The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-02
Politics in California -.Exciting Ca
vass.

The political canvass in California has
become unusually exciting and personal.
The two principal stump speakers are Sena-
tors Gw1N and BRoDER1cK.-the first
Buchanan, and the second Douglas Demo-
crat.
Senator BRoDER1cK having charged DR.
GwIN and Hon. M. S. LATHAM, administra-
ton candidate for Governor, with corruption,
fraud, etc., LATHAM replied in scathing
speech. Subsequently Senator GwIN also
replied to the charge.
We give an extract from DR.. Owns
speech to show the spirit in which the
pending campaign is being conducted. The
speech of DR.. GwIN was delivered at Eureka
on the 23d of July:
AS to Broderick's remarks about the
Senatorial election, they are a tissue of
falsehoods from beginning to end. I know
the main portion of his statements about
Latham to be false Latham was victim
to Broderick's villainy in that contest.
Under garb of friendship he concerted
conspiracy against me that is without
parallel in this or any other State. He
deceived me and tried to ruin me; but l
turned upon him and his minions, and will
pursue them as long as live. l acknow.
ledge with shame, that, for time, I was
deceived by him and l am willing to atone
for it in sackcloth and ashes. To suppose he
was my friend, was, of itself, degradation
that nothing but the passion engendered by
bitter contest could justify. He intended
to defeat my nomination, while protesting
to be my friend, to the very moment when
it was made in caucus. After his schemes
had.failed, he attempted to destroy me. l
have abundant proof of these facts, and had
prepared them for publication in Washington
City two years ago last spring. He heard
of it, and like cowardly hound, begged
for quarter. l was persuaded then to drop
it by his solemn promise that he would
publish an address to the people of this
State, contradicting the vile ISLANDERS he had
concocted against me. He then had some
hopes of being respected member of the
Senate, and he knew that on the publication
of the facts had collected, he should be
disgraced man.
Now he has hopes; he is Infamous in
trying by falsehood and Misrepresentation
TO bring down others to his level. He also
:bates the Democratic party, whose repre-
sentatives in the State Legislature have
branded him as the most Infamous man that
ever sat in the Senate hence his falsehoods
about Latham, our nominee for Governor,
and his attempt to shift the controversy
from me to him to injure his election. But
this shall not avail him. am no candidate,
and the contest between US is personal, and
outside of the party contests of the day.
He does not in his speech attempt to dis
guise the fact that he was prostituting the
high Office that had just been conferred upon
him, to monopolize the Federal patronage
to pay his electioneering debts whilst it is
false that intended, by any act of mine, to
say or do more than to abstain from the
contest OF the Federal Offices in this State,
as had said thousand times before had
any intercourse with him.
He acknowledged be was in the market.
His own election in my opinion, was
brought about by promises he never in
tended to perform, aud other base acts that
no one else would ever have resorted to.
He challenged me to this discussion. We
will see if he will challenge me again to
meet him after what I have said of him to-
night, for me to expose to his face his rob-
berries on the State and San Francisco
treasures, whence he got the plumber funds
that he collected to spend, as he says, in
favor of the Democratic party, but in fact
to procure bis election to the Senate by
bribery and corruption. The attacks of
such man fall harmless at my feet.
We have served two years together in
the Senate. He has returned home dis
graced and dishonored, while hold my po-
sition in the party that elected me, Of which