Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-01


great State. His own fasorite regiment was
composed Of orr young men. and the other
regiments of bis brigade we're nearly all Penn.
sylvia anians. Thus, while be represented Ili-
nois in the popular branch Of Congress, and at
the time OF his death was a Senator from tho
new State of Oregon and when elected to tho
Senate he might have been called more citi.
zen of California than of Oregon-he never
forgot our good old State; and when be fell,
Pennsylpanians fell with him The bloody list.
when published, will attest how bravely he
was supported: aud the grief that has descsndA
ed like pail upon thousands of hea-thstores
where The idings Sf his death hare been ro-
leved, will bo Intensified at many Philadei-
phia and Pennsylvania freside by the double
blow that has stricken down alike the leader
and the follower the colonel and the private
soldier.
A strange and melancholy comparison may
be drawn between the character Of DAVID g..
BRoDRRIoK and the character of EDWARD D..
BAKER; and We cannot better Illustrate thls
thought than by reproting the following para
graphs from BAKERS magnificent eulogy pro-
nounced over the dead body Of bis friend at
San Frsncisco, on the 18th Of September, 1859.
His deliLoation of BRoDERIcK may be used
as picture OF himself:
"a Senator lies dead in cur midsil He is
wrrrped in bloody shroud, and we, 10 whom
/ his tolls and cares were given, are about to
bear him TO the place appointed for all the
living. It is not fit that such man should
pass to the tomb unheralded; it is not ft that
such life should steal unnotced to its close,
it.is not ft that such death should call forth
DO rebuke, or be surrounded BY DO public
lsmeptation. We are here of every station
aud pursuit, of every creed and character,
each in bis capacity of citizen, to swell the
nournfui tribute which the majesty of the
people offers to the unreplying dead. The
hopes of high-hea friends droop IKE fa-
ding flowers upon his breast, and the struggling
sigh eonpels The tear in eyes that seldom weep.
Around him these who have known him best,
and loved bin longest; who have shared the ri-
umph aud endured the defeat. Near him are
the graYest and noblest of the State, possessed
by grief at ones earnest and sincere; while
beyond, the lnassess of the people that he loved
and for xhom bis life was given, gather like
thunder-eloud OF swelling and indignant
grief.
And noW, as the shadows turn towards the
east, and we prepare TO bear these poor remains
10 their silent restng-piscc, lot US not seek TO
repress the generous pride which prompts
recital Of noble deeds and manly virtues. He
rose unaided snd alone he began his career
without family or fortune, in the face of diff
cultics; he inherited poverty aud obscurity; he
died Senator in Congress, baviug written his
name in the history of the great struggle for
the rights of the people sgainst tbs despoiism
of organic 4ti0n aDd the corruption of power
He was honest, faithful; earnest, sincere, gen.
erous, and brave. lie felt, IN oil the great
crisas of bis life, that be was leader in the
ranks and for the rights OF masses Of men, and
he could not falter. When be returned from
that fatal field, while the dsrk wing Of the
Arehangel of death was casting bis shadows
upon bis brow, his greatest anxiety was as to
the performances os his duty. He felt that all
his strength and all bis life belonged to the
cause to which be had devoted them. "Ba>
kerr" said he-anj TO me they were his lass
wo:ds--"RakeI, when l was struck, | tried TO
stand firm, but the blow blinded ne, aad /
could not.'' / trust il is no shame 10 mT man
hood that tears blinded me as he said it..
Bu., fellow-citizens, the voice OF ismenta-
tAtion is not uttered by private friendship
alone--the blow that strnck his manly breast
has touched the heart Of people, and, as the
sad sidings spread, general gloom prevails
Who now shall speak for California; Who be
the interpreter Of the wants OF the Pacific
coast! Who can appeal to the communities of
the Atlantic who love free labor? Who can
speak for masses OF men with passionate love
for the classes from whence he sprung! Who
defy the Establishments of power, the uso+
leuce of Office, the corruptions of Admlnistra-
tionsl What hopes are buried with him in
the gravei
sAh! who that gallant spirit shall resume,
Leap from Eurotas, bank and call us from the tomb
Bat the last word must be spoken, and the
imperious mandate of death must be fulfilled.
Thus, D brave heart we bear thee to thy rest.
Thus, surrounded by tens of thousands, We
leave thee to the equal grave. As in life, no
other voice among US so rupg its trumpet olast
upon the ear Of freemen, so In desth its echoes
will reverberate amid our mountains and our
valleys, until truth and valer cease TO appeal
30 the human heart
Good friend! true hero! hail and farewell !"
Like BRoDERIcK, BAKER sprung from COM
parotivc obscnrity. Like that great Senator,
he was chosen to the highest branch Of the
National Legislature amid circumstances of
extraordinary interest BRoDERIeK never
forgot the people VITO bonored him. BAKER
was at all times their ftmcst advocate and
Arlenu. 1he cne OPpoSeu slavery NeeeAS0 -
demorelized aud destroyed the Democratic par
ty--she other auiagoujzed it because 1t Is the
source of all our present woes. BRoDERieK
vas sacrifice to the same great cause IN which
BAKER fell; an If the truth could be told, the
same mslevoleuce that inundated the ono N
the prime of manhocd, selected the other as
Its choicest victim. They were both unselhsh
and both ambitions men Regardless alike OF
the aliurements aud emoluments of places they
labored for The highest positions, less for thefr
own sake than for the sake Of the country, and
we're emuIous Of distinction only as il enabled