Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-10-28
sar. Broaerich:s Career.

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: David g. Broderick was born in the city
q Washington, in December, 1878, or 1919, CO
f sequently, at the time of his DEATH was abo,
40 or Al years of age. He was of Irish d.
rent g; His father was st ne cut Or, wei
TODD man, who had the contract for supplyin
stone for building the present Capitol, an
worked upon the pillars of the Chamber i
which his son afterwards sat- When Davi
was about or 8 years old, the family remove
to this city, where he was at once sent t
school, in which he acquired an otdinar4 edu
cation. So soon aB be was old enough
he was bound an apprentice to a stone
cutter, with whom he served his time
! (Whcther his father was then alive, is not de
initely known,) During the period of MIR
BIS apprenticeship. as afterwards, he was con
sidered e person Of strong mental characters
tics as well of great physical strength and ac
tivity, and on these accounts he was made tbs
umpire if, all disputes tllst arose among his CO
laborefs and associates.
Soon after attaining The age of manhood
he was elected engineer df Howard Fire Engine
Co., No: 45. While occupying that position
he was much sought after by politicians, anG
he thus became interested in the political ques
! tions Of the daf; and soon acquired great in
| fl,tnce i'll the Ninth Ward, where he became
II recognized power in the Democratic party
His leading atfinities wete then, Sitkles, Hart
! Haskiu ata others of that class of politicians
His political influence rapidly incfeased to such
an extent, that under the administration oi
Tyler, when Mr: Hsti Ness Wis collector Of
customs in this city, Mr. b. acquired the con-
troll and disposition of certain places in the
Custom House, and was instrumental in secu.
ring the Naval Agency for Sarstel Stsdam
MBny ctEer leading politicians at that time
| owe their fortune to the influence of Mr.. B. in
their favor
In ,547 Mr. BFul1eritb ~as candidate for
Congress in the Eth District, in opposition tc
F. A. Tallmadge! In order to defeat Mr. B.
a cabal vas set on foot, which nominated John
Bloodgood az Third candidate The latter
got 1876 votes-just sufficient to secure the
election of Mr.. Tallmadge, Iu l849 becoming
dissatisfied with the coftdition of politics in
this city, and feeling somewhat sodfed by bis
own disappointments Mr.. B. left New York
for California On his arrival there, he imme-
diately commenced the busiess, in connection
with Mi: Frederick y. Kohlei; of stheltiHg
and assaying gold. After brief residence in
California, he +@as selected as a delegate to the
Convention fsltiHh drew up the original Con-
stitutien of the Ststc, and in which body he
was Instrumental iii having the leading features
of ctr StGte Constitution adopted. His course
on that occasiUf vas signall5 bitter in oppo-
sition to Lotteries, banking; &c.
Shortly aftefward and while extensively en-
gagged in business, he retired, in order to serve
short term of two Jes.r5 iii the State Senate
where the integrity OF his coftducC was always
recogf zE2 by his ftiost bitter opponents, while
it was the pride of his friends that no. yote of
his could be found on record on the side where
there was any money distributed. No tolitic-
al spectators ever wanted to get measure
through the Legislature, that they did not first
say to themselves " How shall we overcome
Brodcrick p And such was his influence and
popularity, that he was chosen President Of
the Senate, and, at the conclusion of his term,
on the resignation of the Governer, he was ac-
ting G6Eefnor of the State. In 1855; he con-
ceivei the idea of putting himself in nomina-
ton before the legislature of the State for
Ulfitea States Senator to fill an expected va
cancy, by ScnAtot Gwiu being called to the
Cabinet of PteSi4etlt Pierre, and the legisla-
ture wis thnvasscd iii his iet.aff sitH satisfat
tory results, but the v;l.catttcy did rot otcut 4
During the Legislative sessioti Of 1853, the
friends of Mr.. d. canvassed that tjoEy; with a
view to having him elected to succeed Settstor
Gwin, assuming the principle, thet: hovel. and
for the first time put forth, that Legislature
under the Constitution, IS not prccluded from
electing TIER United States Senators at any
time in advance of the vacancy. After bit
ter aud Prctracted struggle, and q contest
which arosscd and en3bittered the passions
and animosities Of the two rival factions of the
Democratic party in the State, Che Legislature
adjourned. hsving done but little busiue5s be-
side attending TO this quarrel, leaving Mr.. B.
with 4 majority of the House in his favor, and
only one vote lacking in the Senate. Thus
with an aggregate majority IN the Legislature
sufficient to elect him. he was left without pow
ef, the deficient cote in TIC 8filte preveritisg
hitf from gettfHs joint ballot. The subSf-
denice of this storm left bitter. and ranking
leuds. which lasted through Mr.: Brodcricks
career, and resulted in his death.
The effort to elect Mr.. b. was retfe+ed the
following year (1555), but no choice was made
there being two or three candidates in the field
beside Senator Gwin and Mr.. b.; but in 1856
the latter succeeded by Such overwhelming
strength, that he was enabled to dictate who
should be his associate in the Senate for the
short term. In this respect Mr. B. made the
singular selection Of tie man whom he most
hated and for whom he had less respect than
any other man in tie wbrld-which was DR..
Gwin and the motive which governed Mr.. B.
was profound knowledge of retaliation and
revenge-Df. Gwin having always denounced
him most unspairingly at Washington as man
of neither s5ility nor character. Mr.. B. conceie
ed the idea OF forcing DR.. 4Sin to solitit his
election from the man he ha8 pretended to un-
dervalue, and to acknowledge the obligation in
writing, and to bind himself in that written ac-
acknowledgement TO abandon the friends who had
always sustained him, by foregoing the patron
age which Aas due to his position.
In acccrdonce with this arrangement Of OBJ
legation entered into by DR.. Gwin, he publish
ed card to the effect that he was tired of
serving the interests of professed friends, wear
ing out his life for tlem and that he there
fore desired to wash bis hands of all patronage
and cheerfully conceded it all to his associ-
ate.
So scotf as br. Gwin sew on what terms he
had recovered seat in the Senate, and the
disgrace 10 which he would be subjected If his
position became known, he repeatedly sent en-
treaties to Broderck TO obtain possession of the
letter or acknowledgment in question, but
copy of that paper had been taken and shortly
after found its way into print, when the feud
between Gwin and Broderick became more
bitter and irrecorcilable. On arriving from
California together, and on going to Washing
ton, Mr.. B. soon discovered that the Admins
tration had been poisoned against him, and
raG,snd 70 racnnrnizn the r,ronnsad annnintment