The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-22
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~. The ~ VS. MI cf people. The boat
from. tie ernesitd stxso Il tho bay came crowded
wagons irccs the cedntsy, sven from Ban Jose
Sans Cl6Sc. eu1 Ean 1gaseO, came hurrying Int.
tow. and r. every ossset ssrs been the faces 0
| III dead Faiator's fstends from the most remote
parts Of tbs State. Ths shipping vas also dressed
i In mousniue. Amoag the vessels vs notice.
4 the ship D.E. Ho1ie st Vallejo street wharf
which ~ dressed Ii mourning Gags, even =
| the little yacht on her deck.
/ the yUsKRAL.
The funeral solemnities had been ADVERTISED
| in the various papers BY the Committee o. ~
engagements (consisting Of 7. J. Poulterer, Coi
Baker, L. Haskell, 4 J. Moore, J. AcGlynn, y
O'Mcara, A. a. Seloser, and II. Wohler), TO TAXI
place at half past one O'Clock, P. n. SUNDAY
she l8.h,) on the Plaza. A. that hour tht
Plaza and adjacent streets we're crowded will
people. On comparing orr own estimate viii
those Of several others, We set down the num-
| Der of this assenablage at about eleven thousand
Among them were many ladies' They came
| thronging from ell directions, and from the
platform the scene was one Of the most imposing
ever witnessed in this city. No obseques il
this city have embodied equally impressive fea.
| lures.
| At half past one o'clock the body, attended
| BY the pail bearers and chief mourDers, passed
out from the Union Hotel, crossed KearHey
street and up the great avenue 70 the plaza
Room wss made by the concOurse, and through
| the alley thus made the solemn procession
moved to the platform, where the coffin con
| tanning ell that was mortal Of Senator Brodsf-
i lex vas placed Then the multitude pressed
onward like the eurging Of ocean waves, and
formed themselves into one solid mass Of hn>
maDity--.a sea Of upturned faces" stretching to
FAR beyond hearing of the ceremonies which
were to take place. The palbearers and Chief
moarners then assembled upon the platform,
and when all were seated, Col. i. D. Baker
arose, and having the coffin (which was covered
with wreaths Of aowers) before him, pronounced
| funeral Grafton, which venture to say will
remain for many years wildly impressed upon
the memories Of his auditors. The gray haired
| man fused as he was to addressing public %
semblages) found his emotions on this solemn
occasion ready to unman him during the entire
/ delivery. At times his voice, loud and ringing
% it was, halted and faltered, and the trembling
Of the accents showed how often and how
deeply the strong man was moved. Nor were
his hearers less acutely penetrated with the
momentous and affecting nature OF the occasion.
GRAFTON or COLONEL +. D. BAKER OVER THE DEAD
| BODY or BRoDERIcK.
| CITIZENS or CALIFoRSIA.-A Senator lies
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shroud, and we to whom his tolls and cares
we're given, are about to bear him to the place
appointed for all the living. Il 10 not lit that
such man should pass to the tomb unherald-
ed; il ID not Ct that such life should steal IN
| noticed &c its close it is not fit that such a
death should call forth no rebuke, or be sur
rounded by no public lsmentation. Il is this
conviction which impels the gathering of this
assemblage. We are here of every nation and
pursuit, of every creed and character, each in
his capacity Of citizen, to swell the mournful
tribute which the majesty OF the people offers
| to the unreplying dead. He lies to-day SUR
rounded by little Of funeral pomp. No banners
droop above the bier, no melancholy music
| floats upon the reluctant air. The hopes of
| high.hearted friends droop like fading flowers
upon his breast, and the struggling signs com
| pes the tear in eyes that seldom weep. Around
him are those who have known him best and
loved him longest; who have shared the tEi-
| umph and endured the defeat. Near him are
the gravest and noblest OF the State, possessed
| by grief at once earnest and sincere; while
| beyond, the masses OF the people that he loved,
and for whom his life was given, gather like q
thunder cloud of swelling and indignant grief.
In such presence, fellow citizens, let US linger
Tor moment ut the portals of the tomb, whose
shadowy arches vibrate to the public heart, to
1 u u u
and of his death. Mr.. Broderick was born in
the District of Columbia in 1919; he was Of
| Irish descent and Of obscure and respectable
parentage; he had little of early advantages
| and never summoned to bis aid complete and
| finished education. His boyhood-as, indeed,
| his early manhOod-was passed in the city Of
New York, and the loss Of his father early stim-
| u!ated him to the efforts which maintained his
surviving mother and brother, md served also
| to fix and form his character even in his boy
/ hood. His love for bis mother was his FIRST and
| most distinctive trait of character, and when
I'hs mother died-an early and sudden death
| the shock gave a serious and reflective cast to
| his habits and his thoughts, which marked them
to the last hour Of his life. He was always filed
with pride, and energy, and ambiion--his pride
was in the manliness and force OF his character,
and no saaa had more reason. His energy was
| manifest In the most resolute struggles with
poverty and ohselrity, and his ambition i'm
/ PEELED him 70 seex foremost place in the great
| race for honorable power. Up to the time Of
bis arrival in California his life had been passed
amid events incident to such character. Fear
less, self>rehant, open 10 bis enmities, warm in
| bis rieudships, welded in his opinions and
marching directly 10 his purpose through and
over all opposition, his career was chequered
with success and defeat. But even in defeat his
energies were strengthened and his character
developed. When he reached these shores his
keen observation taught aim a; once tina, he
| trod broad iell, and that higher career was
| before him. He had no false pride-sprung
| from people and from race whose vocation
was labor, he toiied with his own hands, and
sprang at a bound from the workshop to the
legislative hall. From that hour there congre.
gated around him and against him the elements
Of success and defeat. Strong friendships. bit
ter enmties, high praise, malignant calumnies-
but he trod with free and proud step that
onward path which has led him TO bis glory and
the grave. II would be idle for me at this hour
and IN this place to speak OF all that history with
unInitigsted praise it will be idle tor bis ene-
mics hereafter TO deny his claim to noble virtues
and high purposes. When in the Legislature
he boldly denounced the special legislation
which is the curse of a new country, he proved
his courage and his recttlde When he oppo-
sed the various aud sometimes successful
schemes 70 strike out the sslutary provisions OF
the constitution which guarded free labor, he
was true to all the better instincts OF his life-
When prompted by his ambition and the adm,-
tioE of his friends he first sought seat in the
Senate of the United States, he sought the
highest OF all positions by legitimate etfor. and
failed with honor. 1t il my duty to say that, in
my judgment, when at later period he sought
~ anticipate tHs ltpa.oFiat election, he COM
United an error which think be lived to re-
greet. 1t would have been a violation OF the
true principle OF representative government,
which no reason public or private, could justi-
fy, and could never have met the permanent
approval of good and wise men, Yet while |
say this over his bier, let me remind you OF the
temptation TO such an error-of the plans and
the reasons which prompted it--oi the many
good purposes II was intended to effect. And
u ambition, 1.-THE last 'nirmity of noble ninds,n
lea ban ilr a moment from the better path. let
me remind you how nebly he regained it. Il Is
Impossible TO speak within the limits OF this adj
dress OF the events Of that session of the Leps,
lstnre at which be was elected 70 the Senate Of
the United States; but some things should not
De passed in silence here. The contest between
himself and the present Senator had been bitter
and personal He had triumphed He had
been wonderfully sustained by his friends, and
stood coIiessedly 'the FIRST in honor and the
first IN place." He yielded to az appeal NJ ALE
70 my masna1mty BY his foe. II he judged
uhSseiy, he has paid the forfeit veil Never
IN The political history OF warfare has any pub
'c man been 50 pursued, never has malienity
50 exhausted itself Fellow cit gems, the man