Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-07
SPEECH OF DAVID c. BRoDERICK
At Red Bluff, on Saturday Evening, July
3Ofh.
[PhOnOgraphioally reported for the Union ]

| Dr' NOlCc was Nominated ana elected PreSi-
dent
MIR. BRoDERIcK on being introduced to the
audience was greeted with three cheers
He said-Mr President and fellow citizens of
Tehama: am glad to see so many of you
present this evening; l am pleased to notice
the large number of ladies who are assembl.
ed upon the balconies above me. l am here
for the purpose of justifying all my acts since
l have represented you in the United States
Senate. | am not here for the purpose of
taking any notice of the vile SANDERS that
have been promulgated against me since
commenced this canvass by the Lecompton
canvassers Since last addressed the peo-
pie of Shasta on last evening, have receiv-
ed report of the speech of DR.. Gwin, deliv
cred at Yreka. 1t was published in full in
the Sacramento UNION of yesterday. l have
been waiting for it, fellow citizens, for the
purpose of examining it and ascertaining
whether there was anything new in it. Up
on careful examination find that he has
given but rehash of his former speeches.
of his speeches made at Grass Valley and
Forest Hill. 1 shall take no notice of the
blackguard charges he has made against me :;
| will give him an opportunity at no distant
day, to settle his private grievances in anoth.
er way if he is disposed to make an attack
upon me- If Dr. Gwin has one half the man.
illness which he boasts to you of possessing
he will have good reason to resent the affront
which intend giving him. | shall relate
the whole story of his iniquity; of his base
treachery towards you l shall speak of his
utter worthlessness of character; his unrelia-
bility of word his sneaking manner of acting.
Then he can have recourse to such remedy
as he deems most proper l intend to seal
home all my accusations brought against him,
so that he shall not dare to whimper away
from them. l am under the impression that
in so doing l am performing a needed public
service; and that in the mode by which
contemplate discharging this duty shall
evince only this belief, unconnected with
gross feelings of personal revenge Last eve
ming | addressed the people of Shasta at
length an exciting debate ensued, which
lasted until near one o'clock this morning;
am consequently very much fatgued and in
competent to address you at length this eve
ming. 1t would afford me great pleasure if
there is any gentleman who will come upon
this stand and undertake to defend this ad-
ministration in any of its principal acts. Dr.
Gwin, in his Weaverville speech, says that if
one should club me it would do no good, and
by killing me | should be made martyr
| confess | am not partial to the reception of
a clubbing, and l would prefer to live and
become a Hero, rather than die and be n
Martyr. Great laughter and applause. -
But, fellow citizens, be not alarmed; | shall
live long time before DIR. Gwin deprives
me of life or attempts a clubbing exercise
upon me. Why, he has skulked from every
county where made a visit Laughter -
He is continually telling that commenced a
personal attack upon him, whereas the fact
is, that treated him very gently until
heard of his scurrious speech at Forest Hill
Then followed with few plain remarks at
La Porte, which excited him SO much as to
cause him to make a very sorry exhibition
of himself at Yreka and elsewhere. | find
upon examining his speech at Yreka that he
has justified his course on the Lime Point af
fair-the purchase of that property for forti
hcations that he attacks me for neglect in
regard to the Overland Mails; that during
the last session of Congress advocated the
reduction of the salaries of the Government
officeholders that l had been censured by
the Legislature as no Senator had ever been
eensured before. These assertions he has
made before; now he repeats them in some
sort of connection. As it is well known that
at another time ard place intend talking of
these matters in detail-of DR.. Gwin's and my
own relative position in regard to them-I
will briefly allude to them to night | have
| spoken of them before in manner which has
received no reply. | wish to call Your at
tention to a subject which Dr. Gwin has
dwelt upon in all his speeches-that l charg
ed corruption upon the Government, or the
Government officers, in the Lime Point affair
l here cite an extract from the Globe record
giving the remarks which made upon this
matter They are very brief, and by reading
them to you will convince you that | said
nothing derogatory to the character of the
officers of the Government; on the other
hand, that complimented the Secretary of
War. DR.. Gwin told you that he offered Il
resolution in the Senate for the purpose of as
certaining if there had been any fraud at
tempted and that upon careful examination
by the Military Committee they reported
that the Secretary of War was not guilty of
any fraud or attempt rat fraud. During the
past session of the last Congress, asked the
Senate to take from the table bill introduc
ed by Benjamin, of Louisiana to condemn
this property, so that the Government could
expend the proposed appropriation of $780,
900 in the actual erection of Notifications up
on Lime Point | said See Congressional
! Globe Dr. Gwin has told the people of
California, wherever he has addressed them,
that denounced the Secretary of War for
being a party to this fraud. You can see
that such a statement was devoid of truth.
Mr. Broderiek proceeded to give a history
of the Lime Point affair, and to relate his ac.
tion in regard to the Overland Mails, aud the
Kansas Bills. DR.. Gwin asserts that | bit
terly opposed an appropriation of $4,000,
urged for the purpose of removing the chill
dren of persons who had been massacred by
the Indians at Mountain Meadows l have
with me the debate which occurred when
this appropriation was asked for 1t is true,
that at first did oppose the appropriation,
for l had been informed before the matter
was mooted in the Senate that it was gotten
up for the purpose of enriching two or three
men, who wanted to traverse this State be-
fore they went to Salt Lake on their proper
errand. After listening to the remarks of MIR.
Johnson. of Arkansas. to which State the
children were to be removed, withdrew my
opposition, and the bill passed. 1t appears
\ after it did pass, that General Denver, Super
intendent Of Indian Affairs, without the
Knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior,
employed two men, by the name of Smith
and Med, to proceed on this mission
These two gentlemen started from Washing
ton with $4,000 in their possession; enjoyed
themselves vastly upon the passage-at least,
so | have been informed-and were so untOr-
tunate at the gaming table as to lose all the
money which was given to them for the pur
pose of defraying their expenses from San
Francisco to Salt Lake. After they left Wash
ington, the Secretary of the Interior ascer-
tanned that this money had been given to
these two parties without consulting him.
He Immediately revoked the order sent to
Salt Lake. | have the remarks with me-
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