Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-11
BAKERS GRAFTON.
The Famous Funeral Address Over
Senator Broderick's Body-The
Meshes Of the
Code of HOnOr-ChiyaIry Cover
Ing Murders MRIignity.
81. Louis Republican.

given, are about TO bear him TO the
place appointed for all the living. 1t
Is not fit that such q man should pass
10 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 followed by no public lamentation.
Ii is this conviction which impels the
gathering Of this assemblage. We are
here of every station and pursuit, OF
every creed and character, each in his
capacity Of citizen, to swell the noun
full tribute which the majesty of the
people offers to the unreplying dead.
He lies to day surrounded by little |
Of funeral pomp. No banners drOop
over the bier, no melancholy music |
floats upon the reluctant air. The
hopes of high-hearted friends droop
like fading flowers upon his breast,
and the struggling sigh compels the
tear in eyes that seldom weep. Around
him are those who had known him
best aud loved him longest; who have
shared the triumph and endured the
defeat. Near him are the gravest and
noblest Of the State, posse ,sed by a
grief az once earnest and sincere;
while beyond, the masses Of the people
who he loved, and for whom his life
was given, gather like thunder cloud
of swelling and indignant grief.
In such q presence, fellow citizens,
let us linger for moment at tho per
tails Of the tomb, whose shadowy
arches vibrate TO the public heart, to
speak few brief words of the man, of
bis life and Of his death. Up to the
time of his arrival in California his
life had been passed amid events Incl
dent TO such a character. Fearless,
self reliant, open in his enmities warm
in his friendship, welded to his opin
ions aud marching directly to his pur>
pose through and ever all opposition,
| his clreer was eheckertdsWith success
and deieAt but even IN defeat his
energies we're strengthened and his
character Developed.
HIS BoYHoOD.
When be reached these shores bis
/ keen observation taught him ST once
that be rOd . broad field and that
higher career was before him He
had DO false pride; sprung iron 3
people and Of race whose vocation
vas labor, be tUilsd with bis own
hands and sprung 81 3 bound from the
workshop 70 the legislative ball. From
. that tine there copyrighted around
him and against him the elements Of
success and defest-strong friendships,
bitter enmitiss, high praise, malignant
cslumuies-bui be uod with q free
and proud step that onward path
which has led him 70 glory and the
grave.
/, Fellow citizens, the man whose body
lies before y0u was y0ur Senator.
Prom the moment Of his election his
e character has been mLig1ed, bis NO.
{ lives attacked, his courage impe1chei.
bis patriotism sssliled. Il has been =
e system tending 70 one end What Vas
e bis erimel Review his history, con
slider his publis sctE weigh his pm
/ Tate character and. before the grave
e inelosss forever. judge between hin
/, ald bis enemies
Asa m2n-to be jzdEe3 IN his pm
= vate relAtions-Eho vas his superior!
Il vas his boast, and, amid tie ger
! erzl license OF rev country, It vas
proud one, that bis most serutiu.
: king enemy csuld az % single act q
: innOrtllly up3n hin Telps1ste.
B self.Testrlined. be passed ihrezEh al
the sEsstsus1t Of CLltsrniK unsiaia-
7 ed No ntn sad charge hlu with
bT1ks. i1ii- O. TiolI,e3 irzst Ct hEt
. rs simple E.i iseIpszEiTs, lie h16 DO
I l1a Of gaia. He 0Vsrrs1cbs3 %
I E11's Eslksess !. = tsrr1iu. tud
Eithts.3 tr5z - nan his 5us dues.
NsTzT Il lie kisie-y e fbs State
: la itsss tss- t-tiTs1 Eh3 hEs borne
p -l.-ls fs-sIl1-s z1Ts stainless II Al
ras-a..z thIz L.
TzE OH DELUEIoy.
Q1s yal- AZ iD-5sy I Terfornsd 3
1rlg Eu.t b ] pa-1grn t0-dgy. ever
l1s rHuE1E ui Senator Fgrrusou.
WIS ciss a. B-93srilk died. n The
= missiles q TIE code Of honor. To
1lJ I rH1aE ny protest to-dsy
Erlsr FpurE TIE code q honor i !
1ElHfi91 ard ; snare i psltsTE With
ne hlpe q . true ogur1Es AID binds
Z u the issi e crafty ard cfuel
srlA i Elrrguo1s its victim with
r he Jgup and Efaos d ths procession.
: t1r lsgFa hin bleeding o. tie altar.
Il lsl Etisla, bltI1Dsd with the nsus
q ctiTalV % esEer the msliguity o.
1ursaF.
i substitutes cold and deliberate
. rEspeEltign for Courageous AID maaly
iupziss, t11 arms the one 70 dissrn
tls oihsr il nay prevent fraud Be
tEsen prtstised duslists Who should
Be forever without its pale, bat Il
makes the mere "uiek Of Il,
weapon superior 70 the noblesi
: Cause and truesi courage. Ia
lpreteuss Of equality is a lett L
! equal in az the form, il i unjust il
all the substsnce-the hzbitude O
arms, the carly training, the frontier
/, life, the border war. the sectional Gus
tom, the life Of leisure, al these ar,
advantages which no nerotiation car
neutralize and which DO courage car
c overcome.
{ And now, as the shadow turns 10
. ward the east and we prepare 70 bes
these poor remains 10 their last restinl
place, let US not seek 70 repress III
!. generous pride which prompts re
y cital Of noble deeds and manly viz
ie tues. lie rose unaided and alone: n
-. began, without family or fortune. 4
~ the face Of difficulties; he inheritel
poverty and obscurity; he died a Sen
= ator in Congress, having written M
~ name in the history Of the great struq
y SIC for the rights Of the people aqains
VI the despotism Of organization and th
corruption Of power.
II. He TRIED TO STAND FIRM.
He leaves in the hearts of hi
ts' friends the tenderest and proude,
on reeolleetions. lie was honest, faitb
.ss tul, earnest, sincere, generous an
ay brave; he felt in all the great crisis
er his life that he was a leader in m
ranks that 1t was his high duty |
,e- uphold the interests of the massel
or that he could not falter. When h
at returned from the fatal field. Will
ny the dark archangel of death was casl
Or, ing its shadow upon his brow, M
he greatest anxiety was as to the ne,
a Torrance Of his duty. He felt IA,
all his strength and all his life b
on longed to the cause to which he hs
devoted them.
IT. Baker" said ho-and to me the
,ys were his last words" Baker. when
IL was struck tried to stand firm. br
the blow blinded me, and / ooul
do not" trust that it is no shame |
We my manhood that tears blinded me
&C. he said it. OF the last hour | ba,
no heart to speak. He was the last
IN his race. There was no kindred han
N, 10 smooth his couch or wipe the deaf
by damp from his brow, but around m,