The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-13


VIII serve also to bring out in bolt
relief the gracious spirit which en-.
ables Governor Patterson to sconde.
sccnd to men of low estate lift u1
where he has tramplcd down and IN,
a poulticc Of warm words upon the
reputation he has so fearfully bruis-
ed. 1t will also teach those who most
nnJustly have regarded Governor
Cox as a man of proud and naughty
spirit that he is. in fact, Il man of
modest stiffness and humility one
VIII" can forget injuries the mos,
"ricvous. forgive insults the most
lla"rant. endure every assault upo,
ms honor and good name without re-
sentiment, and, in general humble
himself that he may be exalted. II
Will aso show that no one can ever
SIN away his day Of grace with the
present all-mcrciful machine: thar
n" man can ever become 50 vile, so
degraded, so corruut i'm IFS ostimo.
ton that 1t IS not ready to raise him
up and load him with dignity ana
honors if only he will give up pvcry-
tim" and serve 1t with fidelity and
<in"l"nc>S Of heart.
1T will be remembered that Gov
'rh"r Patterson prnfr>>cd to have on
~ ON" great motive" I'm seeking thc
Office OF %ovrrnor-~thc wholly paIrin.
tie and msclfish desire to purge thc
state Of the shame and infam,
brought upon it by Cox and the Cox
machine. He openly declared that he
would rather some other than he had
the task and the honor. but his so,,l
would not consent that such a man
rs Cox should be governor Of Tcn-
ncSSrr. lie charged that Cox had de-
graded and dcbauchcd the politics of
the State: he represented him as fine
pllant tool Of the saloon and the cor.
poratlonS: he charged that he was :,
democrat only in name. a republican
IN fact;' he called him a Traitor TO
the democratic party' Not only that.
nut h" vlrlouslv assailcd his person
al honor. his pccuniary integrity, and
from every stump in Tennessee he
pictured him in the bittcrcst words
Of his vocabulary as common
CRATER. And the whole crew ioin-
ed their voices in one universal chor
us of damnation-'c crook 'graftcr,'
corrupt politician,' 'chcap John
dcmagoguc such were the word,
that flew thick and fast from the
mouths Of Duncan B. Cooper and all
the leaders in the great movement t.
reform and purge and purify the
State. to destroy the power of the
political machine and restore powc,
to the people Of Tennessee. The whole
campaign was conducted with a view
not only to defeat Governor Cox, but
to load him with infamv and drive
him out Of the politics Of Tennessee.
SO far was this carried that, after
Patterson had been nominated fo,
governor and Cox had been nominate
cd by his democratic constituents for
the State senate, Major Coopc,
lourncycd to Bristol for the purpose
OF getting ont an independent can.
dldatc against him.
"TheSe facts will serve TO rlorify
the recent pact of peace. It shows
how far Governor Patterson had to
stoop, how much Governor Cox had
to forgive, and matches an infinite
rondcsccnsion with an infinite hum,-
ity.
'Of course. there arc details
When Governor Cox was summoned
to Nashville some weeks AGO. il VA,
not simply for ihc purpose of falling
upon somebody's neck or of havin.
somebody fall on his. There are hon
"rS. and diyniticS. and offices. ana
substantial rewards to be distributed
things that 90 10 'hcal the hurt
that honor feels and these things
wrr" talked Of and considered.
But no doubt the main thing
waS that Governor Cox agreed to
J"in himself with Ban Murray. Dune
Cooper and Spared Hill and aid
them in their battle for The holy
cause of local sclf-govcrnmcnt."
The Rev. Irl R. Hicws Almanac.