The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-10-25

my character for honesty, truthfulness
and morality.
Since the trial / have a letter from
Rev. Mr.. Iyey that he knows nothing
against my moral character, and Rev.
Mr.. Hurley, who lives in Wilson, has
stated the same to me, and yet these
gentlemen stood by and heard their
evidence as TO an unfortunate circum-
stance in my family relations-as TO
which no man has ever imputed any
moral Obliquity-used to attack my
character for veracity, and DR.. kilgo
used il for that purpose, knowing that
my character could not be assailed.
Willing to wound but afraid to
strike" And then in the published
minutes" the cross examination by
Judge Clark which appeared in the
newspapers and showed that the VIII
nesses would not aver that I was to
blame in the matter is stricken out.
ALAS for the rarity
OF Christian Charity
in Benefactor's Parlor Of Dukes Build
ing.
When DR.. Kingo assailed DR.. Kings
bury. Colonel Webster and Judge Clark
all can understand the pangs of am
bition and wounded vanity which NOV
ed him. When he berated Rev. Mr..
Page and Rev. Mr.. Gattis we can see
that he was popping his lash to main
tain discipline in the ring and terrify
those disposed to be independent.Wh
he assailed DR.. Beckwith he was
wreaking vengeance upon an agent
sent down to South Carolina to get up
favorable evidence, and who had TAX
en- his mission honestly and hOnOrably
and brought back the truth as he found
it. When he was sharp On Mr.. Boone
il was for the same reason he called
fS.Y-
ence who would not vote for him
white livered owards''-because he
was mad. But why did he denOunce
me? l had never threatened this am
bilious and intriguing priest. 1 WELD
no great power that might impair the
efficacy of his machine methods in con-
trolling clerical appointments. [ was
simply a poor man working for a news
paper for living and which calling l
consider honorable. l had unfortunate
ly been intrusted by him with the de-
livery Of q message, and when it be-
came convenient for him to disOWn the
message, though he would not go on
the stand in this trial u disoWn it
himself, he is irritated that I adhered
to the truth. With me his motive
was vengeance. AS he intimated Mr..
Gattis should have done. He evidently
thought / should have lied to screen
him.
/ have read of the speech at Roxboro
in which DR.. Kilgo said the average
woman can be led anywhere by a dia
mOnd ring''-words he has never de-
MED using-and it is we'll known that
he used the same words in an address
before Professor John Graham's school
at RidgeWay, which SO offended the
older female scholars that Professor
Graham had to make them a speech to
1,;f Vnt 1oi- i-
expression of his opinion as to the lead
ableness of the ladies of North Caro-
lima yet hot on his lips dared to aSSail
me for an unfortunate and unpleasant
family matter when his own witnesses
would not say that the slightest cul-
pability therefrom had attached either
to me or my wife.
The matter should have been kept sa
cred from the public gaze, and would
have been by any good man.
Here 1 might close, but an incident
(among many not yet published), of
DR.. Kilgo's career in North Carolina,
here occurs to me. In lecture in Tar
boro during the Methodist conference,
DR.. KiigO in trying to impress upon the
audience the sin of not sending their
boys to sectarian colleges, said that in
South CarOlina,a most estimable lady of
his congregation had failed to take his
advice in this matter; that after a few
years one of her sons who had been
sent to the university had become dis
sipated and was lying at the point of
death when the mother called upon
him to pray for her boy and help her
reclaim him before his death, evidently
so near at hand. He said he had re-
piled to her, mo. She had received
what was her due; the boy did not de-
serve to be saved, and he would not
help her" Ministers of other denomi-
nations were on the rOstrum and cul-
tured intelligent people in the audi
ence. Some of these have been heard
to express in strong terms their diSap-
prOval Of such language, anr their~re-
gret they did not leave. The truth of
the substance of this statement, if not
the exact words, can be proven by too
many witnesses to be doubted Now
if this preacher is SO Vindictive that
he would not pray for the soul of the
dying boy of one of his congregation
because his mother had gone against
his advice, can it be a matter of spe-
cial wonder that he could assail the
character of myself or of my wife by
innuendo when he could not get proof
against either and that he should thus
seek to unVeil the dOmesticity Of our
private life? Neither the privacy of a
mans home life, nor the sacred char
acter of our women, nor the terrorS
OF the dying Deu OF youth deter MIN.
DR.. kingsbury, with his seventy years
is threatened with being turned out to
starve by reason Of the great power
of ministers which DR.. Kilgo claimed
to have at his back. Rev. Mr.. Page
for his INSTRUMENTATION has the picture
of a back country pastorate for his
contemplation, and as to Mr.. GattiS,
we can near, as we read Kilgo's speech,
the orator sharpening his knife on the
q < hn thrno cd
geance. What he will do with Mr.
Gattis at the next conference I do not
| know. I am not in the Inner circle -
and have never received a suit of
broadcloth, with hat and gold watch
| thrown in, for my influence in electing
! a delegate to the General conference
Possibly, DR.. kiigo can tell If any one
else has. AS to myself I am not a
| candidate for any position in any body
tnat DR.. KifgO is a member of, but
vengeance does not stop at conference
lines. He has not only held me up ia
public reprobation without cause but
letters have gone to The Messenger Of
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