The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-07-05

MS CnUEC0 more 6U9u any Ob1CE 10y
within the borders Of the State,
but because he dared TO criticisa the
policy OF DR.. Kilgo, la the manage
ment OF the affairs of that institution.
This, to North Carolinians, lie q start
ling instance of imperial pride. fanati
cal faith in ones own infallibility, and
contemptuoua impatience OF difference
OF opinion.
We see then, that it is come TO this:
that before q man can preside over an
institution Of learning, or teach in it's
faculty, or be q trustee even, his teach
Ing and his policy must be acceptable
"a. the benefactor ofthe institution.
It is worth while TO inquire where
this money domination will end. APP
piled already in institutions Of learn
ing, to professors, presidents, and trus
tees, institutions Of the Church, why
should it not be applied to the Church
itselfl Then il will be that no man can
be bishop, unless his views coincide
with the purpose of plutocracy; no
man can be q presiding elder who does
not agree with the bishop; no preach
er can be sent to q desirable appoint.
ment, unless heRgrees with the presid
ing elder; and 90, NO gospel will be
preached that does4Ret deity the rich
and content itself with the giving Of
Dives-crumbs to the poor. And all this
prospect Of things comes TO view, here
i'm North Carolina, at least, under the
guise Of christian education"
Trinity College has been heralded
throughout North Carolina by its Pres
ident, az the chief exemplar, ifnot the
sole source of Christian education, and
conse quently, of Christian character.
Public education, the sytem begun
by our fathers, and carried on by
us as the last hope Of a people who
would not be slaves-public education,
the hope of the Republic, is denounced
by the President of the Board Of Trns-
tees Of Trinity College as unjust and
unfair to him and his like, and social
iBtic. The President of Trinity College,
I'm his famous address on christian
Education, T" delivered all over North
Carolina, has substantially denounced
the public school system as q pestilen-
tial breeder OF anarchy, and he has
declared his opposition to all free col
lege tuition. DR.. Kilgo and Mr.. South
gate agree upon this point. Do the
people Of North Carolina agree with
them4
Is Christian education 10 be had at
the hands of gentlemen who fawn
upon the mighty and 30 despise the
weaki
IL the treatment which has been
given to Judge Clark an illustration
Of the Christian character, consequent
upon the Christian education which
Trinity College givesl
We believe that the bulk OF the
Methodists in North Carolina would q
thousand times rather have the old
Trinity in It's poverty al it lay in the
county Of Randolph, with Braxton
Craven at it's head. than the new
Trinity, contemptUous in it's wealth
at Durham.
In the light OF occurrences like this,
the battle for the cause of the people
would seem desperate, in the face of
such high and sanity enemies. But
shall We despairl Lat US rather have
faith in the Republic, knowing that
God still lives with a purpose for the
race. When the army Of Hannibal
was eneamped outside Of the gates Of
Rome, the land upon which his army
rts.ed was put upon the market inside
At the city; 1t brought its usual price,
because the Roman people still had
confidence in the Republic. When a
CONSUL led an army against Hannibal,
and came back In defeat, the r oman
people gave him q vote Of thanks for
nis CouSage, and for that he had not
despaired Of the Republic.
And 80 the people Of North Carolina,
of whateEer denomination, or Of none,
will thank Judge Clark for his victo.
rious and caustic revelation Of the
purpose Of plutocracy, under the catchy
cry Of Christian Education"
Their one test for all men and
things, from the patriarch to the pre-.
feet, seemed TO be Ibid he or it ad
vance the cause OF the ChurchG which
Philammon soon discovered to mean
their own cause, their influence, their
self Qualification"
"NWhy does Orestes truckle to these
ciEcumcised, but because they lead
money to him and to his creaturesf
He would keep up a den of fends in
Alexandria, il they would do as much