Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-16
Gwin Uncoils Himselc


evening last. Whether he really did deliver
the speech as published or not remains 4
matter of doubt. The Standard says nothing
about the presence of reporter on the occa
sion, and the Union distinctly asserts that
printed slip of paper containing the speech
was furnished it by some mode or other o
conveyance without its knowledge or agency
showing that the production was a cut and
dried affair, already written out and deliver
ed, or attempted to be delivered, from memo
/ ry. The Union is of opinion from the typo
graphical appearance of the sheet of paper
containing it, that it was printed at the ofic
of the Placer Herald, at A,tJur,,, thus planl,
demonstrating, if the Unions opinion be cor
rect, that the speech was printed at the Her
aid office before it was delivered at all.
BE that as it may, we have to judge th
speech as it is, and, while we shall not sa,
that Simonton of the Bulletin wrote it, W,
must be allowed to declare that, in our hum
ble opinion, if Simonton did write it, he ha:
'let down" amazingly since he left Washing
ton.
But we proceed to pay some attention to
his speech. lie says
81 Ihave no explanations to make for the course
/ pursued ON the Kansas question, for simply
performed my duty, by acting IN accordance with
the opinions Of the party that elected us both to
the seats we occupy in the Senate"
BY both, he means himself and Senator
Broderiek, lie expresses himself as satisfied
! if he has carried out the wishes of the party
that elected him. Not word about the
right and justice of his conduct not a word
about the purity of the principle involved ;
not a word about the high responsibility of
his position as a United States Senator, and
his obligations to do right, whether Presi-
dent, or Cabinet or Senate opposed him. Not
word about these things. He was there to
do the bidding of his partyi NOBLE SExA-
Ton. But did he perform his duty in accord
ance with the opinions of the party that elec
ted him No, sir lie never dared to come
before the people of this State, to test the
question as to whether they approved his
conduct or no. At any rate, in the last poll
tical campaign, he was absent from the State,
and the position that he took upon the Le-
compton Constitution was neither defended
by the Lecompton State Convention nor bv
the Lecompton leaders upon the stump or the
tripod. The whole issue was lodged or
smothered, for his (Gwins) position was an
tagonistie to that of Stephen A. Douglas, and
yet the Lecompton party claimed Douglas all
the time as one of their number. Mr.. Gwin,
therefore, has no right to claim that he has
acted in accordance with the opinions of the
party which elected him He may find, be-
fore this canvass is over, that he is laborng
under a very deplorable halucination.
As to the censure Of Mr. Broderick, by
California egislature-alluded to by Mr..
Gwin-it is well known that the members of
the Legislature which took that action were
not elected by the people to express any
opinion whatever upon new questions Of ma.
tional politics, but simply to attend to the
local affairs Of their own State. Doubtless
the opinions of these members were well
known to their constituents upon all past
questions, but upon any new issue of the day
or the hour, they could not be expected to
have formed their opinions or to have made
those opinions known TO the people, provided
they had in advance formed them. They
bad no right, therefore, to assume to speak
for the people, upon the Kansas issue
Mr.. Gwin's reply to Mr.. Broderick's re-
marks at Placerville, on the reduction of the
fees of Federal officers in this State, secured
/ by Mr.. Brodericks exertons, consist of MS
sertion merely. lie adduces no proof. Are
his assertions any better, then, than Mr..
Broderiek's upon the same subject? IfMr
Brodcrick says that prices are at certain
rate in this State, and Mr.. Gwin says they
are not. is not Mr. Brodercks word as good
as that of Mr.. Gwin? We should think so,
certainly.
Mr. Gwin, in the portion of his speech de
voted to Lime Point, so far from denying
that he was in favor Of having the Govern =
mcnt pay the exhorbitant sum of 5000 600 for
the worthless tract. has the efrontery to at
tempt to defend or excuse the course which
he pursued. After this, let no man doubt
that Mr.. Gwin is a Lime Pointer in every
sense of the word
On the question of the Overland Mails, he
defends himself and the Administration a.
gninst the charge of being in favor of the
Southern route only, but forgets to account
for the fact that the Administration organ at
Washington has already expressed desire
and design on the part of the Administration
to discontinue those mails, and close up the
routes.
Mr.. Gwin says he awaits further reference
to himself by Senator Broderick, before he
olludcs to that gentleman again. Mr.. Brod
crick will probably give him the eontempa
ted opportunity, at an early day.
The balance Of the speech is devoted to the
Lecompton Constitution and to n positive de
nunciation Of Stephen a. Douglas. The
leader Of the Lecompton forces in this Stat,
denounces Douglas. This ought to be suffi
cient to open the eyes of ALL What does h,
say about Douglas lie speaks ofthe friends
ofthat great Democratic leader, as "the few
who defaalted and followed the lead of Sena
tor Douglas" Defaulted and yet these
hypocrites will talk about Douglas being
with them and the Administration. Going
on to speak of Douglas and his friends, he