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quietly TO the perstion of the laws, and 0 ssc
riiice personal feeling to ihe su,hority of the
state and tie good OF he Institution. May The
seat of the mu .es and the school Of the proph-
cts at Dartmouth be no iongre oiled With the
jstgon of discor d and may our beloved alma
speedily srise and shine with her former spien-
DOR"
The following circular letter from the President OF
Dartmouth University has been forw afded 10 US
for publication. That this and the article a.
bove, do not hGTm0nizs with the articles from
he Dartmouth Gazette, which precede them
can be no fault Of ours--we give them as they
were received.
TO THE PUBLIC.
In order 10 prevent or TO correct erroneous I'M
pressions upon the public mind the subscriber 0eeas
il necessary to make statement of the principal
circumstances relating 10 the rlotous proceedings,
which occurred the last evening in the college
building, so called belonging 60 the University.
In that building there we're deposited, IN sepa-
rate rooms, lin addition to tie large University II
bFary) two libraries of nearly twothonsand vol
unes each belonging to the Societies in the lnsti-
tuition denominated "1Ae Social Friends" and
/" The United Fraternity" These libraries had
been gradually formed during period gilmore than
thirty years, and annually increased by The dona-
tons oindividnais and of classes of students, and
were designed to remain forever. fe~ the benefit OF
the aforesaid societies in the literary seminary OF
Dartmouth. Since the decision Of the college ques-
Z tion, last week, by the Superior Court OF New
Hampshire In favor of the University, cifcanstan-
ces Increased the apprehensiohs, which had been
entertained, that the pupils under the private III
struction of the Rev. Mi Brown and MessFs shurt-
left and Adams formerly officers OF Dartmouth
College, would carry off secretly and TO places IN
known the libraries If The Societies. Last evening
Information received, that preparations Ied
been made, without the knowledge of those stu
dents of the University, who were members of the
Societies. for the removal of the books, AMI that
they would probably be carried off during the night
Ii was deemed necessary to take mn1edIate meas
ures to prevent this secret removal, and to secure
the books TO The object for which they were given,
that every member of The Society, whether con-
.nected with the University or not, might have ac-
cess to them. Accordingly the inspector of the
buildings was directed 10 SECURE the doors OF the
rooms containing these libraries. Accompanied by
theProtessors and a few Others, he proceeded I'M
nediately TO the room, in which was deposited The
Library of the Social Frieods Onentering it the
shelves were found empty aud only small part OF
the books remained. and those packed up for reno
val. The Inspector, Professors &c. we're immedi-
ately assa,led by formidable number Of the youth
above mentioned, armed With Clubs and after being
compelled into another room, were there Tor
considerable time, forcibly detained.i While they
were thus imprisoned, the few books of both libra
lies, which had not been previously carried Oft.
were removed 'ff
The extraordinary abuse to which the officers of
the Institution subject while in the discharge
of their duty. need not here be detailed az it may
be The subject OF judicial inquiry.
WILLIAM ALLEN, President.
Dartmouth TJniVersity Nov % 1917
Our opponents in the Argus can hardly for
give us for having expressed our doubts of the
Inability of the Edinburg Reviewers, and
questioned the degree of authority to which
the writers in that publication are entitled,
and very dexterously endeayours to answer
the objection we brought against them, on &C
count OF their injustice TO the . Columbiad" |
Of MIR. Barlow. The defence of American |
genius is neglected, in the apologies that are
framed for the prejudices of Scotch reviewers |
He has, besides. expressed bis doubts OF the |
truth of the anecdote we related of The inter-
view between Mr.. Jeffries and Mr.. Madi-
son, and as a sort of retaliation has furnished |
another, for whose auhentiey he pledges him
self, giving an account Of the conversation
which took place between Mr.. J, and lea
der Of the federal party during the visit of
the former 10 The University at Cambridge.
Now, whether both these anecdotes are true
or false, we care not farthing; but will
conclude with simply observing, that our au
thority was purely democrstick that we
have seen the anecdote we gave repeated
more than twenty times 10 papers Of the same
politcks with the Argus, and their readers
quite tInery by the relation they gave Of it.
But if this writer is OF opinion. as he appears
TO intimate, that little credbiIity is to be at
tached TO those sources, there is no difference
between US on that head, but, Oh the contra
~, the most cordial coincidence Of sentiment
respecting them.
The Argus appears quite delighted with
the proposals issued By the printers Of the |
Boston Yankee for publishing that paper
semi-weekly, and bestows upon it The most
unqualified encomiums, on account of the
zeal and hrmness i has ever displayed in
The cause Of democracy. How great
a contrast there exists between the pam
egyrIcks now heaped upon that paper,
atia the philhmcks vented against ii not more
han year ago, on account of its animal |
versions on the Renori ~ John uol,,,e ,,,,,s.