The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-27
The Martyrs of Liberty.

Hon. J. w. Forney, in his address at
the great Republican reunion at san
Francisco, paid the following tribute to
Lincoln, Broderick and Baker, which
for beauty and elOquenee is like the
action of the great Baker himself:
There Is grave at 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 an example. Deafening applause,
which continued uninterrupted for sew
eral minutes. IL warns US never to
yield what has been so bravely and so
blOOdily won. 1t is 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 Democrats who now support Grant,
he broke the chains of party, resisted
the usurpatiOns of corrupt Admins
tratiOn, and by the force of his example,
organized band of men in California
I who stood like a wall of fire around the
old flag in the days of peril and of death.
/ As / stood on the granite that covers his
sacred dust, few DAYS since, and looked
abroad upon the glorious scene, and
/ recalled the magical growth of the State
! he loved so well, and the fact that i
+ have heard nothing but praise and
honor of his name in all this border,
/ felt that, like that other martyr, Abra-
ham Lincoln, Applause that continued
until the building trembledl, my cher
ished friend had not died in vain, and
/ that
They never fall who die
I IN great cause; the block may soak their gore;
Their heads may sOdden in the sun; their limbs
BE strung 10 the city gates and castle walls
But siill their spirit walks abroad. Though
/ Elapse and others share as dark a doom.
They but augment the deep and sweeping
Which overpower an others. and conduc,
The world at last 10 Freedom.
How strange the divinity that shapes
our endsi There is another grave in
/ Lone Mountain Cemetery, where sleeps
another martyr of Liberty Edward d.
Baker, of Oregon. The audience again
paid the tribute of prolonged applause.
All of you recollect his magnificent
tribute to BrOderick, in your plaza in
September, 1853; aud how wonderfully
exact his grand picture of the "MechaniC
Senator applied to himself, when ht
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 triumvirate
. Lincoln, BrOderick and Baker, let II:
swear warmer allegiance to our be
loved country and stand close and elosel
by her institutions and her laws. Sine,
the loss of these three men, the progress
Of our country has made us the wondel
of the world. l stand here in this, tn,
, last, the most modern, the most unidu,
. OF the revelation-a city as beautiful a
! any on the earth, State at once ;
garden of flowers and a easket of Jewels
. people bold, enterprising and refined
and look abroad over this fair land an
ask myself why we should change
President who has done so much to hel
this matchless prosperity? CTremen
dous applause and cheers.