Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-17
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the position of our Senators and Repre-
sentative-we find that McDougal did
proceed, after the relation of q foul worded
anecdote, to say sum'mat very toothsome
Of his colleague. Below is given the con-
clusion Of the talk:
Mr.. McDougall. l shall be more re-
spectful I will not speak Of " the sober
Senator from California :" I will speak OF
the superb Senator with the superior
voice. There is q little story told Of one
Of the best men in America-Mr. Pettigru,
Of Charleston, South Carolina. Having
advocated a cause in which he had occa-
sion to denounce the client of the oppo-
site counsel and his family for having
been guilty Of perjury, the fighting man
Of the family came here from the noun
tains, which are q branch of the Allegha-
mics in that region, and came up to Mr..
Pettigru, who wa walking along in the
o~ld-fashioned style, with his green bag
under his arm This big, tall fellow came
up and said to him, "You are a Cd
DID liar" Mr.. Pet,igru did not notice
il. Then said he, "You are a DID scoun-
drel." Mr.. Pes,igru did not pretend to
see him at all, but walked along toward
home, like a gentleman. "Mr. Pettigru."
said he, then, "you are a Cd id son
Of q -"
The President pro tenpore. The Chair
thinks the repetition Of such stories is dis
orderly, and ought not to be INDUCED in
in the Senate.
Mr.. McDougall. Very well, then. l
will give the climax Of the thing, which I
think will not be rude. because it was
done by a gentleman. When he said this,
Mr.. Pet,igru knocked him down. and said
to him. you may lie as much as you
please, but this is the way I notice such
remarks as you made last" Now, I say
simply, as these are lies, they do not I'M
dignity me, for l am conscious of my own
rectitude.
Now, let me pursue this matter one step
further. I am not going to be disorderly.
I will give what is due to myself and to
the other Senator from California. In the
year 1852 I determined to be q candidate
for the Federal Congress a few days before
the convention of my party met, when my
colleague, the other Senator from Califor-
MIA, protested to be Of the same party
with myself. After notifying my friends
at home in San Francisco, / took vessel
and went to Sacramento, the seat of gov
eminent. l arrived there after midnight,
and early in the morning I arose to see my
friends there and notify them Of the fact
that I would be a candidate for their suff.
RACES. What happened then is the basis
Of all this. l walked down stairs. and at
the door Of the hotel I found a Senator
Of my State whom I knew well and who
had invited me to be a candidate. I said
to him. captain Walton, I have changed
my mind since I saw you" The Senator
had invited me with great earnessness, had
spent some days in inducing me to become
a candidate for the Federal House Of Rep
resentatives. Said !, II have changed my
mind; I have determined to become a can
didate." He said to me, calling me "Gen-
eral," which was my s9u6riquet, II regret
it; you know how earnestly I urged you
to become a candidate, and after leaving
you I Immediately went TO the city Of
Stockton and offered my support to Major
Hammond" who had then been Speaker
Of the House of Representatives of the
State. Said !, Certainly, I remember
your kindness, and under the circum-
stances l cannot ask your support" A
man was introduced to me at that time by
Captain Walton whom I addressed with
the cordially that belongs to western
habits. He said, Captain Walton does
not own all the county Of FL Dorado ; I
have as much to say about that as he has,
and l am going there this morning by
stage. In the county Of Ell Dorado you
are more highly regarded, and with proper
opportunities you can obtain our suffrages,
and I will see that you are properly repre-
sented." The man being a stranger to me,
that being the first opportunity Of his
coming within my vision, I did not rely
on that, and sent to Ell Dorado, one Of
the principal counties Of my State. After
having advised my friends that I was q
candidate, I returned to the city Of Benicia,
where the convention was held.
Mr.. Doolittle. Mr.. President
Mr.. McDougall. would desire to con-
clude my sentence; / have not completed
il.
Mr.. Doolittle. The Senator is entitled
to the floor, but I desire to call the atten-
ton Of the Senator to q fact, If he has NO
objection. That fact is that the question
under consideration is in regard to this
Pacific Railroad Bill.
Mr.. McDougall. But this is q personal
controversy, and I wish to state the con-
troversy as it is. Permit me 10 proceed.
I shall not take three minutes. ! want to
state the cause why. .ar. .
The convention met four days thereafter.
I was we'll advised that the person who
had volunteered FL Dorado to me had be-
come my adversary. He came to the con-
vention with his followers. He did not
call upon me. but cast his vote against me.
I was not troubled. because I was advised;
/ was forewarned and forearmed. After
I was nominated on the first ballot, by q
handsome majority, he came to me and
said, 81 congratulate you sir, as q Repre-
sentative from the State of California"
Said I, Sir, I do not know how we'll you
can congratulate me, or how well you can
afford to offer me your hand. You had
given me the assurances Of support, and
you made a speech against the person who
seconded my nomination, and cast your
vote against me. You have q right to
change your opinions, and I not being in
formed Of the reason why you cast your
vote against me, must say that to me,
without information, it looks much like
treachery. Permit me to inquire, IL you
had a cause, why you did not give me the
explanation, and inform me, frss, that you
had changed your opinion, and secondly,
the reason why" "Oh," said he, ~
found out you were too much Of a South
ern man for me" and he cast his vote for
a man who had sent a circular around for
establishing slavery in California.
Sir, those men who have wronged you
once, and know they have wronged you,
will always DO your adversaries. I do
not speak otherwise than as can be inter-
preted by the Senator across the way.
CONCERNING A LEGENDARY CHARACTER. |
: Billy Patterson" is said to be the name
If the first man in Ormsby county who
'egis,ered this year-the only n register
"A nm m date. The man who struck |