The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-13

J ants colleagues. They are men who see
| him here under every trial incident to
his official position, they see him in
his home, they know him on the walks
of this park. they know him in his as
sociations with the students, they know
him in connection with the financial
problems of this institution, they have
seen the laugh of JOY on his face, and
the knit brow of distress he wore, these
linen come here and say that he is a
frank. open. independent man who
stands on his manhood.
And vet. here is this man, Judge
Clark. who, mark you, was not present
on tie occasion of that speech, who
never sat with the defendant. outside of
this Benefactor's Parlor. three hours to-
gether socially, a man upon whom Is the
ermine of the Supreme court of North
Carolina. sitting in judgment upon the
innocent. frolicsome spirit of the defend
ant, when with his boys, they went to
thank a c Cd old gentleman for a rich ben
faction which he had bestowed upon their
institution. That was no mean hour to
rs: other men may have cursed it as an
hour of bartering away manhood; other
men NAV have shed false tears and
mourned hypocritically over what they
thought was a degradation of this inStitu-
ton. but in that crowd. that happy augh-
ing crowd. assembled on the green of that
ord gentleman's yard sat that night
men who knew Trinity when she was
small and poor and who know her now.
and are thankful to Il Providence that
led her amid her strifes and protects Der
in her wealth. They loved Trinity in the
dark lays and they did not that night
90 to barter their institution to any
body. Because the defendant tod MS
toricaI truth. that he. Mr.. W. Duke is
the greatest benefactOr IN the South.
he lis charged with sycophancy. Have
Won. gentlemen of the Board of Trus-
tees. come here year by year, and seen
the defendant barter this Institution off
for small game. absolutely trading its
character for a few shekels and
lettering it out III the pastures OF po-
~litical grazers. and have you kept your
Inns closed? That is a charge that
doesn't simply strike the President. but
it charges the last man, from Judge
Clark down. with being a party to a
fearful crime. and that crime III re-
ligious matters.
Where is the sycOphancy! That
young man, Mr.. Council. says the de-
PENDANT made an impromptu speech,
that he said nothing that Judge Clark
published; that he made a humorous
reference to Mr.. Dukes home. All. let
me say. after an association of fifteen
long and eventful years with men,
measuring their characters by the
standards of truth, by which we meas
ure them under the ordinary conditions
of life. that Il man who leaps at such
small, insignificant things as these tc
make of them. crime, is Il man whose
spirit would degrade praying into crime
r. -. ,3,rn+ ,N i,li., tod TO him
We come to the speech rs the third
charge. The defendant is made to ut
ter a speech. which. if true. is bias
phemous. What are the facts in the
case? The speech was made in the
presence Of several hundreds of people
and evidence is ample that no sucl
speech was made. Tho witness for the
prosecution says it was not made. Marh
YOU. this is no Indirect discourse, at
tempted to be quoted, but it is a posi-
tive statement that i'll the spirit OF
sycophancy President Nilgo made this
speech. and in it attempted to defamt
the courage of Mccklenburg. wipe on
the lustrc of Bethel, stamp out the
glory of Cardenas. and on this dust anC
wreckagc erect Il god of gold.
What does Mr.. Bivans say, a student
who has been III the class room viii
the defendant and heard his private
talks to his students, and when he
spoke his thoughts out frankly. rs Mr.
Bivans says he always does? What does
Mr.. Bivans say? He points us to higl
Standards" Just contrary to Judge
Clark's charge: he tries to lift the
minds of his students to the heights O
Shadrach, Meshach and Abedncgo
where, i'll defiance of the assembled
hosts, they will not bow at the soun(
of music, but stand out and declar,
! that manhood and truth are above dol
lars and pennies. \ number of witness
cS. gentlemen. went on the stand t.
testify as to this same fact, men wht
mark You. We're standing close by the
side of the defendant on that occasion
Every man of them says, mo sucl
, speech was uttered" They testify, OF
the contrary, that the spirit of the dc
PENDANT is Il revcrent spirit. that he hi:
$ at least some symptoms of respect 70
God and the truth, and that he nevc
takes such high language as the cor
, Onation declaration of God when IL,
/ shall crown His son. and drags it dow
to an hour like that. and gives it an,
such false application. He is a revcr
f cEt man, they say. Do they know
g They have. seen him in the happy crow,
f full of laughter; they have seen him i
the sad hour Of the heavy groans in tn
t cemetery: they have seen him bowe'
g down morning after morning in prayer
f they have heard him talk to his stu
dents assembled from all parts of Mort
Carolina; they have seen him dow
$ morning after morning in prayer: in sou
and trying to lead it into spiritual ligh
n and liberty, and these men say he i
n reverent.
d There are some things, gentlemen
n that it takes Il stronger nerve an
d spirit than the defendant has to bea
without emotion. His mother laugh
0 him reverence before he can remember
q she taught him to honor God and hi
n word: and now. after the toll of thes
years. to have flung to the four wind
o of the earth that this man is Il comma
{ blasphemer is beyond tolerance. YO
may substantiate the other charges
you can, but in the name of God an
u all truth. don't charge the defendan