Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-09-14
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false statement made by those who
claim to have served as my council.
There are six names signed to the card
but Mr. n. g. Bracket, is all six OF
them. They say | said nothing prior
to my call TO trial Oh the 18th of April
last, that led any of the ministers to
believe l had changed my politics.
Bracket and his brother demagogues
are too true and dutiiul to their com.
missions in this state to make me believe
their statement. 1t was what said
and what was said by others, through
the Free Press in Charlestown, during
the Teachers Institute, about one week
before was called to trial, that caused
the trial in the first place. A certain
colored teacher remarked during the
Teachers Institute, that the white peo,
pie had drawn line of demarcation be.
tween them and the colored people Gt
is true the young man meant no harm)
and left the impression upon the entire
Institute, that he thought the colored
people were urjustly debarred from the
white people. |, and l suppose some of
tue other coiored teachers felt very bad;
and 10 prevent the Institute from think
ing the young man had spoken the SEN
timent of all the colored teachers
present, said, the white people had not
only drawn line of demarcation be-
tween them and the colored people, but
between them aud certain classes of
their own people. 2. opposed moral
training as stated exercise in the
Public Free Schools, as knew it would
give rise to different creeds, and illus
trsted it by telling the Institute what
had already occurred in my school be-
tween two boys who differed on the
subject of baptism. One asked inc if
sprinkling was baptizing, and l refused
to tell the boy what l thought about it,
but referred him to Mr.. Webster's Die
tionary, which says either sprnkling or
immersion. The Editor of the Free
Press of Charles,own published my
views Of subjects on which we differed,
which without doubt. created a preju-
dice against me which to some extent
caused the principle part of my present
trouble with N. G. Bracket, OF Harper's
Ferry. The second day after the
Teachers Institute adjourned in
Charlestowp, | was called upon to give
an account of having spoken ligh: of
the Free Baptist Church, and at the
same time, as Bracket states, on the
18th day OF April, 1878, all of the
charges heretofore mentioned were
brought against me. When o demo.
cratic paper speaks favorably of color
ed man, or when republican becomes
an honest republican, N. G. Bracket,
OF Harpers Ferry feeds such man or
men with long spoon until he gets
chance to put an end to his or their in
fuences. The council claims to have
acted in the defence Of the church, but
it is not SO. Rev. J. d. Veney So con-
Quoted himself in Berryville, Clarke
county, Va, last year, that written
notices were put upon posts, houses aud
fences, to call the attention OF passers
by to the scandal, but he is still in the
ministry. Rev. J. H. Rideout, whom
the church here refused as pastor, did
that which is worse than low, but he is
still IT, the ministry. Now as it is
question with the public whether l
changed my politics before, or after my
accommodation or not, l now say to
those concerned, ceased to be q re-
publican when Mr.. Hayes was inaugu-
rated as president of the United States.
l was in favor of his election, and did
all in my power to have him elected; but
] have never believed, and l never will
believe he was elected. / have never
voted a republican ticket since, and l
never intend to vote another.
Mr.. Bracket pretcnds to be entirely
Ignorant of what is going on in this
place but it is not so; he knows every
thing that goes on that sounds like poll
tics. Bracket thought he would kill
two birds with one stone, when he as
sisted in my accommodation; he
thought if I was turned out o. the
church, and announced unfit for public
service, it would have tendency to
work me out Of the school here; but the
Trustees here displayed such wisdom
in their investigation of the charges
brought against me, and for which l
was turned out of the church, as to
make public exhibition Of the faulSity
of the charges.
JAMES II. CAREY.