Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-05
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST ), 1853.


s'"is ns t Of The Richmond School bring Constantly .l
nose principles e!I in operation i,rrr AMI IL,
Tt "et' ucstioncd or departed l!"m."
wc DUN II may be supcrIluous 10 add more this snsrc
n .'c ~ fcindrH IN support OF Mr. Diapers sIatrm,u
a' power reserved by The trustees merely conf
mat the whole scheme of the arrangement yi,.nc,
M recorded regulations and resolutions of The lst u,
49, Is nl n this principle nf lea wing the in
i', h iaci III: aCIyr and actual performance Of .y.,
win The Faculty. and tln:pnwrr OF continuation oa
" '' Trustees. IN some matters exclusive puw.,. :,
!" lhe Faculty. In other matters Il power la atj n
- ;H'Iifnl IS reserved To the trustees Rnt no power
any measure Ia do any original ari a,
~ ~ Srvrh 10 the t.ustccs, have been niciSc, TO
~" hS lhcfl IN respect In any maltrr whatsoever
us State ol ihr rrnrions between the Faculty and I'll
t,, was r7irriy notorious and yet arquirSced
W '"c nlr''ca profession generally am! by The puh!ic
.% 10 nom was il better known n baicvc tia
N "i Inc slgneIs ui hr memorial One lln 22 mem,
,c on comparatively OCCASION that is u saw
"hch vacancy occurred in The Char Of Tie practc
H., was Wiling Ia have received Illumination 4
M c ,a,s n The Faculty if he couI have Obtained il wit
Nv ~" ana rec c'nsrn: =" all its members aud Ills anMuau
' 'd occasion was highly honorable In him He sl i
c'i,r To nirnbc. uf the faculty. with wlurn e ba rn
c,'A upon tia SUBJECT q" would not willingly subject nv
] ~ :" IN" m"r''lra"n "I REFUSAL and il appointment
''' not be bsrrahlr la yon and volr coirarrrs eve,
"'i Sccnr" II without your aid il would give me no plea
sure :" receive IT, We sorry hat he ha, nav ,r,ne,
f'" ~ lih anu abtt another IN which ht thrr
"Sc'"wei lnr himself
Why did these medical gentlemen who now Object 10 ht
r'hnanrc o these relations hrwcrn the trustees and IN,
rac"ir reserve their thunder late day! Why iii,
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an" "pcnly maintained IN The ol the world for fifteen
}r'f' without any far, "nrn and public ,luri u destroy IL
a"i 'ai some OF them iIni former OCCASION mani
eSr publicly titlf dsapprOhaiiun nf another scheme
my The same Resemblance ls IN snur rsrccrs different
Iron" H. yet they lid nothing That aware 10 prevent
HE c"n>rmmaon o hi- scheme; Imir opposition 10 il if
mere WAS any apparently died away; the cnI.., was
hh' lp, grew and pr"spcrcd sic professors were it IN tho
peaceful exercise Of the sghs which they caiuei; they IN
vested Tier time and money and incurred heavy nh.a lions
w 'ne urn 'ec That their plans and their rights
'hr lhI there nothing prrdIc them lie public
,'nd ior The sudden and painful combination which has
h." oiincd against them, warn them ni c rnine
which has ccn prepared aud exploded beneath lIrir feel
We were aware that we had incurred twhnu any suhl.
1rn causr lhc hostility OF few mcmbcrs OF The medical
profession IN this city for whom never have lrll and
'ntielhH never expressed much respect hu i'm.
asincd that they wonld hr able pru,.c cu-n,rnii.n
81 '"cn o such WEIGHT AMI Influence, o :oo. hn
have hccn induced oin thc, any srlri,e that lhry
".ht ronc"ct for our destruction.
Those who have weak vel: caic, n nnv
hc circumstances III The VAR hope of sustaining II. Thus
innrt s'ress is laid by lie memorial upon the fact that when
n Gibson, wli" was nominated lay the Faculty lSl7
il' Chair :" Surgery confirmed hy Board innr
"rt 81 twenty trustees yore.! .:ans pf ;ib.n
'"i auihcf person IL Is not wonderful that nnr usrrs
could be found in lSi deny refuse yield Il, the Ia
'av right "l :oninarion snrc n:any
on; III twenty y-scvsn inrnccd 10 u hing
10 ir'S. The evidence Only goes Ia the cAtrnt HAT
IN iriT small minority u the Board dis
posed To deny violate line original contract and under
staniia@ Bur The proceedings ol vry mcriImg hy
"rcr"liclinns majority, vincdtrd tie Facul!ys right al
nomination. nr The board hcina full one all Tie either
eihers 0! The hoari but The four Vnlnd Tor the facnps
nomIn"c, BECAUSE h" was their nominHn although The F.
chl! hal II: that cast advertised ir. Gibson The Probes
Sjr tcorG his confirmation anu although his cnmpctitr
IAN ,min"hr -;irgc"E" and well known the Board All
is IS 'y explained in The letter o sir Watkins, 'ho
r'dr 81 ilic Epari wl" III S letter communicating their
acton states the facts and add- le almost
sanmOns opinion Of he Roard IS thai Me nomtimatoH NJ
Mt frca!y 2t0tid u!ruys confrAned."
That vote was probably regarded n vote rad a.
hhns settled The question they raised u The Ia
c"y lnI afterwards The n"minanns Of Or Carter JOHN
son aud Or. Tucker we're confirmed as ul course.
bn TIE neuoriaisa deny that the trustees Hlmpdrn
lcM naa GHE fight br H5hf1iGhA, Grn! y II. slsa,
right Of appointment.
hs il legal question: Of which neither the ine"rai-
ss or the best Judges We have been advised oy
.arnsr in whom have confidence, That we have Il-ht
enforce in court n nslirr il VIC should desire to is"rt
that mode, compliance with the agreement" :" me "S;"eS
elye The nomination oi professors ANA Ia cnnrih
or appointments. Am! shy should il not be SO! Inc
charter gives the the legal payer TO appoint hn
does describe the mode in which HE power sIil' W
exercised In establishing. ih" Medical DcpaT mchi lcy
agreed exercise the power ia that mode, which hhdtf i
circumstances The mast Just, reasonable ana
,4rlat!r They were not establishing " l'p"r'''n'
Il, nr.,n2cd and sustained br their own eofp'i'le
funds, and Ia hr carried on as a part "i Tue ''''f
establishment, but distinct hrnnrh "' o"i'hy
,unnsah private ad:rnturers, wiin h!t anh ilish
their nwn ship and only asked crmlss0" io sail rarr ic
Ir of The u! C,cc and any one blaine Tile u''rr
ol accv; ;timg thu compliment IMPLIED III me request i
e,ln,ing ""n whir reelected hnnor upon li' parent NJ
-,uiion while cntuc upon IL no burden ~ c''c
Ii il I,t that s,ll-susaInng colony should have ao'hes
p leai-lturc and gnvcrnncm The inI'hf c"!h''y hiy
.o,.t anl foster but control IT. and The cony owes
love md respect but not obedience. 50, the 'tiscsS ~
cansrnting the establishment OF tina medical scho"' 'u
ia Ing confidence in lis organization hnd us late Se'"
mss might lst well engage 10 confirm the appointments
m those recommended by the Faculty as lhrv might !" con-
m degrees upnn lhos" recommended tor degrees BY IN" Se
ra Faculty ur the Faculty Of Arts. Ana mere - ~ "'
viola ton Of the charter in the one case ha III te o'e'
lrsIe the uurs,n Of power and law involved III me
original arrangement the trustees "nh Inc Medical
Faculty r decided by the trustees al III" '1e
..,,i,, tIpf.
ei and decided by them. They were as cnpe'ea' 10 "sI'ue
!! ,rn they AMI they cannot no" rG'rac, as'
hch they then conceded and nave slnct fepca'c"y ''
iirmrd. 49,: 49,,
# there vas even any legal onh upna this question: we
insist that il hccn en" and put Ia res ny hc s"ps
uu nj au! long acnic.ernce o the whnl. commune. Luz @
-orrjay bv that oi the Legislature. The lcgsa mas
.n.atrly recognized the separate existence oi the Medical
Faculty by entertaining their petitions granting lheI anu
and actually contracting with ihein me petition, ~ p M
sancc Of which lie first luan to tiG facu! Nn5 ~
The Legislature in r names OF TIE six iolsEss,
cnmposing The Faculty an signed b. thetn m WINCH ,c}
state that they had in 1887 "utcd To ESTABLISH hcac"
stlnon in this civ the patronage ann p'oc'' "
r charter nf llamlien Sidney College nc ,rue na'u
nl The rnnnexion between the medical sc!iooi anu
Sin,y was moi concealed from the Legislature. r"'.
tees Of the Legislature were from tmr 10 uh1
hc instance Of The Medical Faculty l"rnqnrt '"" nv e
it,on ni li,.r school report o one VI most c' @
IT,, made Al the session uf iSiO, A. describes ."
authorized branch of Hampden Sidney, ana as hash3
urpani2p by the six first professors by tIieif "Wh
enterprise and talents" and ascrhrs Tue F"'''a " @ @
they most "i thr many "'s'es Wv. Il,
c,n.nd with The loans mad. hy the Legislature "t''
nr 1It.iirut Emdfp ani 10 the tnsices ~ iia"'u'
Sirry Tins recognizing tho legal "Nisficc'', ., W
E,culry as Il body capable ul contracting; ana ''
l,,ruiiy were 10 give iifn Oh the land ana o""s ~
,ndeJ 10 be uurcha scd EJr the use ni me hru,'''
and 10 furnish personal security Also Alter a '''-e
,I ., well mon the assurances which We nave ie'fi
,,o, several successive Presidents o ilanpdrh sunny a0
=, the trustees with whom 80 ever cohvc'SGu "t t, w w
~ ] ,,r;nr i, tl,, me. ting OF line Board in June hS' We
nnId ,nt entertain doubt o the safely hl n''r is''.S ~
n.ysr un,i very recently had even slisihcioh 'h' '
m,uIj i,r any attempt interfere win trh'.
Suup,,sr however, that There was any tesa' '"
w,r IN The Trustees In make the arrangement aHu 20"
m. concessions which they did, and mat sue" "'le M va
mi been cured by subsequent acInsc'nre :" w a. -
rment still as the right oi n"nhauoh s'''.' " ~
- an eas.,ti, mart of tho arrangement, SD i"hg a' we az
rrUemeuI ia in force giant must De Giirco ''", "
.. /, h, abandoned voluntarily by u.s. Inc trustees ia"
M right 10 change The contract, anu 'ahe ne % 49, "
,,i,buut unr consent upon The ground hn' ue G'u.,.
| h;ch c,,s made is illegal. IL there b1 any "ci.'
C power in the Trustees t' carry ih'u e'., , @ ~
,,,.no,u,cnt what femrdy Is more o"Nio''' ''u ~ ~,
c,sv Than FOR both parties, the trustees anu 'n ,
mI;v 10 90 a,ncablf together before 's ,'es'sI' s,,
sngarstiup the drIcct ami asking the uenefal 'sss
curcu Docs not good falth recommend sne'' ~, 80.
,,,,, IN prrerrncc a combination WIN csf,a i> -
hv si,.,us who are bitter cncles oi me ''o'ese' ~ "
, ,,y,piz-d with y view Ia anfo!atr me
=, pulliiy pledges which were Sls'"' "'''