The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-03-21
the DOOR or saacTITy-

Com mittee. He also stated he con-
sidered Mr.. Daniels . dishonorable
map, and he had previously told Mr..
Daniels the same thing 10 bis face.
Now read the following editoria:
from Fridays Industrial News:
In Saturdays News and Observer
about three quarters down the third
column of the fourth page, under
the caption Of "a Personal State
ment," will be found q very re-
markable signed editorial. It reads
like q profession of sanctity-safe,
certain, and securely one Who had
not, "after the manner Of men,"
fought with either an editor, 9 law
yer, q business man, q preacher, or
anybody else, on the streets Of Raj
eigh, In the Capitol, or elsewhere.
1t cannot be read without the reader
musing to himself:
ale who fights and runs away
Will live to fight another day;
But here is one in coats and pants
Who misses every fighting chance.
The personal statement" is made
by Mr.. Josephus Daniels to explain
his failure to resent in good Anglo-
Saxon fashion the face-to-face charge
of the Rev. Plato Durham, concern
ing the Holy Prophet of the "Dem-
ocratic Bible"
In the following words, Mr.. Dan
iels tells US what restrained him
from 'tsmashing his MOUTH:
His language was probably ut
tered to induce me to strike him,
and the provocatiOn and temp
tation to do go was great. l
looked him in the eye and did
not reply by word or act. / am
glad that / had the self-cOntrOl
to make no answer or personal
assault upon the preacher. III
had done 80 in the moment of
natural resentment I should al
ways have regretted. IF he for
got his sacred calling, / am
glad did not forget it.
We have heard before of persons
who on occasion might essay to
"Prove their doctrine orthodox
By apostolic blows and knocks;
and, considering the spirit and an
cestry of the Rev. Mr.. Durham, we
can readily understand how whole
some is such admirable selfcontrol
such marked respect for the cloth
In such presence, this freak Of mind
is hygienic it is prophyloxis throw.
ing physic and surgery to the dogs
it is wisdom unjostled by these new
tangled brain-stOrms. 1t makes way
for joy long drawn out, and starve:
regrets at the threshold,
But to look such a fierce Elijah in
the eye, and to stand still while you
are looking,-this smacks of cour
age that we must not despise. 1t il
a sign of progress. 'Twere far easier
to be sure to look SO into the eye OF
sweet woman and then 'tWere &C
easy to stay.
But to quiet friends Of wilder
courage, who in their ungodlines;
lack this wonderful elf.control, who
would have scorned to keep them
selves whole with this sanity brand
of health underwear, Mr.. Daniels
appealingly says:
He is minister in the church
to which I belong. If he for
gets the gospel which he
breaches, must l forget the re-
spect I have been taught to pay
to those who minister at holy
affairs?
Along with others Of your friends
beloved, We should say mo; It'll
best to remember: the children il
the Billie story who were not-re-
spectful to the preacher were de
voured, you know by the bears
We are with you on that point.
And this explains to our satisfac-
ton why Mr.. Durham left the Capt.
tai unwhipped of an editor; but /
} does not account for the lack o
bodily injury to several other gen
tlemen, not ministers of the gospel
who are reported to have stood il
days past in the same fearful peri
/ that confronted the Rev. Mr.. Dur
ham.
1t occurs to our memory that some
how the Durhams have never scenes
to be much in accord with Mr.. Dan
iels. Some Of our readers will recal
the fact that the late Rev. G. Dul
. ham, Baptist minister of distint
ton, an uncle of the Rev. Plato, g
> the present incident, held very niue
D the Rev. Plato's opinion of Mr.. OAR
t iels, that some dozen years ago TIL
Baptist minister wrote the editor G
the News and Observer letter, cor
tanning apt scriptural quotations
which Mr.. Daniels considered to
acutely personal for publication
And then it will be remembers
D that thirty.odd years ago, when til
elder Plato Durham was a rampan
and fearless minority leader in tn
legislature, sin the dark days Q
1862" Mr.. Daniels was eatin
the bread and drinking the milk q
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