Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-06

Medical csBegs aad ns.,iea sydaey.
The paragraph a Mondays paper in relation to the sp.
po'n'ment o. Professor In the Medical College Of th
city oy The Trustees Of Hampden Sydney did not fall ur-
der me Editors notice. We take exception to the
compliments bestowed upon Dr.. Wilson, He may richly
merit even than Is there stated But the silence Win
respect 70 the action Of the Board disreg.rng the
coumendaton Of the Faculty might b interpreted into
an approval Of that action We are particularly anxiou,
that no such impression that shall Prevail According
70 our understanding Of the natter more indicate 10.
trusion into other peoples business more direct inva
sion OF other peoples rights has rarely fallen under our
observation. With people who think any pretext or
suoterfage may be legitmaely seized upon to efec,
desired end the pretension Of the Board Of rru,.
tees may DO upheld; but with men who love common
justice and who subscribe to the principle Of common
honesty, that is entitled to the fruits Of his labor
IL cannot pass muster for moment
The circumstances, In the fewes posbibe vord. arc
theses At the time Of the establishment Of the Medical
College here some opposition made TO grant OF
charter and to obvats difficulties the gentlemen VIII had
tho matter in hand applied Hanpden Sydney to con-
s,itute IL part Of that institution The only object of
the connection to obtain the power bestow dpo-
mas The charter OF Hsmpden Sydney expressly requr
Ing that the Board Of Trustees should appoint all Profess
sors. the power Of appointment rctained-but rs
mere matter Of form-the President Of the College and Of
the Board writing to the Faculty that their nominations
would DO confirmed This understanding has unhcs.
atingy and regousy observed for sixteen years until
the present time Professor having been elected
without the nomination Of the Faculty
The members Of the Faculty proceeded deliver Lee
lures In house which they themselves procured-never
receiving one cent from Hampden Syduey-and the only
connection subsistng between the departments
ssng in the President Of that Institution visiting Rich
mond annually to bestow dpoma,-or which service he
was paid 800 by the Faculty. Subsequently, the Facu
ty applied to the Legislature for assistance They recev
ed aoan of ss5ooo-for which they gave their individual
bonds to the State aud which they paid the
of their own pockets until about so when the Legsa-
ture suspended the collection of interest But the bonds
are still in existence and in full force and virtue aud may
at any time be collected. With that oney and .eren
thousand dollar, adsaeed BY s,lr, the Faculty cree
ted the present budings-the City of Richmond making
them present of lot of ground.
The loose connection with HAmpdeu Sydney tinued
all the while, as IL had begun-the Faculty nominate
and the Board Of Trustees confirming their nominations
without one word said, or the slightest inmaton of
preenson the part of the Board control the nom
nsions The department here Justly AID honestly
deemed enterprise of the individual members of the
Faculty, who had expended their time aud money upon
it-who were interested in its prosperity than any
body else and who alone would lose by its failure 1t
wa" uereiorc, IN Soou tat, LETT by the Board oil Tru-
tees tc the sole management Of the Faculty Under their
auspices it has furnished Daring the last spring. it
was determined to establish another chair The Faculty
as had been III Dir wont, nominated gentleman 70. the
post whom they believed to be admirably qualified for
it-and they had every suppose their
incubation would be promptly adopted.
Blu; sharp clerical eyes, illuminated by the sp-
proved morality and the most profitable of justice
got peernS into the articles Of union cen the two
institutions and found that by the strict letter Of the
agreement it competent for tho Board of Trustees
to seize upon the fruits OF these gcnemen labor and
The deed done-he Board Of Trustees for the mo-
ment and We trust fos tie moment only feeling power
aud forgetting right
The Faculty hear have demonstrated and requested
the Board to reconsider their actiona request which,
We cannot believe, will be denied.
The ground which the action Of tho Board Is de-
Tended that the Medical College by receiving the loan
from the Legislature thereby became State
and the nomination Of the Faculty entitled to 10 con-
sideraton If this true for the present generation
to profit by it without notice, involves CATCH which
airminded should disdain resort to- But it is not
true The individual members Of the Faculty bound
to the State for S25 000-hey have paid the interest on
that amount for some six years. and they did paw
out Of their pockets $1,000 for the erection of the build
nss Is 1t compatible with honesty to say moth
ing Of christian morality by of technicality and
subterfuge TO strip them Of this property without con-
sideraton !