The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-27


more win realize her tragedy in deny
ing herself his service there. The
South has not had man in the Ma
: tioual Congress- in quarter century
she needed more than this one.
: And ii Carmack was a great man.
, he had the true ideal Of greatness.
, He was great in the sense that Jesus
taught true greatness to consist, great
/, lin service to his people Ambitious
to be sure, but never ambitious that
his name should outrun his usefulness.
His splendid powers were dedicated
to service He regarded them as held
in trust for his people, and to this
trust he was ever faithful AS an
editor, in his young manhood, as
senator in the supremacy of his power,
he accepted his positions as an OPP
portunity to work for the reign of
Righteousness. But in his last days
this was most marked His great
est service was in leading the peoples |
] fight against civic wickedness in his
native state. And this was done at
! the cost of great personal self-denial.
! He knew there would be heavy odds
against him, that his nomination for
Governor was very doubtful, and that
| if he should fail, his one ambition
to return to the Senate-would be far
less certain of qualification, and more
over to enter that contest he refused
lucrative offer from a metropolitan
daily, and cancelled lecture engage
ments amounting to $7,5OO.OO. In all
this his one idea was service. Ten,
nessee can never appreciate too much t
the self-denial of Senator Carmack in
order to lead her fight for sobriety and I
good government. f
"And after his defeat in the primary, ]
he that might have recuperated his
fortune on the lecture platform, chose I
rather to accept position upon f. a
poor paper in order to carry d
the peoples battle to the very gates X
of the city. His life dedicated to SER al
vice, his motto was: Service always, Il
everywhere and as long as possible. tt
And he served unto death OF
Yes, E. W. Carmack was a great til
nan. Great in the brilliancy of intel w
ect, in the strength of manhood, in at
levotion to principle and adherance to in
luty-in service to his people ne
I'VE Tennesseans today should
herish his memory with qualification We
nd pride. Often, thinking of the 20
reat men of long ago, that shed such Ia
lister upon our State and gave her so wi
roud a place in this sisterhood of we
merican commonwealth, we have Gu
essimistically said we shall never =
&c their like again But when the fu- q
Ire historian comes to make the final u
ecord and render the permanent re- q
ards, E. w. Carmack will be ac- "
'rded place with the greatest of our y
.ate's worthless. AS an orator he is Ye
a class with Meredith P. Gentry and -
lillian T. Haskell, as a statesman mo,
ranks with John Bell and Hugh fen
lwson White and Andrew Jackson, goo
a debator he is the peer of An idee
ew Johnson and Isham G. Harris mr.,
wen oroed cltlzen, man among erig
m, he measures with the best we've -
d, while as a journalist and as lead fifth
of the moral movement he stands emf
L. IL -
himself In all these classes ne A Fl
the peer of any man mentioned, and on {
en- we combine them and choose that
nan for wonderful versatility, he is SHOW
.rless. the
such IS my appreciation OF =. w. freeC
mack. 1t is the tragedy of TRACE "R
5 that such man, so brilliant and one
usefui, at the very time or MS SUI cry
me service, should be cut down by sion
assassin, slain by the murderous deth,
d of the minion of the saloon the f
Ter, sacrlnceu upon the altar Oh ment
C wickedness and political corrup- IL,
. 1t is enough to make the blood the
ighteous men DOH WIN lhulsnaCion the o
SUI we may ask is the cause lor our u
en- Carmack stoou buried WIN lts give
mpion?" the Fl
The first thought Of the enemies
,ivic righteousness in that dread
hour was that they had won. M
But were they correct? 100000
lful followers answer today, No,
blood of the martyr is the seed
he church. and the death of Car
k was as truly martyrdom to
&C tbo+ 20 the saints each
went to the blocks in the olden giving
/. His death was as truly vica- mans
as that of the Prince of Peace the II
he cross of calvary. He gave his nh
d u"n'oNi Ao' .i' nual I