Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-06-16
SENATOR OWNS LETTER.

ID another column Of the DEMoeRAT, to-day. will
Be found . most interesting letter from Senator
0win on the subject of the Overland Route twas
written in response to q cominun icaton and memo
rial transmitted to Senator Gwn drafted By George
Gordon and others claiming to be Calfornians, tenn
porsViy in the City Of New York. at the date Of the
communication alluded to- 1t will be remembered
BY some Of our readers, that at the time when the
news Of the transmission Of the aforesaid memorial
70 Senator Gwin reached California and the letter
Of Gordon appeared in the BuL%tin Of May 23rd
the opposition preSs exulted over this, o. they
thoaRht new aud powerful stack upon that gentle.
mau. 1t was even intimated, il not declared. that
be bad caught . Tartar" in the person Of the 40
sOmplished and photographic George Gordon. II
was asserted that the entire memorial q eOmpo-
stion scarcey covering the most delicate and pun
gent sarcasm. It was almost prophesed that the
nszt dash Of the destructive pen Of the direiul Cor
don or Gorgon. would demolish the robust Senator;
or, else, all these innuendoes prophecies, &c.
based upon the communication from the redoubtabe
George himself, which appeared 10 the San Francis.
co Bulletin Of May eSrd. We have forgotten, at
this moment, which il was originated the vulgar
abuse OF the opposition press,-ths memorial or the
Gordon letter. But this point 10 immaterial; we
remember the abuse.
How stands the case nowf Il seems the dread.
full memorial, &e was nothing more than welt.
worded, proper-toned document,-and that all the
tsrrors which it concealed were nothing more than
the petty devils of malicious imsginings, having
birth and coming TO a speedy death, only in the
heated brains Of the enemies OF Senator Gwiu
The correspondence, as published, discloseS,-
tnat 90 far from the memorial &C., haV ing been de.
signed for "a palpable hit" at Senator Gwin BY its
authors,-they declare, in 90 many words, that
Its matter OF regret that the committee only learned
To-Day Of the deep interest have taken the Pony
you'd have been glad to have incorporated their adj.
cree TACT % pleasing to your constituents. With the
copy "heh goes to California, Vill DO announced"
"ln the answer to the Committee" it will be fur.
ther seen' that the memorial was not regarded BY
ne recipient as at all offensive in its style or matter
discriminating this unmistakablc showing Of the
nisconstructiou placed upon the memorial BY the
opposition press, rctracton Of their foul nsinua.
lions has been or will be made. On the contrary,
the work Of defamation will still 70 on.
No candid man can read the plain statement Of
facts made BY Senator Gwiu, without being COM
PEELED TO the admission. that be is earnestly devoted
70 the contamination Of overland communication
and opposed to the further employment Of the Pa.
CHG MAIL steamship Company as an agent Of the
government for the conveyance OF the U. S. mails
Nor from the antecedcnts Of I. c. Woods, In Cali.
Sornia, can much, if any, doubt exist that his ma,
neuverS have been accurately described BY Senator
Gwin. Yet that inscriptions foe to Democracy
and universal libeler of common decency, the Sac.
ramento Union, Of the llth inst contained the fol.
lowing low paragraph. aimed at the author of the
letter upon which we are now commenting:
OWNS LErrER.-We print to-day letter from Sen
ator Gwin on Overland Mails in which he proeaims his
friendship for the same. From his previous course,
and from the breadth and of his proposed
~s doubt bis good faith his judgment. He to
Dc Nyiug to make seapegoat Of I. c. Woods.
1t 10 true such ISLANDERS are so indigenous to the
columns Of the Cnion that its character as journal
can only be sustained by their constant rsprodue.
ton. And it is possible that sound judgment might
dictate that they should be passed by in scuce and
contempt But, occasionally, one must kick over
the cur that barks at his heels although conscious
that the brute is incapable Of biting The noise Is
annoying But. in the language of the immortal
n. P. Banks, "let the (Sacramento) onion slide"
We advise our readers to peruSe the correspond.
euce to which We have referred. carefully and decide
for themselves upon its merits and the business OF
our structures.