Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-06-02

niet think conera,eEi f0r he general accommodation
y tae @hd6tiahfs.' Tho expression, general sccnm
madaun o the inhabitants" clearly iudlcalrs the wish
ii The Legislature which ought not To be- ithnui weigh,
In deciding Tins controversy. The morry came ofpi
nall, trnm The Ascmhlv ma n selection Of nm institus
tea 81 tafhhe rather than any other public object was
made nj It's suggestion so pppen ~ have thonph The
Rector Of the Academy when in January i7oG. he con.
vened thu honid. ia take into eunstrrnun some inf r.
nailan that he had received. that the ferisnfaf If
Nlfpnia had resolved that there should b, a seminary
n eafnne III the upper country" SO evidently tbapelt
tho Legislature Immediately after Liberty ilan Arude
NY Wa seloeted Tor endowment whcn without ,5n.
snl lis trustees II converted the academy into CO..
ltee, sci aside The trustees and appointed set II visit
afs, none al whom was Presbyterian clergyman or in.
deed oetpyman of nny denomiuat and scarcely any
ifts'f lefans. by no means lusttv ibs mehsnre
Which WIS onennsilmliot al and every way unfnstita
HE. bnl mention II merely indication Of ieelinu IN
ihf part ii The LEGISLATURE which was then disposed 10
seNef MI cnnntetion trtWrru every public aud
any lel !. aus ,nomlholItu Whalov, r.
Int et moro mp ttant consideration than tie wish
q TUE Legislature, ~ the intention II NAshneInn,
Witch as he sad nothing tbs point can only Re In
hfltd lfem circumstances II IL plain thai he did net
eshsdsf lie stuok his own uhHuluo private npprrty
hafn1 IN his letter ,eclug the ri Il used Ibis I,nonaee.
'liut II II ehopld please the General Assembly Ia per
mi me Ia htn The destination OF Iie jnd rested In pe
from hp rftald eaohmct 10 oLicch qfd public ma
fee, II viii lac my duly IN s,tctug these 10 move The
sincerity 81 my ptaWlelr f the huuut conferred Tn mr.
by Weefriea such appear most SuI crriely 10 s
e8tsdfhei aud Patreic rfcs II the ifnisidfurrn The
Legislature cemrh,d with his ish by rhanpinp TIA
efahl ifa al ehselnte bc4uc, uto Gnl placed ~ his
lisp sal lar public pnf,uaAs, II il evident lbrr,,rs
Int, While the A..,u hy originally desipntd Ia make
lie duck Gentrs NHsWUgNna property, his only wish
w. he liz medHu htouL which The I'm, rotie ,ir,s
ii liz Legislature should be- carried CUT tie neeordna
y requested III Legislature lsr 10 SELECT the obitr Of
endeMmet, hui taat boy having failed Ia do So he WIS
n last compelled 10 lpoke the selection h,mspf The
WISHES u lao Legislature IN regard To the nsnilan
heina placed 1oJrr scelurtm influence. were cenry
manifested bi lhe character 81 the visitors appointed IN.
d'l thenrN chatter, and must oven without That ulen4
tim have ho,n cNdeul to the obeervont Washington.
tum all Tie circumstances al the tunes
Al be II on me Ia deimct one luia from the debt IT
gratitude due Ia him ndt'duelly from W Washington
feie1o. he greatness ui that debt may BE- rsiInnied
when II Is teeulltcied that the tslliutmn Ade vain
application ur aid Ia the STATE hcuro the dunntiun and
thai The Legislature has tuned deaf all applica,
tlons snee am merely seeding ascertain the views
aud motives which luiluenced Inn m this matter mud
which certainly ought to decide the character o the eol
leee "llrh he endowed. As public agent. he could
mt have intended 10 make tia PRESBYTERIAN scluo As
private individual he would never have tstAhls shed an
Institution. N which ALL Who like huosef happened 10
he ltpseopaans, should be- iucvrf rXcliird from office
Nnshng1en jnsll} bought That these ho paid the tolls
which could alone feuder his cndnw menls ynloable
luueh IN emmy the hoHetil ul those eudnwmenls He
therefore gave his Potomac stock u nm inNtuon in Al
exandnA, and his James ,,ecr ainr 10 Liberty Hall
i Academy ~ the head waters Of james River. lis
principal inject arpeufs to have been the selection Of n
place winch was IL, cruiml and convenient to the M
per Janes River cuuhry. Ihis was the subject Of in
1qnily IN The Legislature. when it made an niortyr nj
ienpl In liz on place ito This point almost exclnsiv,l,
The memorial lIom The Trustees of Liberty Hall Acade-
my, drawn up white The matter pending was dl-
feeted. In thai memoru they tell General Washington
TIM they had tiemht Ives nude the original loeniien in
reference Ia Ills very obJec aud had preferred lexina.
Lon 10 Sannun hc had been first thought of ON thai
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