The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-02-27
ABOUT THAT
SYMPOSIUM
some THINGS WHICH THE WRITER'S
SHOULD 90 TO ESCAPE HONEST
CONDEMNATION.

CUWUk UknNAIIUN.
ssese ~ Ations On The Practice of Men |
when Caught In Er. ltens ilciaris. of
Old system. viii Defend Them Ia the
Face Of Tru,h-soms rhiio.ophy aud |
Agumsnt.
Since DIR. Thompson has gwen MS
reasons justifying his remarks at
Cary, concerning the Church, it Is
now in order for the writers of that |
"Symposium' to justify themselves
in entering into partisan journal
when their business was the saving |
of souls, and not the saving of 3 |
party. We cannot see how they can
escape public sentiment unless they
came out with an open confession of
being indiscreet or of not answering |
DR.. Thompson's arguments. 1t is
due the public that they do one or
the other. AS | have before ex-
pressed myself, we do not expect 10
hear from either Of them again.
Men frequently, when caught in err
ror. pass the subject by with indig-
humiliation either from q frank con-
fession or manly defense of that
which they know they cannot de-
fend.
The last letter of Dr.. Thompson's
in The CAUCASIAN We recommend to
the notice Of the clergy everywhere,
being of sound and far reaching
philosophy and Christian logic. We
have discovered that of all human
organizations whether govern
mental, sectarian or partisan, nine
in ten degenerate. This is truth
we'll established by the concurrent
voice of all history. And this de-
generation is not brought about by
adversely and the poor in this worlds
goods, but by prosperity and the
rich; hence Thomas Jefferson's OBJ
servation that "we are dependent on
the common people for a continual
ton of our liberties"
We also notice another truth we'll
corroborated by all the past, that
when any individual or set of indi-
viduals point out the mistakes,
errors or crimes Of an old human or
gan;zation of any kind, the benefi-
ciaries of such an organization
bristle up to deny or fight, using the
prejudices engendered by time to
silence, to slay or burn out all oppo-
sitiou. They, who dare to mention
such things are enthusiastic anar-
chists or heretlcs or whatever else
the people most despise. By this
means the best friends Of man have
been either abused, ostracised, be-
headed or burnt at the stake. The
writer's of the symposium ought to
study these things.
There is another fact equally as
we'll maintained by experience of the
past; that when any human organi
, zation becomes crystalized and iron
bound by age, there is no reform il
such a body of itself, but all i'm
provement comes by forcible outsid.
pressure rather than be supplantet
by a new and better organization
or the new organization succeeds
and supplants the old. This is logi
3 cally true. The old will fight, blus
ter and use all efforts heavenly ant
hellish to sustain its integrity NJ
matter if it is called Christian O
r political. This explains the animu
, of the attack on DR.. Thompson's re
: mark. Man is but man and frail a
= = best, and when there comes a com
. bination of this frail material 9Th
| mystery of lniquity commences t
work" What is the remedy9 Peace
able or forcible revolution as sur
as night doth follow day. The mai
q is wise who will read the record Q
i the past and shape his course az
; cordingly.
q There is another truth which mos
. q all history verifes with few exceI
: tions, if any; that no reform spring
. from the top stratum of society; fo
|; they are self-sufficient and goodsuff
u cient, enjoying the statu quo to thei
). hearts content. So when a refor'
u comes it labors under the odium {
;, an ignoble origin.
q We do not deny here that man
i men of originality are enthusiast
!, anarchists or heretics, but we do d.
a "a ny, and emphatically deny, that a
- the enthusiasts, all the anarchist
W all the heretics this land has ev'
: produced is half so dangerous as tt
forty millionaires who can at
timely notice stop the industri
er wheels and place in idleness ar
III want millions of Gods poor.
We are faced with conditio
10 not a theory-that of tyranny, Q
IS IS preston and corruption under Il
.! law, and can the learned clergy a
a. a. ford 70 side with and partake of Il
10 ~ fruits of this condition. No. tn
10 cannot. We call upon them, ther
~ 10 fore, to study the facts We have a
% duced, note the praiseworthy effol
';s ;s of the Peoples Party to disenthr,
- the people, to notice the profundi
es of the moral revolution sure to Fl
le low on the heels of healthy poll
TX cal revolution without which the
~ ~ can be no moral step forward. NJ
10; and study all these things and eth
5 ao hang on to the old mfssion- comp
-; ted political parties and sink,
no swim with them over all that is 60
-, and again repeat the story that I
1s Church is on the side of human 8
~ very, or dare to do for man and tt
81. do for God. We cannot boast of {
ow fine lords and ladies, our milli'
~ aires and aristocrats, our bank
.us and syndicates, but we CONNIE
I Ic them to the millions of oppres
LIS LIS poor-just as good and as homes
o ". people as any whom the sun n
nt' shines on. w. r. LINDSAY
to
ses The Thomasville News has b
on changed to the Davidson Cou
his News, and will hereafter be iss
fol from Thomasville and Lexingt
ere Editor J. F. Westmoreland Is still
off, charge and will make q live pape