The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-19
Brilliant Tennessean on Policies of Gov
ernment-Lays Bare Pretensions of
the Republican Party.
HE MADE THE HIT OF THE EVENING
Appeals to His Hearers Return to Old IdeasSavs Rail
roads in Politics Means Corrupdon---Mr. Hartman
Has Supplied the Battle Cry for Democracy
in the Coming Struggle

The Chattanooga News of Thursday
makes the following report of ex-Sen
ator E. w. Carmack's address at the
Bryan banquet in that city Wednesday
night:
Former Senator Edward w. Car.
mack's speech at the Bryan banquet
last evening was distinctly one of the
hits of the evening and repeatedly
throughout his address, Mr. Carmack
was given thunderous applause. In
the course of his remarks Mr.. Car
mack said:
Mr. POSTMASTER and Gentlemen:
Il am glad to join you in this well
come to the distinguished son of Ne
braska. 1t seems to me that there
is lesson of deep significance in the
welcome evoked by his presence here
and in every part of the country. The
cheering fact of this welcome is that
it is offered to man--to a man ele-
waited only by the quality of his man
hood above other men, We know
that the sordid spirit OF commercial
ism and the lust of gold have not
utterly corrupted the citizenship OF
the country; we know that the worship
of power has not eaten out the heart
of the republic when we see S0,000,-
600 American freemen rise and un-
cover to the simple dignity of man
hood, undecorated with Office and I'M
armed with power. 1t renews our
hope; it strengthens our faith in the
republic to see that character can
summon such an army against the
forces of corruption.
my countrymen, the political con-
fict now raging in this country is
but phase of struggle that is
world wide, and as old as time Have
you ever paused to reflect that In
spite OF the almost endless diversity
OF political opinions, there have new
er been for long at time, either in
this country or in England, more than
two great political parties? The
reason is that beneath all minor diff |
ferences there are just two great pas
sions of the human heart which from |
the beginning of time have struggled !
for the control Of government-these
are the love of liberty and the love
Of power. Men sometimes lightly !
prophesy the death of one or the |
other of our great political parties,
without pausing to reflect that each
s founded upon an enduring basis
If human nature, and that under one
name or another they must continue
heir struggle as long as there Is good
Ind evil in the human heart. In all
heir essential characteristics, these
wo parties have always existed and
must continue to exist. The demo
ratio party is as old as righteous
less the republican party is as old
IS sin. The democratic party will live
s long as God reigns, and the repub-
lean party will live until the devil is
hained up.
Perhaps the thought has occurred
0 some of you that the devil has been
citing decidedly the best Of 1t ,
D recent years. But this is super
cial view. dare tell YOU
onight that the democratic party has
'itnessed the triumph Of the impor-
ant principles for which 1t contended
! every disastrous battle.
The Money Question. I
Il was one OF those who believed Z
bi-metallism as enunciated in the I
Iatform Of 1895, and ! believe now 4
lat we were right then. The real d
sue upon which we joined battle was
II q larger volume Of metallic money. c
he free coinage OF silver was but . s
cans to the end, and the republican Il
.rty was opposed to the means be- II
Iuse II was opposed to the end. We h
ere defeated upon that issue. bat IN
3 providence Of God new gold nelds
ere discovered, there WIS q vAst o.