iaae me cnances ot a struggle with the General Government for either. Now they have at last got a man from the North who. if they can elect him, promises not only iuai ne win never -return Irom tollowing," the South, but who is ready to use the army and navy of the United Stales, if nec essary, to make other Northern states follow the ex.imple of Pennsylvania. The shouts with (his pledge from Mr. Black was received by the Southern dcle-ga'es testified to the new confidence with which they were animated, and their next step was to call their next Na'ional Convention at the very metropolis of nullificationin the very city which GeneraI Jackson threatened to destroy, and would have destroyed if the authorities bad not abandoned their treasonable plans and yielded obedience to the laws of the country. The bearing and importance of this step the selection of Charlesron as the place in which to hold the next convention will be more fully disclosed hereafter. Should the nullifiers succeed in placing the Government in the hands of Mr. Buchanan, they will have nothing further lo fear. They will be ready to set up their er-tremest doctrines, and press them uDon the country at the cannon's mouth.if necessary; and our word for it, before the first year of Mr. Buch anan's administration would expire, his party in Congress would insist not only upon the nationalizition of slavery, but upon the removal of all restrictions from the African slave traffic as party measures. .V. Y. Evening Post. Great Demonstration. Col. Fremont and his wile called out. New York, June 26. Last night, after the adjournment of the Tabernacle meeting, it formed itself into a procession and marched up Broadway to the residence of Col. Fremont, where they were addressed by Mr. F. He said: "I tfeank you for this friendly call, and am happy to receive this enthusiastio reception as an expression of your devotion to tho cause in which we are engaged. Tho enthusiasm you have manifested, and the seriousness of the cause to which it is directed, give me great confidence in your final and complete sucoss. If lam elected to the high office towbich your partiality nominated me, I will endeavor to administer the .Government according to the true spirt of the Constitution as it was understood by the great men who framed and adopted it; and in such a way as to preserve bolh Liberty and the Union. Decti communicate with yott more fullv, and I, t i A 1 A aa . mereiore, content myseii with again thanking you very warmly, for your congratulations, and for the kindness you have manifested towards me. Mr. F. then retired amid repeated and enthusiastio applause. Judge Emmett, in answer to repented calls, appeared on the balcony and assured tne people mac, with their ncble leaders, and with the pure principles of their platform, success at the next election wascer--tain. In the name of Mrs. Fremont he wished to return, her sincere thanks for the kind manifestations thev had made in behalf of her husband-. (Loud cries of Let ns see Jessie.") This demonstration is an omen of snceess. Let their principles be thoroughly understood by the American peopie, ana uoi. fremont will be the next President. In conclusion, he proposed three cheers for.Col. Fremont, tho Peoples Candidate. The. people.. replied by three times three. The calls for "Mrs. Fremont" and " our Jessie" o s inned. Ckl. F- and Judge Emmett led her forward to the balcony. Her appearance waa greeted with the warmest acclamation; and bowing to the people, she retired. Several aire were played by the Hand, together wilh renewed cheering. JTbe procession then retired. in my present relation to you it is hardly proper I should say more to-night, especially, as you will hereafter eXDect me ta a in tee worm oi letters as wgn