Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-28


That the pe0pis Il CaliIcfSsa 1aSs5 KaOw
that the AtlGntic Journals pls;s iptFN6ifS H.
mate upon uSVidfC. HSd7isa SHxths
following from the Pcoria, OIl.) Democrstio
Union. Had If been written here Ehegp ths
man is so well known, u coHld ,tEU4 Rat4 bt1ow.1
more to the point: ...-a
MR. DAVID G. BRoDERTcK, SENAToR7 on IN :
United STATEs.-David q. Broderick iapnO ef !,
those men whom no amount Of advenhh6ne
circumstances can raise ab0te their natural
level, neither can the appliances KuGnAIlt1 Y
brought to bear on men occupying high pub
lie stations, to soften and refine their chACAc-
ters, avail aught in his case. He was rough
in his inception, rougher In his approaches 70
maturity, and toughest Of all in hib mature
age. lie is tsee uDshod, unshorn creature Of q
single decade, not having had time enoughto
educate himself or to be educated by 0thers.
in those principles Of candor, decency and
honesty, that should underliO and form the
substantial basis Of every mans characterrhP
he the humble civilian or the mighty man Of,
influence in the public councils He Ia notA .
decent man because his lifelong associations
have been such as to render it both morally +.
and physically impossible for him to success
fully put forward such q claim with the Tea-.
sonable hope ofjustifying himself It Is only .
ten years since ile was a vulgar and nntracta- I
bic rowdy leader Of o band Of political Wilkins
and marauders in the sixth ward Of New )
York city, better known as the ''blobdY SIXTH
Having wandered through all the Various
phases and Crctan labyrinths Of despoiismAp ,
the bloody sixth, he betook himself 70 the
California commonwealth, sometime during
thcyear lS4S, If our memory serves US, where.
after struggling with various degrees Of pri-
vAtc and public fortune, he Is returned to the
Senate OF the United States, in which bodiF,
many Of the traders are nobly represented ~,
men who in early life struggled veHs and an !;
now enjoying the fruits Of laudable ambi itipQ,
But who tan short years since could have beeR ;
induced to believe that Q seat in the him
councils Of the United States Senate would 81
filled by professional rowdy, still actuatad
by his early predictions and youthful lmpul-
ses
Yet such is most assurcdIy tho case, and We
are compelled to say It notwithstanding the
implied reflection the assertion may contain
upon the dignity and character Of Sister
sovereign State. We have been induced thus
to allude to this man in order to fully indicate
our belief, by reason Of his antecedonta, thak
his opposition to the Administration has no
foundation Of manlincss or healthy tone, His
but the pigmy effort Of Q constitntionally
coarse man, who, by accident lily essays %
fill position for which he Is in every respect,
intellectually, morally, physically, and socially
by far too scanty' in his proportions. K not
fitting that the-brilliant and powerful Admin
iStration Of james Buchanan should BE- 90 ar
unmindful of the dignity that always insepa-
rably belongs to the executive character, as to
even yield its influence in tho direction Of
crushing out so weak, and yet because OF
sheer ignorance, SO taciturn an opponent.