Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-09-11

from God were often descending; and from which
streams were to flow, such as should make glad the
city of our God. And now, the members of the Cor
poration residing at Mddleblug with President Laba-
rec at their head, are not ashamed to shut their doors
against four pious young men, wishing to obtain an ed
u%cation, that they may preach the gospel OF Jesus
Christ. wonder not that they were ashamed to com
init this dark deed to paper. But God has brought
their mean, dirty work to light. 1t is now a matter Of
history; and should President Labaree and his coadu-
tors, weep tears of blood, they can never wash out the
record. Whether the friends of that Institution and
the other corporate members will a%cquesce in the
high, honorable, and CHRISTIAN stand, taken by the DIR.
and those gentlemen, who hold SO tenaciously to caste,
l cannot devine. But if such a spirit, and such a Presl-
dent are to reign in Middlebury College,, | would say,
however dear the institution may be to any heart, Tor
sake her and let her depend on shareholders for patron
age and support. And do hope, that all the friends Of
humanity, of civil liberty, of the religion OF Jesus, VIII
utterly refuse all patronage to the Institution, untlthey
repent and do their first work. | hope, indeed, that a
better spirit reigns in the hearts ofthe students, than IN
the heart ofthe President, and that they will not be
slow to manifest it. But if they have all drunk of the
same spirit, and they are all alike corrupt; then | must
lament saving: "How is the gold become dim, how is
the fine fine gold changed!
Jesus Christ said to his ministers, feed my lambs.
DR.. Labaree is %nominaLly one of his ministers. -Four
black lambs o to hin for food. He looks rather
sOur,-says why did you not come one at a time, | was
not commanded to feed especially negroes, and on the
the whole you may all go into the woods, and not troub-
lie me. Is such a shepherd a good shepherd, such as
the master will approve? "In as much as ye did it not
unto the least of these my brethren, ye did 1t not untO
me-"
How nobly does the conduct of DR.. Lord contrast
with that of DR.. Labaree? l an glad that my admaaeGtcr
can open her bosom to take in not only one, but four
sons of Africa, and sons of God, at one time. Take
them and nourish them, and you shall be rewarded;
and never let the holy men, who founded Moons school,
have occasion to look down from heaven with pain, at
the sight of an Indian or African, driven away from
the Halls of learning. Dartmouth did her duty and
soon God rewarded her with a princely gift of ten
thousand dollars. Middlebury did as she ought not to
have done, and her %iniquities have soon found her out,
and she must bear her reproach until wiser counsels
prevail, and more Christ-like men preside over her
councils. have read ofsix young men who were ex-
PEELED from Oxford for Preaching and Praying. Pres
ident Labaree and his coadutors have showed more
tact than that half Popish Institution, and have shut out
of Middlebury four pious young men, who loved to
pray, and intended to preach, to maintain the dignity Of
their high caste, So caste, which is a great evil in In
da among the heather, is a very innocent thing at
Middlebury, among the Christian people of that Christ
ian town, and deserving the particular patronage of the
College officers. What a blessed thing to dwell a.
mong Shareholders, and then come to the north, and
teach the ignorant, liberty loving Vermonters, to pay
due respect for caste, and not encourage the colored
disciples Of Jesus to come to our Colleges for an edu-
cation. They are a low caste, not fit to be noticed in
our Institutions, where we wish to see the SONS Of
southern planters, cash in hand-the price of men
women and children, sold at auction.
Gov. Slade is much to be respected for the honora
BILE part, which he has taken in indicating the right
of his fellow man, and in bringing to light the meal
and wicked, informal vote, passed at the Presi
dents house, which was not recorded, and was neve1
to see the light, yet, was designed to repell the young
men from ue lSlIluuOn; ana ulaJ 100, alter u0 lac
was confessed, that their College charter gave them nc
authority so to do. hope the Governor will bring this
subject before our Legislator, that it may be freely in
v~estigated.
Let us see whether such oyerseerism is to be tolor
ated in our free Institution in Vermont.
ANOLD MINISTER.
The letters of Gov. Slade and President Labareet
were published in the Green Mountain Freeman, Aug
20, 1915,