The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-06-22
Political.
Where are the Friends of the Lamented
BrOderick

-ippointmem Of Nmderers to Office. The
indianapolis lntellisencer supplies the fol-
lowing list of murderers appointed to office
by President Buchanan:
IS. W. Clark murdered Thomas Barbour
during the Kansas war. by shooting him III
the back. He was made a Purser in the
Navy.
James Gardiner, an ahettor of Clarks. in
that murder, was made Postmaster at Law
renee.
Frederick Emery, who murdered Phillips
at Leavenwortil, and also headed the band
which murdered poor German laborer in
that town, and murdered and scalped Hops
was made Receiver of the Land Office at
Ogden.
J. S. Murphy, who murdered Hops and
scalped him, was made Agent of the Potta-
walomie Indians.
Rush Elmore. who tried to assassinate Ia
gi, was made Judge of the United States
Court, in Kansas.
Lastly. and very recently, Calhoun Benham
who was the second of Judge Terry in the
duel with Broderick, and aided both in the
planning and execution of that deliberate
ard abominable mulder, has been made Dis
trict Attorney of California He is as guilty
of the blood of Broderck as the infamou,
scounjrsl who shot him. and just before he
shot him he n.suIt,d has rictim by t,eIn.g
htm oil orer IN tie most oftnsire ray to os-
csitan Il he had on armor to dtJend himSeit
from tie hulief that aras mouitc! 10 Kill him.
The code" require the seconds to examine
,b.,, fn n h,,.
the duty is mere form, new. exercised otn-
crwise than by n mere touch of the hand up-
on the breast Btnham made IL a deliberat,
insult h, searching as if he suspected BroGe
rick really had armor on. with the purpos,
of discomposinc by enraging him. 10 MAX,
doub,y sure Of the murder alrt ady certain"
The cold blooded malice e,inccd in the ap
pointment of one to office whose hands al,
vet dripping with the blood of the lamen,to
Broderck, is only eXceled III meauncsS and
duphcity by the cowardy dcserton of Doug
las. During the Lecompton struggle. when
Douglas wanted friends. Broderick stood b,
him to the last. Possessed of gallant and
brave spirit he scorned anything Ike deceit
He never deserted his friends. He eyinced
true nublene>s Of soul by cingins to them
in the darkest hour. As soon. however. a.
he ha. been hunted down and sent to pre-
mature grave by the minionS of corrupt
administration, then Douglas hear,e>>l,
turns his back upon his memory. Whel
the day came that his death was to be an
nounctd in the Senate, il was given out ant
expected that Douglas would pay tribute
to his deceased friend. When the hour ar
rived. however, he was not there He hat
been taken with an attack Of ple'niSv liz
mgM prtriouS, dud cOuid not utt.nd. and Of
course was dumb. Seward and other Sena
tors delivered appropriate and just eulosi,,
in commemoration of the services of III.
brave Californian, but Douglas was no, to b,
seen.
a few days since in the Senate, he addeC
the capstone 10 his base ingra,itude anC
treachery. When the question came up O.
the confirmation Of Benham the accomplc,
of Terry, Douglas had slipped away and va
in the House of Representatives. anxiousi,
wishing to dodge the vote. lie was "brough
up standing" however, and against his pro
test and compelled to face the music" liz
writhed and twisted terribly but his t.ar of
the lash of the administration adherents wa
stronger than his attachments to bis murder
ed friend, and so he committed in the face O
the country the humiia,ing deed of votin;
for tie confirmation
The Republican Senators all voted agains
it.
1t will be recollected that Fcrney's Pres
and the Pioneer f. Democrat contained ,h
most savage and bitter denunciations of Bu
chanan, when the news of Bruderick's dealt
arrived. They did not hesitate to declar
,, "that the blood of David {. Broderick wa
upon his hands" Now, what have they L
say, when their vaunted champion of Squat
ter Sovereignty votes to place in office, an,
thereby endorses the conduc, OF the yer
man who was present, who proved to be tn
most active and expert abetlor in the butch
cry?
If Douglas should be nominated at Balti
more. there will be "a day of reckoning" a
! mong the friends of Broderick, particular
in California. Terry, by all means shoul
hasten to send his warmest consratula,ion
to nouglrs for this exhibition of approval
> st. -inthony News.