The Terry-Broderick Duel (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Terry-Broderick Duel It is now more than thirty years since the world-renowned duel between David S. Terry and David C.Broderick transpired, in which the latter fell mortally wounded. Be fore proceeding with a detailed account of this terrible tragedy and the immediate circumstances and causes which led up to it, it is proper to notice the condition of society in California in the earlier days and the political state of affairs during the first decade of the state's history. During the year 1849, and for a few years thereafter, there was a large immigration to California from nearly all the states of the Union. They were mostly young men under forty years of age, who came seeking fortunes in this new and promising land. Many were ambitious for political distinction and regarded California as a promising field for political enterprise. Of the latter class, the southern states furnished the larger proportion, and they came fully impressed with the belief that they were the superiors of the northern men in the qualities of gentlemen born to rule, and therefore the party leaders and directors of political affairs were to be found mainly in the ranks of these southern gentlemen, some of whom before coming to California had held public positions of honor. They believed in slavery as a beneficent institution, and for the most part regarded the "Code of Honor" as an appropriate means for the settlement of personal grievances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.