The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-10-20
From the st. Louis Democrat.
The Murder of Senator Frederick

The telegram yesterday morning in announcing
the homicide OF David r. Brodrick, by the or
mined rutlian, Terry, spread grief and gloom
through more than half the Union. The shock, we
make bold to say, was not only felt thro ughout
all the Free States, but wherever else sterling
worth OF character. and unadorned force OF in :
tellect are valued. All things considered, there
was not in the long catalogue OF our self.made
men, his contemporaries, one who could compare
with The fallen Senator. An lriSman by birth, a
mechanic by vocation self.taught without "a
mily connection, or social influence, and still a
young man-perhaPs not over iorty--he not only
elevated himself TO the position of a u s. Seaa.
tor, but to the more influential and less acces.
sioe one of great party leader, The bloody
aud untimely fate OF such a character NAV well
produce sensation from one end Of the coun-
try to the other; but when it is more than sur.
mised-naY, when it is certan--that he was the
doomed victim ot a conspiracy that his death
was no isolated event, but the dcneusmstt of a
dark and bloody plot that he was slain by the
chosen minister of band oe red handed THUGS
and asssssns, who lead the pro o-slavery Democ-
racy of CaifOrna--it may be truly regarded as
one OF the most revolving aud diabolical trage-
dies which the history of the age will record. -
This man Terry, Chief Justice though he be, or
lately was had perpetrated so many deeds of
violence and blood, that it was only by the mar.
rowest chance he escaped the stern justice of the
San Fracisco Nigilence Committee--a tribunal
which the NAL administration OF the laws by him
and such as him, called into existence tor the
preservoion Of society
We publish elsewhere copious reports or the
duel from rhe San Francisco press. The accusa.
tlon is boldly made that the death of Broderick
was preconccred affair. In San Francisco a
conviction to that effect universally, or, to suy
the least to a wide extent prevail-. There NAV
be no direct evidence forthcoming at this timo
to establish the dreadful charge, but the circum-
santial evidence is not less conclusive, than po-
sitiye testimony would be. The people of San
Francisco know the men who were Broderick's 3
enemies. They know Terry and Gwin, and their
associates They know what these men are ca :
pabIe oi, because thry know what they have
done, and what they have attempted to do. -
They know that the irecsoil principle in Cali,
fornia has been watered by lhe blood of MARTYRS.
of whom Broderck is hut the latest Ii is nut
year since Ferguespn a friend OF Broderick.
Tas killed by Buchanon office holder. who, OF
course, is o Gwin partisan. He was killed be.
cause he was the custodian of that Infamous
etier--the record of Gwin's shame, in which that
Senator sold his friends and adhcrents --every
one-ior his seat The blood Of every Northern
man who has yentured to oppose the pro-slavery
leaders OF California, has been spilled. An edl.
tor OF .he Alta Tell victim 10 their vengeance
At an early day. The founder of the Bulleha
atoned for his exposure of their frauds and vii.
lainies with mis- life and long list OF ohscurer
names might be cited, who paid the same pen
ally for similar offense.
The conspiracy against B oderick manifested
ltseli al the beginning OF the canvass. Al oh.