The Placer herald., 1859-07-23


alluded to this were it not from the remarks of
the Senator from South Carolina, and the thou
sands who know that am the son of an artizan,
and have been a mechanic, would feel disappoint
ed in me If | did not reply to him. 1 am not
proud Of this. / am sorry it is true.
| have not the admiration of
the men of the class from whence sprung that
might be expected. They submit too tamely to
oppression end are too prone to neglect their
rights and duties as citizens.
My selection was not the result of an accident
For years had to struggle, often seeing the goal
of ambition within my reach; it was again and
again taken from me by the aid of men OF my
own class"
These extracts are very suggestive. lie
has no great admiration for the laborng
classes-"they submit too tamely to oppres-
sion"-but he afterwards, paradoxcally de-
clares that they are yet bound to 'control
the destinies of this nation' If they sub
NIT so ramely to oppression" how are they
to control? No, the laboring men of Anie
RIGA do not "tamely submit to OPPRESSION"
but they do now and will to the end control
this Government What, tie farmer, the
MINER the mechanic, the Iaboring man 'sub
init tamely to oppression" No. they are
the very people who will not submit to OPP
preston Of any kind. 1t is to them we must
look for the sources of true patriotism. They
constitute the bulwark of our liberties
the very life blood of our country.
But they have not given Mr.. Broderick
their support heretofore, and therein con. lists
the objectionable sin which they have com
mitted in his eyes. Had they done other
wise, perhaps, he might have allowed the
public works to 60 on, and thus have per-
mitted few hundred of them to obtain an
honest livelihood.
Two hundred thousand dollars was un-
doubtedly an extravagant price to pay for
Lime Point, but if the owner will not take
less, what is to be done? Shall the city of
San Francisco and the whole country be
ieopardized to the want of proper defenses?
If the people here are satisfied will, this |
presume Uncle Sam will not complain, for it
would certainly save him a great deal of
money. Mr.. Broderck proposed to have the
property condemned and taken per force at
valuation. | apprehend that few in this
country woull "tamely submit" to have their
property taken from them by Government
officers, without their consent, and without
consulting them as to the value of it. Such
remedy would be worse than the disease.
No, let the Government enter the market as
other purchasers and make the best bare ,in
they can. | don't believe in establishing n
dangerous principle because things don't 60
right in particular case.
Mr.. Broderick pursued a very strange
course in reference to our Overland Mails.
Ever since the Panama riots, there has been
strong desire to encourage mail communi.
cations across the plains, within our own
territories. For that purpose a large appro-
priaton was made, and rs the Postmaster
General informed me- at the urgent solicita.
tons Of Gen. Rusk, of Texas, Mr.. Gwin, and
Mr.. Broderick, what is known as the Butter
field route was established The service has
been we'll performed, and the mails delivered
regularly three times week. 1t was de-
srable that the Salt Lake line should be
placed on the same footing. The Postmaster
General was authorized, under the law, to
increase the service at his discretion. Mr..
Craig, of Missouri, and myself called upon
him and requested that this should be done.
He agreed to place that route on an equality
with the Butterfeld route-tbe order to take
effect on the first day of April last. Before
the order was sent out, Mr. Broderick offer
ed an amendment to the Post Office Appro-
pration Bill, ordering the PostmasterG Gene
raj to do what he was already authorized
and intended to do The bill failed to be-
come law, and tt e PostmasterG General then
declined to do what Congress had refused
to do During the debate on this subject,
on the first day Of March last, (see Globe,
page 15O5) an impression prevailed that
Mr.. Broderick desired to break down the
Butterfield route, and Mr.. BENJAMIN suggest
ed to him whether "it would not be better
policy for him to introduce some amendment
by which the service on that line shall he
made efficient, without attempting to double
the service there by breaking down another
Iine!" Mr.. Broderck answered, 81 do not
want to break down the other line unless the
Senate see .ftto do So" Before that, on page
1903, lie said, II propose to continue the
Buttertield rOute-not to interfere with it
in any way, but to abolish this extreme
southern route from San Antonio, Texas, to
San Diego, California" Now about one half
of this route, from El Paso to Fort Yuma, is
the Butterfeld route and to abolish it would
necessarily stop the Butterfeld line. Again,
on the same page, in reply to Gen. Houston,
he said: "The mail service between San An
tonic, Texas, and El Paso, do not propose
to interfere with at all. 1t is only the Pacific
side"
He then made strong effort to have the
service between Fort Yuma and San Diego
discontinued. While he was pursuing this
tortuous course in reference to the mails in
our own State, he did not hesitate to vote
for line from Salt Lake City to Roseburg
in Oregon, and he also voted to appropriate
100000 to establish mail line between
Lake Superior and Seattle in Washington