The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-11-10
MUST HONOR LEADER
BY PRACT|C|NG ART
OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
THEME OF ADDRESS OF ]. |. FIN.
NEY AT GRAVE OF LATE E.
w. CARMACk.
MARTia FIRST TAUGHT LIS, ON
That the Citizen Owes His Highest
Allegiance to HIS State and Coun-
try Not - Political Organization,
Declares the Speaker.

DeS'a'Ss tne speaker.
:
At the grave of the late Senator
Edward Ward Carmack, at Rose Hill
Cemetery, on Thursday, ]. |. Finney,
editor of The Herald, spoke as fol
lows:
I 1T is hig NY creditaole to this poo-
pie, that they should, upon the ami
versary of Oul leaders death, come
TO this sacred spot where his ashes
have mingled with the dust and give
expression to that love and deep ven
GRAFTON which they feel for this coun-
tvs greatest and truest son. It is
proper that we should annually lay
our tribute of respect upon the grave
| of one who devoted all of his life to
the service of his fellowman, whose
only ambition was born of an unself-
ish desire TO contribute to the well
fare of his neighbors, his country, his
State and his nation. We owe it to
ourselves and to our posterity to
show this appreciation of one who
knew no call but that of Duty, who
acknowledged no master but the Di-
vine Ruler of the Universe, and who
served nc interest but the interests
Of all this people.
For in honoring this man whose
spirit, released from its mortal en-
cumbrances, is near this scene, and
l doubt not pronouncing benedic-
ton and a blessing upon this devoted
men, who have carried the stainless
banner which death took from his
brave hands, we are paying ourselves
the high> honor Nothing that we
can say here can add to the honors
which he won by his own efforts, by
the power of his matchless intellect,
| by the courage with which he fought
| for the right, by the high ideals which
ever guided and directed him. No
word that 1 can utter could add lus-
ire to the glorious record of his
achievements >Naught that I could
say could take one laurel from his
brow, crowned as it is with the love
and gratitude of those he served and
for whom he spilled life's blood
Edward Ward Carmack, by his
own efforts, rose from poverty to the
highest pinnacle of power. His rec
ord was made when as a fearless edi-
tor he waged unrelenting war upon
vice and corruption. His record is
written large upon the pages OF the
Senate of the United States where
| his short career has been universally
pronounced the most brilliant in the
annals Of that august body. His rec
ord was indelibly traced upon the
hearts of hundred thousand Ten
nesseans when in that last and great
est of all his campaigns he bore
aloft above the ramparts OF sin and
vice and crime the unsullied banner
of Home and Sobriety. 1t was then
that his noble qualities showed to
their fullest advantage. Never was
the mate greatness of his character
SO well manifested; never did cru
sader CT cid battle with greater zeal,
more fidelity and higher courage than
he did in that memorable conflict
and he paid the penalty with his life.
For in that contest which should ever
be alike the inspiration to all who
love truth and virtue and the warn
ing to all who fancy themselves en-
trenched behind the bulwarks OF vice
and corruption, he incurred the indy
ing enmity of the powers OF dark
ness and they fancied that his death
would still his hand and silence his
voice.
"But Carmack dead has won Victo-
ries that Carmack living could never
achieve. Carmack's spirit has heard
the shouts of triumphant legions that
Carmack in the flesh could never
hear. In three never to be forgot
ten campaigns his ghost has walked
in Tennessee and righteousness has
prevailed.
"What we may do or say cannot
detract from nor add to career that
is the pride of all true patriots, the
inspiration of all genuine reformers,
and the eternal heritage OF all Ten
pesseans. For him "Hfe's f1tful fever
is over" His prayer has been an
swered. He sleeps in his beloved
Southland. He is forever pilloWed
unon her bosom and rocked In sleep
in her tender and encircling arms"
But we can add lustre to our State
the better serve it and make this