The Nevada journal., 1859-09-23
DEATH OF BRODERICK.

good man is dead. He on whom more
than any othenthe hopes of the good
were placed, is cut down in the midst
Of his usefulness In the full flush
of manhood and while mounting to
the zenith Of an honorable ar hition
David G. Broderick has died. To
the virtuous, the intelligent, the pa
/. triotic ofCalifornia no one now liv>
ing was so dear. The purity of his
private and political life, character
uncontaminated with vices, endeare9
himself to every man desirous of a
better state Of society in which to
rear and educate the rising genera
ton. No man has sustained at the
hands of his fellow citizens whose
good he aspired and labored to pro-
( mote more, and more persistent abuse.
Malignity has pursued the unaided
child of destiny IN his struggle to rise
peer with the highest From the
landing of David e. Broderick on
these shores down to the fatal hour
when The bullet of his enemies per-
formed its deputed work. his life was
continual battle. Bold, resolute
and decided; cool, sagacious and self
reliant; ambitious of an honorable
fame, and determined in purpose, his
enemies though for years they en-
compassed and harassed him with
wantou assaults, found in him foe
man whose tactics. skill and indomit-
able will and energy were inyincibie.
In spite of the combined and syste>
matte attacks of hordes of office hum
ters jealous of his power and purpose,
Broderick triumphed over them all
and reached the goal of his ambition,
a seat in the Senate of the United
States. L or two years that he occu-
pied the place he so hardly won, no
man has been looked upon with more
intense interest. The people who
knew him prophesied that in him
would be seen an unconquerable foe
to corruption, and a determined and
true friend of the public good. They
were not disappointed, With stern
front he met corruption in high places
and made war upon it. His assaults
were often impetuous and of telling
effect. He saved to the country in
the two short years of his Senatorial
career more from the pocket of spoils-
men than ali his predecessors or col
leagues from California. He could
not be bought or corrupted. There
fore did the hyenas who haunt the
federal capital gnash their teeth in
rage at the brave guardian of the
public purse and public virtue. His
life was in his hands from the moment
he struck for the righ. in the Senate
The unprincipled plotted his ruin
and destruction The Legislature OF
his own State essayed to disgrace
him for daring to maintain the prin'
ciples for which the people of the
Union had declared, and which he
believed to be true lie appealed to
the people that people for whom he
had laborel earnestly and with ar
eye single to their good-tbat peo
pie whose great interests he had al
heart-that people whose railroad he
was willing to devote his life to pro-
/ mote that people among whom he liz.
ed,whose good opinions alone he COW
eted and with whom he hoped to die
That people raised anew the cry
"release unto us Barrabas." They
, forgot their true friend and clustered
, around the corrupt and fawning syc
ophants of imbecie power. They
condemned the lion-hearted champi
on of right and worshipped at the
shrine of wrong. What great and
sensitive heart could fail to feel the
shafts Of such ingratitude WLc
, would not sooner die than be aban
doned b. those we love Who viii
say that the sting of unrequited af
fec,ion which lately pierced the hear
) of the one we mourn, was not too
poignant for the great heart to bear
and made him look upon death al
more to be courted than Stunned
Whatever secret eriefs may have
found their lodgment in the bosom o
David C. Broderick, death has can
celled them all. That bosom viii
heave with emotion no more. 1t ha
ceased from troubling and is at rest
, A good man has died but age
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