Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-03
Mr.. HroAerick.

| Has he advocated any Lime folnt sWlndles
Has he been an interested party in any of
the nice speculations of the Navy Depart
ment, whereby the Government was made to
pay double and treble prices for the materi-
ais used in the construction of vessels and
the repairs upon the same, or has he been
engaged in any like speculation upon the
Public Treasury? Nothing of the kind. The
head and front of his offending has been that
he has effected q reduction of the salaries Of
certain Leeompton Federal Officers in thi:
State, who naturally feel sore over the loss OF
their money This is the whole secret oi
the immense wrath which is felt and exhibit
ed towards him by the organs of the immac-
ulate twin. The fact is that Mr.. Broderick
has labored, ever since he has been in the
Senate, for the reduction Of the expenses of
the Government for cheap postage, and IN
short, for the general interest of the iaboring
classes. Sneers are cast upon him by the
kid ploved aristocracy-or would.be aristoc-
racy of this republican Government-oe
artisan. and because he arose from the ranks
of the horny handed, hard working men Of
the country. Let them sneer at him, as they
will We have vet to learn that the Ameri-
can bosom does not warmly cherish the sons
of labor and of toll We have yet to learn
that titled names and aristocratic birth are
the passports to honorable position in this
Union, to the exclusion of that merit which
is of humble origin, and that manhood which
declares itself in the midst Of the most un-
pretending classes of our American society.
True, Mr.. Broderck was of humble origin
true, he is self made man-true, he has
arisen to his present position by the native
force of his intellect, and the acknowledged
fearless determination of his moral character.
But, it is n new thing, to us at least, that
men must be of the so-called high born and
kid gloved and silver-spooned fraternity to
be entitled to honor and distinction in these
United States of America. Let the enemies
of Mr. Broderick therefore, no u on. The
more they howl, the more will the people
inquire, what has this man done, thus to be
rallied against and villifed and slandered :?
And when they find, as they will find, that
his record as a United States Senator, is spot
less and pure, the attacks of his INSCRIPTIONS
foes will recoil upon their own heads and
crush them to the earth.
For our own part, land we say it without
hesitation, because it is true,) we are not of
that number who clung to and supported
Mr. Broderick in his struggles for the United
States Senatorship. But, this we do say
and we fear no mans frown when we say it.
that Mr.. Broderick has acted the man in his
course in the United States Senate, and we
have yet to see the proof that he is not a
sound and true Democrat. He has expressed
views, in some of his speeches in the Senate
in which we do not fully acquiesce but it
was his own business as a matter of individ
ual opinion. So have other Democratic Sen
ators expressed views which do not in every
respect suit us, but, we repeat, we have yet
to see the position taken by Mr. Broderick
which reads him out of the Democratic Party
We defy any person to point to it. 1t cannot
be done.
The persistent villifiers of Mr.. Broderick
may rest assured of one thing, and that is,
that their everlasting persecution of this man
If such pigmy malice can be called persecu
ton-has disgusted even his old time political
enemies, and has outraged their moral sense
to such a degree that they do not hesitate to
declare openly and above board that they
are now Broderick men. Such is the newt
able effect of personal, groundless abuse. 1t
shows itself to be pure malice, and honest
men will never eountenance such exhibitions
of petty personal feeling.
The Douglas Party of this State have al
ways contended that Stephen A. Douglas
was the man who was responsible for the
present position of the Popular Sovereignty |
organization throughout the Uuion, as well
rs here, and that Mr.. Broderick stood in his |
own shoes and was ready to take the respon
sibility of his own acts. But this Lecompton
Party have insisted SO strenuously in thrust
ing Mr.. Broderiek forward, and have en-
deavored so persstently to crush him out,
Individually, and without reference to the
great leader of the National Douglas Party,
of which he is a member, that Anti-Broder-
lex Douglas men have become exasperated
and dehantly declare, "Since you oiU have it
so, so be it 4! As between the Old Lime Point.
er, Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Lecomp-
tom Constitution Gwin, and David c. Brod-
erick, we prefer Broderick-and now help
yourselves