The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-14
Hon. A. ). Coliar'" Speech al
Knoxville.

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a Radical paper, and it is not pleasant
TO Mr.. Coiyar's friends to see how .
paper Of this kind cxults over the
'plain truths which it says were told
by him. What those 'plain truths
are can be seen hy referring to the re
port,
But We would fain believe the
Chronicle has Inexperienced the pur
port, and incorrectly printed the Ian
gu"4r of the distinguished gentleman,
We do not want to think that Mr.. Col
Var ruul fiLd it in his heart to say jusi
what the Chronicle reports him as say
ing, aud cannot think so without a
slight abatement Of the confidence we
have always had in him as a political
l,adcr, Surely, if he could obom1on
principle il 1861 to Jollow democracy IN
10 ,rL'kiiOn, The inference is Irresistible
that he would, uuncr an cXigrncc OF
political surroundings. subordinate
principle to p%olicy--an action tia,
would bear indictment before the ban
Of political morality and exalted states
mansiip, and which those who follow
cannot permit, with any feeling Of Sc.
curity, in a leader. II, npon the score
Of policy, he smotherrd the dictates OF
his own Conscience in order to assist
what he conceived to he wrong, then
we would not cnvrt the judgment
which an impartial historian, cr hyp0M-
esq. m"sl pass upon his political career.
And although a glimpse backward al
Radical rule in our country would i'm
pres, one llIal the age OF %virtuous pol,
tics is past, yet, as Ricnzi said, there
is but one way TO restore the great.
ness Of n people, and that is by IN ap
peal to the people themselves. All
great r~cgcncrations are the universal
movement Of the mass. and it is dan
Ecrous for II politician to bctoO shrcw'
To ht sincere, lest the people grow toe
wise TO trust them. However august
bc the oijvcl we propose to ourselves,
every lss worthy path we take to in
sure it distorts the mental sight Of our
ambition, and the means hy degrees
ahase the end to their own standard.
This is the true misfortune Of n mai,
nubicr than his a9e--ihat the iRStra
mrHtS hc mna use soil himself. hnlf h.
RETURNS his times, hut halt, too, the
times wN corrupt Tie rctormer.
We cannot think the Chronicle has
gotten the expressions Of Mr.. COlyal
property before the public, for, taking
them literally, they "go back TO usv
colloquialirm) upon his past record
too severely. We know that Mr.. Col
var vas the trusted aud desrrvedly-in-
t%luential leader OF the Wing party in
Franklin county prior to the war. That
he received no political prelerment is
due TO the fact that tue Democratic
party was 81 overwhelmingly in til
majority. and II man inferior IT, Mr. G.
in all desirable respects could hav
easily defeated him 10 a race tor ollie
pr'jullc against whig@crv rs n name
being the controlling power And We
well remember Mr.. CoI,ar's Opposition
to Lilcoln's Inauguration, or admins
t%ratI"u, unless SOME overt act shoul
he committed. But eally in the con-
ties: he wheeled into line and raised
his voice, in behalf Of the South for in
dependence, with that carnrstncss Of
appeal and admirable pcrsislcDcy ct
effort which characterize him, anil
which have carried many men OF les,
ability and less worth into exalted 30
sitions: Mr.. C"lyar was "a 20 yer" in
converting his party to the cause into
which he went at IL sacrifice Of princi |
pie. His pen was eloquent when his
voice was silent. During the wa. he
fought the eNtortioners at every point,
telling them they should not he per.
m.tted to bring confusion into all the
relations Of home by crying ..hecr,
beet! beer" Oct. 3d, 1862, he wr,t.
ave cannot trust men who love them
selves so well that they cannot lor,uo
the temptation to shave Il government,
that is protecting them and their chill
drcn from n foe more to be Dir. a,ird
than savages.' There was ne patrio,
&c movement in which he was not
leader, and To which he did nat con
tribute MS much as any man so far AS
mental ability was concerned, and Ger
ta'nly in Il pccnuiary sense lie was most
ma9nanlnrous. Mr. Colya1 is known
to 'e IN Unusually gencrous-hlartei
man. an" personally we have no word
'hoit oi praise to utter about him. v
vas due his exrrtian that Mr.. F. A.. /"
-~ouslnnilIer carried s20,000 TO Clur II
nston IN order to purchase the & D
Ut life to be sold to needy laml.
les OF Confederate soldiers at cost
nd c,rri,y, C.,,o;,I, L. ., III