of his country, was to be summarily put down, and his career quickly guillotined.  These ungenerous plans had their birth and were carefully fostered at Los Angelos; but, the wise decrees of the American people, ever just in the cause of truth, although tardy, came at last to the rescue, and stamped the course with its approval and complete indorsement which had led the bold Explorer to unfurl the standard of his country over the modern El Dorado.  In this view the course of the Mexican forces at Los Angelos in surrendering their swords to Colonel Fremont becomes significant.  A brave though fallen enemy, seldom fails to admire a heroic, chivalrous and discreet victor.  The choice here plainly indicated between Colonel Fremont and General Kearney, we repeat, is sufficiently significant.  In Colonel Fremont the fallen chieftains of the brave Californian-Mexicans discerned all the qualities which make up true nobility of character.  Many of the men under him were well known to the Mexicans as being upright, honorable and generous.  For many years they had lived among them.  Hence we discover the reason of their preference in laying down their arms in their presence.

Kit Carson took no active part in these unhappy differences, but, his simple action in leaving General Kearney’s command and reenlisting under his old commander shows plainly to a discerning public, that he could not be alienated from his friend by acts of injustice.  It also spoke more significantly than words that he adjudged his friend to have performed in behalf of his country, meritorious actions and a great service.  Such was Kit Carson’s view; and no man was capable of forming a better judgment in the premises than he.  As an occupant of an inferior rank, he then kept his counsel to himself; the time has at last arrived when he should fully and appropriately express his opinion, though that opinion he is well aware has been rendered entirely unnecessary by the honorable mention since attached to the name of Fremont by the highest officer in the American service, by the recommendation to the President of the officers of the court to commute the sentence, and by the President of the United States in appointing, unsolicited, the court-martialed Conqueror of California to the high and important trust of commissioner to run the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, and finally, by the spontaneous outburst of enthusiasm which greeted the name of John C. Fremont, from around the firesides of the American people, when his name was placed at the head of one of the great political parties of the nation.