The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-10-10
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Senator John Sherman, Of Ohio. de
hvered an able political address at Sar
Francisco on the evening of Septcmbe,
End, from which we make the follow.
ing extract:
There is a grave in Lone Mountain
Cemetry which is an alter at which
every patriot may worship as he studies
the marvellous progress Of Republican
ideas. The stately shaft that Doints
heaven-ward over the remains Of Da.
wa Colbert Broderick is at once a
warning and an example. [Deafen-
ing applause, which continued min.
corrupted for several minutes.1 II
warns us never to yield what has
been so bravely and SO bloodilv won
1t is an example that no sacrif,ce IL
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 rich-
es OF its sister communities would
have been swept into the rebellion.
Like the Democrats who now support
Grant, he broke the chains of marty
resisted the usurpations Of corrunt
Administration, and by the force Of
ms example organized band of men
IN California who stood like wall Of
fire around the old flag in tho davs
OF peril and death. As / stood on tho
granite that covers his sacred dust. n
lew 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 aud honor
OF his name in all this border, / felt
that, like the other martyr Abraham
Lincoln [applause that continued I'M
III the building trcmbled,l nv cher
ished friend had not died in vain and
that
They never fail who die
~ great cause the block may soak their rore
Their heads may sodden in the sun their lfmhs
Be- Re strung l 70 city gates and castle walls
E!apse ana others share as dark adOom
Iney augment the deep and sweeping thoughts
Which over-power all others, and conduct
Tie world ut 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-
d. Baker, of Oregon, fThe
audience again paid the tribute of pro-
longed applause.] All of you recolJet
his magnificent tribute to Broderick.
in your Plaza. in September of 1859;
and how wonderfully exact his grand
picture of the Mechanical SENATOR
applied to himself, when he was laid
by the side of his friend.
Inspired by these cherished names.
ny friends, let us gather new conf
ience in our cause. BY the holy tri-
lmvirate, Lincoln, Broderick and b.
ser, let us swcara warmer allegiance
70 our belived country and stand closer
and closer by her institutions and her
avs. Since the loss of these three
men, the progress of our country has
made us the wonder of the world. RI,
itand here in this, the last, the most
modern, the most unique Of the reveal
iona city as beautiful as any on the
'arth, State, at once garden of flow
rs and casket of Jewels, q people
,old, enterprising, and refined. and I
oOk abroad over this fair land and ask ,
myself why should we change a Presi.
lent who has done 90 much to helm !
his matchless prosperity? lTremend- !
'us applause and cheers.] II