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Of his Life. He was always flied With pride. and
energy and au.bition-his pride was ia the man
s1aess anu iofce OF MS character, and no man
had more reason. His energy was manifeat in
tue most rcsolutc struggles with poverty and
obscurity, and his ambition impelled him to
seek foremost place in the great race for hon
orable power.
Up 10 the time Of his arrival in California his
life had been passed amid events incident to
such character. Fealless, self.re1iant omen in
his enmities. warm in his friendships welded
to his opinions, and marching directly to bis
purpose through and over I'LL opposition his
career was chcquered With success and defeat.
But ereE in defeat his energies were strength
eued aud Lis character developed. When he
reached these shores, his keen observation
tausht him at once that lie trod broad field,
and thut higher career was before him. He
had no false prlde-.sprung from people aud Of
= raco whose vocation was labor, be toited with
his own hands, and sprans ut bound from The
workshop to the legislative hall. From that
hour there congregated around him md against
him tue elements Of success aud defeat. Strong
friendships, bitter cnmities, high praise, malig-
nant calumnies-but he trod with free and
proud step tllat onward path which has led him
10 glory and the grave.
lt;w0ull be idle for me, in this hour, and in
this place, to epeak Of all that history with un-
hereafter TO deny his clnim to noble virtues and
high purposes. When in the Legislature he
boldly denounced the special Legislation, which
is the curse Of q new country, he proved bis
courage aud bis recititude. When be opposed
the various and sometimes successful schemes
to strike ont the salutaIy provisions Of the Con-
stitntlon which guarded free labor, he was true
to u1l the better instincts Of bis life. When
prompted by his ambition and the admiration
ot Liz friends, he first sought seat in the Sen
ate ofthe United States, he sought the highest
Of oil positions Of legitimate effort, md failed
| With houor.
It is n,y duty to say TINT, in my Judgment.
when Mt o later period ste sought 10 anticipate
the Senatorial election, he committed an error
which think he lived 10 regret. It would hare
been violation of the true principles Of repre-
/ sentative government, which no reason, public
or pirate, could justify, und could never hire
met the permansnt approval Of good and wise
| sac remind you Of The temptation to such IN er-
Eor-of the plans and tile reasons which prompt
! cd it-ol The ioany good purposes it was intend
ed to effect. And If ambition, "the last iufirmity
If noble minds" led him for moment from
the better path, let me remind you how molly
he rcguioed it.
It is impossible 10 speak within tue limits of
this address of the events Of TINT session Of the
senate Of the United States; but some things
should not be passed in silence here. The con
test between himself and the present Senator
had been bitter and personal; lie had triumph
friends, ind stood confessedly the first in
honor and the first in place" flo yielded to an
appeal made to bis magnaninlsty by bis foe. If
he judged unwlselr, he has paid the forfeit well,
Never in the history Of political warfare has any
public man been SO pursued, never las mnlisni-
t. so exhausted itself.
Fellow citizens, the man that lies before you
was your Senator. From. tue moment Of his
election, lls character has been maligued. his
1iof1ses attacked. his courage impeached, his
patriotism assailed. 1t has been 4 system tend
ing to one end And the cnd is here. What
was his crime: Review his history-consider
his public acss-weigh his private churacter-
and before the grave encloses him forcyer, Judge
between him and his enemies.
as man to be ged in his private relations,
who was his superors It was bis boast, and
amid the general license Of new country, it
w:s proud one, that his most scrutiniziug enc
nr could tix no single act of immortality upon
him. Temperate, decorous, self-restraincd, he
had passed through all the e1c;tements Of Cali
furnia unstasned. No man could charge him
with broken faith or violated trust. OF habits
simple aud inexpensive, he had no lust of gain.
lie oyerreached no mans weakness in bar
gain, and withheld no man his just dues, Nerer
Ill the history Of the State has there been a
citizen who las borne public relations more
stainless in a!l respects than lie.
But It is not by this standard that be is to be
judged. He was @ public mau, and his memo
rs demands public judgment. What was his
public crimcs The answer Is in his own words:
''TnET HAVE KILLED NE BECAUSE WAS OPPOSED
TO THE zxTENsioS uF SLAVERY AND 4 conRCrr
ADMINISTRATION" Fellow citizens, they are re-
narkabIe words, uttered at very remarkable
moment; they inyolvc the history of his Senu-
toFial career, 1aa Of its sad and bloody termi.
nation.
When slr. Brodcr;ck entered the Senate, he
had hcen elected at the beginning Of a Presiden-
tist term rs friend of the President elect, hav-
inS undoubtedly leeu one of his most inlucn-
tiat supporters There were unquestionab1y
soale things in the appointing power which he
could have wished otherwise; but he had every
reason to remain with the Administration which
could be supposed to weigh with ! man in his
position. he had heartily maintained the doc.
trinc Of Popular Sovereignty as set forth In the
Cincinnati Platform, and he never wayercd in
his support till the day Of his death. But when,
in his Judgment, the President betrayed his OBJ
legations to the party and the country--sgben,
il the whole series OF acts in relation 10 Kansas,
he proved recreant to his pledges and instruc.
tions-when the whole power Of the Adminls-
tration was brought to bear upon the 1eeisla-
tive branch Of the Government, in order to force
slarery on IN unwilling people, then, in the high
performance Of his duty MS q Senator, he re-
buked the Administration by his voice and his
vote, and stood By his principles. 1t is true, he
adopted no halfway measures. He threw the
Whole weight Of bis character into the ranks Of
the opposition; he endcarorcd to rouse the peo-
pie 10 an Indignant sense o. Ike iniauitous ~
ranny Of Federal power, and kindling with tic
contest, because its fiercest and frn,est oppo-
nent- Fellow citizens. Whatever may hare been
your political predictions, it is impossible to
reprcss your admiration as you rcriey the coll
duct Of the man who lies hushed ia death be-
fose you. You rend in his history glorious
Imitation Of the great popular leaders whohave
opposed tue despotic influences Of power in
har IaFr md in. H.
llampden died on Chalgrore field, be sealed his
devotion t1 Scputar liberty with his blood The
cloquence Of Fox found iLe ecurces Of its in
spirat.on in his lore Of the people. When Sen.
ators conspired against Tiberius Gracious,
aud the Tribune Of the people fell beneath their
and demanded tue sacrifice. WHO eau doubt. |
ifyour Senator had surrendered bis free thought |
md bent in submission to tho rule Of the Ad- |
ministration- can doubt that, Instead Of |
resting on bloody bier, he would have this
day been reposiug ii The aglorious felicitude Of
Presidential sunshine:
Fellow citizens, let ITO man suppose that the |
death Of the eminent citizen Of whom l speak |
was caused ky any other reason than that 10
which Liz own words assign it. It has been |
long foreahado"ed-is wcs predicted By his |
frienls--it was threatened By his enemies-it !
Ills death WAS political Necessity, poorly yelled
beneath the guise Of private quarrel. ucre. |
in his own Slatc, among those who witnessed /
the late canvass, who knew tie coatending /
leaders, among those who know the antagonists /
on the bloody ground-here the public convic- |
sion is SO thoroughly settled TINT nothing need |
be said. Tested By the correspondence itself, !
there was no cause, in morals, in honor. in |
taste; By any code, BY the custom Of any civil /
lzed land, there was no cause for blood. Let me |
repeat the story--it ia as brief as it Is fatal A
Judge CT the Supreme Court desccnds into po-
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