Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-13
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MHSsRs. EDIToRs: I shall now, according 4
my promise, proceed with the history Of the
honest and incorruptible Senator. IN one o.
my former articles ] spoke Of his movement
In his first campaign for Office when he ran fol
Congress In New York. In my remarks
asked Questions for him 70 answer. shall
now adopt Q different course. | shall make
specific charges, and when he denies any o.
them, I'll prove them by good and reliable
testimony. now charge you, BrodeTick, Of
making arrangements with several Of the
keepers Of Blackwell's Island 70 release about
two hundred Of the prisoners there kept, the
night previous to the election, and place them
in your district for the purpose Ofv0ting for you
and that all Of them did vote for YOU with the
exception of about thirty, who were arrested
in house on Howard street. / NOM charge
you Of making an agreement through warm
personal friend Of yours to have the Fremont
electors placed on the Democratic ticketin the
LIST aud end wards Of this city, the Republi.
cans paying one thousand dollars to be given
to your friends for working the ticket. Said
bogus tickets were brought to your room for
your inspection, aud you wc,e satisfied, the
Republicans agreeing to vote for your Lcgisla-
tive ticket. The bogus tickets we're no worked
in said wards. The number that was voted
do not know. II there was but one, Il Is sui.
ficient for my purpose to prove that you were
not then in favor Of the election Of Mr. Blu.
ehaRAn, and that yea were . living lie on the
Democratic party. using every corrupt and
dcceitIul measure that you could command to
secure your own selfish purposes. observe
that in your Placerville speech you speak Of
the Vigilance Committee having your charac-
ter under investigation, and that you came
out Of that fiery ordeal pure and spotless
here state that you were informed By warm
personal friend that the executive branch ol
that body had decided against you, and you
then left the city and went up the country,
and did not return until you were informed
that the board Of delegates had disagreed to
the decision Of the executive branch. do
not like TO refer to the dead, therefore hope
the public will pardon me for so doing.
now charge you an follows: Having been
called on by warm personal friend Of yours,
who informed you that Martin Gallagher had
returned to the city for the purpose Of taking
his wife away with him, and being asked BY
that warm friend for Pecuaiary assistance foV
said Gallagher, at said Gallagher's request
you directed the aforesaid friend to call on
certain other persons whom You designated
asking them to contribute. lie did 90 buj
none ofthem contributed . single dollar save
one, and that one gave 096-you, yourself
giving nothing. This 80, thus procured
was taken to GallagheE, whOindignantly refused
to accept It. requesting the bearer to 20 to you
and say that il you did not furnish him with
sufficient money, BY next morning, to answer
his immediate necessities, thst he would &
down to the committee and answer certain
questions that had been pronounced to him
the answering Of which would have made o
you, Brodcrick, his fellow exile. Iassert tina
through your aid and assistance the sum o
e46O was immediately raised end sent to Mr.
Gallagher long before the time specified b.
him.
Now, sir, you speak Of having in that com
mittec many warm friends, they can say
whether Martin Gallagher snd WIN. Lewis
and several Others, did or did not refuse Il
answer questions prOPounded to them, ant
they can also state whether the executiv,
committee did or did not convict you.
CATO, JR.