The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-22
BAKERS GRAFTON.
The Famous Funeral Address on the
Occasion of Brodericks Burial
The Code or Honor "A shield, Blax.
Onei with the Name OF Chiv-
airy TO Cover the MaIig-
nifty of Murder"

by Judge Terry in duel in California in
1854
A senator lies dead in our midst. He is
wrapped IN bloody shroud, and we, 10
| 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
it's close, it is not fit that such death should
call forth no rebuke, or be followed by no
public lamentation. 1t is this conviction
which impels the gathering of this assem-
blage. We are here of every station and
pursuit, Of every creed and character each
in his capacity Of citizen, to sweS the mourn
full tribute which the majesty O.! se people
offers to the unreplying dead.
He lies today surrounded by little OF
funeral pomp. No banners drot,- 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
J compels the tear in eyes that seldom
weep. Around him are those who had known
him best and loved him longest; who have
shared the triumph and endured the defeat
| Near him are the gravest and noblest Of the
state, possessed by grief at once earnest
and sincere; while beyond, the masses of the
! people whom he loved, and for whom his
| life was given, gather like thunder cloud
Of swelling and indignant grief
| In such presence, fellow citizens, let us
! linger for a moment at the portals Of the
tomb, whose shadowy arches Yibrate to the
public heart, TO speak a few brief words Of
| ha IF hi- 20 =. Al
time of his arrival in California his life had
been passed amid events incident to such
character. Fearless self-reliant, open in
his enmities, warm in his friendships, welded
10 his opinions, and marching directly TO his
| purpose through and over ali opposition, his
career was checkered with success and de-
feat; but even in defeat his energies were
strengthened and his character developed
HIS BoYHooD.
| When be reached these shores bis keen Oh.
| servation taught him at once that he trod
| broad field, and that higher career was be-
| fore him He had no false pride sprung
| from people and of a race whose vocation
| was labor, he toiled with his own hands, and
| sprang at bound from the workshop b.
| the legislative hall From that time there
! congregated around him and against him
| the elements Of success and defeat-strong
| friendships, bitter enmities, high praise, ma
| lignant calumnies-but he trod with a fire.,
and proud step that onward path which has
| led him to glory and the grave.
Fellow citizeu% the man whose body lies
before you was your senator. From the mo-
| ment of his election his character has been
| malgned, his motives attacked, his courage
L .k,.,l
| been system tending to vur end What
was his crinet Review his history-consder
his public acts-weigh bis private character
and, before the grave incloses forever.
| judge between him and his enemies!
As a man-to be judged in his private re-
lations-who was his superior. 1t was his
boast, and, amid the general license of new
| country, it was a proud one that his most
scrutnizing enemy cold fix no single act Of
immortality upon him, Temperate decorous,
self-restrained, be passed through all the ex-
element of California unStained. No man
could charge him with broken faith or vio-
lated trust; Of habits simple and inexpensive,
| he had no use OF gain. He overreached no
mans weakness in bargain, and withheld
| from no man his just dues Never in the
| history of the state has there been citizen
who has borne public relations more stain
less in all respects than he
THE CODE A DELUsION.
One year ago to-day performed a duty,
such as perform to-day over the remains of
Senator Ferguson, who died as Broderick
| died, tangled in the meshes of the code of
honor. To-day there is more eminent
sacrifice To-day renew my protest to-day
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fusion and snare; it palters with the hope
of true courage and binds it at the feet OF
crafty and cruel skill. 1t surrounds its
victim with the pomp and grace of the pro-
cession but leaves him bleeding on the altar.
1t is shield, blazoned with the name of
chivalry to cover the nalgnity of murder.
1t substitutes cold and deliberate prepare
ton for courteous and manly impulse, and
arms the one to disarm the the other, it may
prevent fraud between practiced duelsts who
should be forever without its pale, but it
| makes the mere trick of the weapon" Slpe-
rior to the noblest cause and truest courage
Its pretence Of equality is lett is equal in
all the form, it is unjust in all the substance
the habitnie of arms, the early training, the
frontier life, the border war, the sectional
custom, the life of leisure, all these are advan-
tages which no negotiation can neutralize
and which no course can overcome
And now, as the shadow turns toward the
east and we prepare to bear these poor re-
mains to their last 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, without family or fortune, in the face
OF difficulties; he inherited poverty and OBJ
security; h. died a senator in congress, having
written his name in the history of the great
struggle for the rights of the people against
the despotism of organization and the cor
ruption of power,
HE TRIED TO STAND FIRM.
He leaves in the hearts of his friends the
tenderest and proudest recollections. He was
honest. faithful, earnest, sincere, generous
and brave; he felt in all the great crisis of
his life that he was a leader in the ranks;
that it was his high duty to uphold the in.
terests of the masses; that he could not falter
" hen he returned from the fatal field, while
tho dark wing of the archangel of death wa;
casting its shadow upon his brow, his greatest
anxiety 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
devoted them.
Baker" said he-and to me they were his
last words Baker. when | was struck ]
triad tn sta nd firm bnt tho blow bl;ndo, ma