Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-16
LETTER PROV Eau REYO1R."

apologize epise "a copy Of which is herewith trans
mitted but, mark you, not for publicatiOU) to much
injured aud grOssly misrepresented gentleman and
stAAesman. Az REVOIR.
DEAR BRoDKRIcK You have been vlely misFep-
resented-there 10 nodisputing this prupositOn.
The whole Democratic press OF the State, . rather
pOteut engine OF mischief il tho when directed,
hare united 10 deprecuIing your integrity as PO-
litician and your ability as Senator and ~ per-
sstentIS industrious have been their efforts in this
behalf that-no matter how disagreeable may be
the annOuncemcnt-they have succeeded iu cOnvin-
cling more than two thirds Of your highly rcsPecta-
bic and intelligent constituents Of the entire truth Of
every thing they have thus pcrssteutly and indus.
triOusly sought to iDculcate ctncerning you. Even
the Democracy Of Mud View, remarkable for their
unprecedented and unjaundiccd opinions Of men, and
distinguished for their uniform fair, liberal and
charitable conduct towards those in opposition TO
them, have been, regret 70 announce, no laggoFds
in the chase aer your Senatorial reputation, being
Seduced thereto by the misrepresentation OF the
Democratic press IN the statements II which they
have heretofore repOsed the most implicit cOndencr
Thus aetuatsd they have gone 80 far aS to denOuOec
ycu-of course II IL now deeply reRretied-totally
unfit for the position Won occupy. They have said
sneering things Of yOu, such ~ that you could
neither talk well enough, write we'll enough nor be-
have yourself well enough for Senator in the Con
gross Of the United States. They have not only
said these unwarrantablc things but, thrO me, they
have written them too and given them circulation
through the columns Of newspaper no less Intiu
entail and extensively circulated than the MoNTAIN
DENOcRAT the senior editor Of which, you know,
don't like you any better than genuine Democrat
ordinarily likes Black Republican. but the morn
ing nov begins to dawn for you, and the scales be-
gin to fall from the eyes Of the Mud View Dcmocra-
cy who accordingly instruct me to declare their
irrcvocable conviction to be that in debate. that
highest qualification II the accomplished statesman
you are indiaputably or, To he more classic,
son Of Anak mot literally but guratively) towering
head and shoulders above your compcers. ! do
this with infinite pleasure, becansc il COMFORTS with
my own convictions, but confess To- you, DrOderck
dear, didn't think, until very recently when read
AZ mortal columns If the Sacramento FnOm con-
tanning the debate in the Senate Of the s3d Of Feb
rWary ut. IN Congressional nerv cnion, that it was
10 yOu-On my word didn't. Knowing you-not
very intimately to be sure-sincc your advent int"
the State; having seen you figure In the Iegisa'
ture, participate in Conventions and take hand
during periOds of high political cxcitements Whcn,
il there vas any elOqucnce mingling with your conf
position, mistakenly supposed il must have OoIrd
out sOmcwhere-thro' come Orifce F other-and
never having, during all this time. heard you make
q speech worth - mean worthy Of -FOUR nov
conceded ability in this line, concluded like every
body else, and naturally enough too under the cir
cumstanccs, that, some NJ y"ur earlier friends
might elegantly express il, &c il didn't lay in y,r
b-O-n-r-s." But what gorgeous blunder We COM
mitted! shall never attempt to judge men by aP'
pearanccs again most certainly shall never again
seek to determine the cabrc ii I the qualifications
of statesman by any such deceptive standard, be,
cause my abused friend, how badly the aPPlicA.
ton Of such q standard operated in your caHe. No.
body, venture to HAy, would ever select you out Of
Q crowd As either Orator Or = statesman because
your appearance indicated ciiher-"Onu they "ow
Aud yet in the debate which occGFrcdin the United
States Senate on the Esd day Of February, 4. d.
1859, you exhibited extraordinary abilities in boih
departments. 1t afforded ma gnifcent field for the
diaPlay Of your wonderful powers and you entered
It, rs Mantilini might say, like deMntoH dazzling.
darling knight in armm. How the hearts Of JEFF
Davis and benjamin and Mason and Hunter and
| Gwin ct al must haSe sunk and covered under
their corscleis a. you proceeded! How Douglas
must have leaped from his seat in rreprcssible de-
light as your ringing, sOnOrOus. melliHuous tones
pcaled Wut like the chime Of bells-"All have IL
say on that point Defining your position on the
question ct issue) is that fully agree with the Sen
atOr from Illinois," &c. aud how Pugh, Of Ohio,
(pFivate Advices inform US he absolutely "caui.
6Ow ered') must have swelled with exceSs Of graft
fed vanity when that overwhelming encon,inm Tell
upon his ear-"Thc only thing ! am sorry for is
that did not obtain the HOOr before the Senator
from Ohio because he hGAgoae tie whoi' gSo.n"
Pitt complimentIng Fox could not have conveyed
the dsLcGte tribute in phrases at once more elegant
and courtIy. But then when you came to graphic
With the great question Of iaauc-wi,h what perfect
ease and nimitable dcxtery you welded the intel,
lectusl scalPeI laying bare muscles, nerves. bones
and arteries; with what Astonishing rapidly di,
cultics were removed and doubts demolished! You
threaded the intricate wDdings and Lyc-wayS Of tho
controversy and they were straight; you plunged
into the darkest depths Of metaphys steal doubt, and
at once light Shone upon il and demonstrated truth
triumPbed. Douglas, Davis, Green, Pugh and 9th.
era seemed 70 labor and toll with their subject a. IL
Il were full heily" for them; you seized it with
eOn6deDce and bore II onward with the ease Of an
Intellectual giant. What IL required them fifteen or
twenty hours To elucidate. gstened, like burnished
gold, under your polishing 10 the brief space
Of Is many minutes. Upon recurring to the columns
Of the Union I find your entire discussion Of the
main questiOn comprised in about treHty priRted
H"eH. Now that call 9 magnificent illustration Of
condensed cOncentratiOn-an unaPpraebable cXh
bitOn Of muh"m in pGrno. In passing, allow lne to
say. the effect must have been thrilling upon the
galleries wben during the progress Of your address,
turning. as l am perfectly satis6ed you did in q
eosrtiy manner, to Mr.. Brown, you statcd-"I feel
thankful to the Senator from Mississippi for throw
ing this BONBSHELL into the Senate" That must
have produced On explosion Of applause, for . hap
pier trick Of elOquence do not remember 70 have
met with in all my extensive study Of greet OEAtOrs
from Cicero to "Suiktaw."
But havnt time to dwell upon this delightful
theme. Sufficient for my purpose at present TO add
we believe now, the Democratic press 10 the con
tFary notwithstanding that you are man Of genius
and man Of talent, an accomplished scholar and
finished debaier. In conclusion dear BrOderick. A.
low me 70 express the hope that in the zenith Of YOUR
power yOu will act mercifully towards your treub.
ling cOIIeaEue-Dr. Gwin. Don't entirely and for.
ever PROSTATE aud destroy his influence. The poo.
pie out here arc rather attached TO him; he has a.
siduOUsly and constantly. in their opinion, devoted
his attention 10 their ANAL local nteFess (uuits too
small an affair 10 command your continent -embra.