The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-08
CONDEMNED MOB
SPIRIT TRINITY
The North Carolina Press Association Denounce
the Action of the Students of that
Institution.

OF Lumberton; ]. A. Hartness, of States
Vllie' ). =. Ihomas, of Loulsburg, and r.
c.. Beasley. of Monroe
During the afternoon the committee me-
and discussed the proposition for the as
sdciation to take. 1t early developed
that Messrs. Hartness and Thomas were
IN favor of a more sweeping resolution
IMAM Messrs. London and Beasley. while
MI. Law seemed to occupy a sort of mid
die ground.
The views of Messrs. London and Beas-
ley are expressed in the resolution finally
adopted by the association, and which
was drawn by Mr.. Beasley and concurred
IN as a compromise by the other members
of the committee.
The views of Messrs. Thomas and Hart
ness are expressed in the following rest
luton, which they offered in committee.
hut which failed of adoption:
whereas, it is published in the daily
press of the country this morning that
the students Of Trinity College early yes
terday morning hanged in effigy Hon.
Josephus Daniels, editor of the Raleigh
News and Observer, and an honored mem
Der OF this association, and:
Whereas. said indignity was heaped
upon our brother because he. in the ex-
- = liC SoLIolICutlOldI 1lSuU VI IItb-
dom of the press, criticized in his paper
a member of the faculty of Trinity Col
Flege for publishing an article totally re-
pugnant to Southern traditions and de-
grading to Southern manhood; now, there
fore, be It
Resolved, by the North Carolina Press
Association, IN convention assembled.
First That we denounce the indignity
offered to our brother in the proper ex-
erclse of his constitutional right as an
:, editor of a free newspaper.
Resolved, second, That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to Hon. Josephus
Daniels
The association met at 4:3O to receive
the report OF the committee, but it was
nearly six o'clock when it completed it's
labors. The report was made by Major
London, Who read the resolution printed
at the head of this dispatch, remarking
that it was the result of a compromise
and he hoped it would be adopted without
discussion.
President Warner expressed a like hope,
and was about to put the question when
Mr.. Whitehead arose, saying he had some
views on the subject and he wanted to
express them. He then read the follow
ing resolution, which he proposed as a
substitute to the report Of the commit
tee:
Whereas, the North Carolina Press AS
sociation stands for all that affects the
veal or woe of the best interests of the
old North State, and especially for those
principles that underlie and have for their
object the maintenance and existence of
the Anglo-Saxon race inviolate and in
corruptlble: and.
"Whereas, we regard the tenets and
teachings of social equality, or any doe
trine or act bordering thereon. as destruc-
tive of the morality and integrity of a
race that has been foremost among the
nations of the earth in planting the flag
of civilization on the highways and of
every land upon which the sun shines to-
day; and.
"Whereas, one, J. C. Bassett, a member
of the faculty of one of the leading and
foremost educational institutions of the
South has unWlseiy seen fit to give ex-
preston and publication to such sentl-
ments and principles as are ~repugnant to
Southern manhood, and as can have but
one disastrous ending to all that we OF
the present and our forefathers OF the
past nave held as sacred and dear to the
peace and happiness of our families and
fresides; now therefore,. be 1t
"Resolved by the North Carolina
Press ASSOcloJlOH, III cOlN 0LlIOi dSocIIDICb
at the city of Washington, December Sd,
1903, that We condemn Prof. Bassett's dan
gerous teachings and writings as destruct-
i've of hat peace and good order which
has so long existed between the two races
and point to the lawless action of his stu
dents at Trinity ollege in hanging in eff
fgy Josephus Daniels, one whose writings
in opposition to lawlessness is we'll known
throughout the State as a vindicatlon OF
orr action here today-condemn alike said
conduct and deprecate the action OF those
responsible for failure to accept Bassett's
resignation, as a rebuke to his teaching,
that he might, like the Arabs OF old, 81
lently fold his tent and seek the atmos-
phere around Tuskegee, Alabama, where
he would doubtless find the envlronment
and surroundings more congenlal to his
tastes and inclinatlons.
eft is further resolved that this assocla
ton disclaims any purpose or design what
soeyer of waging warfare on or antagonlz-
ing Trinity College. but on the contrary,
only seeking to eradicate an evil IN It's in
ception that will, and must inevitably
bring about untold misery and woe ano
humiliation to the present and succeed
ing generations if left to take It's course
unchecked and u~nrebuked, and unhapplly
we are called upon to deal with a doctrine
that If persisted in and carried TO us logl
cal ending will undermine and ultimately
pull down the pillars upon winch the
foundation of this country is resting.
Speaking to his resolution Mr.. Whlte
head referred to the certain bad effects
of Bassett's views on race relations II
North Carolina and expressed the nope
that the men who voice public sentiment
and are looked to to guide public opinion
would be brave enough, while speaking
out in their own behalf, also to go on re
cord in condemnation of such doctrines as
Bassett had proclaimed.
Several members rose to say that as tt
Bassett's views they had SO gone on re
cord in their papers, but they did not thlnk
this was a proper time and place Tor do
ing so.
Editor King, of the Greenville Weekly
thought the issue was Bassett, as Basset'
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