Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-11-23
yoR rHE ESQuIRER.
To a friend of UIliiam and uunru.

Sim: IN the Enquire, of the 29,h October, yon
have come forward with your budget OF ariihmr attic
and diaectics, TO advocate the present location of
William aud Mary COLLEGE. To other friends Of the
institution, your computations and arguments in ia
your Of the locaion at williamsburg eyince the i'm
peroas necessity of It's speedy removal in order TIA
preserve its functions in such state OF ACTIVITY, as
Ia make IL 10 any degree useful the iower sections
of the state. You have laid s'airmemt before the
public WHICH is n,osi unfortunate Tor the cause you
espn"s- hut which must operate useftily FOR the
salvation "f the college. You have shewn that IL
never has rrospered even when without "a rival in
the state do You believe IL can hereafter prosper
under the san'e disadvantages or position, when
only o'her colleges in a,i''n hu, when u
NV ersi'y, pa,ronze'l iy the power aud wealth Of the
Aia,r Incomes its rival
Wherefore is all that bus,le aud solciu,is yon have
displayed about SOME maginsiy experiment., TO he
made hy The visitors upon The present oca,,un of the
Coi.gr? The time is utterly inausp,cious,'' Won
say, :" Tor anr xpern'en', If one Was TO lie msde,'
and aea,", . Il seems tn you thar the lime chosen Far
the exi'e' imrni is ;i,e most inaustrious that could
have hr"u s-i-crsi, and lhAiinsissstvf heSK Tat
osPer,wru', Il w"nid be m-re mnck.iy.'' itwouij
I've indeed mast ridiculous n,ock"ry fbr have
detail a. az experiment the oca,iuu Of The col
icge o 90 YEARS sura',n, which, though you IL
nppcns incnncins're, tn others complete evidence
al failure. The annual average Of simdsns aitend-
ing the college since 1876 has been, YOU say, lie
than 10 AMI perhaps fur hsir u,y % 81 /, would
br much the same Wha with the very ronside-
'-'i- endo@ mems III William and Mary Collsg.
the high tha,ac'er OF Us VISITORS aud the deep in,e
res thsy hire ercr token in The prosperity oi the col
leg- and having us operations cnutiic,r,i, during
the whole at that perioi, d, preside and
ni 10 hnowiedee'i talrn's aud assitimliv ami adding
"a all these, thcinmrnse increase of the ~, alih ai
population ~ thus iavourrd cou"'ry during those 30
yeats are y"u conir"'rd wnh the meagr- mum
her oil ID s'udchts spread rliiniy the law, moral
physical mathematical, and rLssscai schuois Of this
institution! tf ynu are, the public cannn,. a pru-
deni entertainer would scarcely be conicneI 20 have
twenty guests set down To dinner y, epar. a Tor
ample rrircshment oI two hundred. Aeih,pks your
anbiiion Should not lie saii. fed wuh iss ihn the To-
tai number Of 10 s'uirms IN The law class alone J;
and there ia every probability rha, the law c.a,s
would exreed thai nua,ber II the institution se re-
ni'sF'i !" The capital nj the stale.
An impoiian, part If thu q ~ years expe, mrnt =
The location al The College, respects the classical
department which i" the charter IS expressly ,nclud
r'l among III" siU,es Ia he pu, sued IN w VI. the
hest 's OF the iicuiy aided by The mus, wairhfui
care Of the visitors have hern unable nri the iasr
.pyears, To raise that dep .rIni~ut above thu huur
i~.el oil n GtHnima School aud hey hav not sur-
cceded Ia maintaining 10 cv"n on that level \ gen.
tem'n OF eminent =! a,iainu,ens, aud Of g,eai
s"'vuy oil manners wns anpotuir'l few wears ago 10
'eari the LAIN aus. Greek languages. lie held the
apI"in'msn' Tor three Yeas and eli tia, tine,
w"h every atrang' m-nl in has favour tina, could r
devised lay his colleagues, he IN ,tie IN raise
CLASS oil niTe than hree pup Is. IL had nnv a sin-
gle InI''i, II Is sa dnrng the Last OF those years.
IA" gentleman, either as punhc professor, u
private Teacher wpuli have IL al vrr, iiereui ,u.ce.
AT Williamsburg, wnh nj OF Other institutions. ia.
sou'ahy located, III tie several states at ,hr unon
'Hi.k We 10 ASK tpu whether iliC
nrni iAs nm been casrisd on 'o spifrirn time /.
Whrhtr William and Mary ali ally snk,np ~
II r"! '"n r"'n' aud whr'hcr speey removal Is mi
ne e's'i. 10 prevent rs "'er destruction! o., are
you dNs,tous that - fly years experiment, v hrh
has h''srno promised so I, lie, s,uuid IL this crisis
I've eTssIed ~, un,il u shalt he late IN ihrk (
anv remedy
Bu, do brlirvc iha, William, g. M,rv the morn,
ing star of car hemisphere, viii. she'd The fs, RI,
o sc-nre along The shores al tho .tlanc " IN he
s"e'e" 10 remain IN si.'e Of oI,-curaon, in odr,
to serve aHy u,iirulual iuc.I n,rre.s v,,.,evc,
ihe only incress iha iisgnv~,nors can respect az
nose oi The college, and of The hrancbcs Of liter
ana sc'c"re which are embraced as Us ni.cs. Thr
n"rs arieri"inng io heir fi-r, ~ vis,lur. are M,
those oil pairnns Vi Williamsburg ar al K .cb,,ond
or 0i a"y other town yicniy; they ale tho. q al
s"a"srs ana p'ternal rules the college, To xbic,
ihr! are hound 10 Keep siGaie eye, and NO ,ru.
rirnd oi the constuon need fear 20 ely upon ,Ir,
rr"trc'"g w',iun, and their integrity IN their ,rus
Much Courtesy is certainly due irnm The ceI-pe am
iho'i'es To The peupIr OF Williamsburg Bv, no
corrirsy can he justly extended any local ,,,,ja
non" tv riher ,si os"r professors, II its tenicnc,
feJ"dc'a 10 the interests AND objects OF The ins,i
iuripn.
| Bu +" there can bc no doubt" you saw Ct ,h,, ,,,.
means OF making the insii,ujion flourish" lin ;,s
present IotaIionl Hr completely w,,iu tho ,,,yc,
Of The VISITORS, aud Of thus they viii he srusihl.
"hrn fhry hrconIe hriier acquainted with ,hr state
oi we institution, and nOte intimate viii, its al
" lars. Tbs II - pirce Of information Which i
| ~ one point I'll view very singular, and in .,,,b.
very mi,or'ant barge maiu Nv of The VISITORS uere
" '"r dHu Nv sItiUe of their ,fEce
have lI7d good opportunity Of knowIny tL. s,.,. u
he INSTITUTION ~ Years past well rs 81 HE urc,.n
i'me. Yet you Indicate hat they arc not so weu a.
they might i'c acquainted with lis stare and ,o,c.rns
briir'r otherwise for have betn well ,pIo,mei I
that some oil 'h-m have taken great pain, IN beeow-
Intimately "cg"a'nled with It's aff,ps aud think
,hey "ou'd not he bnckwsfd 10 insi,vc others who
h"d ''kcn i-sss But The Of max ,py the i'm t
Inilon flourish are, you say, completely ~ ,cir noy
er ani yet yon appear think they n,e not srn.,.
nie 81 'his important circumstances. Your specify
ing what those means may he, was, ~ the n, ,seu,
condition oil ibings nm unpadonahe omission on Won,
pat. Certainly some of The visitors think sbere ;s
Only one mean by which the college can lie saved
"|n m'"e 10 flourish hereafter f; but they doub
wheihrr u lies wnhiD their exclusive uowei and
| they esteem ~ proier'o have Tho saort;n, IL ,Je
Legislature III applying H. Pray Ivy what otler ma us
than removal to an eligible snuaon can The yis,.
ors cause HE institution to soursIi the v,.;,o,s
u u believed know Of n0 other nor bnpe IN ,ls,ovs,
| sny: lhe coiiegc has occasionally done pnod NJ
Williamsburg but u ca"nof lie affira, cd tb,, ~ eve,
| hour'shrd here. You have fully proved to tho en-
tire s.iisiaciiDp OF your readers III II !, has mn,
The following rs a passage o; your diaecnr e.s,,
""' y perhaps NOV unworthy of particular notice IL
begins IN Tho nranucr of sbrewJ uue,y. aJv.nc,s
VIII forensic energy, and ends wou, al oL,ei ,,r
conckfsiOn. " 49,
g MT bc HAT scheme, even in ibess schsn;pr
Gays when SO many are endeayooripg to gu their peck
rts ouf OF olher o'rBs means nJ no, y ,,s Ia
'' bou', set OF foot hut on yesfarI.y ,nJno, s,e,
" whispered ai1ut i'll few weeks bsf,,e The mse,
mg OF I've visitors, involving so many aoJ such
| So''"'' "'f ""'i"''fht consequences. ahould
- when recommended J te preside ~, ar ,,s co,Iess
y ADD proposed by the common council Of ,chs,,nd'
AID backed wn' the offer Of money, and have
per" approved OF by majority Of the VISITORS who
4 owe we" sx'sf"co 10 charter which locates the
college a, Williamsburg" And what mex, for
what ,he monen'ous question may be that concerns
so.'e terrible ssheme rsmans 10 be discoysrsd you
have not set forth. These man Ie moro scLso,,n
days than those that gone ssd men mao oov h
more fond OF fllng ,h.ir pockets out Of other m.rs
means, ana without iabovr, than formerly vel upon