The Shasta courier., 1859-09-24
Passed Away.

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ries of an uncertain future. The places that
knew him shall know him no more forever He
who but yesterday filed SO large space in the
affairs of men, by man shall never again be looked
tomb have closed upon him. The noise of the
worlds daily battle shall henceforth and forever
be as silence TO his ear. Yes, David C. Brod-
erick-the loved the hated-the beprased, the
maligned-the feared the scorned-wiil never
again marshal his forces for the fight
He sleeps his last sleep, he has fought his last
battle
No sound can awake him TO glory again"
David c. Broderick was among earth's great
ones For thinking so heretofore, men have been
prosecuted by his opponents Now his bitterest
enemies confess that of those qualities and ele-
ments that serve to make men great, he possess
ed an unusual share. Pens that never before
coupled the word great, or other word of similar
import, with his name, now confess that he was
a man possessed of " remarkable traits of char
acter, THAT he ''was a remarkable man"-that
among his virtues " bold decision ndom-
table will, force of character to an extraordinary
degree, courage that never failed him, genuine
kindness Of heart-and added to these, an intel
\ lect far above mediocrty." Hence, we presume
hereafter men may speak favorably of the many
noble traits of character of the great dead with
ont having the political jackals of the Democrat
ic press suarling and swapping at their heels
therefor. Their occupations gone" Their
sole argument in debate-the great underlying
principle of their Democracy D-n Broder-
| lex, -" You're Broderickite"- been taken
from them.
1t is unnecessary for us to mark our columns
with the habiliments of woe, in order to give
expression to our sorrow at the untimely and
bloody death of one who called US friend. Our
grief at the sad event is poignant. Nevertheless
we despise the spirit which would induce men
to take advantage of this mournful event to stir
up sectional prejudices and hatreds among our
citizens, for the sole purpose of accomplishing
party benefit by denouncing it as the result of
a conspiracy of Democratic politicians. The
papers most industrious in this dastardly incen-
diary work are those of Republican proclivities.
Their sole motive must be, desire to build up
their party. Had Mr. Broderick killed Terry.
does any one suppose that these sheets would
have followed him with the malice with which
they have pursued Terry Not man-not a
man.
We deplore the manner of Mr. Broderick's
death. We regret that Judge Terry, when, after
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tol, he had his life in his hands. did not show
himself magnanimous man, by firing into the
air. We think he ought to have done so. We
think there was no good reason why the duel
should have been fought We think the cause
of difficulty, considering the circumstances. was
not of character that could not be settled with
out resort to arms, even under the most stringent
of the rules of the duello Hence,
had he acted magnanmously, he would have
won for himself glory and fame that would
have survived for generations That, however,
was his own matter Mr. Broderick held him
self amenable to the CODE He placed himself
in the attitude of mortal enemy of Judge Ter
ry. Hence his friends have no right to COM
plain, of what he never would have complained,
that he suffered the worst results following that
conduct. They can only regret that he did not
spurn and tramPle upon the inhuman, unchris-
tan, ungentlemanly, savage and bloody social
ed ''code of honor" He could have done it
with safety. No man in the State doubted his
courage. Fools and liars alone would have at
tempted to scof him, had he risen above the
generality of public men, and refused, in obedi-
ence to the absurd requirements of preposte
rous code, to violate the laws of his country aud
to contravene the Constitution of mis- State
Oh, that he had possessed sufficient moral bra
very to have done this
Regrets, however, are useless now With him
life's itful fever has ended. And while his death
has filled the State with mourning and made
strong men weep, he sleeps WELL May he be in
the possession of eternal joys.