The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23
CARLYLE MCKINLEY.
Eloquent Tribute to Late Charleston
Editor-High Ideals And
Noble Work.


ton News and Courier, which occur
red in that city recently, is loss to
American Journalism. Mr.. Mckinley
had not made wide popular reputa-
ton, but he was tighminded; INTEL
Hgent and capable editor. His rep
utation among the men who knew
him in his own profession was of
kind which any man would prize:
for his ideals were high and his work
on level with his ideals. Beginning
life as Presbyterian mirister, he
formed a connection with the Char
lesion News and Courier as an edi
torial writer twenty years ago. He
is best known to the public by AN
Appeal to Pharaoh" published in
1889, plea FOR transporting the ne
groes of the United States to Africa,
which attracted a good deal of atten-
tion at the time, but which was of
Importance only as serious argu-
rnent for an impossible solution. The
cyclone OF 1885 and the earthquake
OF the following year were treated by
him with intelligence and SKILL but
he was best known by his poems and
miscellaneous essays. He was man
of somewhat shy disposition, and the
worlds acquaintance with him was a
good deal limited by that shyness.
One of his poems, greatly enlarged
the circle of those who were ready
to appreciate him. He was skilled
workman, who put his heart into
what he did, and he leaves behind
him a highly honorable record.
A Friendship of Thirty Years.
Ex-Governor Chamberlain's tribute
to Mr.. Mckinley, coming to the Of
hce of The News and Courier, of
course, by wire. was not caught cor
rectly, and it is due the author to re-
print the whole correctly:
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: Your personal telegram
tells me that Carlyle Mckinley is
at rest. After incredible suffering.
long protracted, the worn out body
finds peace; the brave, unconplain-
ing, brilliant spirit was always at rest
in the peace of God Who that knew
him can find words, yet who that
knew him can forbear words, to
speak their sorrow and love of this
great and gentle soul: I confess for
myself I cannot come near to utter
ing the Thoughts that arise in me-
When Thomas Carlyle wrote his
great prose monody over Edward 1r-
wing, he exclaimed: Edward r.
wings warfare is closed; if not in
victory, yet in invincibility and faith
ful endurance to the end OF Carl
Mckinley we can say that his war
fare is closed with victory; victory
over pain, over the flesh, over the
last foe. !
Our acquaintance was more than
thirty years old; never broken, never
seriously or for long disturbed Or in
terrnitted 1t was his lot. as we'll
as mine, to bear part in the storm
and stress period of politics in South
Carolina. Where the fight was hard
est, his white plume rode fearless.
But how often after the roar of bat
tie did I hear his clear voice telling
me of his love and respect. Loyal,
utterly loyal to his cause, in which
he profoundly believed. and for which
he was ready to risk or lose his life,
he was loyal. too. to his friends of
another faith whom he trusted.
Faded and fading memorials Of his
loyalty lie before me as I now write.
but to me they are fadeless and i'm
mortal.
Mckinley was in the full sense of
the term man of genius; he has left
us the written proofs of his genius.
but none equal 10 what are unwritten
in the hearts and memories of his
intimate friends. The opening lines
of his great tribute to Henry Timrod