, 1859-10-14
TIE uCEDERER OF BRODEIICK.
TFeaelierous Conduct Of Douglas and
Ills OrEnnss


[F:om The st. Louis Democrat
The telegram Of this morning in announcing
the lomicile of Darid c. Droderlck, bT the er.
through more than ialf The Union The shock,
We make bold to say. WIS not only felt through.
ont nil tho free States, but wherever else stcr-
ling worth Of character and unadorned force Of
intellect are valued. All things considered,
there was not in the long catalogue Of our self
made men, ono who would compare with the
fallen Senator. A meehanic By vocation; self.
taught; without family connection. Or social
influence. and ftill n young 1nan-perhaps not
over fortv-he not only elevnied himself to the
position Of an United States Senator, but,to the
luo7e influential md less accessible one Of IL
great party leader. The bloody and untinlely
fata Of such characer may well produce sen
sa.ion from one end Of the country to the other;
but when it is more than surmised-nay, when
it il certain that be was tho doomed victim Of
conspiracy; that bis death was isolated event,
but the d<noue,hent Of dark and bloody plot;
that he WAS slain By the chosen minister OF
baud Of red.hauded Thugs and nssasslns, who
it may be truly regarded US one Of the most re-
ro1ting and diabollcal tragedies which the histo.
ry Of the age will record. This man Terry, Chief
Justice though he be, or lately was, had perpe-
trated 50 many deeds Of violence and blood, that
it was only by the narrowcst chance be escaped
| llt 3tfFH 3u-klCG u lut EAu + A11cAeG4 4H4AAEC
Committees tribunal which the ma! admlnls-
tration Of the laws by him and such rs him,
called into existence for the preservation Of so-
citty,
The people Of San Francisco know the men
who we're Droderick's enemies. They know
Terry and Gwir, and their associates. They
know what these men are capable Of, because
they know whit they have done, and what they
hare attempted to do. They know that the free
soil principle in California has been watered BY
the blood Of martyrs, Of whom Broderick is but
the latest. It is but year since Ferguson, q
sriedd of Brodcrick, was killed by . buchanan
otlce.Lolder, who, Of course, is q Gwin patti-
Fan. lie was killed because he WIS the custodi-
m Of that Infamous letter-tlte record Of Gwin's
shame-in which that Senator sold his friends
and adhercpts- ope-for his seat. The
blood Of every Northern man who has rentured
to oppose the pro-slayery leadhrs Of California,
has been spilled. An editor Of the -4Aa fell
victim to their vengeance ut m ear!y day The
founder Of the DHlkHin ntoned for bis exposure
Of their frauds and rillanies with his life and
long list Of obscurcE names might be cited,
who paid tie same penalty for q similar oHense.
Tie conspiracy against Brodcrick manifested
itself at the beginning Of the canvass. An OBJ
cure lawyer, no; yet llaturalized, and tool OF
Terry's-challeugcd the Senator, who refused
to accept it. But the bloodhounds we're On his
track Gwiu WAS resolved to have revenge for
tie disclosure Of his baseness. Terry, however,
was iirst put forward, because he is q tead shot.
Had Broderick not fallen in that contest, nor in
tina; with Gwia-which was to foilow-the pre-
sumption is strong that he would hure 10 run
the gauntlet of the confedcrated criminals who
occupy the prominent Offices under the Federnl
Government. Furthermore it is, asserted that
the programme OF the Administration leaders
for the distribution Of the spois, embraced the
nomination Of Broderick's Successors nomi-
ton to the seat which Was to be vacated by his
~ {1k {t1%- 3x1ft t,Sr
We can almost fancy his bloody ghost ike that
Of Banquo. rising in the Senate, and showing the
murderer from his stool.
There IL another aspect Of this event on which
the public mind will not fail to dwell. Broder-
ick followed Douglas in his resistance to the
hailed Lecompton Constitution, thereby incur
ring the cnuiiy Of the Administration. Califor-
nia, through her Legislature, declared for the
Presidents policy, and instructed her Senator,
who opposed that policy, to resign. lie return
ed to his constituents and unfurled the flag Of
popular sovereignty. lie planted himself on
that principle exclusively, and Stephen Arnold
dough- lad no trucr, nor more uncompromis-
ncnts '~'s reused into more intense mud yindic-
tire :..tred because he SO thoroughly
identified himself with the great enemy
Of the President. If there was one man
in tue United States who had irresistible
claiu,s on the friendship and support Of Doug
las. il was Brodericl. When the enmity which
Douglas had drawn upor himself in the Senate
threatened to assume tho shape Of physical
force, Broderick WAS the Ajax from behind
whose shield he, the Little Grant, shot his ar-
rows. Such were the relations which snbsisted
between the two men. 1et no sooner did the
defeat Of the Doug .Rroderlck ticket arrived
here than The Douglas organs burst out in ex-
tltaut editorials ut the result Of the election.
They rtjoiccd one and a.l-the Missouri RepuJ-
l:caa. the Springfield Ktgisttr, the Chicago
1imts aud their numerous echoes in Illinois,
that Latham aud his colleagues on the Buchan-
HI ticket were elected, and that the popular
sovereignty ticket was defeated. They re-
joiced ut tue SUCCESS Of the ticket which rep
resent :! the principles Of Jefferson Davis aud
James buchanan, aud ut the defeat Of the ticket
which represented the principles professed By
themselves and their leader, in common with
Nrodericl. They eren silly contributed to
elect the one aud defeat the other. We need
not say that a!l this was done at the instigution
Of douglas. The article already referred to in
the Chicago Tina, Ills home organ, permits US
to entertain NIB doubt on the subject; aud ne
challenge the world 10 produce more H,crant
e5sc Of moral obfiquity' and political treaehery
and baseness. We can imnSine nothing which
would have so much cmbittefcd the last lno-
1nents Of tho true-lcartcd BrodeEick rs this ex-
hibitiun OF falsehood, scl6shuess and ingrati-
tude. Happily, he was spared the knowledge
Of 1t.
Much as wc are opposed to Douglas, re could
wish that his character were free from the trait
which this episode di:closes, or father, the e1-
lstence Of which it confirms, for it had been
often before manifested. True to his own de-
signs md false to NIL besides, he sacrifices lis
friends without the slightest compunctiou. Lie
has played exactly the same role in relntion to
the Pennsylvania election. There he also sup
ports the buchanan ticket, although its candi-
dates, and the platform on which they stand,
pynrsSSy rand;Afp tho 1nrt .r1,ic{, 1t4 In
chosen 10 uphold US the true Democratic doc.
| trines. lie has betrayed Forney as he betrayed
Brodcrick; but Foruey, who has keeper in
| sight than himself intu the events Of the day,
nut only refuses to follow him. but draws the
veil aside from his illogical aud rccrcant con-
duct.
We have been betrayed into this brief dieres-
sion about Douglas by the late connection
which prevailed between hin, and better man,
10 whose fate NC canpot help reyerting. How
much lie WIS esteemed is apparent from the
demonstrations which the news Of his death
evoked. The flags Of the vessels in tic harbor
were hung at half must; the road between the
place where he lay and San Francisco was con-
tinually crowded with the citizens anxious to
learn lis condition, while the deepest feeling
pcrradcd the entire community.
hut his blood will not sink into the ground
without producing results. 1t will rise on the
wings Of terrible retribution. The fell party,
on whose head it is-who have to account for
it as we'll as for rSumner's-shull gather the har-
rest Of wrath and vengeance which their crimes
have sown, while the cause for which these Sem
ators hare been stricken down shall continue to
prosper in the hearts Of the people.
Murder and IynchlnG Mt Mound City,
Correspondence Missouri Rc5ublcan.1
CAtRo. ILL.,, October 10, 1854.
A horrible case of murder aud lruchinc has
Eately occurred at Mound City, in Pulaski couu-
t., Of which have not get received full partic-
u'ars, but give the facts as have heard them.
The murder occurred last Saturday night. 4
man named Vaughan, who is said to be notorious
Us il despcrado, was on spree, in company with
motder, whose name l have not heard, EN-.
p!oFel in GOo1locs foundry. In the course Of
their drinking they fell il with another young
man, carpenter By trade. 4 dispute arose be-
tween Eaughan's companion and The carpenter,
which led to flight between them. The carpenter
appeared to be getting the better Of the other,
which Vaughan perceiring, drew pistol and
shot him through the heart, killing him Instant
II. Vaughan then fed, and crossed the river to
kentucky. Yesterday he was pursued by Cap
tain c. II. Ferrill and others, who came up with
him as be was sitting BY the side of road, on
the kcntuky side. lie was armed with shot
gun, which he presented at the comers, aud
Threatened to shoot, but Capt Fer1ill neverthe-
less went up to him, arrested him, ard took him
back to Mound City, where he was put in tue
calaboosc, to awnit an examination. Last night
about two hundred Of the citizens Of Mound
City assembled, proceeded to the jail, took out
the murderer, gave him fifteen minutes to say
his prayers, and then hung him up until be was
dead. The foundrymau was also threatened,