John Fremont Quotes
I am making myself as strong as possible in the intention that if we are unjustly attacked, we will fight to extremity and refuse quarter, trusting our country to avenge our death.
Fremont led his troops into the Mexican territory of California without permission. When he was ordered out (see related quote), he refused and ordered his men to the top of a small mountain, constructed a makeshift fort on Hawk’s Peak, and raised an American Flag at the summit. Fremont wanted California for America, and he was apparently prepared to precipitate an Alamo type situation where his band would be wiped out, and the United States, to avenge the massacre and in the process, take California. He thought better of the idea however, and after 3 days retired before any shots were fired. However, the next few years saw the United States virtually take over California.
John Fremont, 1813-1890, Explorer, General, and Republican Candidate for President, Letter to Thomas Larkin the US Envoy in California, March 1846
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California was then Mexican Territory. Castro gave permission to Fremont and his troops to buy supplies and provisions but then insisted that the foreign troops leave California. Fremont did not want to be seen as being ordered about by Mexico. He ordered his men to the top of a small mountain, constructed a makeshift fort on Hawk’s Peak, and raised an American Flag at the summit. See {634736}.
He was criticizing the George W. Bush administration for attacking Iraq, a country which had not attacked the United States or Americans abroad while America did not attack those terrorists and countries which had killed Americans. For example, Hezbollah which blew up the Marine Barracks in Lebanon and the naval ship Cole.
He was a German physician and explorer who had converted to Islam. Nonetheless, he was caught up in the Arab uprising of the Madhists, who had conquered much African territory.
At that point the Japanese were losing the war on every front. It is not clear whether Hirohito would actually have done such and not tried to escape in the end, however he certainly expected his subjects, military and civilian to do so. That expectation and the behavior of the Japanese troops fighting to the death on many islands was a powerful factor in leading Truman, Marshall and other key American leaders to use the Atomic Bomb. See Marshall: {641063}
The statement was made in response to Senator Lewis Cass argument that “We want room.” There is an interesting parallel between Corwin, and American arguing for the Mexican side, and that of William Pitt, an Englishman who made an argument for the Americans during the American Revolution. See {626047}.
the Western Powers & Japan
He always appeared in a military uniform after that.
- Born: January 21, 1813
- Died: July 13, 1890
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John Charles Frémont or Fremont was an explorer of the Western United States, military officer, and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from California, and in 1856 was the first Republican nominee for President of the United States. A native of Georgia, he was an opponent of slavery but also a contributor to Native American genocide.
