The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-22
Droderaclk and Duchmman.
From he PhiInde,Dhia Press.


From he PhiIads'phia Press.
Too proud TO make this deliberate person,
slight the basis or war upon the Adminissrs
tion, no man in Washington wAs more espahl
Or wiling to give disintefested and effectiv
support TO the President. No man more gladl
responded to bis promise OF fair play to the pee
i pie OF Kansas, for no man had seen the gre !
1 principle Of Popular Sovereignty more triumph
ant especially Ia its results 10 Che organization
Of the State Of California. But NJ. Buchanan
almost in ! night, turned his back upon IN,
right, denied his pledges to principle, written Il
they are, and we're, al over the campaign o
1856, and in nearly every public document VI
to : certain period in 1857; and when he a,-
tempted 70 make his swn metamorphosis ses
upon his party, NJ. Broderick was found among
the protestants. He raised his voice against thil
guilty act, and declared his resolution never Y
yield up his own honor at the bidding Of The
Executive. ss'fsi t3sas III sa5
Then began . crusade upon this man une <.
amped, as We have said in political annals -
The word vas given to all the organs Of The
Administration, TO show no mercy to the reso>
lutte rebel" Hewas singled out for disgrace
and decapitation. His name was held up before
the people as Kissing and scorn. The ken.
nels were raked for epithets against him. The
most Offensive fAbrications were Published 70
discredit him. Every personal attribute was
denied to him. The fact that be had begun life
without the advantages Of education, was f1rg
into bis teeth, coupled with inconceivable insult
and ignominy. Upstairs taunted him with his
'low birth aud iron fortune" He was In sort
Of social quarantine. He vas pointed at BY the
minions of Office Is traitor, and more than
once threats OF personal violence we're made,
the fulfillment OF which was only prevented by
fa.,t - - ~
to deal with spirit as intrepid a. the principle
he held in his hands was Irresistible. The de.
partments were shut upon him. Although .
Senator from sovereign State, having rights
which could neither be limited nor lessened BY
party lines, he was as steadily excluded from all
participation In the affairs Of the Administration
as if be had sat in the French Assembly. Nor
was his own course in this crisis marked by vio
lence or passion. 1t is TO bis credit, thar, while
be stood almost isolated in the Senate be pre-
served wonderful eauanimiiy and moderation
OF department. No man would have more
heartily rejoiced If the Administration had re-
traced its first false step, and regretted It's cons
tinuance in the path Of wrong
David Q. Broderick has yielded up his life for
a sacred principle. II he had surrendered to the
Establishments Of the Administration, be might
to-day be living among his numerous friends
II was only because he refused to compromise
the truth, and to abandon bis solemn pledges,
that We are called upon to mourn his untlmely
death. Thus has closed pure, beautiful, and
stainless life Thus has fallen the FIRST great
martyr to the political principles OF the cam
paign Of 1889. We ask the arch traitor to those
principles, u, IN his old age, and IN the sunset
Of his life, he can feel that his hands are clear
Of the hearts 6lood. Of DAVID G. BRoDERIcK
The Murder nj BrOdeF Fick-Let the
People Think.
There is cause to regret that there ID no
means OF pnrging the United States Senate 1t
present Of one OF the Representatives from Ca.
liiornia, Broderick-who, however useful he
might be in some other calling, mistook his
vocation as sadly as did the Legislature which
elected him, when he undertook the duties OF
Of Commerce.
Such was the language Of the Journal OF
Commerce. on the day before the death Of
Broderick. Those Of our readers who do not
see the Journal Of Commerce, may not under
stand the significance of this paragraph. That
paper is the organ Of what is called CONVEX
sasion." It is very decent, very moral. and
very Union loving. OF course it is very Demo-
cratic, and very Pro-Slavery. It is the organ or
great bankers. like August Belmont-of great
politicians, like James Buchanan of great cot
ton planters, and great ship owners. In one
word, it is the very quintessence Of cham De-
At the very time when the murder Of
Broderick was contemplated, this organ of law,
order and sound morals was groaning inwardly,
that " there is no means of purging the Senate
OF Broderick. 1t need vail no more the means
we're found. The great demand for those means
brought forth the murderer. The deed is done
DO any of our readers think there is no con-
necton between such a paragraph and such
result? Let them think, then. how great must
have been the bitterness with which Broderick
was pursued, when this staid and decent paper
lets out such aspteful sentiment.
But why should it be important to get rid Of
Broderick! There are worse men in the Senate
than he ever was. The impression was, that
Broderick was one Of the people who had won
position by bis ability and honesty. When
Hammond. Of South Carolina, insolently pre-
sented the contrast between the aristocracy,
raised upon slave labor, and the mud siHs-in
other words, free laborers Of the Free States,
Frederick rerlied, that he was one of those mud
sis, and civily, but plainly told The vaporing
Senator in what relation this laboring class
stood to the strength and prosperity Of this
In the same manner, when one Of the greatest
frauds ever devised among an intelligent people,
was attempted to be carried out, in the name
OF Democracy, Broderick denounced and resist.
ed it. He resisted slavery and corruption, and
had the ability to resist them successfully. This
was the objectionable sin, and he was pursued
to the death.
Let the. people think, before it is too late,
whether the stability and morals Of our country
can long endure the corrupt influences which
have been brought into the government by the
Sham Democracy.-Cncinnat Gazette.