San Andreas independent., 1857-01-31

malice and hostile energy, Wnlcn after
years of faithful public service, and to-
wards the closing period of life, have
nearly cost me the Endorsement of re-
election to the q. S. Senate From pat
ronaqe then, and the curse 1t entails, I
shall gladly IN future turn, and my sole
labor and ambition from henceforth shall
be to deserve well of the State, and to
justify the choice of the Legislature in
honorlng me second time as Represen-
tative of its interests.
| have limited above at aid other than
that received from those whom had re-
garded as friends. | refer to the timely
assistance accorded to me by Mr.. Brod-
erick and his friends. Although at one
time rival and recognizing in him even
a fierce but manly opponent, do not hesi-
tate to acknowledge in this public manner
his forgetfulness of all grounds of dissen-
ton and hostility, in what he conceived to
be a step necessary to allay the strifes and
discords which had disctracted the party
and the State To him, and to the attach
ment of his friends to him, [ conceive in
great degree, my election is due; and l
feel bound to him and them in common
efforts to unite and heal, where the result
heretofore has been to break down and de-
stroy. VIM. NJ. GWIN.
Sacramento, Jan. 18th, 1857.
This announcement came like thun-
derbolt upon the friends of Gwip. as it
seemed to confirm, almost beyond doubt,
the charges preferred against him. The
following card, however, appeared in the
San Francisco papers of the 18th inst:
TO THE PUBLIC.
The undersigned, members of the Sen
ate and Assembly of California, upon their
arrival in this city, have heard with surprise
and regret the charge that, for the purpose
OF securing the influence of Mr.. Broderick,
and thereby securing his election, Dr.
Gwin, our Senator elect, corruptly prom
ised not to interfere actively in the dispo-
sltion of the Federal patronage in this
State, and thus deceived and sacrificed his
friends for his own individual advance
ment.
Though the same charge was made in
Sacramento, it did not seem to attract the
same attention there that has been given
to it in this city We proudly avow that
we form portion of those friends refer
red to in Dr. Gwin's address, who have
"stood by him in the sunshine and Storm"
and that it has not been concealed from
us, but on the contrary, for long time
previous to his nomination, it has been
openly and frequently stated to us by him,
that in case of his reelection to the Sen
ate, it was his intention not to interfere
actively in the disposition of the Federal
Offices in this State
We are notaware that those declarations
Of DR.. Gwin were intended to be other
wise than public, so that weregard whatever
support that may have gathered around
him in the trying struggle from which he
has just triumphantly emerged, to have
been influenced by the belief that the
great political necessities of our State re-
quired his valuable, experienced and en-
ergetic services in the Senate, rather than
by the consideration that his reelection
would again place at his disposal the lucra-
tive Offices of the Federal Government.
We are the only members of the Legis-
lature who supported Doctor Gwin, now
present here, but we have no doubt that
we express the opinion Of all the men who,
upon his behalf, sustained the brunt of the
political struggle which has resulted in his
return to the Senate, when we say that we
find no declaration nor intimation in Dr.
Gwin's address contrary to his previously
repeated declaration and in no manner are
we deceived or astonished by his state
ment relative to his intention not to inter-
fere with the Federal patronage in this
State.
J. W. VAUDEVILLE, !
B. D. WILSON, Senate
W. B. NORMAN,
G. W.PATRICK, ,,.ot,-.