The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-26
Clemson College.

Mr.. w. P. Calhoun sent a bomb into camp
when he said:
"Many suggestions have been made about
the muddle al Clemson college. We do not
propose to offer any solution, nor 10 condemn
any one. 1t does not make any difference as
10 who Is right, as the college has Its hands
deep in the pockets of the State and puts as
much money as It's wants, and more than IL
ought to have. Clemson took his wires mon
ey and property hat belonged to his gracu-
daughter and gave 1t TO the Stale, mol 10 al.
vance education. not for his love for man,
kind, but simply to crafty his vanity ana
private spite. He despised his fellow beings
and was without religion. He told us several
for an honest man In South Carolina. why"
he exclaimed, 'if there was ever such q man
as Christ, and If he would come to South Car
olina he could not be elected 10 the ohice VI d
W omit in relating the above the numbe
of oaths stuck In al every point. -,
"a college founded by such a man Wild
other peopIes' money through vanity and
spite, cannot expect to get on smoolhly.
CIemson's sole aim in giving his wife's money
10 South Carolina was to Keep Inc Calnoun
family from owning Fort Hill, anu n.y. aI = y
with many oaths; and to make his spite COM
| plete, be stuck his own name TO the coiIese,
| not one dollar of the money nor one acre OF
the land he gave the State being rightlully OF
morally bis own"
To this piece the Anderson Mail makes an
able and ~forceful defence Of ems and the
college, without attempting to reply to any OF
the assertions Of Mr.. Calhoun. We would
| add that II Clemson was a bad man or q
| selfish man, we think IL Will be conceded that
he married a mighty good woman. And that,
at least, was something 10 his credit. AS for
the name, nobody knows anything. except
hat he established the college, and that is
| glory enough for one cranky old man. Ii ne
| did nothing else be kept the college from BE-
ing called Calhoun, and that was something
| additional to his credit. While We think tina
| John c. Calhoun was an able man and q good
man who stood high among the Congress
man, vet we know OF nothing that he did to
benefit Abbeville county or the State OF South
Carolina. That portion Of the county In
which he lived was almost uninhabited at the
close of the war. His whole soul and his eV'
cry energy seemed TO be to still further riVe'
the shacklcs of slavery. II he ever dld any
thing for the uplift of his people we are mol
informed of the fact. He established nc
schools O (Which We have any knowledge. l.
he secured the passage Of any law In theState
or in Washington that was Of benefit to thif
people. we would be glad to be informed.
TllIman made his impress upon South Car
DINA. He established the primary system III
The low country. He built Clemson College
and Winthrop College. He put IN the constl'
tuition of the State a provision hal no more
I,cen sed barrooms should ever exist In the
State. He gave Us the dispensary. Since nj
went to Washington he uses his pitch1oik al
intervals and says spiteful things OF the high
est and best OF the Republicans, thus antag
| onlsing the ruling or governing party IN tns
| coun try. Like Calhoun, he has done so httls
at Washington that 1t could hardly be seer
by a telescope Of a thousand diameters
| Neither he Tor Calhoun ever even got a pos,
office for Abbevi]le.
| We intended to copy what the NeWoerrJ
Herald and News has said on the Clemson
| Calhoun matter, but we mislaid the paper
That paper agreed very fully with the re
marks of the Press and Banner last week on
the subject Of Clemson College.
The college may be said to be a hydra-head
\ ed In stitutioo. 1t is ruled by two sets oftrus
tees. 1t has q literary president, and a mill
tary ruler. 1t has one eye on the treasury O
| the State. And 1t needs no tongs to lift mon
ey out OF the treasury. When II gets a set o.
BOYS that 1t cannot govern, they are turned
| Off or sent home while the pay OF professors
go Oh.
Clemson College Is a unique institution.