The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-09-16
cARmAcx AND PATTERSON.

Memphis seems 70 uoto e~4rs
utmost the forensic eloqnenee OF the sreas
orators il the famous Houan MURDER
case. and Judging from Memphis ne"spa-
per comments no greater speeches were
ever made in Tennessee than were MADE
by distinguished counsel in TINS case
Senator Carmack appears TO have oeen
an easy first in the oratorical contest
with the Hon. NJ. r. Patterson Con-
gresham for the Memphis district an
honored and worthy second.
Speaking of the remarkable EFFORTS
made by Messrs. 'Carmack and Patter-
son, the Memphis Commercial Appeal
says:
1.-THE two arguments were widely dill
ferent in congestion and character--as
widely different as are the characters
ties of the Statesmen who delivered
them. Senator Carmsck leaped at
hound TO the topmost heights OF oratory
and by sheer force of his personality
carried his audience with MIN. There
among the craggy mountain tops OF ms
own creation, lighted by the etfulgent
brilIiancy of such rhetorical splenuor
40 II has been given to the fewest to
produce. hurling tie tbunderbolts OF
his indignation apd crashing out the
tbunders of his wrath, he scared ard
wrought The voice of the mountain
wind in the piDetops was not sweeter
than his mood at times. The infinite
sadness of the sea murmured through
his words as he talked OF the untimeiy
fate of the poor boy so rudely torn from
the arms of his bride and laid IN the
grave. Beneath his terrible irony the
souls of the hardened and sin scared
shrunk and cracked as though crisping
in the very blaze Of hell.
Zone forgot his own identity in listen
L ing to that epeech. One heard VOICE
and saw a man, his eyes half closed ano
sparkling with something more thar
earthly light, his arms finging IN tine
! abandon of bis gestures. his face husn
ed his crinkled hair flowing back from
his brow and looking strangely electric
in it's rudoy waves and through it al
felt a sense of compulsion, an impress
ion of irresistible force emanatlng from
the wonderful personality of the man.
.sGen. Patterson, on the other hand
his own identity and responsibility
Senator Carmack did ones thinking Io
him, drew ones conclusions Tor MIN
and such was the magic OF his eloquenc'
that one rejoiced because ne dld. Gen
Patterson brought to ones door tn'
logic of the law and the evidence OF tn'
record, and appealed insensibly a
cry step to the reason and to the &C
countability of the listener. he wouie
not permit one to forget ones identity
| it was impressed at every turn. Ii wa
as though the speaker were saying
81 am giving you the facts. l am giy
ing YOU the law. YOU, are the Judge
and the decision of this matter mus
rest with you
"There we're occasions when, at cru
cial moments in his argument, Ger
Patterson spurned the even way OF tn
body of his discourse and stormed tn
dizziest heights of eloquence. carrying
Judge. Jury and audience into that rare
fled atmosphere where the vieion is clar
fled and men become seers, but IL wa
only for a moment, and he came .bac
with strong grasp and remorseless mol
upon the case before him to the solI'
ground of the facts. Yet the sense
we're rested, the mind relieved and tn
! relations of the facts in the record mao
plainer because of these momentar
fights. these birdseye views OF tn
whole matter. Senator Carmack spok
with the eloquence Of the storm. Gen
Patterson's wac rather that OF the shrie
and whistle of the steam from the safet
, valve, and never through its shrilles
? cry was one forgetful Of the thumpln
, and pounding of the controlling forc
which bore one on and on and annihil
! ated space with the winds speed, an
. vet with the safety of the iron 'shod stee
Of modern traffic. Listening to Senate
: Carmack one was impressed with tn
brilliancy of the man. Listening I
Cen. Patterson one was impressed wit
the strength of his cause, and this quit
I apart from passing Judgment upon a.
' cause. To put it otherwise. the Senate
appealed to one as demi god, the Cor
gresham as man, but a man OF VOL
derful viriIity, stronger IN his mannoo
{ than in any other attribute, scornin
Q advantage unfairly taken, yet prepare
to battle to the bitter end against er
croachmeDt.
ITO one who heard that argument,
: would be useless to attempt toinsibua,
4 that Gen. Patterson was not entirely
:. earnest and absolutely sincere. II
u voice was the voice of protest, stronI
r indignant, even wrathful protest again
u injustice and against hypocrisy. Or
Il was forced to the conclusion that. wha
ever the intrinsic merit or dement, Of b
cause, the Congressman from the Tent
District OF Tennessee was himself
a fully persuaded of it's justice that
: would face any tribunal or brave Il
! wrath OF any faction whatsoever 10 /
y defense; and one involuntarily prt
II nounced the verdict:
al "'Here was man.
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