Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-03-03
MISCELLANY.
THE DEATH OF BRODERICK.


We give in this weeks PHOENIX the eulogies
pronounced in the House of Representatives
by the Hon. Messrs HICKMAN and BURLIN-
GAME, on the occasion of the announcement to
Congress of the death of Senator BRoDERIcK
of California. These eulogies are of more than
ordinary interest from the melancholy circum-
stances attending the distinguished Senator's
death. For sometime previous to the event he
had felt himself doomed man. He had of
Tended the oligarchy by the double token of
high, answering integrity and by sef-elevation
to a seat in the Senate from among the labor
ing men of the country; and death alone, eth
er moral or physical, must be the penalty.
lie met it like a martyr; willingly sacrificing
himself to the cause of RIGHT and to the inter
ests of the class of working men to which he be-
longed.
a friend to humanity in its broadcst sense,
his stout heart being ever ready to lend strong
arm to the assistance of the poor and lowly, yet
without connections among the high and the
great, he was forced into a combat with a pro-
fessonal duellist, in which there was hardly Q
chance of escape with his life, and thus fell, an
other victim to those collusive coils, those com
bined Vaccinations by which the oligarchy ar,
ever secretly at work to crush those who dar,
to resist their power.
Thus fell Broderick falling amidst the gloon
of oppression, but still leaving to the workin!
men of the country all that he had-thc legac.
of his spirit and his name.
EULoGY OF Hon. JOHN HICKMAN on THE Lat
SENATOR BRoDERIcK, DELIVERED IN TIL
House OF REPRESENTATIVES OF L. s., FEB
RUARY l3, 1860.
Mr. HICKMAN said,
Mr. Speaker, "Thc question of his death
enrolled in the Capitol;' and | speak the trut
in eulogy. | could not do otherwise withou
wronging the character of the illustrious dead
| who was Il bondman to the truth. Born of tn
humble, David c. Broderick died peer of tn
| proudest and the best His commanding lii
challenged respect, and its surrender sanctife
it. Dead, he still lives, and will live. Absen
from those who knew him best and valued hir
most, he will continue to be present with then
In every conflict for principle, in every struggl
for the discharge of patriotic duty, he will whi'
per to the doubling, and hold up the right arr
of the resulute.
"In Silly thought, and in the wildering fight,
\ cloud by day, p!ared flame by night,
He'll point Us onward, onward to the goal,
Leading on legons with his vast control
Implanting truth, the idol of his soul"
Since we last met here, yonder Chamber
your Capitol has lost sages intellect, hero
heart, a devotee of country. David c. Brode
ick has ceased to walk the earth, and sleeps h
last sleep in the Golden City of the West
Mighty States, extending from the Pacific
the East, were startled and almost paralyzed
the recital of the sad story; and their sturc
yeomanry, their skilled in craft their son
breathed their vow in tears, and registered it
faith and determination. Their banners are a
ready in their hands, let the nation read ther
They bear the last words of dying seer-th'
may yet be trumpeted at the mouths OF cann'
on fields of war.
Hereafter, in the vast hereafter, children W
speak his name when tracing their father
creed and here, homage, impulsiye, not Ger
monial, shall be presented to him, as officers
the state and army rendered it before the cor
of the great Constantine.
Forty years ago, whilst the centre portions
this building were rising from the ashes
wicked confagraton, within sight of this sp
: u child was born to a lowly artisan. How lit
) did that father imagine that the columns up
< which he then wrought were to support don
beneath which that son should sit as Senat
= from State not then known to the Confedei
cy, and bearing within its bosom treasure me
valuable than the Golfers of the world. A
r yet, in the volume of Omniscience it was WI
g ten out how David G. Broderick, the child
e toll, should live and die what noble aspi
u. \. tions, what self-sacrifcing devotion, what |
l. conquerable will, would achieve; how he wol
ie suffer immolation at the call of conscience; q
his example should become an inspiration
millions of men, from whose ranks he rose i
- a giant from slumber. He was Gods inst
ment for mighty purposes, and He gave b
love, and comprehension, and power. He v
q. philanthropist, a philosopher, chief. Th
> who thought him less never knew him, G
must fail to comprehend the cause and ext
of that feeling which his death has produc
1t will be better understood hereafter. WI
the heavens clothe themselves in mourni
they hold the hot thunderbolt as well as
gentle rain. None are too wise to learn. N
ID takes may be made by defying the one VIII
=, petitioning for the other
A' esteem it my highest honor to have enjo