Fremont Weekly Freeman

The New York Express says, that Colonel Benton has made a long speech in St. Louis, defining his position upon himself mainly, upon the compromise generally, and upon the Union extensively. He is quite severe upon "the simples," at home and abroad, and unsparing upon the Disunionists. His speech embraces a view of the measures of Congress, and a defence of the part played by him in their adjustment and non-adjustment. The speech is in the Sir Oracle" vein of the Missouri Senator, and pleases the Evening Post, of this city, which made arrangements to have it telegraphed to New York. There is nothing new in the speech, and it is but the repetition of the pummelling which the Missouri Senator has so often given his opponents, in and out of the Senate Chamber. There is an effort making among Col. Benton's friends to secure his nomination for the next Presidency.