The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1848-01-04


eor, Of the Middlebury corporation (s1mpie SouiSJ
pan ,,botber an uniou could be effected. After
-ouch consultation and comparison oil VIEWS ''''
.omnittees happily so far agreed as to request
-o,.,,ernan who was member of the burning 'On
cornoraton. & eminent for his legal acc
- ,,ensre hill to be presented to the Legislature
c,-o now Institution to be erected upon the unioh
of the old ones But no sooner was inc Oii
nnon the terms agreed than resolution was ~
,ounicated from the University declining any 'D-
Their proceedings upon the subject :.
The reasons assigned were that the Dill a. "
very well should provided that the locaion Vi '1'
now institution was to be decided by
a committee drawn from other states who
M, 1;telv 70 be acquainted with the condl-
.o, of affairs. and the feelings OF the people, ana
t.bold should their decision be IN favor oil MD
.,,ol,rrv the munificent donation which had just
toen secured would be lost by the express terms
Of the proposed bill.
And vet if President I.abaree is to be believed
,be bill including the clause for forfeiture was
drawn ND by enc of the trustees OF Burlington
learned in in the law without the consent Vi 'n'
co,,fsronce and when discussed the MIddieoury
oo,,r,;,,ee unanimously objected to 1t, while the
Rrrl;ngton strenuously insisted upon It's reteh'io
,rIo question was then referred to the respective
.o-,,or,tions. and President Wheeler replied to
,be request of Nddlebury to strike out the clause
,rforfriture that he doubted whether his corpora
,jon would be disposed to do so.
Hence it becomes perfectly apparent that the
-s,son assumed for this abrupt termination OF the
ne-otiation by Burlington just at time when the
os,,ect were fairest for successful issue 4 had
loon LARGELY discussed, was as well understood at
.lc commencement as at the conclusion of the ne
..,tiation. The same remark is applicable to the
o.bcr reasons urged for the discontinuance of the
rrotiation that it might peril the location OF the
college at Burlington. And yet the very uneA-
pected discovery of these objections to union Is
,--ayelv urged as a reason for concluding the ne
gotiation.
A. II relates to the History of the proceedings
o.. narrated by President LaLaree neither
u..s;den, Wheeler. nor the feeble subaltern whom
10 mr. some one else seems to have employed to
oil him in his defence have ventured TO contradict
:. Thus have We at least satisfactorily to our
selves exposed the limpinS apologies OF the I'M
,orsitv for the uncercmonious termination OF the
NEGOTIATION. 1t is apparent as the sun at noon
J,v that the moment the University began to en-
,.-,s;p an apprehension of the possibility OF Il To-
,.,,;on elsewhere than Burlington she shrunk from
,l., ,rosecution Of an object which seemed pre-
,onsly to have absorbed all her patriotic energies
uer lo,rl was too keen sighted not to perceive
,,'.+ such men as Chancellor Walworth, Judge
T.rt Judge Williams and Gov. Ellsworth of CT
who would be controlled by principle alone might
find considerations in the pecuniary affairs OF
tle two institutions in the more retired position
of,iiiilclury College and the greater number OF
her distinguished alumni which might create in
,bcir minds decided preference in her favor
AVID now let us sec how the University attempts
70 Justify the mistaken things and farsicai
,.-,rce,lin.,s which have been enacted before the
,nlic IN relation TO this so long talked of union
Of ColIeces In a letter from President Wheeler
communicated to the Chronicle Of the 22d of Nov.
he saws tEeir corporation had examined with care
the l so far As it relates 10 the validity OF the
s,,'.scription. and referred :; to committee learn
81 the law who gave to it a careful investiga-
;o, and their opinion was TINT the subscription
would he forfeited in case of the removal Of the
university. "Taen~ saws the President and not
ill tcn was it plainly manifested that bya remov-
ii the interests Of education in Vermont would
suffer- a great loss Here then he reitcrates his
Il. .1,,-
farther examination h.;d shed new light upon a
PROVISION in the ill whose consequences had been
fully investigated by one of the ablest lawyers in
the stale and member of their board, and whose
retention was as strongly insisted on by the Uni
yer,i;v as it was resisted by Middlcbury.
Although it might appear somewhat severe
vet we must say this is pretext for closeing
.he discussions which is too bald and flimsy in
is texture to be used in convincing people
far less intelligent and sagacious than our
own.
Again says the same epistolary effort ofPres-
ident Wheeler as an excuse for not presenting
another project OF union after so suddenly ter
minating the first, t the University Corpora
ton was informed that in the Committee of
Conference, the Committee from Middlebury
said in the outset that a submission of the
question of location to an impartial Committee
was sine qua non with them, and it was be-
Heved that any such plan, not including such
4 submission would be offensive" Were this
allegation not true, it should have been true,
as no more fair and impartial method of deci-
ding the question of the most stirring impor-
lance to the parties in this case could have
been resorted to. But that sine qua non was
insisted upon in the Conference is absolutely
denied by the whole Committee of Middlebury
in the communication which appears in our
columns.
If President Wheeler can escape this as a
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