The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-08-01
Scotland Neck Democrat.

There have been two great tribunals
earnestly engaged in this great cause !;
one Board of eight Directors with
eight sworn attorneys, and the other
the great threbbing mass of sovereign
| voters of North Carolina with their
wives and their sons and their daugh-
| tiers, Each tribunal has rendered its
| yerdict-the sworn tribunal Il written
| verdict and the peoples tribunal a
spoken verdict. Do these verdicts
coincide: Do the great masses OF the
| magnanimous freemen of North Caro-
lima agree in their verdict with the
| eight true and tried and trusty men
| who have rendered a verdict of not
guilty: The majority of that Board
have said. mot guilty.: the majority
of the living voices of this great COM
| monwealth have said ''GUILTY."
And the Democrat wishes to state with
| unmistakable clearness that it agrees
in the verdict of the people, and says
| s'GUILTY,'' and sustains the verdict
of those three men whose honest con-
yictions are in accord with those we
here record. DIR. Grissom ought to go
from the Asylum because the people
of North Carolina think he ought to go.
We know the sentiment of the people
we represent, and we know that not
two men i'll every ten sustain III sentl-
| ment the vote of the Board. Then DIR.
Grissom ought to go from the Asylum
because he is guilty of the charges, as
| we see the evidence.
HillsborO Observer.
Indignation meetings denOuncing the
| action of the Board of Directors in ac-
quitting DR.. Grissom. have been held
in Raleigh and other places. The
members of the board who voted to ac-
! quit GrissOm are all Democrates, and
we believe they are as good and true
men as can be found in the State. We
| would regret very much to even think
that DR.. E. Burke Haywood-we name
him because we have known him nearly
| thirty years-wOuld do a mean thing.
No, sirs he is not that kind of a man.
Reidsville Weekly.
The Board of Directors could not
| please both sides in their verdict, and
it is not surprising that the friends of
Messrs. Rogers and Thompson should
| feel sore over the matter. Let the
| Board of Directors stand unmoved in
! their verdict and when the little wind
storm raised by the enemies Of DR..
Grissom passes over it will find that
the mass of the people Of North Caro-
lima is at it's back to uphold its action.
The people love justice and will see it
| done. 1t would be shame to turn
DR.. Grissom out because his enemies
demand it. 1t is not just. 1t is not
human. We cannot believe that the
Board will do it. Our advice is: Stand
firm and acquit yourselves like men.
ASHORE Courier
The eight directors were but a small
part of the great jury which has ren-
dered its verdict on these charges. Dr.
Grissom finds present security in the
| verdict of these directors, but the YER
dict of public sentiment is destined to
drive him from his lofty position at no
very distant day. Mr.. Thompson and
DR.. Rodgers have resigned. DIR. Girls
som had better 60 and do likewise. The
administration Of such positions should
be above suspicion. and nothing short
of a complete ''clean up of affairs at
the Raleigh Asylum is going to satisfy
the public mind.
EdentOn Advocate.
The GrissOm investigation has ended,
and DR.. Grissom is acquitted. We felt
sure of the result. for we have vet to
learn of Il case where malice was so ap-
parent as it was in this, that the ac-
cused was convicted. DR.. Rogers has
rendered his resignation and others are
expected to follow. And now that DIR.
Grissom's character has been vindica-
ted and in Justice to himself. and the
noble institution that he has superin-
tended SO long. We would be pleased to
500 his RESIGNATION