Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-03
UNIVERSITY or JjPGI\y9

IN 81.
We cannon forbear laying Ia. foliunin, arii-
Gle before readers, AS AN evidence of ,cAqt
as thought q oar University aJyond. We irnsl
thai the opIaion of The Boston Editor may be
made good, by releasing the University from
me dcbt IT had contracted aud deyotihg thu
whole bits annlIity to its Immediate assistance.
we nave no time 10 lose about This business.
Let us see this " noble institution" in action.
Let IT avail itself Of the assistance of Mr.. JEFF
lerson while he lives To give it. Let him, who
laId It's first stone, superinend also its success
fnl organization. Virginia stands in need of
TINS institution. She must make IN bv The
Intelligence of her sons what She is losing in
her census. Her moral force must supply
the place ofnumberS. And at this time. too
While Georgia IS founding an University up
on an inimorcable basis while Columbia is
pouring out j. supply of able young men to s.
Carolina; while North Carolina entrrlains a
liberal zeal for University Of her own; shall
wc sit down with folded arms, i'll our tJufycr.
siiy Is able to pay of her debt out of her an
n'ial $4,000 that is TO say, wat for many
years to come? Virginia has obtained some
distinction in the Union; hat she cannot live
forever on her laurels. We shall he outstript
ny Other states, II we do not rouse ourselves
RELEASE the University from this burthcn, and
" may go Into operation perhaps next an
tumn. But already we sre n resolution to
this effect offered. II comes from a quarter,
which gives it the greater weight, brcau ;eit is
SO liberal and Enthusiastically feelings
whlch Mr.. Grlllin's resolution produced were
akin To those which were insured, when
after Mr.. Baldwin had railul in carrying fine
University 10 Stdunton, we heard hi n calling
upon all sides Of the House, with such touch
In5 floqucncc, to bury their local partialiits
and unite IN great and common effort for
the common good
University AZ iIrgigM The f,llowinn rrgort
which we copy from the Kicluuond Enouicr, viii
give aclelr view of the present con liiion Of s no
he institution Of our sister Communicable The an
"Rg ncntinncd IN The Espnr, a4 constituting the
principal foundation OF the funds of tli, Cni,crsiy s
u we recollcct right, gamt Us the Lrg>lhfurc Of
tftceR NOUsand doHirs. annually from, The iroinc Of
the Literary Fund. The Lesar, fund, which con.
s'StS rnn"iPaly n an appropriation of the debt re-
c'hcu ii"m Inc United States Tor tie services and
expenditures ol that state caring the lne war, ~
mounts according to y ltte report Ia The sum of
iI1oi4d dollars. THIS Is principally invested in pro-
ducu'e stocks, most of them in the STATE Of Virginia
lhe'c + charged on the income of this fund, LIST The
annuity OIL hftten thousand dollars per anunm tO the
UnNeTslit al Virginia, aud 81 An annual appropria-
schools.
Tire funds Of the University, when tho business
mentioned ~ the following report, shall bc cOmpiri-
ed, consisting OF accommodations for ten Professors
and one hundred and minc students with building
oT bfbrirt and other public purposes will consist
OF the annuny OF hiteeD thousand dollars per annuB,
charged with the debt Of about one undr red and Sc
vcny thousand dollars constructed IN the erection of
ihc buildings The igterest Of which il is stated in
the rcpor will absorb ahout one half the annmily
lnriher expenditure will lie necessary to furnish &c
Library. Il cannot he doubted that The Legislature
OF the state, .ic hits begun lis eudowmenls o this
Gyore institution with suc nyuniGccnt viii supply
any dehcicncy which may exist iot caryng it into