The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27
MEMORIAL AT
CROSS BRIDGES
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less he could have obtained thousands
by continuing his canvass for senator
at the expense Of his Official duty, but
he preferred TO go 70 Washington and
throw his weight in the balance in
favor Of the most cherished measure
of his bitterest enemies
"He held sacred trusts from the
people Public office to him was not
an honor 10 be bestowed, nor an OPP
portunity for selfish emoluments, but
a trust TO be ministered. Nor was he
willing to hold any position longer
than his constituents desired his serv-
fee. We honor him because when he
could have continued his seat in the
senate by the wiles of the politician,
he chose rather in the face OF great
odds to submit his claims to the ar
bitrament of the popular vote.
"And if Carmack was man of con-
victions, if he was steadfast in pur-
pose Trustworthy in position, intense
in action, he was brilliant in mind.
In deep penetration and quick dis
cernment he ranked with the best.
In command of language and its en-
ployment to purpose he had few
equals.
'In the use of invective he was peer
less In running debate he was
superb. In sublime oratory he was
magnificent.
Gall in ALL Carmack was one of whom
all the world might stand by and cry,
Behold, a mani And with remark
able unanimity this is the judgment
of the man since his death. Bishops
and ministers, church and secular ed
itors, great metropolitan dailies and
country weeklies, statesmen and
jurists, colleagues and constituents, !
the high and the low have pronounced ,
such encomiums as follow-'By ali /,
odds the greatest Tennessean that has :
appeared in public life in this genera
tion,' 'Tennessee's noblest son and
greatest statesman, and the brainiest !,
man Of the South The most brilliant /
light in the public life of this great =
commonwealth Here was a man of 4
whom everybody agreed that he was
without superiors in mental brilliancy, =
and had few peers in those sturdy >
basic elements, common honesty, q
courage and steadfastness of purpose, !,
Edward Ward Carmack was a man in =,
Millions 4
In two fields of endeavor Mr.. Car -,
mack was par excellence. The one &C
Was journalism, the other, our Nation fl
II Senate 70
''As an editor he never had an equal -,
think in Tennessee secular journal 40
SIN. 1t was recently said AS writer CT
IT. Carmack was a satirical as Swift in
S humorous as Butler, and as brill "
amt as McCauley.' Geo. F. Printiss, ho
Ienry Watterson and E. w Carmack : ;
= o'0 - as
journalism. H.,
But it was as United States Sena. As
IT that MS powers shone resplendant. me
Entering the House of Representa- haC
YES twelve years ago. he won a ma er
onal reputation by his first speech, by
resting his seat from an unwilling is
ajority After four years of notable VIII,
rvice in that body he was promoted a n
the Senate, where he Immediately pee
ok and held first position. He was q
g Of the few Senators that never Car
lde an announced spec.h to empty dies
ats in the chamber or the galleries so |
owe. Nor were his speeches only pref
ptivating they were telling in ef- an
It. The other side of the chamber ham
lred no man Of the minority more, pow
lie the Democracy never felt so civic
cure as when he stood for their ton
hts. He will always be remem- of ri
red as one of the greatest Southern "E
majors of his day. Not 30 astute whiC
constitutional law as Bailey, not char
direct in murderous assault as Till 81
n, not so circumspect and dignified of C
department as Culberson, not so full
Doth and resonant in old-time ora e
y as Daniel, not so learned in re- faith
rch as Morgan, he was more The
verful foe, more telling DICTATOR, of Il
more brilliant orator, an ADLER SEN macl
r than any of these. 1t is ques- right
liable whether any other man in that
short time ever so impressed the days
ion through that channel, and fairly rious
tain that no other ever left 1t un- on ii
the same circumstances in so life
at track of glory His colleagues dead
both sides the chamber have de- cryet
ed him to have been It's most brill until
member, and the best equipped umph