The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-08-05

and who are under no obligation to
the lawless and criminal, or whether
the laws of the commonwealth shall
be executed by those who owe their
election to the classes which neither
respect nor obey the law and whose
business it is to break the law, will
be finally and forever determined
On next Thursday the people will de-
termine whether this state shall be
governed by the orderly and peace
full processes of the law or whether
it shall be a government where VIC
1ence and bloodshed rule.
shall the traditional processes of
the courts or assassination become a
redress for real or imaginary wrong,
the accepted method of arbitrament
in Tennessee? Shall we preserve in
violate in all of their constitutional
vigor, as the very sheet anchor OF our
liberties, the three Independent and
coordinate departments of govern
ment or shall our institutions be de-
stroyed and the will of conscience
less machine boss be substituted for
constitutional liberty?
"These are momentous problems
and upon their solution at the POLLS
Thursday depends the future welfare
and happiness of this people. A ia
vorable verdict will guarantee the
protection of life and the preservation
of property. No man can foreten the
end nor imagine the terrible cOnse-
ouences that will ensue, the awful
train of evil that we will invite IL the
people shall deliberately endorse as
sassination, anarchy and crime and VI
olence. Tennessee expects every man
to do his duty The State faces a cri-
sis. The hideous monster anarchy,
not less to be feared, than foreign
foe upon our sacred soil, threatens the
very life and existence of govern
ment.
..WiIl the sons of the old Volunteer
State within whose bosom rests the
ashes of Old Hickory and where sleep
the immortal Carmack, be true to the
faith?
1--WE have with us today a distin-
guished Democrat, whose services to
the party and to the State as editor, as
administrator, as an able and re-
sourceful leader in every cause waged
in the peoples behalf make one OF
the brightest pages in the history OF
our State. He served eight years In
Congress and I do no violence to the
truth but merely state the plain, I'M
vanished facts of history when ] say
that he made more reputation in one
day in the National Legislature than
M. R. Patterson did during his entire
six years of alleged service at the Ma
tion's capital. He is capable, earnest,
patriotic and eloqeunt.
"He has proven the most formidable
opponent of the governor in this con-
test. Unable to meet his charges, pow
erless to dispute the evidence against
him, Patterson has sought to divert
attention from the real issues pre-
scented by Col Enloe by malignant
attack. In fact 1t has been the policy
of the Governor all during this cam
paign to attack and villify and abuse
all who have exposed his infamieR or
dared to dispute his sway And yet
this man has the brazen effronteTy to
complains that he is abused and perse-
cuted! He has sown to the winds
and he is reaping the whirlwind!
"Col. Enloe has not escaped the
Governors wrath, but abuse from
the Governor is a badge of honor; his
malignant assaults arettestimonisls Of
esteem; his diatrlbes are certificates