The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-30

Of the report Of the committee appoint.
By the board Of trustees.
II have the honor to be yours very
respectfully,
To which the following reply vas
made:
RALxIoH, n. c., June 3, 1888.
Jane Ii. Southgate, Esq, Presiaeos
Board Of Trustees Trinisy College.
DEAR SIR: am Ia receipts Of Mr..
BILLIARDS. letter in which be informs
me that your executive committee de-
clines to permit him to give me the In.
formation requested.
As Q trustee have Q legal right to
any information contained In the min.
utes and should have thought - Q
measure Of courtesy and Of Just deal.
ing to one who had been afforded no
chance Of being heard, that you would
have given me the fullest infoematiou
as to all proceedings affecting myself,
even that not reduced to writing.
lfany portion Of the Board Of Trus-
tees had stated TO me in Q Christian
spin il that it Vas unpleasant to have Q
difference between DR.. Kilgo and my.
self aud that it would smooth matters
il | should resign, I would cheerfully
and promptly have done 90. had no
ihtimatiOn Of such . wish from any
instigstiOn committee 10 appointed,
[ am given no notice, NO chance to put
In evide nee, nor present an argument,
l Am tried, found guilty and requested
to resign. When l even then ask for
the names Of the witnesses and the ma
ture of the evidence, and the names Of
the trustees who voted against me, %
that l may see what weight Is to be
given to their wishes and IL there Was
. majority present, AN abruptly told
l am entitled to know nothing but the
verdict. Then in addition to that this
morning information is given to the
public, through the Charlotte Observer,
that l have been asked to resign.
The motive which actuates such pro.
ceedings is too plain to need comment.
A verdict obtained by jury appointed
at the instance Of the prosecution
without any evidence or argument ex-
cept from that side, aud no opportuni-
ty to me to give any, and with refusal
subsequently Of all information 10 to
the proceedings, will command no re-
spect from any impartial or intelli-
gent man. shall give no weight to
it and shall decline to accede to any
beQucSV US6cU upon IL.
think know the 1876 900 Methodist
people in North Carolina, with whom
l was raised and among whom l have
lived all my life, we'll enough to say
that they will give no weight to pro.
ceedings conducted in such q manner.
They will at once divine who ran" the
proceedings and that the motive WAS
not the good of the college nor the vim.
dicati0n of justice, but to crafty the
wounded vanity of DR.. KilgO, and ven
geance on the man who had ruffied It.
| As there we're expressions in my letter
not gratifying to those who make their
millions by illegal trusts (at the ex.
pense of the t0iling masses) there were
doubtless some who felt it was neces.
sary to prOpitiate them BY condemninR,
unheard, the man who had been bold
enough to let it be seen he did not fear
injustice, though wrapped In gold"
| would have resigned Is 1 have said,
if requested in proper spirit, for the
good of the college. But II trial had
been insisted on and opportunity Civ.
en- could, and would, have laid before
the committee evidence that should
have satisfied any impartial body Of
men that was justified in every word
of my letter Of the 18th of July, 1897.
For eleven months l heard not q
whisper about that letter, and then on
the 18th of June, 1898, l am suddenly
Informed have been tried, found gull
ty and asked to resign for having writ
ten it. In his letter of July 18th DR..
Kilgo stated that he would lay my con.
versation with Mr.. Brown before the
trustees, but l was aware they had no
more Jurisdiction to pass upon it than
~ ~ Il anil hot~ \
myself, and l did not dream, no one
would have dreamed, that il the Board
assumed Jurisdiction any committee
would try the matter without giving
me notice and opportunity to produce
evidence-but that was the last thing
DR.. Kilgo intended 1 should have q
chance to do.
!. This proceeding, Mr.. Southgate, was
not instituted for the benefit OF the
college. 1t was palpably done to
sOOthe DR.. KilgO's vanity and to Ella
cate the Trust that more money might
be obtained from it.
None know better than yourself that
the trustees had no jurisniction of the
matter. l was not elected BY them.
was their peer. II the Board are
judges was one of the judges and not
subject to them. At the meeting OF
the Board . year ago . resolution to
endorse the Common School System Of
the State was introduced. You spoke
against it. You said that it was con.
trary to primary right to tax one man
to educate the children of another
that iii q man would admit he was q
pauper you would contribute % charity
to help educate his CHILDREN, and you
would contribute to educate orphans
who were paupers, but You protested
against being taxed for the common
schools; that it was socialism, and you
would not pander to such Sentimental
think 1 quote your exact language
You said more of course and eloquent
; ~ and strongly. To the credit Of the
board, the resolution was adopted over
you, but such language, coming from
the President Of the Board of Trusteea
of Trinity college, is more calculated
to damage the college than my views
Of DR.. Kilgo, expressed to him in Z
private letter. II the trustees have
jurisdiction of the views Of it's MEM
bers, why did they not try those
utteranoes and repudiate them by re-
auestiDg you to resign?
Recently DR.. Kilg0 in an affiuence OF
!, syc0pancy led procession to the hous &c
Of Mr.. Duke, and in . public speech
extolled him a. the greatest man the
State had ever produced, and 40 su-
perlOr to all the sacrifices Of blood and
} treasure the State had eyer made
and said in effect that in com.
paris0n with his gift Of money
the primacy 1t Mecklenborg, the thou
sands who had offered up their lives II
A0ore's Creek, at Kings Mountain
in all the years down to Car
denas were - dust in the balance
In substance he said any Lord Duke
Give Us Money and Your Name Shall
be Exalted Above All Names" This
dedication Of wealth, no matter how OBJ
tanned, is not christian education. This
is not the language; these are:uot the
} thoughts, which . college president
should teach his pupils. How much
lnera0nal 9HatnifZ had N nEHakaInl q