The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-07-19
ANOTHER JOURNAL HAS GONE
ASTRAY.

the Union, az well as IN the Const1Gu-
| ton and laws of the Union itself, that
there shall be no abridgement of the
freedom of the press. The freedom OF
the press has been thus guaranteed,
because it was conceived that the press
could be relied upon to stand upon the
side Of the many against the few ;upon
the side of the weak against the strong
because it was conceived to be vital,
that there should be an enlightened
and free body of courageous men, who
would critically examine all public
policies, and point III and expose all
inequalities and injustic9s i n the pub
lie laws themselves, or in the admins
traGion OF them. The ends that were
sought for in guaranteeing the freedom
of the press have not been attained in
this country. For it ia true, and true
beyond all question, that the over-
whelming majority of the leading
newspapers Of TO day are standing in
with the money lords, the syndicates
and the trusts, and are using every
ounce of their enormous power and in
huence against the masses OF the labor
ing common people. 1t is bad enough
when secular newspapers join to assist
the oppressors of the weak and the
poor in fixing them permanently with
in the conditions of political and indus
trial slavery but is many times worse,
when religious newspapers )in in this
unholY and hateful work.
These observations are suggested to
US by an editorial which appeared in
the Biblical Recorder of this city, in it's
issue of July 18Th inst, 10 which that
paper attacks THE PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER for publishing an editorial com
mending Judge Clerk's late structures
upon the President of Trinity College.
We propose to examine the editorial
in the Biblical Recorder with some
care, in order that our readers may
know just where that paper stands
upon the questions which relate to
vested interests.
First of all, the editor of the Biblical
Recorder complains bitterly of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER for insulting the
leading editors OF North Carolina"
This is a grave charge; and, if we
have insulted the leading editors" we
ought to be ashamed. But the Biblical
Recorder ought to be very modest in
lecturing it's neighbors for insulting
the editors Of the newspapers, since il
published, on the same page with its
lecturing editorial, the folio wing
brotherly and afectionate piece of
editorial literature:
"Other newspapers may toady to the
Roman Catholic church. This one will
not. The mother of harlots and of lies,
the strong arm of Spain in the oppres.
sion of Cuba, the promulgator of a re
ligion which saps the vitality of nations
as cancer eats up the human body !;
though Rome may -fawn upon our
country with gloved hand, he that
hath eyes to see cannot be unaware
that that hand is bare in Italy, in Cuba,
In Mexico and South America, and
that she but awaits the opportunity to
throttle this nation of the United
States. VINO does not know this knows
nothing. And the papers that fatten
their treasures with Roman Catholic
subscriptions and advertisements NAV
d~enounce the watchman on the walls
who proclaims the danger, but the
people shall know"
1t will, of course, be seen that the
editor Of the Biblical Recorder not only
pays his loving respects to the Catholic
Church, but he also Shove how honest
he, himself, thinks his ~wspa
brethren to be. And in the lecturlng
| editorial he says there IS a North Caro-,
lima paper the name of which he long
siLce resolved never to mention in
these columns because of its deprav-
ity."
! The English OF it seems to be, that
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER must not
say that any ne ~spapers are owned
and controlled by the trusts; except
upon pain of being told tina it insults
the lie ding editors" But the Biblical
r, corder San accuse the newspapers of
'toady ing TO the mother OF harlota and
lies" and OF 'fatEening their treasur
les with Catholic subscriptIous," with
out being otherwise than amiable and
courteous to it's brethren.
Uo5il now, we oId 0 thiok so, but
1t ls q large advantage, after all, TO be
great
In his several articles in the public
press. relating TO Dr.. KIgo and the
management of Trinity College, we
think Judge Clark made it very clear