The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-03
4 LETTER THAT
WAS NOT PRINTED

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In The Symposium Presented
By q Democratic Newspaper
On Dr.. Thompson's Remark.
IT DIDN'T FIT THE CASE.
And Fessd Its Way 70 the Waste Nae.
kss-Is Ce.t.ss~d sens views which
Were Nos Thess Of the Eaisor-Asd u
Wac Lefs O.s-rhs Rsases why q. Paais
The News aud Observer, in its issue
Of Sunday. Sept. a5th 1895. presented q
symposium made up Of the views of a
number Of ministers on DR.. Cyrus
Thompson's remark concerning the
church. The News and Observer had
written the ministers q letter suggest
ing that the clergy Of the State shoul d
rebuke this attempt TO bring thu
church into disrepute."
Among those who were requested TO
come 10 the rescue Was Rev. DIR. &.
Durham, of Raleigh. He complied
with the request, but his reply WAS
not published by the editor.
The CAUCASIAN presents the CORES
pOndence below. We have no COM
Their publication here must not be
taken as an endorsement on our part.
They are given without prejudice eth
er way. They are presented for the
purpose of showing that Democratic
paper will not publish some views,
even though those views had been re-
quested for publication. Here are the
letters:
JOsEPHUs DANIELS, Editor,
Raleigh, ". C.,
Dear Sir:-Your letter in which you
say:
"Raleigh, n. c., Sept. 18th, 1895.
Rev. c. DURHAM, ID. d.,
Raleigh, y. {.
Dear Sir Il send you today a COPY of
The News 4 Observer, containing ex-
PLANTATION Of Cyrus Thompson, Presi-
dent of the State Farmers Alliance, in
regard to his attack upon the Church,
You will find on the Editorial page an
extract from his speech. desire, next
Sunday morning, to present a sympOs-
ium OF the views of eight or ten OF the
leading preachers of the State, i'm reply
to the question; IS the Church the
enemy Of liberty?" Is DIR. Thompson
right in his position? write to ask
you to be one of that number. Please
make your reply to cover about a quar-
ter or half a column, and let me have
it as early as possible, Saturday morn
ing at the latest. l think it is exceed
ingly important that the clergy of the
State should rebuke this attempt to
bring the Church into disrepute.
Yours very truly,
JOsEPHUs DANIELS"
has just been received.
You will, therefore, l suppose, allow
me, without any thought of discOurtesy
to you or DIR. Thompson, to reply just as
l feel the occasion demands.
l. do not know what you and DIR.
Thompson call the Church." and am
of the opinion that neither of you
know what you mean by it.
2. Whether DIR. ThOmpsOn's cOndem-
nations of "the Church" will do more
to ''bring the Church into disrepute''
than your defence of it in ''The News
& Observer" will do, is, perhaps, an
open question.
3. 1t is true, think, that the clergy
if by the clergy you mean the preach
ers in the various religious denOmina-
tiOns in the State, do not naed to be
told by The News & Observer what
they SHOULD rebuke."
1t is doubtless, matter of SUI.
preme Indifference tOmost right mind.
ed people who take the Bible for their
guide what you and DR.. Thompson
, think, or say, or write and print or
this subject.
8. The man who, in an address t.
the of people North Carolina, declares
1.-THE Church today stands where it al.
ways stood, on the side of human slav.
cry and not on the side of liberty" anG
then in a three column explanation
does not define what he means by 1.-THE
Church," and gives no facts, make.
himself ridiculous; but not more SO,
think, than the political editor VIII,
says: "The question raised by DIR
Thompson is the greatest one that thu
people of North Carolina have eve
been called on to consider" and thel
urges "the clergy of the State" t.
rush into his political paper to saw
the Church from disrepute."
6. "The clergy in North Carolin;
! are not a set Of holy noodles, or sane
one side by reckless statement of al
Onslow doctor, or humbugged on tn
other side by the insidiOus plans of
political editor.
Z. DR.. Thompson, in his statemen
which you publish, nowhere says tina
he said in his speech at Cary: 9TH
Church today stands where it has al
ways stOOd-On the side of human slav
cry and not on the side of liberty"
Would it not be reckless in me t
take for truth the unsupported state
ment of The News & Observer"
CONCLUSION AND ADVICE.
Every man should keep to his Ow
work. Let DIR. Thompson keep to hi
pill-bags and DO what he can to prop
erly diagnose and treat the diseases Q
the people in OnslOw county; and lie
Josephus Daniels look after E. {
Smith, j. G. l.. Harris and his fort
negroes in the Silver Convention, an
do what he can according to the IN
Outstanding. to make the real Owne
of The News & Observer the next Gov
ernOr.
"The Church" is in no danger.
don't favor DR.. ThOmpsOn's condemns
lions nor does it need the defence {
Josephus Daniels. Remember too Jo
you returned from Washington Cit
ito save the State" and not 9Th
Church," and you haven't saved til
State yet.
You had better get through wit
one thing at time.
Yours truly,
G.. DURHAM.
, p. s. To the Bible
For For S Cyras Tbo%pson- ReTs
beginning with the word ''all."
, Ral-lgh, N. c., Sept. 18th, 1sa
5 The above was mailed to Raleigh
3 Josephus Daniels, Wednesday II 20
I NJ Sent 18Th 1894 hut did not anne,