The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-03

-.nsctiye Corporations. 1 subsequently III
o' Gar Won that our Corporation had sustained
~ committee and that they desired your Board
- rcn,oye this; condition from the bill. In your
- Won expressed doubt whether yoar Cor
-dr,i;ca world be disposed 10 strike ont that
cause. and at subsequent date, you say Our
Corporation met Gu Tuesday, and AFTER mature
.ieibersiion came 10 the conclusion AS uie eiia
ter rcnorted made the late subscription voiu II tAe
-, ,,o,,ld he removed from this place, and
on-,.;dor;n1y the circumstances under when tlSt
Shscr;ntion was obtained they did not see no" II
oa,Id ne otherwise that both their moral ana le
cal dutv TO the pubic and TO its crediiorS requi
ssod of them 10 decline" sc, thus making that
condition in the bill the main reason iof terlliia
tino the negotiation. II that feature III une PioPo
ed charter was so Objectionable, why dld your
oo-nmittee Mace i; there, and strenuously insist
~ its heinz retained And why was 1t not at
o- removed bv YOUR Board, when particularly
ronested so to do BY our Corporationa
our last objection is, that if the subscription is
Forfeited and other property sacrificed, the funds
of the University may not be sufficient to meet Its
heavy liabilities. But Sir, did not that subscrp-
ton exist three months ago. and were not your
lialalities and obligations TO creditors, much the
same on tie 10th Of Jply last, when your ExecG-
tive Committee SO earnestly requested us 10 ap-
point a conmItee to consider the question OF IN
ion Have the facts in the case materially chan
ged since August, when your Corporation ~ ne
sol,ed That an earnest effort ought now to be
made to unite the two seminaries II your
" hsccy iiabditiosn justiil6ie cause ior iVIe
closing the question at this stage OF lis progress
after so much expense of time and care, they sure
" might have furnished strong prudential rea-
son for refraining altogether from the negotiation
Ssch arc the reasons which have determined
,ha CORPORATION of the Cniversty 10 decline a I'M
ion. Notwithstanding their decision Will, in their
own view perpciuate = Il hIndTdnce 10 the cause 81
sound lee7Hipg ard raStetm application Of public
CHARITIES II is but justice however TO say that
FMS waste Of charities is not probably SO great as
YOUR Corporation have supposed; for l am quite
col fident that all candid minds, acquainted with
the history and results of Middiebury College, will
maintain that the funds appropriated to us sup
mort have neither been wasted nor misapplied.
The concluding sentence in your resolution
seems to require a brief remark. Tour Board
decline the proposition for a union in the form
u which it has come before them This may I'M
plY that IRE made the proposition, which you
know Is not the case. The bill which YOU reject
was the Joint result of both committees Then
YOUR language appears TO convey the idea, that
The form only is Objectionable: if this be so, and
.,our Board were really DESTROYS of ctfec;ing I'M
ION on fair and equitable terms, why did they not
1,ropo,e some modification of the plan, was
done bv oar Corporation, and then by further ne
cO::atiOn we might have reconcied comic ing |
views and come TO a harmonious result.
But l will pursue the subject TO further. As
fhis protracted correspondence, which has occa- !
stoned both of us 10 little so:ictude, is now bro
TO a close, l shall confidently indulge the hope
that whatever may have been our differences off
opinion in respect 10 the subject under review. no.
thing has occurred, and that nothing will occur to
interrupt the more friendly personal relations be
tween Us.
| am, dear Sir,
With high respect and esteem,
Yours very sincerely,
d. LABAREE.
Jpov presiicnt WurFIER