The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
DIR. IVEY'S POSITION.


one of DR.. Ivey's editorials. Here is
what ne saiS:
But we wish to say with all en-
phasis that We are going to answer the
question, not merely by exercising
greater vigilance in spotting jury tap
pers, but by creating a public senti-
ment that will demand that only the
most moral and intelligent men may
form our juries.
The inadvertent omission of that
word merely" may have caused
wrong impression in some minds, as
to DR.. Ivey's position and we print
the paragraph in full so that he may
be fairly understood.
In Dr. Ivey's article on the Bernard
sensation he said: ut is necessary to
apply the civil statutes, but law can
do very little good comparatively un-
til the heart be responsive to Christian
influences which operate through the
God-fearing home, the Sunday school,
Word. In commenting upon that
paragraph We said : And We fail to
grasp his reason in apparently wishing
to apply only the civil and not the
criminal remedies of the law" AS q
matter of fact DR.. Ivey intended to
use the word civil in it's sense in
cOntradistinction to the moral law, and
it is but just to him and to this paper
that his whole sentence be printed so
that his point of view may be fully
understood. Our comment was based
upon the idea that he used the word
civil as contra distinguished from
the criminal
In order that our readers may read
exactly what DR.. Ivey did say, we give
below the two editorials upon which
comment was made, having already in
the issue of June 29th, printed in full
the editorial containing the severe
criticism of The News and Observer.
Upon sle matter of jury tampering,
called forth by the Imprisonment of
Rogers and Sorrell for attempting to
influence the jury ito help DR.. Kilgo
and Duke" the Advocate in its issue of
June 21st, said, and had no other ref
erence to it:
1T has gotten to the point in North
Carolina that when an important case
is to be tried, there seems to be a
general expectation that both sides will
work the jury list for all that it is
worth. The thing is done so frequent
ly. if we may credit the reports, as to
warrant the assumption that such an
act is regarded as justifiabe. The as
sumption has been strengthened by
the extreme rarity of the laws cogni-
zance of such an infraction of its
principles How to keep our juries
from being tempered with is one of
the important questions which we have
to face. But we wish to say with all
emphasis that we are going to answer
the question not merely by exercising
greater vigilance in spotting jury tap
pers, but by creating public senti-
ment that will demand that only the
most moral and intelligent men may
form our jurieS. AS long as weak
minded and prejudiced men are con-
sidered ideal jurors, so long will there
be a temptation for partiSanS and 9TH
ers interested to exploit that weak
ness, partisanship and prejudice"
In addition to the editorial, already
printed, in which The News and OBJ
server was criticized the Advocate
contained the following editorial in it's
issue of June 2Sth:
Raleigh is in the throes of another
sensation. A young man lies perhaps
fatally wounded. A father is in Jail.
He fired the shot, as he says, to
avenge a daughters wrongs. Another
man is fugitive from justice. The
characters of. two young women are il
eclipse. Hearts are bleeding. Sad
tragic sensation. Who is to blame?
We think that it is sad reflection
on Christian civilization that any city
should allow in its precincts any GEN.
ire of vice such as figured in the
present case. On several different oc-
casions we have lifted our voice
through the Advocate against this in
the city OF Raleigh. In each case we
waited in vain for q similar sound
from others. 1t is not consistent and
wise to wait until an event happens
to shock the sensibilities and to strike
the public mind with horror. Yet
we are not willing either to throw all
the blame on the city officials or to
hold up the city of Raleigh to be
stencil in the nostrils of men. We are
in no mood to deal in hysterical sense
less denunciation of individuals or city
government. The truth of the matter
is the whole sad shocking event of last
Saturday emphasizes the fact that af
ter all the only sure preventive is the
effective employment of those agencies
which reach and work upon the hu
man heart. 1t is necessary to apply
the civil statutes, but the law can do
very little good comparatively until
the heart be responsive to those Chris
tan influences which operate through
the God-fearing home, the Sunday
school, good literature. and the
preached Word. So in diagnosing the
case of evil in our midst, 1t would be
a serious mistake to magnify the legal
and municipal aspects at the expense
of those considerations which touch
the human heart, which is the fountain
of all good and all evil. The tragic
affair of last Saturday is a strong SER
mon palpitating with arguments for d
deeper moral AMI spiritual life as the
only hope of any city,
Much space is surrendered to the
above articles in pursuance of Thu
News and Observers rule to give in
its columns a hearing to all reputable
men whose views are commented upon
in these columns.
FINALLY SETTLES 1T.