The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-17

gus Sllfh ra1stN ht Dr,
Thompson i he greatest 0ne
that the people ~ Nartii ''aro
lima have avei aen aled on III
consider" and then urges the
CLERGY OF the site to rush
into his po itieal paper 10 save
the church from tlisrepnte.
6. The clergy in North Car
olina are not Il set of holy mood
les, or sanctified doodles, TO be
frightened on the one side by a
reckless statement Of an 0ns-
low doctor, or humbngged on
the other side by the insidious
plans of a political editor.
Z. DR. Thompson, in his
statement which you publish,
nowhere says that he said in
his speech at Cary: "Ths church
today stands where ii has al.
ways stood .-on the side of hu.
man slavery and not on the
sid"of liberty"
Nonid IL not be reckless ia
me- 10 take for irnti, the unsnp-
ported statement If the News
& DbseryeI?
Every man should ke,p to his
own work. Let DIR Thompson
keep to his pill bags and do
what he con 10 properly dag.
nose and treat the diseases of
the people # 0nslow county;
and let JosrI,hns Daniels look
after Z c. Smith, j. @ L. Har
ris and his furty negroes in the
silver convention. aud do what
he can according to the under
standing. 70 make the real own
er Of the News Il Observer the
nex' governor.
1.-The Church" is in no danger.
It don't favor DIR. Thompson's 5
condemnations nar does il need
the defence of Josephus Daniels
Remember too Joe, you returned
from Washington City Ito save
the State" and not "the
Church," and You haven't saved
the State yet.
You had better get through
with one thing at a time.
Yours truly,
G. DURHAM.
This letter never appeared in
the News & Observer, so was
printed later in the Progressive
Farmer and the Caucasian. Com.
menting on it, the Reidsville Re.
view, one Of the leading democrat.
ic papers Of the state, which, by
the way, inaugurated and appar-
entity has charge Of the julie Carr
boom for governor, says:
"Mr. Daniels did right to con.
sign the contemplate communi.
cation 10 the wastebssLet, and
had there been any sense Of de.
cency and proprlety in the mind
of the author to assert itself up.
on mature reflection he would
have rejoiced that the produc.
tion had been suppressed. But
taking an unnatural and un.
christian pride In the paternity
of the erticle becanse,it was fill.
ed with "malice and all uLchar
itablenessn he had il printed in
the Progressive Farmer and the
Caucasian. We have always
regarded the Rev. DR.. Durham
as an intolerant, overbearing,
insufferable bigot. thoroughly
besotted with his own opinions,
and with no respect for those
of other people. No wonder
that Knockers and scoffers point
at the church in derision and
call IL the enemy of liberty
when il holds up the hands OF
such petty, vulgar, selfish auto.
Gratis as the Rev. DIR. Durham. u
However contemplate" the
Reidsville Review might have
considered the communication oi
Rev. DIR. Durham, his criticism ol
the minister was, in the opinion
Of this paper, in no better II moi
worse taste. As Mr.. Daniels had
requested the letter, he should
have printed il, no matter how
hard il hit him personally. 1fhs
could not answer the attack, then
he was simply admitting that
what the minister said was true
and he was afraid to give il pub
licity. A man who Is in the IRE
buking business" rs farmer joe
daniels is, and has been for q
long, should not mind being him
self ebuked occasionally, or at
least able TO cross swords with d
rival rebukisi. such rs DR.. Dur
ham has proven himself 10 be.
y How Is il that our Chapel Hill
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