The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-10-18
ssy- Senator Hammond Of South Caro-.

eay- Senator Hammond of South Caro-
lima in the heat of the Lecompton debate,
made speech replete with insult TO the free
laborng masses Of the Northern States
The lamented Broderick replied to that
speech in the following words: AZ q
Mr. BIoderick said: I" Il, sir, am glad that
the Senator has spoken thus. Ii may have
the effect of arousing in the workingmen
that .pirit which has been lying dormant
for centuries. Ii may also have the effect
of arousing the two hundred thousand men,
with pare SKINS i'm South Carolina, who
are now degraded and despised by thirty
thousand aristocrstic slave-holders. Ii may
teach them to demand what is the power
Liuk'd with success, assumed and Kept with SKILL
That moulds another's weakness 10 its will -a
wieids with their hands, but. still TO Them. un-
known, t -.
Makes even their mightiest deeds appear bis own"
IL suppose, sir, the Senator from South
Carolina did not intend TO be personal in his
remarks TO any of his peers upon the floor.
Ii had thought so would have noticed
them at the time. ] am, sir, with one ex-
eeption, the youngest in years OF the Seua-
tors upon this floor. IL is not long since
served an apprenticeship of five years at one
of the most laborious mechanical trades pur-
sued by man-a trade that, from its nature,
devotes its follower to thought, but debars
him from conversation" -s.f
would not have alluded to this If il were
not for the remarks of the Senator from
South Carolina; and The thousands who
know that am the son of an artisan, aud
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pointed in me if did not reply to him. 4
am not proud of this. am sorry il is true.
| would that | could have enjoyed the pleas
ures of life in my beyhood days; but they
were denied to me. | say this with pain.
] have not the admiration for the men OF the
class from whence sprang that might be
expected; they submit too tamely to Op-
preston, and are prone to neglect their
rights and duties as citizens. But, sir, the
class of society to whose toll | was born, un-
der our form Of government, will control
the destinies. of this nation. If L were i'm
clined to forget my connection with them, or
to deny that sprang from them, this cham
Der would not be the place in which could
do either While | hold seat here have
but to look at the beautiful capitals adorn-
ing the pilasters that support this root to he
reminded of my fathers talent, and To see
his handiwork. i-a. "a. i. l.l af .tf ,nts
| al left the scenes of my youth and man.
hood, for the Ear West because was
tired of the struggles and jealousies Of men
OF my class, who could not understand why
one of their fellows should seek TO elevate
his condition above the common level i
made my new abode among strangers, where
! labor is honored | had ief: without regret
! there remained no tie of blood to bind me
| To any being in existence. Ii fell in the
struggle for reputation and fortune, there
was 20 relative ON earth to mourn my fall.
The people OF California elevated me TO the
highest Office within their gift My election
| was moi the result of an accident. For years
had to struggle, often seeing the goal of
ambition within my reach lit was again and
again taken from me by the aid OF inen OF
my own class | had not only them to con-
tend with, but almost the entire partisan
press of my State was subsidized by Gov
ernmeut money and patronage to oppose
my election. 4 sincerely hope, sir, the time
will come when such speeches as that from
the Senator from South Carolina, viii he
t considered a lesson to the laboreTs of the
nation.
H-9s-- The Mohawk Valley S-niihet, which
has always been AN ardent and enthusiastic
supporter OF the principles of the American
patty. refuses H. adhesion to the ticket made