The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-11-09
ANOTHER mARTYR NO LIRERTY1

tional calamity. be was the sol01eT-0rat0f
of this great war. Profoundly attached to his
adopted country, he sought every occasion to-
exhibit his gratitude to it. He offered his
sword and his life to Democratic Admins
tration, during our conflict with Mexico, and
in the present struggle was one of the first to
offer the same sword, and the same life, to d
Republican Administration. Occasional"
this morning refers at length to his qualities
as statesman; and now, while every loyal
heart throbs at the portals of his tomb, PENN
sylvania claims the privilege of being the
chief mourner.
Edward d. Baker was, in fact, Pennsyl1
vania man. 1t was in Philadelphia that he
spent his early years. 1t was in the neighborS
ing county of Delaware that he educated him
self and when he called soldiers to his stand
ard, he looked first and always to our great
State. His own favorite regiment was COM
posed of our young men, and the other regi-
ments of his brigade were nearly all Pennsyl--
vanians Thus, while he represented Illinois.
in the popular branch of Congress and at the
time of his death was Senator from the new
State of Oregon-and when elected to the
Senate he might have been called more a
citizen of California than of Oregon-he new
er forgot our good old State and when he
fell, Pennsylvania fell with him. The bloody
list, when published, will attest how brayely
he was supported; and the grief that has de-
scended like "a pail upon thousands of hearth
stones where Ithe tidings of his death have
been received, will be intensified at many q
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania freside by the
double blow that has stricken down alfke the
leader and the follower-the colonel and the
private soldier.
A strange and melancholy comparison may
be drawn between the character Of David 6.
Broderick and the character of Edward D.
Baker; and we cannot better illustrate this
thought than by reprinting the following par
agraphs from Bakers magnificent eulogy pro-
nounced over the dead body of his friend at
San Francisco, on the 18th of September,
1859. His delineation of Broderick may be
used as picture of himself: 3
A Senator lies dead in our midst He is
wrapped in bloody shroud, and we, to whom
his tolls and cares were given, are about to
bear him to the place appointed for all the
living. 1t is not fit that such man should
pass to the tomb unheralded it is not fit that
such life should steal unnoticed to its close;
it is not fit that such death should call forth
no rebuke, or be surrounded by no public lam
entation. We are here of every station and
pursuit, of every creed and character, each in
his capacity of citizen, to swell the mournful
tribute which the majesty of the people Of
fers to the unreplying dead. The hopes of
high-hearted friends droop like fading flOw-
ers upon his breast, and the struggling sigh
compels the tear in eyes that seldom weep
Around him are those who have shared the
the triumph, and endured the defeat. Near
him are the gravest and noblest of the State,
possessed by grief at once earnest and sin
cere while beyond, the masses of the people
that he loved, and for whom his life was CIV
en-, gather like thunder-cloud of swelling
and indignant grief. ~
And now, as the shadows turn towards the
east, and we prepare to bear these poor re-
mains to their silent resting-place, let. us not
seek to repress the generous pride which
prompts recital of noble deeds and manly
virtues. He rose unaided and alone he be-
gan his career without family or fortune, in
the face Of difficulties he inherited poverty
and obscurity; he died Senator in Congress-
having written his name in the history of the
great struggle for the righth of the people
against the despbtism Reorganization and the
corruption of power. He leaves in the hearts
of his friends the tenderest and the proudest
recollections. He was honest, faithful, earn
est, sincere, generous, and brave He felt, in
all the great crises Of his life, that he was a
leader in the ranks and for the rights of mas
ses of men, and he could not fllter. When he
returned from that fatal field, while the dark
wing of the Archangel of death was casting
his shadows upon his brow, his greatest anxi-
ETY. was as to the performance of his duty
He felt that all his strength and all his life
belonged to the cause to which he had devot-
ed them. Baker" said hel-and to me they
were his last words-"Baker, when was
struck tried to stand firm, but the blow
blinded me, and could not" I trust it is
no shame to my manhood that tears blinded
me as he said it. ,, ,,;cie.r.,,,..r. b..
But fellow-citizens, the voice of lamenta-
tation is not uttered by private frienship alone
the blow that struck his manly breast has
5ouched the heart of a people, ard, as the sad
idings spread, general gloom PREVAILS
Who now shall speak for California ? Who
De the interpreter of the wants of the Pacific
,oast Who can appeal to the communities
If the Atlantic who love free labor ? Who
'an speak for masses of men with passionate
owe for the class from whence he sprung?.
Who can defy the Establishments of power
he insolenoe of Office, the coTuptions of Ad-
? What hopes are buried with
him in the grave fa aaar ,srr,t,a to,ayat
A W 10 that gallant spirit shall resume, |agi
Leap from Eurotas' bank, and calls us nom the
tomb 20 '-' q"
But the last word must be spoken, and the
mperious mandate of death must be fulfilled.
Thus, brave heart we bear thee to thy
est. Thus, surrounded by tens Of thousands,
We leave thee to the equal grave, AS in life,
10 other voice among us so rung its trumpet
,last upon the ear Of freemen, SO in death its
choes will reverberate amid our mountains
nd our valleys, until truth and valor cease to-
ppeal to the human heart.
Good friend true hero hail and farewell!
Like Broderick, Baker sprung, from COM
,arative obscurity. Like that great Senator,
le was chosen to the highest branch of the
National Legislature amid circumstances of
interest. Broderick never for
ot the people who honored him. Baker
vas at all times their frmest advocate and.
riend. The one opposed slavery because it
and destroyed the democratic
,arty-the other antagonized it because it is
he source of all our present woes Brode-;'
ick was a sacrifice to the same great cause in
which Baker fell and if the truth could be
old, the same malevolence that imolated the
me in the prime of manhood, selected the.
ther asi its choicest victim. Theywere both
uiselfsh and, both ambitious men. Regard
ess alike of the allurements and emOluments,
# place, they labored for the highest posi-