Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-11
RICHMOND. DECEMBER n. lagl.

FOu TIE ENQUIRER
To me Members Of The Legislature Of YGginia.
GsNrLsMEN: l perceive by your proceed-
ip-s, that petition has been presented hy the
collegiate authorities Of William Sc Mary, pray
ing the passage of an act authviising y change
in the location of their institution. TINS be-
ing AN application which thwar,ing no inter
esls, and shocking NO feelings while at the
same time il Is alculatrd 10 confer such es-
sential bene fits the state at large, one would
expect il to'p pass Ivy accla matun, aud that the
contest in your honorable hu!y would be, who
should br foremost in ftrthering sheme 81
,raugit with unauthorized good That this
will be the case, would fain hope, although
there are some who profess 10 penetrate be-
yond the surface Of things, that express n very
different opinion. The friends OF the Unver-
sity, say these acute observers. as they sup
pose themselves, will never cunsent to remove
the good old cole &c into Il situations where u
can rival their iayorite establishment. So long
as William s. Mary is retained in Williamsburg,
1t is added the gentlemen of the University
know, that il has been, aud will continue to he
depressed by Causes bry"Bd human copirol.r
Thus situated the C.llrgr is, to thrm
matter of Indifference. But place il in Rich
mond and although hundreds might be en-
rolled among Its m-mbers, who never, uater
any circumstances would SEE Char!ottes, ills,
~
This, Il is affirmed, the Universiiarians ne
ser BRONX, as according 10 their good will, not u
dollar shall ever aid the funds, nor a pupil
grace the walls of any other College in the
state.
But all this, however confidently Il is as
serted, appears incredible to alplaln man.--
Have not the gentlemen of the University
constantly proclaimed their burning zeal in
behalf of science generally ? Have they not
I'D 81 ,.,i,..
this particular place, nor TO that par,i
cular establishment that they were attach
ed, but that their devotion was 10 the no
bic cause ofimpIovement throughout the state?
This, Is well known, was The ground which they
took when they called with such signal success,
upon the lIbeIaliiy Of others TO support their
schemes Can II then be believed, that all
this was mere pomp Of words intended to gull
the Legislature, aud delude the public and
that under all these fine professions, there
inrked The most narrow aud nUnop0lizing spir-
IL, ready TO burst out On every occasion how
ever tr,hing ?-l, for one cannot credit it. On
tie contrary 1 am pursuaded that these gen
tiemen will be highly gratiiied by having an
opportunity OF showing that they were sincere.
Upright men, we all know, are panied when
they are obliged, as is sometimes the case To
deal IN words alone, well kDOwgg how often
fhe sno ,ihesi terms are employed IL Cover tie
most nsidious designs. Whenever an occa-
sion presents itself 10 such persons, thus cir
cumsianced, of evincng their candor, not by
high sounding phrases which cost nothing and
winch are weit!i as little as they cost, but by
acts winch according to DIR. Johnson never
LIE, they seize II with eagerness delighted that
they can now put their integrity hey ond sus
picion.
From these considerations, calculate with
great cUntid-Dce thar The measure under dis
cussiOn, viii find the supporters ofIhe Univer-
sity among It's warmest advocates. ALL that
these gentlemen vii have To lament is that the
boon requested of them can scarcely be CON
sidered as test of their disinlerestedne
No tax upon the people is required, net cen,
from the Literary Fund is asked Nutbing
more Is solicited than TO place in New 81 more
advantageous situation, old and valued In
stitniion, which, although IT has never flour
ished as lis friends could wish, has still done
no inconsiderabie service 10 the stale
There is one surmse, such is th. malignity
OF the world, that has reached my ears, vi ich
must notice before conclude ltisru,nour-
ed that the gentlemen OF the Unsersit,, i'm
able directly to oppose the remu, al of Williain
~ Mary, on account ofthe great and obs ious
niIliy Of the measure intended 10 defeat ,he
plan by The trek of clogsing the act authorship
the change. with conditions which will not bt
acceded TO. Ii such be the mode OF Legisla-
lion, winch is tn be pursued by such men
and on such subject, shall forever blush
when have to subscribe myself,
A VlRGINIAN
The worthy inhabitants of Williamsburg always q
mr. jefferson in one OF his letters, think 20 M AID
e s,ase ma ,hr o9ege could aou,isL ii
'Sf''"So VI tue s'S"nesS oi Williamsburg.
VIRGINIA. LEGLSL.aTURE
HUUSE nv DgIrcsrrs