The Nevada Democrat. [volume] (Nevada, Calif.) 1854-1863, 1857-06-10

lie, Very respectfully,
.a1s Your ob'dt serv'ts.
sas" ALFRED REDNGToN,
J. P. DYER.
| MIR. Broderick's Reply.
SAN Francisco, June 9th, 1857.
GENTLEMEN Hitherto have refraned from
entering into newspaper defence against the
calumnies and Misrepresentation Of my adver-
saries. have always been willing to stand or
fall according TO my acts, and by them alone
still desire to be judged. Having heretofore
avoided public controversies through the press
with my tradueers, / do not propose to engage
in them now; but as the subject of your inqui-
ries is Of nature not merely personal to my
self, l consider an answer due to my friends
and to the confidence they have reposed in me-
In addition to your request, have been impor-
tuned by Others personally aud by letters, to
correct the charge that / seek to establish an
anti-adminstration party in this State. They
regard II as an act Of justice 10 themselves that
should make my denial public. Having been
triumphantly elected to the Senate for six years,
it cannot now be said that am actuated by an
interested or a selfish motive in allowing my
self to be drawn into the columns of newspa-
per- reply, then, emphatically, that did not
return to this State to make war upon the adj
ministration of President Buchanan, neither do
intend to oppose II in Washington or else
where, nor have ever declared any such nten-
ton. The assertions mentioned by you as be-
ing circulated In this regard are maiciousy
false, and their authors, whether high or low,
know them to be false when they utter them.
Many of the men now engaged in propaga-
ting these ISLANDERS are the same who. at the last
election. cOnspiring with Know Nothings, Re-
publicans, and lawless organization then ex-
listing in San Francisco defeated twenty Demo-
cratic candidates for the Legislature in counties
where my openly avowed friends had been reg
ularly nominated, and elected Republicans and
Know Nothings in their stead. / enumerate
them--San Francisco, IL members; Santa Clara,
2; Sacramento. 3; Yuba, 81 Sierra, l. Total 20.
This gave the Republicans their entire strength
in the Legislature. The Democratic majorities
for President in the counties mentioned, at the
same election, prove that my friends were de-
feated by treachery.
Your letter refers to q rumor which you say
Is still in circulation, relative to the late cleo
tion Of United States Senators, and which, you
add, Is generally discredited by my friends So
far as my own election Is concerned, declare
it to have been effected by the free choice of
my friends in the Legislature, without bargain,
contract, alliance, combination, or understand
ing with any one. l was chosen over q COM
bined opposition, of which Mr.. Gwin was the
head and front. After my election he sought
my aid to secure his own. He stated that he
was about to become the victim of the treach-
cry of those who had been placed in power
through his aid and exertions, and that without
my assistance he would be sacrificed. Regard
ing him as the acknowledged leader of tho 9th
er wing Of the party, believed his election
would heal dissensions and effect reunion
He had been my foe, but for the sake of the
party was willing to forego my personal re-
sentiments. With this object in view, | gave him
my support, aud he was elected. But between
Mr.. Gwin and myself there was no condition
whatsoever in regard to the distribution of pa
tronage. l learned, subsequently,. however
that he had agreed with others to take no part
in the recommendation of a single Federal Off
J Ger, and the card he published to the people of
the State after his election, led me to suppose
that his resolve was unalterabe in this regard
refer to the closing remarks of Mr.. OWNS ad-
dress. which are as follows:
Efom patronage, then and the curse Il entails shan
gady In future turn and my sole labor and ambition from
henceorh shall be 10 deserve well Of the State and 10 ms
wy 'ne choice Of the legislature in honOrng
time as Representative OF its interests have limited
above at aid other than that received from those whom
had regarded as friends refer to the timely assistance
accorded to me by Mr. Frederick and his friends Although
at one time rival and recognising in him ever 6erce
put manly opponent do not hesitate acknowledge in
TINS public manner his fogefalness Of all grounds Of dis.
session and hostility in what he conceived to be step
necessary to aay the ses and discords which have d
ssted the party and the State To him. and to the at
my election due and feel bound to him. and them IN
common efforts to unite and heal where the result hereto
lore has been to break down and destroy"
In view ofthese facts am 10th to believe that
your Information is correct in resDec. to his
claiming that he controlled the recent Federal
appointments in this State, or that In the face
OF his published declarations he or his friends
would boast that he had violated his public
pledges. Surely the combination at Washing
In IN and
lower House Of Congress from this State. of the
Senator whose term had just expired. of the
three Presidential Electors and throng of ac-
i've supporters, well practlsed in the trade of
soliciting Offices, oil against me, would seem 10
be enough. without the personal interference Of
my colleague. In the absence of positive evil
dence, must therefore, regard the report Of
which you speak as q mistake.
Referring to the continued calumnies which
nave long permitted to pass in silence, and which
| shall not review, take this occasion IN saw
that was q member of the State Senate dpring
the trst three sessions Of the Legislature. leay.
ing 1t 10 1852, as supposed, with some reputa-
ton. In the latter year l was one of the two
prominent candidates for the United States Sen.
ate, and although the canvass was hotly contest.
ed, my opponents at that time never thonoht ~
impugn my conduct as legislator or as q citi.
zen, from my defeat for the Senate in 1852
up to the time Of my election in January last I
TOOK an active part in the conventions Of the
party-sharsd its labors and contributed to its
sriumPas. In return was persistently assailed
py Tue Inventive malice of those who did not
hesitate to subside portion Of the press for the
purpose Dy illicitng distractions from the public
treasury Some Of those presses still snrv;ve
and still continue their abuse. but their Am,
iaisehoods have never drawn me into = nnLi;s
GENIAL nor shall | at this late period dicnifv
them by special notice. 'V. ''s"ny
I / have heen cbar~.1 la "a.