The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-20

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gracious spirit which enables Gov
| enor Paterson TO 'condesoend TO
men Of low estate. lift up where he
has trampled down anl lay a poultice
| cf warm words upon the rcputa ion
| he has so fearfully bruised. 1t will
teach also those who most un Just Y
| have regarded Governor Cox IS a
man proud and faugiity spirit, that
he is in TACT. man of med st still
ness and humility one who can for
| get injuries the most grievous, fer
| give insults the most fragrant, indure
every assault upon his honor ard
good name without rcsentm Mt, and,
| in general, humble himself that he
may be exalted. 1t will a so STOW
| that no one can ever sin away h's
day CT grace with the present all
merciful machine; that no man can
ever become SO vile so degraded, SO
corrupt in its estimation that il is
not ready to raise him up and load
him with dignity and honors if he
will only give up eyerylh 'ng AMI
serve it with fidelity and siaglenass
Of heart
1T will be remembered that Gov
ernor Patterson professed to have
only one great motive in seeking the
office of goyernor-the wholly
patriotic and unselfsh desire to
purge the state of shame and infamy
brought upon il by Cox and the Cox
machine, He openly declared that
he would rather some other than he
had the task and the honor. but is
soul would not consent that such a
man as Cox should be the governor
Of Tennessee. He charged that Cox
politics Of the state; he represented
him as the plant tool of the saloon
and the corporations; he charge
that he was a Democrat only in name,
Ia Republican in fact; he called him
a traitor to the Democratic party
Not only that. but he vicously as
sailed his, personal honor, his pc
cuniary integrity, and from every
stump in Tennessee, he pictured him
In the bitterest words in his yocabu-
larry as a common CRATER. And the
whole crew joined their voices In
one UNIVERSAL chorus Of dmanation-
crook, CRATER corrupt politician,
cheap John demagogue-su were
the words that few thick and fast
from the mouths of Duncan b. Cooper
and all the leaders in the great
movement to reform and purge and
purify the state to destroy the power
Of the political machine anil restore
power to the people of Tennessee.
The whole campaign was conducted
with view not only to defeat Cry
ernor Cox, but to load him with in
fanny and drive him out of the poll
ties of Tennessee. So far was this
carried, that after Governor Patter
son had been nominated for governor
and Cox had been nominated for the
state senate. Major Cooper iourneyed
to Bristol for the purpose of getting
cut an independent candidate against
him.
These facts will serve to gIorify
the recent pact of peace. II shows
how far Governor Patterson had to
stoop. how much Governor Cox had
to forgive and matches an infinite
condescension with an infinite hu-
miitv. OF course, there are other
details When Governor Cox w"s
summoned to Nashville, some weeks |
ago, it was not simply for the pur-
pose of falling on somebody's neck |
or of having somebody fall upon his |
There are honors and dignitics and |
offenses and substantial rewards t. |
be Observation-Disclosures that go TO |
heal the hurt that honor fee's'-and |
these things were talked of and con-
sidered.
But no doubt, the main thiag was
that Governor Cox agreed to join
himself with Ben Murray, Dune |
Cooper and Spared Hill and aid them
in their battle for the Holy Cause OF
Local Self Government"
Colonel Cooper upon reading this
sent the famous message
to Carmack: "If my name appears
IN the Tennessean again one CT us
must die" The warning was deliv
red to Senator Carmack by ex-State
Treasurer Craig. Carmack said that
Folonel Cooper's threat had made a
cessation of the editorials impossible
that If the Tennessean never again
lsed Cooper's name the public would
,elieve that the paper had been
'luffed and it would lose caste. So
n Monday, November 8, the day of
he killing, there appeared in the
this editorial:
"The Diplomat of the Zweib ibund."
ITO Major Duncan Brown Cooper
Who wrought the great coalition; who $
lchieved the harmonious confluence q
f incompatible elements: who weld !
d the pewter handle to the wooden
poon; who grated the dead bough {
o the living tree and made ii bloom }
nd bourgeou and bend with golden
ruit: who made nlaymates of the
amb and the leopard and boon COM I
anicns of the spider AMI the fly; u
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