The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-12-18
Defeated and nisgrnced.

If w. NJ. Gwin has not tho skin of rhi
noceros and the impddeuce Of a beggar, b
, will quickly sell GU whatever real and person
al property he may own on the soil OF Cali
fornia, accept from the Panama Steamship
Company his last ticket over the route, anC
quit our shores forever The spectacle Of q
United States Senator pressing li- claims Ga
reelection in the face Of such repeated and al
most violent denunciaiionS Of popular disgust
as his appearance has awakened wherever h.
has gone during the late canvass anl !au,r
such a wholesale rn Mi ron of himself anl
lis doctrines, as h. returns Of the rlcat'rir
show, is certainly - Now aul morrifyiug eXli-
btion even for the broad srg of Amcrcan
politics. Bat perhaps W. DO 'hr cast oil
Senator injustice. Perhaps ~ 5lll h. 50 gra.
cious as to- take the last rnmaiuGcr given hy
the people Of California hat his services aro
no longer acceptable to them, anI upon til.
hint retire. We hore So We should dis
like exceedingly to witness the personal insult
and ndisnity which has been cast upon him
at almost every point whore he ha, spoken or
appeared in public, carrie! 10 the extreme
length of Il hostile organi2tiion to remove
him bodily from our sl0les, rs others who
have inflicted less wrong upon society have
been removed before. II We remember right.
" the last departure Of Gwin. ON the steamer
from San Francisco, was rs rcary in the M.
ture Of forcibe election as it could come,
and not have it said that he was actually run
out.of the State. About that memorable aud
execrable time, the valiant aspirant for tho
low chivalry honorS Of Pryor and Iii, class
of bloody minded but bowie knife Southrons
is said to havo calculated tho pious remon.
strauce that Terry had taken away his meat
Amiable and fastdious old gcn,lcmau We
greatly fear tho people Of California have had
a still less delicate regard for your sensibii
ties and necessities and taken away both your
bread and your meat.
The uterancc Of the above savag. speech
provoked hostile challenge from one Of the
friends of Broderick, which Gwn, though
mcat-hungry, found it convenient to avoid by
going on board the steamer bound for Pana.
ma. But Gwin is not always fortunate in
escaping challenges. He was recently chal-
lepged In San Francisco. The invitation was
not to mortal encounter, but to truly loyal
and chiyalrous gentleman tho circumstances
would have been fraught with more burning
moned to mautuin bis reputation according
to the code. We find the following account
of the occurrence, which, however, has already
been noticed in our coums, in tha San Fran
cisco Times Of yesterday;
The Hon VIM. NJ. Gwin, Unite States
Senator from California, offered his vote in
the Seventh District. On his approach to
the polls, Owen Curan, neat lit % Irishman
a Douglas Democrat, challenged the Senator's
vote on the ground that he was not a resident
Of California, but belonged to Mississippi /
Various eXcamations Were heard derogatory
Of the public character of the the distinguish.
ed gentleman, among others, one that he had
lost his right TO vote by defeating the Pacific
Railroad; another, that he lived in Texas.
The Doctor declared that he was Senator
from California, that his name was William
NJ. Gwin, that he come here in lS49, that .
he was United States Senator. All did not
satisfy Curran, who persisted in his challenge,
insisting upon each individual reason urged In
the objections above cited to Gwins compe.
tency. There remained no alternative under
the law but to administer the oath to Dr.
GwIn, AMI he took it accordingly. His vote
'ao bucu uuiblklCu.
We doubt if the political annals of anv .
State in the Union contain anything reflect.
ESQ strongly the deep seated hostility of u
people toward a member OF the United States
Senate as the above incident Gwin and his
friends ay ascribo it to bitter partisan preju.
lice, and raise the cry Of persecution, but it
will not avail This occurrence at the polls
3 the caps .eaf of succession Of insults and .
dnignites Which have been heaped upon the .
Senator from the opening Of tho campaign in
The State in Stockton, to its close on Tuesday
asst. 1t will he remembered that when he
had finished his remarkable opening campaign
peech-remarkable for its failure lie was
before his auditors and challen-
yod, by one Of those nearest to him, to state
wherein hi' Career as United States Senator
had proved benefit rather than a curse to .
California, the crowd waiting in silence his re- !
ply. An eeciionerring tour thas iynomipous.
y begun has ended in disgrace and defeat,
md its closing act of shame aud humiliation f.
IS the fit termination of political career
which, So far as this State i, concerned has
proved one long, weary record Of Injustice,
ion aud perilious abuse Of pow
1r.