The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-13

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had been mentioned but once Incidentally reply 70 his
own attack and except ii might DO found in his Decu-
liar traits peculiar fitness, there was reason to sup
pose that h. could seek any mans blood When William
Of Nassan the deverer Of Holland, died in the presence
Of his wife and Children the hand that struck the blow
was not by private vengeance When the fourth
Henry passed unframed amid the dangers Of the field Of
Ivry 10 perish the streets OF his capital by the hand Of
fanatic, he did not seek to avenge private grief An
exnggt rated of personal hor9r-a weak MUD with
choeric passions, intense sectional prejudice unsH with
great confidence in the of arms-these sometimes
serve TO stimulate the instruments which accomplish tho
deepest and deadest purpose Fellow citizens! Que year
ago performed dnty, such as perform today,
over the remains Of Senator Ferguson, who died as
Broderick died, tangled in the meshes OF the code
OF honor. To-day there il another and more emf
nen sacrifice. To-day renew my protest; to-day utter
yours. The code of honor is delusion and snare it
palcrs with the hope Of courage and binds ut the
feet Of crafty and cruel Skill 1t surrounds its victim
with the omp and grace Of the procession but leaves
him bleeding on the altar. II substitutes cold and delbe
rate preparation for courageous and manly impulse and
the disaTm the o,her IL may prevent fraud
beweenracsed ducsls who should be forever without
its pale, but ii makes the arick of the weapon
superior to the noblest and the trues courage Its
pretence of equality is let is equal in all the form,
is unjust in all the subsancethe habtude OF arms, the
early training, The frontier lfe the border war
onal CUSTOM the life Of leisure all these advantages
which negotiation can neutalize and which no co1r.
age But fellow citizens the protest
only spoken in your words and in minc-it is written In
ndehbe characters; is written in the blood Of Gilbert,
N the blood Of Ferguson, IN the blood OF Broderck and
Tbs inscription will not altogether fade With the admins
tration Of the code this particular here
no currency To rumors OF which personally
thing there other tribunals which they may well
be referred, and this is mol OF them But am here
to say that whatever in the code Of honor Of de-
mands allows deadly combat where there is ali
things entire and certain equality, prostitution of the
evasion OF the substance and Is shield ba.
zoned with the of chivalry TO the magnity
oil murder And now, as the shadows towards the
east and prepare bear these poor remains 10 their
silent resting place. let us not seek to repress the gene
rous pride which prompts recital OF noble deeds aud
manly virtues He unaded and alone, he began his
career without family fortune in the face VI difficulties
he inherited poverty and obscury; he died Senator
Congress, having written his name in the history Of the
great struggle for the rights Of the people against the
desbotsm Of organization and the corruption Of power
He leaves in the hearts Of his friends the Ten.
derest and the proudest recollectons. He was
honest, faithful, earnest, sincere, generous and
brave; he felt in all the great crises of his life
that he leader in the ranks and for the rights
masses, Of men, and he could not alter. When he
tirned from that fatal field, while the dark wing OF the
Arcbangel Of Death was casting its shadows upon his
brow his greatest anxiety as to the performance of
his duty He felt that all his strength and all his life be-
longed TO the cause TO which be had devoted them Ba
kerr said he-and to me they his las, words
Baker, when was struck tried stand firm, but the
blow blinded me- and could not" trust that it is
shame TO my manhood that tears blinded he said It,
OF his last hours have no heart to speak. He the
last of his race there kindred hand to smooth his
couch wipe the death damps his brow but around
that dying bed, strengthen, the friends Of early
hood, the devoted adherents of later life, bowed
in irrepressibe grief "and lifted up their voices and
wept" But, fellow citizens, the voice of lamenta-
non Is not uttered by private friendship alone-the
heart OF people, and as the sad tidiDgs spread
general gloom prevails Who shall speak for Cali
iorna be the interpreter of the wants of the Pacific
coastY Who can appeal to the communities of the Allan
tic who love free labor? Who speak for of
men with passionate love for the classes from whence
he sprung? Who can defy the Establishments of power
the incidence Of Office the corruptons of administrations
What hopes are buried with him in the gravel
All! who that gallant spirit shall resume
Leap from Eurotas bank and call us from the tomb?
But the last word must be spoken, and the mperous
mandate OF Death must be fulfilled Thus, 0 brave
heart! we bear thee 70 thy Thus, surrounded by
tens OF thousands, leave thee to the equal grave AS
in fe no other voice among rang trumpet blast
upon the ear OF freemen so in death its echoes will
berae amid our mountains and Valleys until truth and
valor cease to appeal to the human heart
His love Of truth-too warm, too strong,
For Hope or Fear to chain chill =
Burn in the breasts he kindied, still
Good friend! true herol hail and farewell!
Far and near the assemblage wrought into sympathetic
passion by the words and aspect Of the gifted orator,
vainy endeavorcd to repress their emotions. Audible
sobs arose from heavug breasts and tears down
many Drowned and manly face At the close, when
Colonel Baker bid farewell to the q gallant SPIRIT, and
bent down the glass which covered but yet revealed
the pahd features his self possession entirely forsook
him. with alterng accents and agtated face he sank
down. Not eye but moist-not heart but shared
with him his deep emotions. An omnous silence reigned
for more than minute that concourse and then
slowly they began to off, but before Colonel
Baker at the request of friend had invited the citizens
generally to join in the funeral procession.
The coffin was then taken down carried by the pail
bearers to the front of the Union Hotel where the hearse
was waiting, and where the procession was formed.
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION.
At hafpast two O'Clock, all the preparations having
been made, the funeral procession commenced moving
from kearney street. opposite the plaza passed out
to Lone Mountain Cemetery by the following From
tie Union Hotel through Kearny to Clay street, down
Cay to Montgomery along Montgomery Market, down
Market TO sansome thence through sansome, Washing
ton, Montgomery jackson, Stockton Vallejo and Powell
to Pacific and out through Pacific and the Preside road
10 the cemetery The following the order Of the pro-
ccssion, which was hfy-two minutes in passing given
point
Grand Mdrshdl-John Middleton.
ida. G. Randall, j. C. L. Wadsworth, w. B Far.
well Charles Hosmer, John Knox, H. s Fitch D. H. Car
penter.
Two policemen.
Thirteen carriages for the pail bearers the last contain
ing Fathers Gallagher and Harrington
Of the Catholic church.
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