Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-10-21
COL. E. D. BAKERS EUL0GY
OVER THE DEAD BODY OF
Hon. David G.. BrOderick.

CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA: A Senator
lies dead in our midst! He is wrapped
in a bloody sbroud, and We, to whom his
tolls and cares we're given, are about to
bear him to the place appointed for all the
living 1t is not fit that such man
should pass to the tomb unheralded /; it is
not ft that such life should steal unno-
ticed to its close; it is not fit that such q
death should call forth no rebuke, or be
surrounded by no public lamensation. 1t
is this conviction which impels the gather
ing of this assemblage. We are here, of
every station and pursuit, Of every creed
and character, each in his capacity Of citi-
zen, to swell the mournful tribute which
the majesty of the people offers to the un-
replying dead He lies to-day surrounded
by little of funeral pomp. No banners
droop above the bier, no melancholy mu-
sic floats upon the reluctant air. The
hopes of high,hearted friends droop like
fading flowers upon his breast, and the
struggling sigh compels the tear in eyes
that seldom weep. Around him are those
who have known him best, and loved him
longest; who have shared the triumph,
and endured the defeat. Near him are
the gravest and noblest of the State, pos
sessed by grief at once earnest and sim
cere ; while beyond, the masses of the
people that he loved, and for whom his
life was given, gather like thunder
cleud of swelling and indignant grief.
Mr.. Broderick was born in the District
of Columbia, in 1919; was Of Irish de-
scent, and of obscure and respectable pa
rcn,age; be had little of early advantages,
and never summoned to his aid complets
and flushed education. His boyhood, as,
indeed, bis early manhood, was passed in
the city of New York, and the loss of his
father early stimulated him to the efforts
which maintained his surviving mother,
and brother, and served also to fix and
form bis character even in bis boyhood.
His love for his mother was bis first and
most distinctive trait of character, and
wien his brother died-an early and sud-
den death-the shock gave serious and
reflective cast to bis habits and bis
thoughts, which marked them to the last
hour Of his life He was always filled
with pride, and energy, and ambition
bis pride was in the manliness and force
Of bis character, and no man had more
reason. His energy was manifest in the
most resolute struggles with poverty and
obscurty, and his ambition impelled him
to seek foremost place in the great race
for honorable power.
Up to the time of bis arrival in Callfor'
MIA, bis life had been passed amid events
incident to such a character. Fearless,
self-reliant, open in his enmities, warm in
his friendship, welded to his opinions, and
marching directly to his purpose through
and over all opposition, bis career was
chequered with success and defeat. But
even in defeat his energies were strength
ened, and bis character developed. When
be reached these shores, his keen observa-
ton taught him: at once, that be trod q
broad field, and that . higher career was
before him. He had no false pride;
sprung from q people and Of race whose
vocation was labor, be tOiled with bis own
hands, and spraDg at bound from the
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