Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-09-26

material instruments ID It's DOWNFALL ssTros Iy.
riGsye mihi nulo discrimine agetur'' To YOU
gentlemen, therefore, do |, in common with the
whole low er country. offer up the sinceresi tribute
oil gratitude for having brought back TO the Insttu-
I ton those youthful minds, which il was erst her
delight 10 instruct; minds destined perhaps at some
future day to glow with the proud distinction oil
burning and shining lights in the country which
| gave hem birth
In my humble apprehension, the spirit of your
charter evidently requires That the President oil
William s Mary be clerical character: such APP
pears 10 have been the opinion of all the collegiate
authorities previous 10 the unfortunate appointment
OF Dr. Smith, and such too, after deliberate ex
animation of the charter itself, flatter myself you
WI have no hesitation in avo~ing. In your Sc
lection OF President, then repair 10 consult the
genuine spirit of the charter under which you act,
and in consulting that oracle, you will al the same
| time promote the real interests of our Seminary, by
| advancing 10 the Chair gentlemen distinguished
foi the ervor of his zeal in the acred cause of
ligion; one who Is literally gifted, both b. nature
and by education, with al those endownents cal
eulaied TO mpart dignity to the Office, and reputa-
ton TO the Institution. Nor is il difficult task to
obtain, smoag the distinguished clergy OF orr coun
uy, President OF the requisite qualifications
Our College rich It's resources from that circum
st'nee alone, POSSESSES advantages, hich few In
situations are able command. Having hen IN
Faedl'y to bes,ow the liberal salaries upon her
Officers she haS also right to demand from those
appointed 10 leg slate Tor he good, Professors The
most diStiHg uiSdcd inis country for Their attain
rnents in the different wsiks of literature and SCI
ence. Let me, then, gen ienien, CO. jurc you, with
a zeal which, it is hoped, viii not Offend by no
means, t. separate the FoijiCrl from tie Moral
Chair, rs has been suggested, fear, by the euil
spirit i intrigue and Jacot ritism; bu, to con-
centTate In the person of your President both moral
AID political duties. If the suggested separation
OF these two branches take place, and it be your
determination 10 appoint Poll zeal Professor, can
you afford, without reducing the salaries Of the
other Professors, can you say, afford to endow
thIs new Proiessorshlp 'vith such advantages as to
induce gentlemen o. distinguished talent 10 become
land Gates for The appointman: And ii you can
not, BY the advantages OF the situation, ieup such
characters as these appear competitors for the
piize, you may well, in imitation Gl the ancient
| Sioyi, give the funds OF he Institution to the
winds. Better, far better would 1t be for our IN
| fortunate College sill TO heave and g!oan, and
struggle under the midnight pressure OF its Jorne,
Incubus, until collecting its whole lie blood at
The heart, II throw of a, length by one convulsive
i effort, the suffocating load tina, Expresses il! Il
the funds o.the Institution viii permit the estab-
lishnent OF another Professor, ccuih YOU, gentle
men, make more judlcious application of those
funds, than In the erection oil Prolessorship a
Modern Languages? So great is the in portanct
at ached hy me TO know ledge of the Spanish
French and Italian tongues, that W oud have then
taught IN our Institution, even al The exlence Of
the Law Prolessorshp; valuable as IT is, both fol
the distinguished alb lily OF the gentleman who fill.
that department, and the nature If he object itself
6u, gentlemen, there is no immediate necessif1
Tor sacrifice OF this kind Coniinue 10 unite il
the same person the Offices OF President and Pro
lessor, as hey now exist, and If an adequate p0r-
ton oil the funds can be devoted 10 the endowment
OF new Proiessorshp, cali an individual TO tn,
Chair, who is capable OF teaching two at least o
these language Raise then, o raise, our much
abused, our lons-sutferins Institution from its bed
OF lansuishnsnt! Revive, we be.eech ycu, it,
dropping head! The cOrdials can be administered
The remedies are in your power