Mountain Democrat., 1857-06-20

intend to oppose it in Washington Of else
where, nor have ever declared any such
intention. The assertions mentioned by
you as being circulated in this regard,
arc maliciously false, and their authors,
whether high or low, know them to be
false when they utter them.
i Many Of the men now engaged in prop
| agating these ISLANDERS are the same who,
at the last election, conspiring with Know
Nothings, Republicans, and lawlcss Or
ganization then existing in San Francis
CO, defeated twenty democratic candidates
for the Legislature in counties where my
openly avowcd friends had been regular
ly nominated, and elected republicans and
know nothings i'll their stead. cnumer-
ate thcm-San Francisco, II members;
Santa Clara, 2; Sacramento, 3; Yuba, 8;
Sierra, l. Total, 90. This gave the re-
publicans their strength in the Legisla.
ture. The democratic majorities for Pres
ident in the counties mentioned, at the
same election, prove that my friends were
defeated by treachery.
Your letter refers to arumor which you
say is still in circulation, relative to the
late election of United States Senators,
and which, you add, is generally discred-
tied by my friends. So far as my own
election is concerned, declare 1t to have
been effected by the free choice of my
friends in the Legislature, without bargain,
contract, alliance, combination, or under
standing with any one. was chosen
over combined opposition, Of which
Mr.. Gwin was the head and front. After
my election he sought my aid to secure
his own. He stated that lie was about to
become the victim of the trcachery Of
those who had been placed in power
through his aid and excrtions, and that
without my assistance he would be sacri-
feed. Regarding him as the acknowl-
edged leader of the other wing Of the par
| ty, believed his election would heal dis
sensions and effect a reunion. He had
been my foe, but for the sake Of the par.
ty was willing to forcgo my personal
rescntmcnts. With this object in view,
gave him my support, and he was
elected. But between Mr.. Gwin and my
self there was no condition whatsoever in
regard to the distribution Of patronage.
flearncd, subsequently, however, that he
had agreed with others to take no part in
The recommendation of single Federal
officer, and the c.yd he published to the
people of the State after the election, led
me to suppose that his resolve was unal-
terable in this regard. refer to the clo-
sing remarks OF Mr.. Gwin's address:
From patronage, then, and the curse
it entails, shall gladly in future turn,
and my solo labor and ambition from
hensforth, shall be to deserve well Of the
State, and to justify the choice Of the leg
islature in hOnoring me a second time as
representative Of its interests. have
limited above at aid other than that re.
ccived from those whom regarded as
friends. refer to the timely assistance
accorded to me by Mr.. Brodcrick and his
friends. Although at one time rivSl,
and recognizing in him fierce but manly
opponent, do not hesitate to acknowl-
edge, in this public manner, his forget
fulness of all grounds Of dissention and
hostility, in what he conceived to be q
step necessary to allay the strifes and dis
cords which have distracted the party
and the State. 10 him and to the attach
mcnt of his friends to him, / conceive in
o great degree my election is due; and !
feel bound to HIM and them in common
efforts to unite and heal, where the result
heretofore has been to break down and
destroy"
In view Of these facts, am 10th to be-
licvc that your information is correct in
respect to his claiming that he controlled
the recent Federal appointments in this
State, or that in the face of his public dec
laratiOns he or his friends would boast
that he had violated his public pledges.
Surely the combination at Washington of
the late and present members of the Low
or House of Congress from this State, Of
the Senator whose term had Just expired,
Of the three Presidential Electors and a
throng of active supporters, we'll prac-
ticed in the trade of soliciting Offices all
against ME, would seem to be enough,
without the personal interference Of my
colleague. In the absence of positive ev-
idencc, l must, therefore, regard the re-
port of which you speak as mistake.
Referring to the continual calumnics
which Fhave long permitted to pass in
silence, and which l shall not review, l
take this occasion to say that Twas q
member Of the State Senate during the
thrcO first sessions of the Legislature,
leaving it in 1862, as l supposed, with
some reputation. In the latter year vas
one Of the two prominent candidates for
the United States Senate, and although
the canvass was hotly contested, my op-
ponents at that time never thought to i'm
pugn my conduct as a legislator or as
citizen. From my defeat for tho Senate
in 1852 up to the lime of my election in
january last, took an active part in the
conventions Of the party--shared its Ia
bors and contributed to its triumphs. In
return 1 was persistcntly assailed by the
inventive malice of those who did not
hesitate to subsidize q portion of the
press for the purpose by Illicit abstrac-
tons from the public treasury. Some of
those presses still survive and still con-
tinuc their abuse, but their daily false
hoods have never drawn me into public
denial, nor shall / ut this late period dig
nifty them by special notice.
have been charged with controlling con-
ventiOns and procuring nominations by
trickery. But l challenge my enemies to
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