The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-04
Word of Endorseme nf.

Mr., EDITOR In your issue oil
last week you said some things that
in all probability mashed some
body's intellectual toes. | refer to
your editorial on Determinations
prejudice" | endorse what Yo1 SAID
and am glad you said it.
That very evil Of prejudice has
wrought In one place or another al
of the ills you pointed out; and al
honest Christian people ought tc
Gght shy OF that great diSoTgan'zer
as you so aptly term it.
I was glad you took stand against
it. You need not fear you have gone
beyond tie bound5 Of a secular
newspaper III speaking Of it, Ac
cording 10 my notion, 1t Is strictly
in the province OF such. For reltgi"
Gus papers will not attack it, be
cause generally they are as preJu
diced as any body Csc. Therefore
the secular press is the place to at
tack and destroy it.
Now Scotland Neck is a model
town, and is as free from religious
prejudice as any town you can find
but there Is rivalry which perhaps
smacks too much of prejudice. But
there are other towns that have
fallen into decay, and it is largely
due to denominatlonal prejudice.
Examples could be giver, but would
be out OF place.
What you, Mr.. Editor, advocate
and what | endorse, does not mean
that the different denominations
shall lose their individuality; and
that the Episcopalian shall become
Baptist in SENTIMENT heBaptist an
Episcopalian, and the Methodist
both. Nor do we mean that there
shall DE no church pride and prefer
ence. No, we don't mean that.
Bot there are some people who
think more of their church than they
do of their God, and such are the
ones that cause these denomination
al troubles. Such are the ones you
wish to slap in the face with your
y
off and say amen to it all.
Now "a | SAID before, Scotland
Neck is tolerably free from it, and
| attribute it to the Intelligence OF
our people. AS Il rule the man that
is the most prcjudIccd is apt to be
the most ignorant. In communities
where ignorance prevails. there preju
dice rankles in its hot-bedS OF bitter
ness. An intelligent person will see
at once that it IS impossible for al
men to think alike, and therefore
intelligent people must have differ
ences but generally they will have
them without prejudices.
Now put this down as truth
The intelligence of a community
acts as restraining power, and leads
men materially TO agree that all men
cannot agree.
Also this is another truth: When
communities are split to pieces by
UNCONVENTIONAL prejudice, either
there are wicked and designing per
sons at the bottom of it, or it comes
from pure ignorance.
Christian people ought to speak
chartably of all persons, let them be
members of their church or not. AL
denominations are right in some
things and all wrong in some. There
is no one church that embraces al
of the religion, all of the intelligence
or all of the zeal in the world. There
is something good in all and he is s
frail brother who canEot speak s
charitable VOID in favor of another
church or denomination.
Again endorsing your position
and argument, and hoping it may
do some good in correcting the i'll;
you pointed out in the communities
which your paper visits, am,
Yours truly, ATWOOD.
Scotland Neck, n, c., July ?, 1889