Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-06-02
COMMUNICATIONS.
ron rnE NiRgiNfAH.
MASIllNGINN NOIIEGE


.htsqs Fditors-Nour rarcr has m extensive eiren
laon IN the upper james River country, Winch deep
" Interested II the institution whoSe lame htads til
article That institution hears The namt OF The great
man who Is said Ia have Gr, suggested connection be-
tween the waters Of the James River and Ohio Il uns
endowed hy him ont IT stock IA n company which uak
the FIRST sen towards tie Improvement Of Ilms River
navigation II holds 'Nrl cunt OF biuck la the M
seni JAMES River and kmaVha Company md has al
Ways received Wost utl, patronage tom lhe freton IL
lHg an laWvs River, on hilh Sides 81 the Hun kldqp.
From thr,e runsd, Buuns, ask tie nst 81 your col.
nuns IN prrecutlnt the condition and oaims Il NASH
nglor toncee Tins college, although II has leen n
NaNs conducted hy ae ard pious mrn has nrYer been
- conspicuous, or 80 extensively useful, Is prta,
under and rs tGpuds could havr deali,d II has dnuhf,
les aiie'd,d the means ~ education many, Nho IN
Virginia, ~ tie West. end 90 the South ha,r aanr puud
serylce 10 their county Bot, rs NAY be SAIL 81 lnasl
American callugos, IT never succeeded m esaf lhhng
ihst tlmruul coutsp ct iu.Iuolan aud discipline u
which It's maaagc,s should rk Grwatd as lie eoal ri
heir rverions II Is not uy design ut pr,sent h ex-
anime the causcs which have retarded its drvelopmeni
,u merely Ia state that as pt'acnt course Is onuaId
Nnhin few ears, 1t,nV lum the rrnlsr of pub
he eenlipctt, Which hbs b,tt every "h,e dfnnn1iHn
an iuipro,td system. md partly ium uihrf favorable
circumstances. tie college has oode some STEPS forward
IT, buildings havo been enlarged and It's ceHse If IN
sifuejlun and discipline improved. lte fiepls are hui
m3rics tHough o cair The discovery ii perfect 3,s.
lrm which develop every intellect. and guard every
T student agllnSt me NNs'tlUV ~ moral iant. Know
toa tia, such precus0u Ridiculous. ami awhfc ns1
lhai eueae ~ atems. i,,C every t,uu else. should ha
sfadily improving, they clam oulY ia tive mada pro-
prr-s, mud are cun9cuus tat much remains nedahe In
this sute Of lungs. they hope that II viii tersNe psi
raaar proportional TO It's deserts, mud nj b. ,ond H.
ao the rcgun tr whose sp,,le b,mft It Wns desfeu=
+ ed hp Washington. Ihcr are Some indeed N lu aleaa
+ that tie college lthng. to the Presbyterian dtnau4ila
ton and lhat II m1st luuh o pushyieaua lnauly II
not entirely. for support This is al lnqoltani alleaa.
INN ~ which you y"uf many suhsch.r Ia the uppfr
james River county, Geo WHICH the ellltEe pNraHY he
iuha $. hhyeu deep interest, sud Wheh reun.s tie.
Hibernate examination. shall thclclpn' inquire INV ar
TIE institution Is really dcuuH national. 81. Ia ire 4
mere common worI of precisely HE same lapua, see
tHran.
l. sa vel known lac, llal the Valley country
round Lexington, was settled amosl exclusively by
eshyt,uaus. either hum the North Of lfcaud. or nun
Scotland. The gay aud fh ughtloss have been N the
habit al rdc1Iiug MS race OF men len their parsmony.
iansfrnly and uu-oriahitty. but II is not run The
huebcrs alsuc' that the Dmth us to be learnt =
Faul's aud weaknesses these preshy leans doubtless,
had. Bot 81 e'hef II can be sa.d ui th,m, rs Anran-
ley says otthelr Puritan tu'ht,u. That whatever WIS
odnus ridiculous IN tlct character" las 'nn the sur
face - shall noi undertake To decide lel Il oanunl
hsa'e % pronounce lhru,' as he did H. puilans "a
brave, wise. az honest and an useful bdy.p Ih,y
came of stuck which, whether on hls lhe other SIDE
OF the Atlantic, have tv,r Teen the uhdBuned ,h9n-
rlurs nt freedom, tud the fast hculs OF fducaan In
Ghfhts hour ul llr revolution, he saaHcous W ash.
ugou Is said 10 have regarded West Augusta, winch
included large portion ~ this Valley country MS an In
prrguable stronghold ul lbory When defended by Tie
stout Of It's brave yoomcu.
Tins people manifested an early anxiety 10 have the
menus ol education among them. In 100, the Pres
hyirty Of Hanover then Including all Virginia. having
already founded an academy in Prince Edward, which
Nas the g,rm OF lampden Sydncy College, detern med
- establish schuo in the Valley alsp. Thy according
" esiahl sh soue miles to The east OF Lexington an
unlucorpuIacd school, having trustees however. and
hrarng the name of an academy, which WAS supported
prlhc plily II entirely. by the contributions o Pres
nylorians aud was under the immediate cuuir, oi the
/ Pro,bvGy. The oNlgcnccs ot the revonion during
which It's students often called from The Academic
grove IL the field Of Mars, and The of the com
munly were almost entirely exhausted, and last though
not least the resignation Of The able and energetic Pm
rpal the itrv'd. Wllilam Graham caused the dssuu.
ton ol This school in 1850
After the revolution, in the year Ire charter was
obtained for hery HAL Academy on different site
! near lrwuulon. aud Mr. Graham nppniniel PRINCIPAL
No substantial change has been made in this charter 10
the present day hut the name oiihe institution chan.
gcd 10 Nashnqtun Academy IN l197 aud Washington
College IN 1918. Nothing scclatan appears IN this
charter II would be djii;"yituow todelerane, Wheh
et this omission desicH,d 10 prevent seclafan III
lluence. merely to get tlr bull passed. II the pre-
sent tlmo charter u henry inslitclian would be
allowed 10 have any sccarianlsm ON lis face although
II might be nl rcclly placed under the cor pela control
ai PARTICULAR Denomination. Whether Il was 81 in
lIe3 Is unknown Ia the NrieG but an intelligent gen
tlenan. ho mem " both Of The Legislature and
oi the Il ard Of Trustees, must be supp SD 10 have
been coauizan 81 lhe facts u This particular case. II is
said hat the late Geuepl Moore, member ol lhe As
scmly IN 1852 ard probably the Wfiar Of this at Of
Incorporation, considered Liberty Hail Academy, Of
which hr WAS one ul the Trustees general. and
Presbyterian institution. from It's very orsin. II can
net be denied however, that The PrcsbyteIans. who
manly contributed the MONEY 10 purchase bucks and
apparatus for he old schoo. which bucks aud apparatus
Transferred to the new, that account as well as
from their peculiar zeal in It's behalf had cans ON H.
greatly superior 10 those Of any other denomination.
Bum Isoqna,ly nudciaJle that The incorporated IN
suon erased at once 10 be under TIE immediate aan-
lal II The PW,hytcry, to which the ,miac9lgoraiea
school had been subjected. Some years afterwards in
defd The trustees Of he Academy. vhich vas llen in
great straits 'rmfd SOFT Of ~ ,eeneht with the Pres
h8letv. ~ which ! Theological Seminary vas 10 be
established it, and the pltr nana If he Pfesbyefy
Ia be gvtn in return for the aid Afforded that Seminary
But hs unicn was sir,Hnously resisted hy saue df tie
friends and trustees of The scadspy, while those who
advocated lis tuuaon acknowledged Hat il vas ne.
compaoed ith difficulties growing ot Of the eagrac
ter Of the charter. II is admllied al The raiilnus Of
this contract were never properly fulfilled lie Pres
hyery, which ccasfd h clnin any control a. soon as
GeHaai u dsLiHetCa's doHafoa ,cas mdac. Eern he
fore the donatiOn It that thr PRESBYTERIAN rehi #
sunerniendence was controversies; but That donal3rn
pur an end the controversy. Yet mabeg This siae-
ment, freely and cheorluy admit The Obligations II lie
academy, the college and the whole valley country Ia
the Presbyterian Denomination.
Let us inquire into The circumstances Of Genefal
Waslngi,ns donation and his pfo5abIe nlfni,rs res,
tive 10 the character If The Institution which he pHdnu ed