The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-20
CIRMACK WAS A
MARTYR TO DUTY
az DIED BECAUSE or HIS FIRM
DEVOTION AND LOYALTY TO
PRINCIPLE.
ABLE ADDRESS OF G. 7. HUGHES
a.t Us Build a Monument to Him
Upon the Statute Books Of
Our State"

At The memorial services on Sun
a,v afternoon in honor of Senator Car
mar Hon. G.. T. Hughes said:
eye are here as neighbors and
friends. as those who have known him
t,rgast and loved him best, to pay
homage TO the life and character OF
Edward Ward Carmack, and to ex.
oregs as best we can our deep grief
ST his untimely and tragic death and
,rr heartfelt sympathy for his be-
raared loved ones. There are in this
audience those who were united to
him bv ties of marriage and blood,
some who have known him from child
bood some who were the comrades Of
his boyhood years, and many, and l
among that number, who have known
him from his earliest young manhood.
Who have followed his fortunes with
rnabated interest to the hour of his
death and have given him our unfal-
tering trust, and our support in his
every aspiration and endeaVor. All
present. whether they have been per-
sonalv associated with him or not,
are familiar with his character and
the principle events of his life. And
I may say, and truthfully say, as 1
4 believe, that in this vast audience, not
one present but will join US in heart
and spirit in paying this tribute to
his memory.
Before such an audience, even if |
time would permit it would be un.
necessary to review the incidents of |
bis remarkable career. 1t will be suf-
fcenr if we take a view of his char
actar as it was evolved from the pro-
cesses of his life's work, of the man
as perfected by his years of struggles,
defeats ana successes.
We do not claim for him that he
was a perfect man, no he was a very
human man, and no one would have
resented such a claim with more en-
rhlsis than he would have done him
SELF for he felt an unutterable scorn
for all sham and hypocrisy. He was
free to confess his faults. Not that
he was insensible to them, or indif-
ferent to public censure, but that he
did not want to appear better than
he was; that he did not and would not
lead double life. 1t was this spirit
of openuess and frankness that made :
those of lis who knew him best resent
with so much earnestness the charge
that was brought against him during
his recent political campaigns that he =
was insincere in his protestations to =
the cause of prohibition, or in his life.
We knew that a more loyal and true .
man to his convictions and to his ="
high ideals never lived.
There was a period in his life, :,
when his character seemed to hang
trembling in the balance, and when =
We who were deeply concerned in his
welfare, and who knew the possibili- :,
ties Of the man, looked with deep
concern upon his course, but at that "
period of his life, he met and loved -
the woman whom he afterwards won,
and 1t was to her influence and SPLEEN
did character more than anything else, =
ne owed his rescue from the perils
which beset him, and the state and -
the nation owes to her a debt Of graf
itude for the splendid influence exert ID
ed by her in helping to mould and SC
orlng to their highest excellency the W
splendid traits Of manhood for which 80
our dead friend was so distinguished th
And what a consolation 1t must be to I'll
ner to feel that in this indirect way W
she has helped him to build such an "
monument. OF
1T was just about this time too that WI
ne was called to the editorship of one w
d our largest daily papers, a work so 81
We'll suited to his peculiar talents. WI
HIS success was immediate and VIC
'henominal but this success, caused Jo'
lin IN raoliza ,,orhos nod ,ovar tut
''''1S PNl hopS do hC iidN ASNSh 4
zone before the responsibility which
lis genius and remarkable power over III
ne minds of others had imposed upon w
lin I'M
"r,..-,. pre-
through the channels Of our daily -,
e"snapers there sweeps the current A.,
% commercial and business life, of -.
oc''v and political thought, but -,
oo0gh 1t also sweeps the current Of
nat dark stream OF sin and crime.
Is n" sat with his hands upon the eA'
uoJ' PULSE he could feel the throb- -.
ing OF humanity, the crime, the sin, psu
re fearful consequences which flow q
ON The liquor traffic were revealed to B
IN NJ he had never seen 1t or
CtiUpd az II bafora md HANOI n y