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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 2372 - 2377
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - United States (Cont' d)
2372 - L July 15; ed: 2/3 - It is not strange, with so important an issue
at stake, that men should worry about their neighbor states. But men
are men, and we can depend upon all northern or free states, with help
from some of the broader minded southerners, to support the cause of
right and vote for Fremont. (7)
2373 - L July 15: 2/3 - In a letter to the edi tor, "A Clevelander" says:
Among the many passages of burning eloquence which this campaign is
daily giving birth to, the followicg will take rank among the best that
it has been my fortune to hear. I chanced to be at Waterford, Penn., on
July 5, when I heard there was to be a Republican meeting, and I concluded
to drop in. The meeting was called for the purpose of forming
a Fremont club. After the meeting was organized, a young man from Illinois,
a delegate to the Phi ladelphia convention, was called on to make
some remarks. Speaking of the issue, said the speaker:
"The cause in which we are engaged is the cause of right, or the principles
of eternal justice are a solemn mockery, and the gems of truth
which God has studded the immortal mind, are but so many specimens of
a bogus moral coin."
It occurred to me, Mr. Editor, that that kind of talk was hard to beat,
and from the effect it produced, I judge the crowd thought so too, and
I thought it too good to be lost. (10)
2374 - L July 16; ed: 2/2 - In this country of self-made men and Democratic
institutions a poor, ragged orphan boy may become president, even
when a man's father is of no consequence. It is thought infamous to
taunt a man with his father's shortcomings, but, even so, the PLAIN
DEALER taunts John C. Fremont. "We would suggest to the PLAIN DEALER
that Democracy recognizes no religious tests, neither does it ask who
your father and mother were; only asks, is he capable, honest and the
friend of the Union and the constitution." (6)
2375 - L July 17; ed:2/2 - The Herkimer county (N.Y.) COURIER, a Democratic
paper, refused to run up the Cincinnati nominations, but agreed
to a regular called convention. The convention was called on July 12
and it was resolved to support Fremont and freedom. So the famous "Tenth
Legion" of New York Democracy is in 1 ine for Fremont! "Who dO'lbts his
election?" (4)
2376 - L July 18; ed: 2/4 - Rereading Colonel Fremont's letter accepting
the Phi ladelphia nomination, we admire it for its beautiful simplicity.
"It is straight-forward and to the point without evasion or declamation.
He does not lose his identity in the platform. He retains his selfrespect,
and rings out his battle cry in unmistakeable language." (2)
2377 - L July 19; ed:2/l - That song singing has been introduced into
Fremont meetings was a cause for complaint at a Buchan