President Abraham Lincoln wanted to appoint Frmont as the American minister to France, thereby taking advantage of his French ancestry and the popularity in Europe of his antislavery positions
एडमंड बर्कप्रमाणे ती अमेरिकी क्रांतीचा स्वातंत्र्यस्पंदन म्हणून गौरव करते आणि फ्रेंच राज्यक्रांतीला ‘गरजेचा’ आविष्कार म्हणून हिणवते.