Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-04
MIR. Broderick at WeavervlIIe.


The speech of Mr. Broderick at Weaver
Vile was telling effort The personal por-
tions of his remarks were particularly inter
esting and emphatic:
Fellow-citizens, 1 announced in Quincy.
Plumas county, when addressed the people
there, that at Yreka | would reply in full to
DR.. Gwin's speech delivered at Forest Hill
But upon consultation with several friends
at Yreka, concluded that | would there
merely allude TO his speech, giving out there
that in my speech at Sacramento, on the Sth
of August, | would furnish a full history of
the Senatorial election Of 1857, which re
suited in the election of Dr. Gwin and my
self to the United States Senate. | do not
intend to indulge in any low blackguardism
here tonight | lEaye that business to Dr.
Gwin Applause When | first became
acquainted with Dir. Gwin, he was one of the
leaders of the great Democratic party of the
State of California. Then l respected him
When he bascly sold his followers to accent
of a seat in the United States Senate. on
terms which no honorable man would agree
felt contempt for him. Since he has seen
fit to exhibit himself at Yreka and at Wea-
vervile in the position of n blackboard. I
have nothing but pity for him Applause
and laughter. Dr. Gwin stated to YOU, fell
owctizens-at least have been 50 informed
since | arrived in this city-that he could
get no satisfaction from me that | was not
responsible" for what l said Why, fellow
citizens, this is news to me. | have always
been responsible for what | said, in the Sen.
ate Chamber and out of it. TCheers. If
DIR. Gwin felt aggrieved at my conduct to-
wards him, he knew his remedy. 1t is not
for man to travel around the State and
make known his private grievances T"Thats
so"l If. as l stated, if he had private of
fense towards me, he knew his remedy: why
did he pursue it2 l have not spoken to him
for eighteen months. ! will confess that
have a contempt for him, and that he knew
before he addressed you on Tuesday evening
last. | do not want to be placed in the posi-
tion of a -combatant, nor can be by a
trick of speech or a falsehood of action
When | am insulted by a blackguard, as a
matter of course | will pass it by unnoticed,
but when man holding the high position of
a United States Senator insults me- | will
make him pay the penalty Cheers. Lam
not on the defensive, fellow citizens | have
no desire to place myself in false position
before the people of California; do not in
tend to do so. If l have insuteG Dr. Gwin
sufficient to induce him to 90 about the State
and make blackguard of himselflhe should
seek the remedy left to every gentlemen who
feels offended. Cheers. There was another
individual a little fellow by the name of
Scott, who was asking for your suffrages on
Tuesday evening, who stated, as | am in
formed, that since my affair with Perley, he
could not speak of me. | will help him 10y
notice. | have given my reasons for not
meeting Mr.. Perley; and | state to you that
he had no more expectation Of a quarrel with
me than | have of killing you all Tonight.
He was put forward by designing men, who
desired to get rid of me- The prompting
parties themselves had no desire to engage
in the affair, so they sent this little wretch
to insult me, and, if possible, to involve me
in a difficulty. He has resided here ten years
and has taken part in all our elections, yet, a
comparatively short time since, he went into
the United States Court and took an oath
that he was not an American citizen, but a
subject of Queen Victoria and this he did for
the purpose of removing a case from a Dis
trict Court of this State to a United States
District Court This is the fellow who was
selected to have a quarrel with me. The Ad-
ministration papers of this State, in giving
an account of the Perley affair, stated that |
grossly insulted Perley at the public table of
hotel That statement is false | was with
no one at that table but my friends. Two
ladies were there and two gentlemen, and
one of the ladies never heard word of what
passed between Perley and myself SO quiet
was the whole affair."