Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-17
Lincoln. Broderick and Baker.


Senator John Sherman, of Ohio. de.
livered an able political address at San
Francisco on the evening of September
ID, from which we make the following
extract :
There IL grave in Lone Mountain
Cemetery, which is an altar at which
every patriot may worship as he studies
the marvellous progress of Republican
ideas. The stately shaft that points
heavenward over the remains of David
Colbert Broderick is at once warning
and example. [Deafening applause
which continued interrupted for sew
eral minutes. 1t warns us never to
yield what has been so bravelv and so
bloodily won. TITS an example that no
sacrifice is too great to maintain the
Republic in Republican keeping. He
died that our faith might live. But for
him and his brave followers, this great
commonwealth and the gorgeous riches
of its sister communities would have
been swept into the rebellion. Like
the Demo rat who now supports Grant.
he broke the chains of party, resisted
the usurpations of a corrupt Admin
lstration, and by the force of his ex-
ample organized band of men IN Cal
lfOrnia who stood like wall of fire
around the old flag in the days Of peril
and death. As / stood on the granite
that covers his sacred dust, few DAYS
since, and looked abroad upon the
glorious scene, and recalled the mag
zeal growth of the State he loved so
well, and the fact that | have heard
nothing but praise and honor of his
name IN all this border, felt that. lie
the other martyr, Abraham Lincoln
[applause that continued until the
building trembled, my cherished friend
had not died IN VAN, and that
They never fail who die
In great cause: the block may soak their gore
Their heads may sodden in the sun their limbs
ie strung to city gates and castle walls
But stil their spirit walks abroad Though years
Elapse and others share as dark a doom.
They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts
Which overpower all Others anr conduct
The world at last to freedom.
How strange the divinity that shapes
our ends There is another grave in
Lone Mountain Cemetery, where sleeps
another martyr to Liberty-Edward D.
Baker, of Oregon. The audience again
paid the tribute of prolonged APP
plause. All Of you recollect his magni-
ticent tribute to Brodenck, in your
Plaza, September of 1859 and how
wonderfully exact his grand picture of
the g." Mechanic Senator " applied to
when he was laid by the side
of his friend.
Inspired by these cherished Names
my friends, let us gather new confidence
in our cause. BY the holy triumyirate,
Broderick and Baker, let us
swear a warmer allegiance 70 our be
loved country and stand closer and
closer by her institutions and her laws.
Since the loss of these three men, the
progress of our country has made us
the wonder of the world. | stand here
in this, the last, the most modern, the
most unique of the revelation-a city
as beautiful as any on the earth, state
ut once "A ggrden of flowers and casket
Of jewels, people bold, enterprising,
and refined, and | look abroad over tins
fair land and ask myself why should we
change a President who has done SO
much to help this matchless prosper.
ty Tremendous applause and
cheers