The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-02-07
IN ANSWER TO
Mrs. Telton's Atttclt on Drs. Gambler and
Hawthorne.

| under the Eu1Se OF discussing DAY Couu >
| whereabouts, she undertakes to roast DR..
| Hawthorne and myself before time.
| The peculiarities in Mrs. Felton's piece con-
| Germ me as little as they do the subject she
is supposed to have been discussing
| l have simply TO say that ! discussed, as
| many others did Mr.. Gould's career and ap-
| phe" W ~ tn' '''',''"' "' 'h' soSiF'
| Against the sins of such powerful men rs was
Mr.. Gould society can do nothing by courts.
| Otherwise Mr. Gould would have been sub
| jected to something worse than the compu-
| sorry refunding of several million dollars IN
| the Erie railway ease To prevent the
| petition Of such lives the glamor OF honor
| for wealth's sake, must be taken from around
| them. l want no such men honorcd in Geor-
gIa. and I have nothing to withdraw with
| respect to Mr.. Gould.
| As to Mr.. Rockefeller his career differs
at least in two respects from Mr. Gould's.
| /. He was never compelled to refund money
| nefariously obtained nor, so far as j Know
| charged with getting money by such methods.
| .. He has used his money benevolcntly-
| more than the giving of a few patry thou
| sands here and there.
| If. however, Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.. Van
| derbilt have done all Mrs. FELTON, charges.
| they no better than Mr. Gould. | have
| no apologies for any rich sinner, north or
| south.
There is a paragraph about Emory college
| in Mrs. Feltons piece to which ] am In duty
| bound to reply. 1t is as follows:
| 1--WE have been fed on appeals for Emory
| college in the pulpit and the church papers
| until the gospel seems to be well nigh retired
| to give place to the Serving Of tables.
at has been engrafted the conference
as one of our prime articles of Methodist fifth
| and discipline For every dollar that is
| raised to send preachers to the poor people of
| Georgia must be brought out TO endow
| Emory college. And yet education is not the
motive, for the state will bear witness that
| the most determined, pcrtnacious and in
| terminabe war that has been made on the
! State university comes from that quarter in
| the person Of DR.. Gambler"
| /. As being fed appeals for Emory col
| lege it is but just to say that TO the best Of
| my knowledge and belief no one IN the home
| OF Mrs. FELTON, has ever responded to any of
the appeals. They have certainly done her
no harm, except as they seem to have rufilcd
| her temper. and that is not the fault Of the
appeals or the appcalcr.
| 9 No collection for Emory college has been
| grated to ''the faith and discipline" of
| the Methodist church. / do not know exact
| ly what Mrs FELTON, means when she says:
For every dollar that Is raised to send
preachers to the poor people of Georgia one
must be brought out to ondow Emory col
lese" But whatever she means there is no
foundation in fact for the statement. If She
| refers to the collection for domestic missions
| the statement she makes is Incorrect for the
| assessment for Emory college was never for
| more than one-half the Assessment for DO
nestle missions, and the conference did not
| so much rs raise more than half the amount
assessed FOR the college. For the coming
| year the assessment Is not even half that for
domestic missions. Critics should know the
6@e}s eeforf %ahE o into print YIN r%y@
anybody the chance to contribute 10 thc
doWment OF Emory college because she does
not wish to give?
3 Mrs. Felton, undertakes to pass upon the
"motivc;' Of a living man, though protest
ing against the discussion Of Il dead mans
certain
in the interest of the State university.
have repeatedly said ana say now, that
venerable institution; but | object to the
methods by which it is attempted to sustain
cational interests of the state. which are far
more Important in my judgement; I hare re
yerstv should remove :he rerroach which at
tAchca 10 II, viz: that ii is upwards OF ninety
years old and its sons have never given it
anyihlnS, though not a few of them are mel
Of large means. Are ones motives to h
questioned becarse he does, not believe
certain methodS of doing desirable thinG?-s
! lesr is IN no wise related to my views o.
! NJ Gould or Mr.. Anyhody-elsc. II Mrs
| i'e}ton wishes to attack me it is but fair that
| she should not lug Emory college into the dis
! cUsson. unless indeed. her Interior purpose
is to deal blow to Emery co.cg SIT t4r2ggn
| Since Mrs. FELTON, chooses to attack IN one
| paper an article which appeared In another-
! thus doing the writer and the writing grave in
! injustice please to give space to the article
~ ~ i origin3ily appeared in Tho Wesleyan
| Christian Advocate of December IS, 1882.
''Croatiun's kiot, Creations Blank"
| a private citizen who makes a spectacle Of
| himself Is fair subject fOr public criticism.
! lie challenges consideration, and Injustice
| is done him when he is publicly conStercd
The late Mr.. Jay Could made such a snow
| Of himself in public interests which he affected
! by his public life and which he NAV continue
| to affect by his example and influence, as
to demand just criticism of him.
lie lived shamefuily and died as the fool
dicjh-dicd very like the man of whom Jesus
said, Thou foot, this night thy soul shall
be required of thee"
lie achieved as much success as any man
can hope 10 achieve i'll The sorry business of
money getting. lie left of the greatest
fortunes III the world The estates Of the AS
tors and the NauduIbiltS may be somewhat
larger but they are the accommodations of more
ihan one man and have been gathering for 4
century old. Commodore Vanderbilt WAS Il rch
man when jay Goud born in 1886. and
! he lived and gained money until eighty-threc
years had passed. John JACOB Asfor lived
eighty i've years. Mr. Gould lies at the com
paratiFelT early age of fifty six and al! thai
he leaves was gained by himself atone In the
short period Of thirty years 30 man can hope
to do better on this line and Mir Gould was a
failure.
He set before himself the object of life
money getting. lie succeeded in what he aim
ly selfish life. and dies less regretted than any
rich man who ever lived and died in America.
The habit of getting money and keeping 1t
SO liked Itself upoh lilm tH,tt ne cou!d no. Stake
| Il oil even when he came to make his Will
| and dispose Of his wealth for the years after
his death. That GSgraceful document was
summarized by The New York Herald the
morning after its publication thus: "Not
servant or friend is remembered i'll the will
| OF the dead tinancier. and not cent is left for
religion charity. The children prohibit
! ed from bequcathing any of their fathers late
money TO any but their issue, and none may
marry without majority consent lie de
| clincd to be benevolent and by viii tried to
| prevent his children, after him. to he bcncvo-
| lent far rs his will can control them.
The will diSCloSeS deliberate and reSolIte
| purpose to set up a great estate i'll this coln-
! try never to be dissolved but to go on 'ncreas-
| ing through All the years. Did Mir. could be-
! heve this Would hc good for his children or
| anybody else? II so. he had less sense than
! he has been credited with Or did he vaguely
! imagine that in some future state he could de-
| rive satisfaction from looking upon his vast
possessions still conspicuous among the prop
| critics Of men. II" must have had then some
| sort OF conviction OF future life, and hr ey-
I identity imagined and desired it to be the same
| sort life Us lived i'll this world. Well he
/ has probably found ii so. He is Jay Gould the
! money lover, in th" world whittier ne has gone,
and he is now whore ne can't get or use mon
cy. lis diSappOint must be terrible.
! His will is the natural end of his life in this
| world and the natural fureShadowing CT his
| state in the world he has gone to. 1t shows
| him loving money above all things Trust
! ing money above ali things and finding
pleasure In il above all things. II re
! ligious man should think and feel and act to-