The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-07-23
The Record.

Mr.. BrCderlck, IN ms PlaceFvllo speech,
stated, says the Sacramento Standard, that
lie took an active part in public matters, and
that his votes were recorded as portion of
the legislative history of the State, and at
the same time challenged a scrutiny of his
acts. mo thieving or corrupt measure"
added the orator, designed to rob the treas
ury, ever received support or countenance
from me-" 1t is exceedingly probable that
the gauntlet which Mr.. Broderick has
thrown down will be readily taken up, and
that, before many weeks have elapsed, he
will not be the individual to exclaim:
LAY on Macduff,
A nd damned be he who first cries hold, enough"
1t is a species of warfare which would not
have been dreamt of if Mr.. Broderick had
not suggested it himself. The idea of search
ing the records for the purpose Of proving
Mr.. Broderick corrupt politician, traitor
to the best interests of The State, of which
he, in an evil hour, became the representa-.
tive, would have been regarded as ridiculous,
had it not been for the challenge which has
been made. 1t may look somewhat like an
effort to prove a set-evident axiom, but Mr..
Broderck will have it to the fN. That he
has enriched himself by unworthy means
and impoverished the State, nineteen-twenti.
e,hs of the whole population of California
believe, as firmly as that they themselves
exist. Lock at the condition of the State,
to-day Does it occupy the same position
as when he and his followers clutched her by
the throat, and were sucking out her very
life blood! Is there no significance in the
hundreds Of thousands of dollars in hard cash,
which the weekly balance sheets of our
worthy Treasurer exhibit in such healthy
columns! From the breaking of the rule of
David @. Broderick and his followers, the
prosperity of the State is to he dated.
On the subject of the record, the San Jose
Tribune very quietly inquiries whether or not
the celebrated State Prison Bill of 1852, by
which some one million and half of dollars
were transferred to the pockets Of the con-
tractors, would come under the head of
''thieving bills and corrupt measures"
at has certainl y been very fashionable so
TO class it. This bill passed the Senate,
April 26, 1852, by a vote of ten to six. Mr.
Broderick voting in the affirmative. Of sim.
liar suspicious odor were the several bills
to increase unconstitutionally the State debt,
which were passed at various periods in 1850.
For instance, on February 18th, the law ap-
propriatng $3.50 900 for the expenses of the
Governments for small portion of the fiscal
year ending June 1t, 1850, and also an ad-
ditional sum of s25O,OOO to defray part of
the expenses Of the Government, from the
first of July $780, passed the Senate in
double quick time, by suspension of the
rules, Mr.. Broderick voting in the affirma-
tive. Also, on the 10th of February, the
bill authorizing the creation of a debt of one
million of dollars, the credit of the State
pledged therefore, was disposed of in the
same way, Mr.. Broderick voting for it,
And again, on the LIST Of May, Mr.. Broder-
lex being then President Of the Senate,
$500, 900 was appropriated in the same man.
ner, Mr.. Broderck again voting in the affirm
alive. On the other hand, when the $500
OOe funding bill was before the Senate, April
25th, 1851, psoviding for the security of the
State creditors and the extinction of the debt.
Mr.. Broderick voted in the negative. The
bill passed, however, by vote Of eight to
two. But enough on this head.'
GE The other day, while the Broderick
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