constitution, but the alternative was to leave these recaptured
Africans to starve and die, and the society therefore
cheerfully took charge of them, relying upon the Government of
the United States to refund the cost to them."

The question was discussed at length as to whether the United States
would pay these just and legal demands; and on the vote being taken for
the engrossment of the bill to a third reading, Mr. Fremont's name is
found recorded in the negative--as follows:

"YEAS--Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Chase, Clayton, Davis of
Mass., DAYTON, Dodge of Wis., Dodge of Iowa, Douglass, Ewing,
Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Jones, Mangum, Pearce, Pratt,
Seward, Shields, Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Wales,
Walker, Whitcomb, and Winthrop--29.

"NAYS--Messrs. Atchison, Barnwell, Benton, Butler, Dawson,
Dickinson, Downs, FREMONT, Hunter, King, Mason, Rusk,
Sebastian, Soule, Turner, and Yulee--16."

LOOK AGAIN!--On the 18th day of September, 1850, the bill to prevent
persons from enticing away slaves from the District of Columbia was
under consideration, and John P. Hale "moved that it be committed to the
Committee on the District of Columbia, with instructions _to so amend it
as to_ ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA." On the vote being
taken, FREMONT'S name was recorded in the NEGATIVE. (See Cong. Globe,
31st Congress, part 2, p. 1859.)

Such is Mr. Fremont's _record of Statesmanship_. It shows his nomination
by the "_Republicans_" to have been a hollow mockery--"a dishonest
farce,"--an insult to the intelligence of the American people.

We shall hereafter pursue the record of this "remarkable man."

Bishop Hughes and Wm. H. Seward have been, for years, intimate personal
and political friends. It is a part of the political history of New
York, that Seward is alone indebted to Hughes for his reelection to the
United States Senate. They are both now united in the support of
Fremont, and they procured his nomination over Judge McLean, a pure and
patriotic man--for many years a _Methodist Class-Leader_, and an officer
of a _Protestant Bible Society_.

The coalition between Hughes, Seward and Fremont, is complete, and the
evidence of the foul coalition and conspiracy will appear in full, in a
few days, but not in time for us to get it into this work. We are right
glad of it, as it narrows the contest down to one between Fillmore and
Fremo