Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-20
David C. BrOderick's Speech at Nevada,
July 10th, In reply to Senator Gwin.
From the Unions Photographic Reporter.

Three cheers were given.
A Voice-We all know him. Great laugh
ter and shouting
Mr. Broderck said-Mr Chairman and fel
low-citizens In obedience to the wishes of d
number of political and personal friends, who
were desirous of having me address the people
of this county during the present campaign,
appear efore you. Since l addressed the
people of Marysville, copy of a speech pur-
porting to have been delivered at Grass Val
ley, by DR.. Gwin, has been placed in my
hands This speech now propose to give a
very hasty review, or rather TO touch upon
some Of its mistaken points This speech as-
sumes to be in reply to one made by me- at
Plaeeryille, on last Saturday evening have
had but very little time to examine it. but |
must call your attention to certain portions OF
it. Mr.. Gwin says:
~There is no analogy in the positions we oceu-
py before our common constituency. have no
explanations to make for the course pursued on
the Kansas questions, for simply performed my
duty by acting in accordance with the opinions
Ofthe party that elected us both to the seats we
occupy in the Senate He is on trial ! am not
He defed the instructions Of a Democratic Legis-
lature aud appealed to the people, who gave judg-
ment against him. succeeding Democratic
Legislature censured him as Senator never was
censured before, and he now joins issue with
them before the people Of the State.
Fellow.ctizeus; will be able before
conclude my remarks this evening, to prove
90 you that the Legislature which instructed
me to support the Iecompton Constitution,
and the Legislature which intructed me to re.
pign because did not obey the instructions
of the preceding Legislature, behaved to-
wards their Senator as no other body of simi-
lar character and authority ever had the ig-
norant insolenee to act. Cheers-"Talk it
out loud."l Again I read: .r.-
"The first point on which VIC differed he asserts
to be the reduction of the salaries of Federal oil-
GERS in this State. As general statement this IS
not true. II he had made hnself familiar with
the subject he would have known that the late
Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr.. Guthrie, framed a
bill to reduce the expenses OF collecting the rev.
enue of this State, and that it was pending before
Congress when took my seat in the Senate.
was in favor of that bill. The present Secretary
ofthe Treasury prepared bill still further re-
duclng these expenditures and reducing salaries.
| was in favor of that also, and it was supported
by every Democrat in the Senate, and only failed
TO become law from the difficulty that resulted
from the disagreement Of the Houses on the Post
Office Appropriation Bill"
Now fellow citizens, that is untrue There
was no bill which passed Congress at its last
session reducing the salaries of the Federal
officeholders 1t is true that bill was re
ported from the Committee on Commerce.
unanimous report-reducing the salaries Of
the Federal otficeholders in California, but
through some skillful management on the
part of those who wished to sustain the old
prices, the bill was not taken from the desk
of the Senate. Here is another point:
"The salaries Of Federal officers in this State
were offensive to Mr.. Broderick, it seems, from
the personal relations which he hold toward the
occupants. When he had friends, for instance, in
the Branch Mint, where | am told he has many
devoted friends, am not aware that he ever
made any movements to have their salaries re-
duced although they are the best paid employees
of the Government in this State"
do not know that have any friends hold
ing public office in this State But this old
gentleman seems to have admitted too much
here. During five or six years he claimed
that he was the representative of this State,
and that the gentleman who occupied seat
by his side in the Senate, before was cleo
ted to represent you, was governed entirely
by his advice have taken course differ
cnt. in this respect, from that pursued by my
predecessor. 'Good," great applause |
have endeavored to represent You to the best
of my ability; seeking information from 9th
ers where and when deemed proper, but
acting as an independent man; certainly l
was not entirely governed by DIR. twins adj
vice. There's where you were d--n wise,
Dave If he had had any gratitude in his
composition, he would have been anxious to
have acted upon such advice as would give.
Laughter. DR. Gwin is mot aware" that
made any movement TO secure the reduction
of the%alaries of the Federal oficeholders in
the Mint, and with this remark there is a
contemplate insinuation in regard to favor
for suspected friends of mine in the Mint
Yes, DR.. Gwin's ignorance of my motives or
movements furnishes ground for charges a.
gainst ne and for me to have q friend in the
Mint is esteemed an offset, suppose, for his
use of influence to keep up the salaries of at
taehes in other departments. But the eXor-
htant salaries Of the Custom House officers
are personally offensive" to me. Admit that
it is or was so, does that constitute charge
against me, ON which | am to be duly tried
this campaign? win any man here say that?
DIR. Gwin knows of my personal relations
towards the Custom House officials, and he
regrets to confess that it has come to his ears
that have devoted friends" ia the Mint.
What important information he has, and how
powerfully he wields it He is greatly salts
fled with the fact that have enemies in one
place, but he spoils his rejoicing by telling
TO the world, in the same sentence, that |
have devoted friends" in another Let me
hasten to that part of his speech in which
he speaks of Lime Point. lie said
"Llme Point follows next in his speech, and
this is the great gun of his campaign. My action
on this question can be told in few words. A
few days after took my seat in the Senate vo-
ted, as did every member Of the Senate, for the
appropriation of $500, 900 to purchase site and
continue the fortifications the Bay ofSan Fran
cisco, and afterward urged the commencement OF
the works with the least practicable delay
wished the harbor to he speedily fortified, to
make it as impregnable as Gibraltar, and thus
protect us from the danger of attack from any for
eign power. should have been gratified il the
site could have been purchased for $4,000 and
more So If 1t could have been purchased tor $500,
or if it could have been obtained for nothing Mr.
Broderck, in commenting ON the proposed pnr-
chase of the site, denounced it as San enormous
fraud" aud at the next session made the same
charge. The chTge of fraud involved the pur-
chaser as well as the owner of the property, aud
on this reiteration Of the charge offered reSou-
tion instructing the Committee on Military Affairs
Of which Mr.. Broderick was member to iuvesti-
gate the subject. The result of that investigation
proved that, so far the officers of the Govern
ment were concerned, the charge absolutely
false and had not the shadow Of truth to rest up
ocu. They commenced the negotiation for the site
IN october, lS55. when the owner demanded 1900,
poo ior the tract he proposed to SELL"
NOW, fellow citizens, | am able to show
that l never did charge upon any Govern
ment officer the commission of any fraud in
connection with this purchase. | would have
been ungrateful if had done so, | will read
60 You letter written by the Secretary o
War to Mr. Della Tore, United states bis
tFict Attorney for the Northern District O
California. The letter was written on May