The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-09-07
Gwin on Broderick.

Dr.. Gwin has fairly opened upon his sena-
torial colleague, Broderick, in style which
must be anything but agreeable to the latter.
Broderick, it will be recollected, was one of
the Douglas body-guard in the Lecompton
struggle, and in following the example of the
Illinois traitor he joined issue with DR.. Gwin
about the public sentiment of the State they
represented, and their duty as Senators; and
thus the quarrel began. 1t has been trans
ferred from the Senate to the hustings, and
DR.. G. is handling the apostate in style of
which the subjoined is specimen. When in
New York, Broderick was famous as a bruiser
in the precincts of the Bowery, and put on the
airs of bully after he went to California but
now since he has encountered Southern an
tagonist like DR.. Gwin, of unquestioned
pluck, he proves to be nothing but mere
dunghill bantam-a cock that crows but wont
fight:
GAS to Broderick's remarks about the SEN
atorial election, they are tissue of falsehoods
from beginning to end. know the main por-
ton of his statements about Latham to be
false. Latham was victim to Brodericks
villainy in that contest Under garb friend
ship he concerted a conspiracy against me that
is without parallel in this or any other State
He deceived me and then tried to ruin me !;
but l turned upon him and his minions, and
will pursue them as long as live | ac-
knowledge with shame, that, for time, Twas
deceived by him; and l am willing to atone
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was my friend was, of itself, a degradation
that nothing hut the passion engendered by a
bitter contest could justify. He intended to
defeat my nomination, while protesting to be
my friend, to the very moment when it was
made in caucus. After his schemes had failed
he attempted to destroy me. I have abundant
proof of these facts, and had prepared them
for publication in Washington city two years
ago last spring. He heard of it, and, like a
coacardly hound, begged quarter. I was per-
suaded then to drop it by his solemn promise
that he would publish an address to the peo-
pie of this State, contradicting the vile slam
ders he had concocted against me. He then
had some hopes of being respected member
of the Senate, and he knew that on the publi-
cation of the facts had collected he would
be disgraced man. Now he has hopes he
is Infamous in trying, by falsehood and mis-
representation, to bring down others to his
level. He also hates the democratic party,
whose representatives in the State legislature
have branded him as the most infamous man
that ever sat in the Senate hence his false
hoods about Latham, our nominee for Cover
nor, and his attempt to shift the controversy
from me to him to injure his election. But
this shall not avail him. | am no candidate,
and the contest between us is personal, and
outside of the party contests of the day. He
does not in his speech attempt to disguise the
fact that he was prostituting the high office that
had just been conferred upon him to monopo-
lize the federal patronage to pay his election
eering debts whilst it is false that intended,
BY any act of mine, to say or do more than
to abstain from the contest for the federal Off
ces in this State, as l had said thousand
times before | had any intercourse with
him.
"He acknowledges he was in the market -
His own election will, in my opinion, be proved
to have been brought about by promises he
never intended to perform, andOther base acts
that no one else would have resorted to.
'He challenged me to this discussion. We
aoiH see If he aoiH chaltarge me again to meet
him, after what have said of him tonight,
for me to expose to his face his robberies on
the State and San Francisco treasures, whence
he got the plunder-funds that he collected to
spend, as he says, in favor of the democratic
party but, in fact, to procure his election to
the Senate by bribery and corruption. The
attacks of such man fall harmless at my
feet.
"We have served two years together in the
Senate. He has returned home disgraced and
dishonored while hold position in the party
that elected me of which any man may be
proud He will slander and lie upon me
It is his vocation, and has been that Of his
minions for years but will survive it now,
as have heretofore The more he abuses the
more firmly will hold the confidence OF my
constituents"