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

ing shadows that would have engulfe
a weaker mould. step clear and fai
into the searching gaze Of first Con
monwealth and then country. and bca
himself as one who would reveal L
his fellowman the highest attribute
of majestic manhood.
Dark is the day to that peopl
whose faith in pure Ideals is lost
whose homage to lofty character ha
passei away. This scene wears tn,
dignity of impressive proof that this
evil hour has not come to Tennessee
for, though this token bears a single
name. it rises. too, above significance
of friendship or esteem, and stands
the sure. inspiring testimony Of a
State that it is not ready to surrender
10 the grasping and gross spirit OF
the age the supreme duty to render
to exalted worth an homage which
mere power does not deserve, nor
mere gilded fortune wrest.
A Peoples Pride.
This scene and this hour-tfis
man, private citizen, crowned with
the pride of whole people-it is a
breath of the olden days which seems
TO sweep through these corridors It
is a note from the olden time of sim
plicity and strength we catch; an echo
of the years which are gone when the
conquerors of forests and floods and
famine, of new lands, and wide rivers
aud a continent, were abroad in the
land, when the builders of Constitu
lions and Commonwealth, and a coun-
Try were striking their Titan anvils
the days of might and majesty, when
millions were myths, when only great |
men sought great station, when broad |
principles drew towering men to no
BILE measurements of lance and sword |
and, too, when a peoples favor was
both the conceded right and sure re-
ward of virtue and of valor.
This shining emblem bears craven
messages of remembrance nd re-
spect; but, had the chiseling hand Of
fits fashioner sought, with one bold
stroke to linn the character and car
eer of him whose worth it would com
niemorate, he might we'll have written
there the simple yet sufficient senti
nent uttered by the South's foremost
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he said, The
sublimest word in the English langu-
age Is duty d;
1T is because Tennessee knows that
this motto has been the pillar of cloud
by day and of fire by night to this
son and citizen, throught the struggling
years when courage, conquering adj
and ambition, nourishing hope, +,
ever pointed upward, till life broaden !,
ed to the splendid yet severe arena ;
Of the Senate of earth's proudest Ma.
ton. It is because that Tennessee =
knows he has never sacrificed a prin-
,iple to serve policy nor evaded an =
ssue to secure an advantage, nor :,
Snelt to power to win its smile, nor :,
betrayed friend to court an enemy, ;,
I'VE, nor ever deserted a friend in the !
lour of need-it Is because his open -
life has been the conceded synonym
or public faith and private honor that
lie stands ehtrenched tonight, invinci-
l. he h,,I1V o,l- rNf Gtotou, | Sc
steem. p'
His Just Ambition.
IF 1t be the just ambition of no NJ
lie nature to receive the approval us
D attract the devotion, and to de- tie
erve the respect of his fellow men. Fl
urely this man should be content; yo
Or this scene has no other meaning, tn
lese Corners to the capital from far at
nd wide no other mission, this glitter as
ring gift no other message than to an
III the simple story of a peoples In
ust. tn,
Fashioned of beaten silver and on
I'D from which the artificer has driv- VIII
all dross, this emblem is affair re- lig
* of the unalloyed sentiments which ha
spired its bestowal. It's Furnished the
ce tells us that it is a token to Ed of
ard Ward Carmack from fellow Ten sill
sseans of admiration for the states the
an, esteem for the citizen, affection it
r the man. hay
1T Is great thing to have the fa- pla
+ OF free people: 1t is greater "
attain their friendship; but it is rail-
safest of all to deserve and win and bril
Id their faith. How fortunate this sur
IN that he should read his title to rec
I'm all, and life scarce yet at its pie;
ridian! app
And in the lines that CLEAN upon you
S emblem, as these willing witness 81
fresh from distant homes are here wifi
light to tell him anew, commissions well