Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-12


found In the S'a'e, aud stood upon biun commando
oesuniu, pro psr'. The sentemsn from MsckIeu.
denies were endowed. BIT n. would All Uh.,hs. ~.
Surveyors f-es did not 70 TO WILTON aud Ma-vl He
thought ne gentleman from Montgomery, had bees
rather unhsPpy in hi. remarks; but he agreed vhS
him "a TO Ii ,mpdea Sydney. Tba, ,.n,l.m an h.a .
'hewo that he deserved whatever hooors had bee J. h.
slowed on him.
the gentleman from Harrison for the Raudolph Ae,d.
my; but he did objectto hs method OF hi. o.
e, oy Joining 1t to the blu the bene6, Of Hampdsa
sydney College. lf such course were taken evesv
county might present its claim Were there not Sea.
uemen at 'ha''able setting down what was said here.
go 20 TUE Peoris-And would not each ber-hav.
rug "e rear OF me Reporters and the people fore their
eyes-ofer his project in st on il, being rrso,.di
wa. the policy Of the STATE to extend these ben.-
ms all IN their turn Aud the claimants must vait
little. Like an indulkent mother who has = h..s.s
OF oranges Tor her little ones; she commence. .r;h,
ING to each In lis turn. But the children mu,t not be-.
come impatient aud quarrel with each other a. n thsv
wait patiently they will have oil been served g.
the gentleman from Hsrrison would wait little fos
MS ACADEMY, he would obtain IL. The gen,Iemsn
seemed to think that the Eastern eopls wished 20 q.
aio all the light to themselves, to the exeIu,;or A.
their Western bretir But he, Mr. NJ fill M go
dtpo."on' he loved the hardy mountsiner., sod
would do all in his power for their benefit O.Iv Ia
them walt until their mother could dispense her sI,s h.
turn to her children. And IL the East were ss,v.a
nrs.' was the order Of nature The course Of light
was the same. IL begins in the East, and the Wsss
must wait little until IL reach them. Thew had h,,;Is
up the University in the centre Of the State,nd sh.s
W wa. proper For II they were about to shs up this
na'. 'ney would commence with the chandeiie In
the centre and th-n spread the light aroun the o,h.,
paris the room The University was nobIe mad.
tu'foo and honor to the State. The L.ri,Is,r,hs
done all 10 its power for it-and although IN, ro.
had not been expended as economically a, n MIR,
nave been he could forget and forgive that in con.iSe
ration Of the various me of the instu ion And no.
an application made la behalf OF Hampden Svdn.
College, There will be surplus 10 the Literary Fund
ana me committee had thought proper commence n,
application for the benefit of Colleges and Ac,d.;.
And he took the liberty to saw that Hsmpder S;dr.,
mad stronger claims to the aid proposed than any coIers
N me State; Tor 1t bal done for the
o 'eers aud Tor the establishment of the prime ipes If
liberty than any oth-r. The Legislature had never
given II dollar. That College had sen, out ,a., -
me highest character-and although she sometimes
might have bestowed honors those who were nat
worthy, az the gentleman from Montgomery had st.t.6
rom hsown knowiedge-vet II was generally admitted
NAV ,he had gwen to the State many Of her most ae-
compi'hed rcho'ars The in tituon com ced dur
ing the revolution; and to II due the first Forts In
iavor OF religious liberty. The petitions o. the Coll
on ns subject at an early period brought before he
LEGISLATURE, and led the way 20 that act by which NJ
Jefferson en,wined his brow with wreath that can me-
yer fade Her claims on the literally Of the Sat.
hoped that her pe'i ion would not be nov =. =, -
then, In vap IL was true, that thus far che had ,,
ported her ell by the aid Of private CONTRIBUTORS But
h II themselves They had in the old Boron -h -
Noif1lk, OF which he spoke the other dav and wb;,h
he was likely to keep in the mind of the House-sn
Academy-not situat on a high bluff Tor there v.,s
no high bluff Their of which b. hal n. hono, n n.
trustee and he declared with the fear Of tia, r,.r
before sI"'-,ha it was lazy. good for hing s,tu.
ton. He would not advocate an appro pris,ion from
the Literary Fund for that Academy. But III mnjsn
Syney deserved the all she asked. 10 place her on
ol"g WIN me o'her Colleges OF the ate. and he
Z listed IL would he given
Mr. Preston said, he has tested by the golden rut.
oil experience that ,mpjen Sydney College did b.,-
low honors which we're MOI deserved He did no, agree
with The gentleman rom Norfolk in his idea of ,be O.
RANGES he people of this stats ask.d Tor somehinr
more sohd. They asked for bread and meat; for She
'uos'an',"' food oil Education-and did not wish Tor
PICK heck' IN their stead. And would be found that
here were but certain number of orange. in IN.
basket and by the time the shouId have reached
the West. nothing would remain; not even IN. "a
would be left by those who had en- first ..ru.5 h
w-re told and IL was not denied, that The Ti,.,.sy
ana ad not supply the want of tie primary SCHOOL,
'ney then to bes,ow these funds on IN u.titution
which did not need them, was admi,ted N. !,
amply supported by private contributions III. r,-
'hat mere were other views in that institution. th..
were admitted here. II was not their wish ~ 49,
lamp In the centre State-,bey wisbedsto ,iv., 49,
University OF the State, and to be in fact an IJn;v.;
w. iSsy Wished to hang the luminary upon tho en-.
RENE Sonthern border He did not think the Hop..
was bound TO aid these ambitious views al The e.nsns
oI the interests OF the people whom the urim,,v
scnGo'S w wsre Objects OF the highest importance
M Williams Of III. said, that the geniIsm,r f,.
No1'olx oii not make use Of arguments but of iIn.
Tstons. He bad put down a motion Of Mr.. W. IN.
oow ,o5 oy an s,'nsion to the solar eclipse and he
no" toid tbem, that the Sun must rise in the Fact,
6n ihey wished he would let it somstimss sci in ,h
west Tor as yet they had seen il there n ths
lP "'"' oS ""uS In the centre, would the
ueman give arbing lghtio those in disant rosn.,,
Tn gentleman would find, by reference IN H. 49,.
biography oil Mr.. Jefferson, that he was mistaken T.,
as 10 the origin OF the re ing reliy;ou.
tole, alton But, on the contrary, Hampds n sydney
corge hsd applied for the establishment Of a real
"us-o3e' p,esey'e,ian Theological Seminary.
Mr. Fenable and Mr. Watkins denied ;ha fac,
Ihey both agreed, that Hampden sydney CoII.gs h.a
no.h'ng TO do with the Theological Seminary
MI Williams had been informed, that thew war.
whin three miles Of each other ard probablv "a ,hs
gentleman from Norfolk would say, thew would =.
cipse sch other. ~ "'"'" q
Mr. Miller Of Powbaian said, that he wss T,u.,s.
OF HampdeD Sydney College, and could state ,hs, r,
naa no conoexion with the Theological Insuton al
'uueuto Ihey would rather be pleased AT its ,amov
d" as was pr Judicial to the of the CoIIes
MT ',mer rose TO ask an explanation of ,ome re-
ma, wh'ch had fallen rom the gentle man from Nor
ioik He had SAID that the University b,d b..n ~
wisely endowed; but he could not think sueb 80 II.
seniemsn's sentiments, and he hored he had misnns
ao'ton bim. Did the University Zee d an advocate an
'ns hoor u was the University OF the St.t,-e,,.,
ta Vy ,he governm entand cherished by the PeopJe =
~ han oren ctnsecTat,d 10 the cause of Jiberiv na
"acsuos by toe lille and dying beLe Gction Of Tboms az
hey were committed by The State by VIII, I'M il Vas 20, ,
Iohed' ne had been surprited, th.rtfre Al the re-
marx oil me genuema an from Norfolk, He was s,so
surprised 10 near from that gen, an another N.
10 "h'ch ne de ired an expsnation-tbat this Stat.
was Indebted 70 Hampton Sydney College for the aet
on religious Freedom. He bad nothing 10 saw ,yain,t
mat institution; but IL !, had merits of its own !,
should not assume these which cid not belong 20 n
lhe Act oil Religious Freedom was the vo, ot Tho
mus 'eneieon Inc Tact was recorded in our bi,toyv
-and did that lie Ii insc lib ed ON The tonh q,
'ensiso1, In the epiisph written with his own hand
a,u ou ,nn Ne "hether the College had ade any
movement 10 favor o. that object, he diJ no, Inov
but The act by which Retiyious