Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-09-23

Tnstees % pass an order that Mr.. ShurlrH should
preach in The College Chapel thereby intending
10 deprive The inhabitants OF bis services. Tie
board, considering that The students could be a
well accommodated in the meeting house as 10 tie
chapel, did not see fl 20 gsaiify the PRESIDENTS
wishes in this respect. but recommended 10 him TO
consent 10 a mutual Council. A mutual Council
convened, aud BY their result things remained as
they we,e-Mr. shurtleff continuing pastor OF The
church in Hanover, and Dr. Nheeoek attending
worship in Hartford.
Ia the latter part Of NJ az 1915. and few weeks
bclore the session of the Legislature OF New HanP-
shire, book made its appearance entitled
= Sketches Of the History of Dartmouth College,
without The name OF its auhoE printer, charging
the trustees with wiifui pervsrslon OF the funds
of the College, because they hat not ordered Mr.
shurtIeff 10 preach in the chapel, &c. Ac.s hese
- Sketches,o were sent 10 nearly every member 81
the legislature previous TO the session. ar Nhcc-
lock attended the Legislature in June following,
and related bis pretended grievances, nh,ch was
nothing more than summary OF the "Skeiches,' =
and requested them to appoint committee 10
make enquiry into the affairs Ot the Institution. a
committee of three very respectable aud d'sinteres-
ted gentlemen were accordingly appointed. They
met al Hanover and gave both parties iuii hear
ing, and at the June session OF The Legislature,
1916. made their report, which acquitted the rus
tees Of every charge made agsinst them by The
President. by this time, many who had moi troob-
led themselves with enquiry into the true causes
of the warfare. made 10 believe that II wa
both political and religious conttsf Political
parties in New Hampshire were nearly balanced
Tbs friends Of DR.. Wheelock had Incorporated his
ca use with that which they supposed would gain
The ascendancy n the Legislature. The Trustees
having ascertai ned thatthe President y ss the au
thor of the = Sketches aforementioned, dismissed
him from his offices in the College. The seitstyied
liberal and unprinciped part OF community, set up
the popular cry of persecution, and termed the
trustees, being Judge Farrar, DIR. M'Farlant, DR..
Payson, Mr.. Smith, Mr. Thompson. # New Hanp-
shire Mr.. Marsh, Juage Niles aud Judge Paine
Of Vermont, prosecuting bigois" In tais state
of things the report Of the cglnnittee IN favor Of
the Trustees was made % the Legislature. The
party 10 whom DIR. Wheelock's friends bad lent
their aid, were in power. The Legislature, agree
ably to the recommendation Of The Governor anI
without making the report of their coniin.ttee the
basis Of their proceedings aud against the renlon,
strances OF the minority of their own bsly, ana OF
the Trustees proceeded 10 newmodei the Charter
of The Institution. They appointed nine additional
Trustees, and board OF overscers composed OF
twenty-one members contrary Gas the old trustees
mainiain) 10 the provisions OF the chaffFE OF The
College, The institution thus I aiTrceed,o Vas
named . sr,mouth University Monday pre-
ceding the commencement 1916, was The day hxed
by The act for the meeting and organization tie
uew boards. The day same, bot enough could not
be mustered 10 constitute quorum m either. he
old board did not join them. These w,naade
guardians of the institution therefore dispersed
much chagrned, many Of them declaring that they
would not be seen there again. The Trustees hay
ing previously appointed The Rev. Francis Brown
President, held their commencement as usual 1 he
law making the new boards having expired in the
manner we have seen; a; tue session Ut the Leg
slature last fall, another but similar act was pas
sed with some :" Improvements" Also law ma
king il penal i'm the sum Of FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for the Trustees or officers of the
College to proceed in the discharge OF their official
duties. The new Trustees met agreeably 70 the
provisions Of the new act, and appointed Dr.
Wheeock President OF the University. The va
cancy oceasioned by whose death has since been
filed by Mr.. Allen his son in-Iaw. Mr.. Dean,
lale professor in the University OF Vermont,
and Mr.. Carter have also been appointed plo-
tessors in the University The students with very
few exceptions, adhere TO the College At tie
late Commencement, fourteen entered the College,
and we understand Jo,ued the University.
The gentleman Who had for number OF years
been the Secretary OF the Trustees OF the. College,
having refused TO deliver up to them the papers
The suit Is now pending IN the Superior Court of
New Hampshire, on the final decision OF which de-
ponds the existence either Of the College or the
University. The court which is TO try this cause,
SITS at Exeter within few weeks. Should the
dscison be against the College, the action Will
doubtless be carried into the United States Court.
Thus we have in as few words as possible, en-
deavored TO give history OF this controversy down
10 ITS present state. We consider that in the de-
cision of this cause, all our literary insttntons,
indeed all our corporations OF every nature, are
deeply interested aud of course In II - the pros
perity of the cause of religiou as we'll OF science
in 10 small degree concerned. III the proceedings
Of the Legislature OF New hampshire III relation 10
Dartmouth College are 10 be sanctioned; II they
are constitutional, then may the Legislature Ut
Vermont convert Midilebnry College into MILF
tary Academy, or into any thing else they may
please. Ii the tenure Of chartered rights muss
depend on the caprice Of popular assemblies, on the
Use and fall of political parties, then are acts u
incorporation more than useless. Ii tile trustees
of College forfeit their charter by proceeding
contrary to its provisions lei them have fair trsai
before The proper tribunal. whieh is the judiciary
In the case under considerations, the Legislature
proceeded without even the pretence thai the old
charter had been forfeited 90 far from this, tile
report of their own conn itiee told them, that all
the proceedings ofthe Trustees had been perfectly
regular. 10 conclude, We FEEL no rliidenc@ III
saying that We view the whole proceedings against
Dartmouth College as constituting an attack upon
the cause efrcligion aud literature. scarcely equal
led by any thing OF the kind which has taken place
since We have been d free people.
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Il good Eule suorks both NAYS.
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