The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03
Trihnta Of Rasnact.

Septt mOer 70, 1907, AZ y cioch y.
~, according to adjournment OF
September 2I, 1889, Chairman
Thomas M. Joues, presiding, ADD
w. b. Smitbson, secretary.
Present: Hon. Thomas M. Jones,
Hon. Scion Z. Rose, Hon. q. W.
Ewing, John T. Allen, ESQ.,, Hon.
A. J. Alternately, Amos r. Rich
artisop, Esq, 7. M. N. Jones, Esq
J. P. Alternately, Esq. Merritt Es-
lick, Jr., Esq. and W. B. Smith
son, Esq.
Hon. Scion z. Rose, chairman,
on behalf the Committee on Reso
lutions relative to the death of Hon.
james McCallum, presented the
following report, towit:
In contemplating the life and
character of James McCallum and
In presenting this tribute to his
memory we are inspired by emo
tions akin to those we feel Wien
beholdIng the portrait of some
ancient patriarh conceived and
painted by one of the grand old
masters under the inspiration Of
the loftiest genius. The more we
contemplate it, the more it Grows
and develops in such complete
symmetry and majesty that it
seems vital with living thought
and exalted emotion until it
presents he very perfection of
human charater and we stand awed
with with reverence and admira-
ton in the presence of its beauty
AID it's grandeur. Such are the
feelings inspired by contemplating
the life and character of James
McCallum.
Through the lights and shadows
Of long and eventful life we see
virtues and graces that inspire our
love and admiration, and we be-
hold him crystalizing into a COM
plete and exalted character that
frightened in tie lapse oil years.
take him all in all in we shall
not look upon his like again."
This is the man whose death we
have this day met to commemorate
and to give expression to our sor-
row and bereavement for his loss.
The Hon. James M cCallum was
born in Robertson county. North
Carolina, on the End day
of October 1906, and died in Giles
county, Tennessee on the 18th of
Sept. 1889, nearly SO year of age.
He was Of Scotch descent and OF
Presbyterian faith and well has he
illustrated in his life the higher
virtues and graces of his ancestry
and the puier charactistics of their
faith. He blended the stern duties
of the christian with the genial
graces of social life.
He commenced life as q schoo
. teacher and was then a patient and
earnest instructor and gave early
evidence of his aptness in impart
ing knowledge and in controlling
his school by winning the love ant
confidence OF his pupils. He wa
, long the clerk and master Of tn
> chancery court at Pulaski, and fillet
] the position with rare efficiency
and the millions that passed throu q
q his hands was a fund sacred 10 hi
custody. He left the office wit
T universal esteem and confidence
Il He was a member of the legislator
= OF Tennessee atthe commencement
8 OF the war, and met the trying hou
n with that clear judgment and tru
d courage that always marked hi
I. course in life, and probably sa
l. with clearer prophetic vision th
n coming tempest that swept owe
8 the land than any of his fellow
members. AS a member of til
confederate congress lie was a &C:
s. to in counsel" and legislators of
10 nation sought and needed his az
q vice. He was three years gran
r. master of the Masons of Tennes
. see, and his nan will long be hel
al sacred by the Brothers of I'll
= Mystic"
le All the positions he held VIC
j. luster from the purity and grande,
y of the man. Neither fame nor TO
5, tune could have added to his axal,
ed personal character, for he W,
re most exalted in private life, ev,
a. impelled by broad sense of char
2. ty that acknowledged no convel
e. tional limitations; pure IN spiri
E gentle but firm, gen al and gene
re Gus, devoted to his family, war
t. and faithful to his friends; earne.
active and sincere in his religio,
of but fettered by no creeds that san,
IN toned intolerance. A we'll poiss
" and beautifully rounded characte
so tennessee may have had men vii
al more splendid careers, but bor
ty more beloved than James MEGA
he lum
MT His anecdotes seemed exhaus,ie
de and so sparkling and apt that tn,
he served him as arguments. His "
was impromptu but free from ma
lie; while incisive, yet so delica
and refined; it was like the arrc
III classic fable whose fight left
- ray Of light, but inflicted no woun
is dis ever dowing humor made hi
Is. the life and favorite of the. oci
ok circle. AS a writer he was chss
to and concise, his style was tiers
finished, even classic in its accur
lis cy, purity snd elegance. What
a has written would be profitable
coming generations if preserve
,er de was more familiar with the loo
W. history and traditions of Gil
Inn county, aud even beyond her be
ders, than any man OF his day, al
- was the storehouse of her mem
'ce ries'
- lie was the Nestor of the Pulas
y. bar and ever faithful to the duti
~ OF his profession, and his relatio
to the court and his brother Ia,
NY yers were always cordial, rein
ic' and courtly. he took the you
man by the hand so kindly, and
rected him the way TO rectitude a
me success that ever after he felt I
nd presence of his guide.
er. His placid dignity and his gen
ed and impressive i1anuel gave 10 b
asst a magnetism that won all wi
whom he came in contact, for
lie. was a model in all the relations
life.
m. Through his long life no shade
ever rested upon his good nau