The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-11-01
Senator Drodc,icts Accoun, OF EilsaspIf.


Seatof Brodcrick, replying to Senator
lammonds mud sill speech, said;
j sir, am glad that tha Senator has
spoken thus. /. may have the effect d
arcusng in the working men tha. spnit
which has been lying dormant for Gcntu
ries. 1t may also have the effect Of srous
Ing che two hundred thousand men, who
are now degladed and despised by thirty
thousand aristocratic shareholders. l. may
teach them 10 demand what Is tie power.
"Lnkd with success assumed and kept Will,
s.il,
That monlds another. weakness 10 lis viii,
Wis!ds with their bands, bat slill TO thsn Gn
known,
Makes even thcitmishti tie.sdeeL.ar his 2wn,'
II suppose, sir, Tie Senator from South
Carolina did not intend to be personal ia
his remarks TO ary Of his peers upon this
floor. If | had thought - | would lavo
noticed them A. the limo. nm, ,ir, with
one exception, the youngest in years Of ;h,
Senators upon this floor. 1t is not lon.
.uco | served an apprenticeship Of Eve
years ~ ore Of The most laborious mechan
zeal trades pursued 10y man-G trade that.
from its nature, tGvotcs its follower t.
thought but deba.s him from conversation.
l woald not have alluded to this II i. wero
uu. fnr the remarks Of tho Senator from
South CarJlns anl .ho thousands who
kaov ilIat Gm the son Of az arti=an, aud
nave been "a mechanic, would tucl iisgp
poin,ct in mo RI did not reply TO lim.--
! au proud oi j. / AZ sorry it i, true.
would that could have cuj pycd ths
pleasures Of life in my bryhool days; bat
they wore denied 10 me. Say this viii,
pain.
hare noi The admiration rr the mes
Of the class from whauce / spraug tia:
might be expected; they submit too llmo-
y t. oppression, aad are prone 70 neel:et
their rights and duties rs citizens But
sir the class of society to whose toll |
was born, under our form Of government
viii control she d, s,inr7 Of this nation. ff
were inclined 10 forget my connection
with th1m, or to deny that sprang from
them, this chamber would not he the plsos
in which | could ID either. While I hold
a s,nt here | have bat to look at the hcau-
!iful capitals adorhug the piIastcs that
support This roof to be reminded OF my
fathers talent, nnd to sec his haudiwofk
left the scene. Of my youth aud man
hood for the Far West because | was
tirnd Of tho sttugelca anl jraIouscs Of
m,u e my class, who could not under
stand why one of their fellows should aees
- elevate his condition above the common
level. made my new abode among
Strangers, where labor ia honorcd. / had
left without regret there remained no tie
OF blood to bind me TO nnv being in cxis-
teacc. II fell in the struggle for repu.a-
ton and fortune, there was 10 relative on
cnth to mourn my fail. The people II
California clcyat i me To tho highest Of.
fec within their gh. Ny election WA
not the result Of an accident For years |
had to struggle, often seeing the goal n
ambition within my reach; was ngain
aud again taken from ne by the aid n
my own class had not only them 70
contend with, but almost tho entire palti-
xan press Of my State was subsidized by
Government money aud patronage to op-
pose my election. | sincerely hope, sir,
the timc will come when such speeches as
that from the Senator from South Caro-.
iua will be considered lesson TO the Ia
borers Of the nation