The Placer herald., 1859-02-12

then, according to the showing that Senators have
made, Broderck placed Gwin in position to
perpetrate these wrongs, to practice these pecuia
tons which he is accused Of, and to receive those
bribes which we hear he takes Hence II the ar
gument amounts to anything it initiates against
their own great leader.
The Senator from Y Yoo is loud in his praise of
our present able and worthy Governor, Hon. Jno.
B. Weller-he commends his administrative quail
tiles and expresses his unbounded subtraction at
the success which have attended our State ad-
minstration since Col. Weller has been lts chlei'
In all this agree with the Gentlemal Netner
upon this floor, or elsewhere, will he and more
hearty and determined supporter o. these ideas
of his Judgment thus announced. thf.n myself, be-
cause | believe that the present Executive OF the
State and those who compose his cabinet counsel
ors have been faithful to the Responsiveness con-
nected with their.places. l.,,
Rut does not the Senator know that Mr.. Brod-
erick and lis friends were opposed TO the NOM
ination of Col Weller for the office OF Governor,
and would if he could. have deprived the people
of his services in the chair of state? And is it
so long since the Senatorial election OF 1856, that
gentlemen should be unmndful of the facts that
Mr.. Broderick (by the Senator's own shoWlng)
defeated COL Weller for the U. S. Senate, by
electing, fostng upon the people that desperate
and unscrupulous politician W. NJ Gwln mus IL
seems that the Senator is not only inconsistent
but that his great chief had the will and came
near falling under his most severe condemnation.
It is said. also, that Senator Broderck has been
followed through his California life by the most
unrelenting persecution. That even his birth ana
the circumstances of his youth have been brought
to bear against him as charges. Sir, the clrcum-
stances that surrounded my early youth are not
such as to lead me to ndorse charge OF that
kind against any person in the world. L have
great sympathy with the man who has emerged
from poverty and from adverse circumstances IN
life and that makes himself a position before the
country | know. sir something OF the dlftculties
which he necessarily must encounter. And l
think sir that the boy who, overcoming poverty,
who rising under adverse circumstances, who'
bun'etted with his own single arm the adverse
waves that surrounded him, obtains education
obtains position, is fortunate enough to obtain
the confidence of the people, and secures honor
and place. is deserving Cf all praise. hold, also,
that he who is born in palace, rocked IN sthe
lap of luxury. if you will, and rises to manhood
with proper and not inflated sense OF his own
Importance just appreciation OF the rights
of his fellow men-I think, sir, such a man as
that when he follows out the true dictates OF
manhood, when he displays justice and charity,
is also deserving Of great praise In contempla-
ting these things have been led to adopt the
homely old adage that
Honor and fame, from no condition rise,
Act we'll your part, there all the honor lies" !"
am not demagogue enough to say that be-
cause man has struggled through poverty to be
a man of position, that he is therefore better
than a gentlemen equally worthy and in an
equally worthy position, who did not rise to it
through poverty and gloom. | think that while
the one schooled in adversely may exhibit more
firmncss and capacity to push his way through
the world, the other shows superior Judgment
derived from the circumstances that surround
however
that no man who posses the virtues deserving OF
place and honor will ever when he is in exalted
position so far do violence to his own character
as to utter when standing in the presence OF the
world and acting in Il measure as the teacher OF
Younger men and youth as dogma that infamous
saving "Gold is King But it seems that differ
somewhat from the young Senator who repre-
sents the great State of California in the United
S. Senate, because he has had this matter under
adviscment. Now let us see what he says about it.
Mr. Anderson said he read from the great fustian
effort of the Senator (Brodcrick,O which bore a
remarkable resemblance to the police reports OF
New York. [laughter]
Il am. sir, with one exception. the youngest in
years of the Senators upon this floor. 1t is not
long since | served an apprenticeship of five
years at one of the most laborious mechanical
trades pursued by man--a trade that from its ma
turc dcvotes it's follower to thought but debarS
him from conversation. would not have allud
ed TO tnS. III III were not lOr tue REMARKS Ol lnc
Senator from South Carolina; and the thousands
who know that | am the son of an artisan and
have been mechanic would feel disappointed in
me if did not reply to him. am not prOud Of
this. am sorry tbs true. | would that ] could
have enjoyed the pleasures of life in my boy
hood days, but they were denied to me. | say
this with pain. IhaUe not the admiration 70,
the men Of the class from Whence | spruns
that might be erpected; they submit too tamely
| Qp0lpct tlel
| rights and duties as citizens"
| But said Mr.. A., Mr.. Broderick differs from
his admirers for he says: 81 am not proud of thi
Il am sorry it is true Does he said Mr.. A.
respect the burden which he bore in his youth
No, he does not. How then, can his admirer
they say when other persons cast such reflection
that they do him injustice since be says he i
sorry that this state Of facts surrounded him il
his youth-that he is not proud of it?
lie divides the people into classes and castes
and de6antly spurns the 0rder from which h
sprung.
He says (further aong) my election was 10
the result of an accident" and | agree entrel.
with hint was not the result of an accident
it was well planned. For years he says he ha
struggled for it against men of his own class. o
being always kept down by men of his own class
Then he says he has mo admiration for the me
of his class" Sir do not agree with Mr.. Brod
erlck. or any man who makes such remarks III
matter of this kind. Thus much for the earl
youth and education of 'the brave young Senf
tor from California"
Now. sir, it is asked what has Mr. Broderic
done? "Why has he been prosecuted and follow
ed by relentless persecution" l deny that ther
is any persecution in these resolutions The
censure him that is true. And | conceive if ther
is a man in this world that the State of Californi
should censure, it is David c. Broderck. Sir, hi
history is connected with the frauds and ueCulf
tions of Government in California, from it's inceT
tion up to the very day of his election. He wa
in the State Senate at its first session in 1851
He had the power and the influence to varlt q
once into the chair of the President; but he d
not have the influence, or at least did not eXercis
it to check the legislation which has proved so il
furious to the State of Calityrnia at that sessio