Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-26
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UNvEpsIrY OF VA, March Doth -.

UNIVERSITY OF VA, March both 1880
Ncssrs. Editors:
Your paper came to hand on Saturday last, and
saw that No Rslormcr had been noticed by
Fair Play" between whom and myself there i
some difference as to the prophecy ot the removal
OF Mr.. Brockcnbrough. IL seems To- mo that the
old order of AHA RS should have been preserved RAJ
thcr than bring new officers into tho institutions;
giving large salaries TO them, and which, if per
sisted in, Will involve tho University deeper in
debt. Every one knows tina, this embarrassment
alone rrtarGs its prosperity. How very improper
then is it To add another debt to that under which
1t u now aboring, and from which it cannot cxtr.
cate itself unless BY some unforeseen accident.
"Fair Play" says that old age with its con-
sequences, is coming Mr.. b 1t is very seldom
indeed, we sec man nj the ago OF itty, with his
mental faculties impaired. Most of our great me II
l:c become more renowned after, than before that
age And with how much more respect is man
Z" thai 1gc treated, than ono twenty or thirty
,"t "'lr Play" says, that Mr.. Ii. notwithstanding
ms age, and the rcSpcc; that IL due and given thai
Notwithstanding his experience, and his bot
ter qualifications from that experience, is not as
good an oliccr here Mr.. Carr, account of his
(not mentally but bodily strength. There is no
nccd OF strength here, since |Tgihians are not 90
Vcrncd by a sense Of fear but OF honor.
far Play" then goes on, and enumcTatos the
"iercnt Offices and privileges given to Mr.. Brock
cnhrough,amOng which he includes the Post Office.
am very much mistaken if it is not in the power
OF inc fost Master General to bcs.ow the Post Of
noes on whom he pleUscs, and it is not in the power
o the Visitors 10 say whether 1t shall be given to
TINS or that one. For this Office Mr.. b. is under
obligations to the General Post Master, and no
other, and therefore ii should not be included in his
salary from this institution. Fair Play" also mon.
tons that his Mr. Bs) son can attend the Lectures
Tree OF cost But 1t was only few days since his
son declared himself candidate for graduation
ana 10 MS surprise, lie found that he (cven if
qnaHhod) could not do this without first ma rt ricu
lat,ng This is another tina, shonld not be inclu
ded IN the enumeration.
but "Fair Play" in mentioning those of Mr.
Carr, omitted that (Which he makes good use Of
oil retailing To the students the wood and candles
that are consumed by them; and from the price we
have to pay, ISL per cord one would suppose con-
siderable profit was derived in this way. Tn" price
may not seem high in Richmond, but here in the
country, do not think it is by any
means losing business. 1t is something strange
to me, and no doubt so to the reader that there
should be petition from :hc county, requesting the
Legislature to rcinsatc Mr. b. in the Proctor's of
hce, whlch Far Play" says is not desirable and
the salary arising thercfrom not much as that of
Patron, and still i'll favor ofhim Here Fair Play''
is Numerically opposite to the petition, and the
reader may Judge who is in error when he sees the
names OF many respectable intelligent men, testi.
Tying against him alone.
When Mr.. Carr was brought before the Visitors
there is no doubt but what he was recommended as
friend and relation ought to have been; and altho
he was unsolicited by that friend and relation-al.
though he advised by one who holds no small
Office here, not TO accept of the oice-yet he has
come forward against the will of some oihs friends
and taken upon himself the unpleasant Office of
Police. One would have supposed he could live
with more satisfaction on his farm, the profits arts
ing thcrcrom, together with his pay from the u
States, would have supported him handsomely.
might say more, but will conclude by saving
that, as to Mr.. Carr's popularity in the county
know nothing OF. But my candid opinion is, that if
1t were optional with the Professors whether he re-
main or not, his sojourn here would not be long
NO REFORMER.