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

Trinity College has nad d very e'eht
full history. Born, as 1t was, III a Jog
school house, with a young country iau
at the head of it, it has passed through
all the stages Of our educational sSs-
tom. has fought all Of the conflicts
which belong to Southern colleges mas
overcome in the great strife of q hair
century. and it stands to-day the best
endowed college in the South Atlantic
States. and in the Southern Methodist
church. No man can review the history
of Trinity without being Thoroughly
IMPRESSED with the great warfare
which has been waged upon tins lnstl-
tuition through all these years. Inc
noble founder of the college was at
tackled in private and in public, was OPP
nosed at every point. and it is the YER
dict of his friends to-day that the heels
of his enemies crushed his heart into
the grave. Following in his footprints
came the Young, scholarly. vigorous,
noble and true John +. Crowell, and
whatever people may say about III.
Crowcll, so long as two bricks Stand one
on top of another in the CrOWeli Science
Hall. there will he Il monument at lrlnl-
ty Park to the sincerity of that man 5
efforts and the purity of his love.
And so, sir, the defendant. John Z.
MILO. tIlltIti ulJoIl N'tI ~ - $500
solicitations: he came to your State Il
stranger. and you and he began togeth-
or strangers. He does not think that
there is one of your who questions the en-
ergv with which he has toiled, II You
question even the policy which he has
pursued. In IL very short while TINS
same attack. following the same line OF
historic succession. begins upon this new
and strange president of Trinity College.
In patience he bore it, and toiled on. lie
went into no newspaper QuabblcS; he
had no controversy with men, till at last
it was very evident to his mine that
the patience of Trinity College through
all these years had been misinterpreted,
and men regarded it as coWardlce and
felt disDosed to run over the college
whenever and wherever they chose.
Then he determined that so long as he
should stand at the head of this in
stitution. holding high regard for her
past history, and as guardian of the hun
dreds of its undergraduates. and the SEN
Sitive nature of the young men gathered
about him. he would defend her name
against the onslaught of any man living.
He invited nc fight. but in his heart Of
hearts determined to be DETAINED 10
longer: then. when. to his surprise, in
your Board. q member appointed guar
dian. not only of the institution. but Of
the character of every employee in this
institution. should so far forget his high
and sacred responsibility in the matter,
as not only to falsely interpret the mo-
tive which defendant had in his work,
but also to regard this work so irrevent-
ly as to retail and SANDER the defendants
plans to his damage and to the damage
of the institution. that came to the de
PENDANT as the most fearful shock that
ever broke in his young life. This is
said by way of explaining to our Board
why the defense determined to pursue
this matter, and why he demanded Of
YOU Board that YOU should either free
the college of Il trickster. or else vindi-
cate his character against these charges.
Now. sirs, this case falls into three
great divisions: The first refers to the
charges. as to whether they have been
supported by the testimony; the next
refers to the history of the case in or
der to show the animus of the attack;
and the third refers to the ultimate pur-
pose of the attack. 1t is under these
three lines that the representative of the
defense will discuss the case II will
leave the decision of it with YOU. The
defendant wishes to say now that he is
perfectly willing for YOU to sit on this
case. We do not conceive that God
could inflict a severer calamity and
greater injustice upon the universe than
to wind up its history without Il universal
judgment. at which every man shall
stand and Go shall testify as to him.
And whatever shall be the verdict of
+Sis hour. this much is true: the de
PENDANT will stand before God at last and
the truth will be known.
Now the first charge concerns the re
lation of the defendant to this Board.
Judge Clark would have you believe that
he had III his possession evidence to es
tablish his original charges, and that the
defendant Intentionally evaded it. We
read from Judge Clark's let
ter to President Southgate: Ii
your committee wanted information
/ could have given it to them" That is
not Il promise to find something. but /;
states clearly, the grammatical tense
makes it state clearly that he had it thel
and could have given it to them: but says
that he, President Kilgo. did not intenc
that they should nave it. In another par
agraph of his letter he says. speaking o.
this evidence. THAT was the last hin.
DR.. Kilgo intended l should nave ];
chance to do" Now, gentlemen, thu
prosecution doesn't offer one word @
testimony on this charge. Where is til,
evidence to prove it? 1t must be proven
or disprOven by the facts in the history
of the case, and so we ask you to review
this charge.
If YOU go back to the original CORES
%pondence between President Kilgo an,
Judge Clark you will find that he state,
to Judge Clark in his last letter that Il,
would place this correspondence befor,
your Board. Judge Clark received, OIL
was sent, the ordinary notice Of tn,
Board meeting, just as every other mem
Der of the Board. There is no evidenc.
that Judge Clark was sick at the time o.
your Board meeting and could not at
tend; there is no evidence that his bust
ness duties prevented him from attend
ms, but he was not here; nor can he say
nor can the prosecution say. that findin:
he would not be here, President Kilg
took advantage of his absence and Du
tins correspondence before you. A yea
before he had said plainly. "This matte
will 20 before the Board at the first or
portunity,' and that was the first. Wher
is there an element of evasion in tina
KIND of procedure? This Board know