The Placer herald., 1858-05-29
From the Marysville Express
The Indictment-The Issue


The issue will come The National De-
mocracy of this State must decide between
David G., Broderick and the Administration
of Buchanan.
The case is on the calendar for trial By
this indictment the National Democracy ac-
cuses David G. Broderick as follows:
lst. You were elec ed by false Pledges
OF fidelity to the National Democracy, made
in the joint convention which elected you,
through your then friend Mr.. Tilford.
I'd. Before you were warm in your seat,
you openly denounced the President and his
Cabinet, because they would not prostitute
the Administration to your purposes by full
filling for you your promises of Office, upon
which promises you rode into power.
81. You have openly opposed the Admin
lstration in all its leading measures. You
voted against the Treasury Note bil which
measure was pressing necessity to the
very existence of the Government
4th. You voted against the confirmation
of nearly or quite all the important appoint
ees of the Administration to fill the public
offices of the country, including the appoint
ment of Nathan Clifford, Justice Of the Su-
preme Court Of the United States.
5th You, with Republican allies, forming
majority of the Committee on Public Lands,
suspended for nearly year the appointment
of Register for the Northern Land District
of California, and by that means have forced
-emptors to make proof and payment on
months notice, at an embarrassing season
of the year, or else to have their homes sold
to the highest bidder.
9th. You have opposed the Administration
on the admission Of Kansas, not by "a court
eous difference of opinion" but in disrespect-
ful, disgraceful terms.
9TH. You have grossly misrepresented the
social and intellectual condition of our State
by your coarse language ("cutting off ears
and "hogging,") your conduct, and your ao-
ton, in the Senate.
sth. While you have, since your election,
acted uniformly with the Republican party,
you have had the meanness to retain your
seat upon the Democratic side of the House.
the better to betray the counsels of the Ma
tional Democracy.
9th You have violated party usage, party
faith, and all trust and confidence reposed
in you by the Democracy
10th. The language you use of the Presi-
dent should arouse the ind gnation of every
vention terrible rebuke Listen to your
words: "Ihe fading intellect, the petulant
passions and trembling dotage Of an old
man on the verge Of the grave" Such lam
guage, spoken in the Senate about our Cis-
tinguished Democratic President, to be read
by foreign states and nations, alone demands
your condemnation. For like language Sew
ard calls you the "brave and youthful Sena-
tor"
Let the Democracy try Mr.. Bro'crick on
these charges, and if they are found true,
let him be solemnly aud formally denounced
bv the party in convention. Let the issue
be made and the trial be had. Let the peo-
pie discuss and pass judgment in primary
meetings, and let the conventions pronounce
it. This is the only way that the Democracy
can have future peace. We say, the issue
must come. Let it come. The gap between
Mr.. Buchanan ard such of the anti.Lecomp-
ton Democrats as are true friends of the
Administration, in all matters except Kan
sas, is narrow and can he easily closed, upon
better understanding of each other and
the subject; but the difference between Mr..
Broderick anil the Administration and the
National Democracy is as broad and as we'll
marked as that which separates the I'emo-
cratic from the Republican party.
We say then to the Democratic party,
rally! preserve the integrity of our party,
and vindcate and support the Administration
of your choice. Lecompton and anti
Lecomplon Democrats, who are the friends
of the Administration on all other issues,
can rally together in this contest, for their
difference, if any, is slight, and can be har
moniously adjusted in convention.
TO CoRREsPoNDENTs.- .-"Old Brick" is I'M
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