The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-05

q majority the title 70 his seat by an
? effort which robbed Prentiss' speech
+ OF its supremacy among the classics
Of contested elections.
i Noting the dauntless courage and
: commanding talents which marked his
bearing when called 70 the other high
. er forum till tire foremost journal Of
the National capital. voicing the inn
, partial judgment OF both partisan and
opponent, declared: He would have
been an ornament TO British Parlis-
ments that knew Burke and Fox and
Pitt. He would have been distinguish
ed in American Senates that contain
cd Clay and Calhoun and Webster
Observing that, in an age when the
subtle spirit of commercialism had
stolen into even the council chambers
of the representatives of the people
and there robbed some of their virtue
and stained others with suspicion. this
man, who had but to stoop to be rich,' ;
stood as unsullied as the sunlight that
bathed the eternal bosom of his ma
tive hills, and as poor in purse as he
was rich in reputation.
Catching the stirring notes of his
bold defiance of entrenched power in
its seeming purpose to trample upon,
the most sacred traditions of the
South and to challenge its born rul-
ers to battle for the preservation Of
its ideals and the supremacy of its
Anglo-Saxon manhood
Seeing him dare the lightning Of
Presidential wrath that he might pre-
claim and defend the unconquerable
creed of the Southland which gave
him BIRTH and of the Commonwealth
whose commission he bore.
"And, then, seeing him without bit.
terness of complaint accept verdict
ut which Justice shrank and, girding
miliar sword of party service, UNI
marred by faintest touch of treason,
and flash it. firm and fearless, in the :.
faces of his party's foes with the
might indeed, of a. full grown man. :,
till, winning on its latest fields the
'airest honors of his whole career, he
placed it, with knightly carriage, free y
If shame or stain, upon the altar of !
he Commonwealth whose glory he p,
lad made his own.
Standing in the presence of this in :,
piring drama of brave mans life,
s it a wonder that the heart and con- :.
cience of a State are moved to pre- !,
lain its pride and that it is the glory
# strong men to follow his flag? :,
Such, my dear sir, is the sure :.
Meaning of this pleasing hour such ;.
he voiceless message of this token
right, which a multitude of kindred -
carts commit unto your own, their -
ledge of fadeless faith And it, per- -.
nance, this cup of Love does ever !.
eem untitled, we bid you know tbs o.,
My that your wish may swiftly brim
DER and DER again from that vast
olume of good wifi which overleaps
ere measured bounds and will ever a
Did itself the willing witness to your ma
ORTIZ" be-
MIR. EWING's ADDRESS. SCI
thu
Hon. Ewing, in presenting the silver -,
rvice to Mrs. Carmack, said in -.
lrt: 49,.
Because of your womanly worth oct
rs Carmack, because with some of the
who are elderly, You are the daugh- yo,
+ of that man among men, Major The
ank C. Huntington, because of what wit
Il have done as the better half of SOP
e partnership though silent except con
the proper time, when l am sure owe
results show, you have spoken to met
audience OF one wen and Wisely spir
helping to write upon the pages of "a
history of our beloved State and full
r country the name of one about anv
ON our cnlldrens chlloren VIII oe- aga
ht to read. your friends and his ing
,e given me the honor and pleasure, estl
highest and best Of this occasion dac,
presenting to you, for them, this beer
,er service, which as you dispense re
good cheer of the festal board, II than
could speak would say my lines pers
e fallen unto me in pleasant of }
ces' cans
AS the years go and you hear the act {
/ and wind beat dark December feeli
lging age frosty, but kindly, ! am soma
, as you look upon this gift you will say
Ill this night with comfort and mali
lsure, evidencing, as It does, our itude
of you and through you insta
r sex. witn'
Nav these wears he many and bring faith
them a consciousness of duty agar
done Just as now you have the full