Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-03
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"TRIRTT MLLlIoN CORRUPTION Fem.
David G. Frederick charges that the proposed
appropriation Of CSC, 0OO, 600 towards the pur-
chase Of C0ba, was sought for 70 place IN
"immense CORRUPTION fund ct the disposal Of
the President for political purposes;" and
over this alleged fact he raises an immense
clAtter and expends vast deal Of indignation,
which is unbecOming 10 Senator and not
necessary to notice. That his assertion is ut.
terly false, that he knew II to be 90, and that
be made Il purpoaely to deceive, We have the
proof The reports Of the committees in both
Houses Of Congress, TO which the subject was
reicFrcd-committees composed Of the ablest
and purest statesmen 10 the UniOn-and the
bill ITSELF al stamp the charge e false, and
show that the appropriation was to be made
aud used az part Of The price 70 be paid In
the event Of purchase Of the Island. The
bill specially declares that the money is to be
paid only on the condition that the treaty oil
purchase, "when signed by the authorized
agents Of the two governments, and duly rati.
aed by the government Of Spain, sh0U call .JoT
the expenditure Of the same, or any part there.
Of" Not one cent Of the appropriation could
be expended for different purpose. This is
sufficient to show that BrOderick's charge is
gross libel, made up out Of whole cloth. Il
Is sufficient to show that he is wofully igno-
rant Of the provisions Of tho bill, against which
he voted, or that be deliberately misreprcsent-
ed IT, and stepped out Of his way to slandes
pure statesmen and the Democratic party.
Perhaps Il may not be amiss to enlighten
the stupid Senator little, 40 his ignorance re.
fleets discFedit on the intelligence Of his con.
stituents. The bill which he SO stupidity and
mAliciouSly calls thirty million corruption
fund.-" and which his equally stupid organs
yelp 30 much about strictly defines the pur.
pose to which the money is to be applied, and
leaves less 10 the discretion Of the President
than was done in either Of the cases Of the
purchase Of louisiana, Florida or the territory
obtained Of Mexico. The bills which contem.
plated the first two named purchases, did moi
name the specific object The act under
which Louisiana was purchased, placed two
millions OF dollars at the Presidents disposal,
for the purpose of defraying any " cxtraordin.
airy expense which may be incurred in the
intercourse between the United St1tcS and
foreign nations" The act under which Flor.
ida was purchased. made the same appropri.
alton in the same language; and the act in
relation to the Mexican purchase, contained
the same language and conditions as that pro.
posed in reference to Cuba. Therefore, there
was no reasonable objection to the terms ard
conditions Of the bill. Il was lcft for Broder-
ick to discover, with his superior sagacity and
giant intellect, that tho bill for the purchase
Of Cuba was fraud, . swindle. intended sole
ly to place an "immense corruption fund at
the disposal Of the President for political pur.
poSea." And the bill for this corruption
fund Slidsll introduced, Crittenden Endorsed,
Douglas sanctioned, and Davis, Mason and
other distinguished and patriotic Senators I'D.
vOcated And yet BrodeFick has the stupid
ity and bascneSS to brand such noble men, the
pride and glory Of our country. as in famous :
For every man who knowingly votes for or
approves Acorrupt measure must be infamous.