The Placer herald., 1856-12-20

country with tnelr pTesehoo' WV p -.
ded in morals and rich in every. attrloute
that makes man Infamous, are MS constant
untirine and relentless reviers.-lhey stand
unon our street corners, and abuse HIM: they
nerambulate the State, and certify 1aiseiy
AGAINST him. To every one such can there
be driven home defeated dishonest purpose
or disappointed ambition, for which DR.. twin
is held responsible by them. A history o,
these men, their schemes, aspirations ana
expectations would fill a volume; they can
not. therefore, be particularized; but look
around YOU. mark his enemies, and enquire OF
somebody familiar with tue facts the cause Oh
that enmity, and in every instance 1t can De
! traced to a failure to use DIR. Gwln 10 ge'
an office. or corrupt contract for the revller
or some of his friends These same dlscon-
tented men who now are in the throes OF
mortal agony for fear DR.. Gwin will be re-
elected and their long baffled desire, but stlll
unceasing hope to get their hands INTO the
public crib be forever frustrated, and the au-
thor of the thousandth time told falsehood-
that he has been fathless to his friends, and
false in his promises to them. What SAYS
| the record? TO what was he indebted LOT
his election to the Senate OF the Onl.ea
! States His own indomitable energy tnat
built up a party amidst difficulties and dis
couraoemeuts that would have overwhelmed
almost any other man, that supported nm
AGAINST a host of competitors and elected TO
the senate. DR.. Gwin made his own friends
and is indebted to no man tor his services
What promise did he make to his supporters
in that contest, which he has failed to fulilI!
| None. fore he made none, for II he dld, ne
was worse tn an knave, an actual Ounce to
make them, and his supporters equally as
SLY to put faith in them, if made lie was
a Democrat Of a quarter Of a centurys stand
inc; always in the front rank OF the hgh,'
upon whose head the vials of wing wrath
had been poured for years; and he was cleo
ted to the Senate within the first year OF the
most proscrptive Wing Administration that
ever existed in this country, and the head OF
that Administration was not only the polit-
cal, but personal enemy of DR.. Gwin. ms
was well known here at the time and how
could DR.. Gwin promise Office, or other ben
eft to those who then sustained him! Inc
statement Of the case brands the charge
with falsehood; yet without express obllga-
tons on his part, we find among the most
prominent beneficiaries of the General Gov
ernment in this State for the last six years,
those who then sustained DR.. Gwn, and to
him they owe the positions they have occu-
pied. or now fill. His violation Of faith to
his friends is the thefs cry, "stop thief" to
draw public attention from those who are
attempting to destroy him, after having re-
ceived flvors from him; or it is proclaimed
bv those who could not use him to promote
their selfish ends.
But YOU assert that the laws he has pass
ed have not been beneficial to the State.
Point out in what respect Every law for
which he is responsible will stand the test of
time and scrutiny. Take these laws up dis
sect them, and say in what respect they
could have been made better That these
laws in mary instances have been badly, and
in some cases corruptlv administered, cannot
be truthtulv denied; and laws framed by the
wisdom of sage, and characterized by the
purity of purpose of an angel, thus admins
tered, would be curse to the country. But
such administration he is in no recpect res
ponsibe. He has had no control of the Exc
cutive departments under either adminiatra-
ton, while he was in the Senate, to correct
the NAL administration of laws in this State.
While you were penning these general
charges against DR.. Gwin, did it not suggest
itself to your mind that you should look to
the jurorS Of tie picinoge, those under whose
scrutinizng eye every act Of DIR. Gwin,
while in the Senate, passed in review: his
colleagues in that body, the great stateamen
! OF, ba tba ,lJ
er saw, pure in all the relations of life, pub
lie and private, and who whould shun dis
honest Senotor who used his high trust for
his personal GAIN as they would the vilest
criminal? How did he stand in that august
bod with his associates! Let every Senator
speak, no matter to what party he belongs,
and | stand branded for life as a liar, if epery
one does not say that no State ever had a
more faithful or efficient SENATOR and every
one would with equal emphasis brand these
charges as false and caumnious. Is such
testimony worth nothing? But, YOU may
ask, what evidence beyond my assertion can
be produ ed, that this is true? Glance at
the records of the senate Who of that
body had higher or more responsible trusts
reposed in him? four years Chairman of the
Naval Committe, one of the most important
IN the Senate; four years member of the
Finance Committee, through which every APP
preparation must pass; two years Chairman
of the Select Committee on the Pacific
Railroad which matured the Bill in favor OF
that great measure that passed the Senate
near two years ago. Who were his assoc-
ates on these committees witnessing and
participating in his every act! Douglas,
Rusk, Everett, Bright, Hunter Badger, Bell,
Seward, Toucey, Stockton and other iIlustri-
Gus statesmen, whose names are shield
against dishonorable association. Among
these, and with the whole Senate DR.. Gwin
stood without reproach, honest as a states
man, and cherished as friend This ought
to be testimony in his favor, against vague
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