Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-01-10
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To THE LEGISLATURES OF VIRGINIA.
MEDICAL CoLLEGE-clTY CoSCoURSE-BILL oF ABoA

aN l!Nbci r.NDE-tl SOMFaNi MAJ
For tie Enquirer.
To THE LEGISLATURES OF VIRGINIA.
| MEDICAL CoLLEGE-CTTV CONCoCRSE-uILL Of ABoAi.
NATIONS. Sc.
! beg permission 10 call the ssrca oi yon' hnnoa5r
body lc bill h"foie he Committee SccC.s ."l Crcoss,
neldnug Tor charter 10 the nctCai CGlce 81 iItl
ond and surely is not unreasonable ge"t 'aat yo:
should te rtqaiTci 10 take yoIl:yY The 'Hre 2rgn
znce Of which has hitherto been coIuief ag!
lated, nnd thai 100 with such outrageous casson and mus.
.:ce2 / III lnedarine Individual defence,
ard although eel the alccti0n which every nan ought TO
feel ior H. yet Poad The Of c1ery iislcan III ne
State which hVng oeen prosecuted end cmpes unds' Gi
in a ways, now lies ii lost deFloraee safe Ho ihs
afflicted has 5ecn brought about ~ al vino
kept themselves posted upon he subject o. me ahcl'
ty between the ica! College OF Rctmon ;nd he Mother
institutions the Faculty having gOEe 10 oarh ichs Ills a'
the Mother College, II not "arG".sbnd ds!paed ana eh
liseiy destroyed lies buried il in Gnose o's@uIy;
and driven !ato blnishncui erhed into total 81
ence and still The Faculty continue the w"nleo lnaaiisss
and ier0cy, cnde1VoIng by ihs very bill 10 conaonnhe
tho ruin they have already begun In IL mean Wfil noco'
dy forward 10 plead The cause agans snch urs ex
cept the Richmond Doctors Ii hee IT, aa3 IN ':e cc"y
tesirous Of appearing favorable the r9t iey only veo-
ture an opinion s eveG, however nal ihereis grow
ing dsaecon both among medical men and the people ~
largo This d!sbpprobaon Increases win every step taken
by The Faculty. The evil increases "a the wrong Is persist.
ed in But though tie Medical Faculty may have sad ard
done, and written many wise and excellent h'nse yet II
be admitted in some respects They haya suffered NE
common fate OF akiud 9hase very duIiiu Children reve.
only their ani mi: krs but ihtir eEceerc"s
they either overlook, conceal corrupt; sc II may bt
Truly said those laninats whch they at oTa line esteem
CO una%ni 20 remove they e'ion Ynur honorable
body without sCupc 10 break Goa and freely IransIess
them themselves.
The bill before you for new chsrer |, altogether e.
tempt 10 eS.rcate themselves from the web In wnrh hcy
enanEed 10 arIu device and ContriVancc TO es
cape the Issues they have raised with tho Trustees OF Hamp
den Sidney College. If they belize 40 confidently thai
they In the right why such ceey md Indecent hasG
10 presenting he petition before the present Issues are ad
usedl But !hey say hear ye nHd that You should
pay regard TO what others BET us have said and done
only TO what has been cdsd BY as nao are pre- en-
rent a They scrnpc not 10 assert that all The ou
lhorty and power dercad lne vii; .! nc .nond con.
cou OF six professors They have with heart anc
voice declared execrabe ur4 deleslabe for their will c
be contaminated with the subtletes and prrpcxed by t
wranees Of the Trustees OF Hamplen Sidney COLLEGE Ihe
authority Board OF Trustees has been Gsricnt? re-
scted, by those who would be though, 10 be !Eer os
dutitu children.
If new charter be granted before l. Issues
decided, will justice be Gone tho Po Dr. g. A. Wilson who
Is duly and lawfully elected fill ,ho chair OF Pnvsoloss
and Medical Jursprudence2 Is he no aa fully and as Iue
Fas TO G do e NOT cee aos
coneibe impudence that they have dared TO
of the College Hall against hin ard de-? me authority O.
The mother College, pleading the uuho'!!y O. custom wno.
has been clearly that the Trustees far back c;isso
when lie mpden Sidney College was aEgGsin1 !vr %snl
funds 10 surrender the power Of appointment AMI uiisr hf
infusion Of sectaran eemeni-,o consideration o' s'e'
! surrender being, an ample pecrnary endowment;
Was il because the Faculty could not peaceeog conso
with Dr.. Wilson, Was II because he was not hghohea
honorable geuemau2 Was t account OF h ick OF qs
fcatlon or Attainment Or was that lis name ia;
no, for some time enjoyed most enviabc no'rey i' ~
attanmente atltoninOOS on
ec OF medical reform and high standard o. attainment,
hIedcel Lerauye7 None OF these. But because Dr. vii
son stood in their way ard neposs barrier 70 tnsii ar
INT from cutom i #as because they found themseVc
nahle 10 control ,he Board Of Trnsters cnii"y II ~fs
because Dr. Wilson hos been the exponent hnd representa-
tive OF the rights OF the Medical Profession 10 al
mporan public institution the chartered rights oi Wh!ch
together with largo public fund little Junto or concnuts
are making desperate efforts appropriate to themselves
The Medical school should bec2g 10 Tie Profession o 'h
Bur return TO your houoratIs body. Suffer yonr
selves 10 hc moved by the groundess occusscns ~hic'
these men mcde against hc Board OF trustee; ns n
soe tendency and design furnish Dre!ext "r eecon
and rebellion and 10 gain mpuniy for all cr!;nts unief
new charter. These men mRrte oil the cs.noances ,u
mplts and contentious that break oG 10 the lrosccs Bn
the proper such accusation has been taught s o
these men themselves that the Dissemination o. errors Is 40
ma yesbc 10 The Trustees but hosc who arc TessI6!
,beir uowcr This power and this eminent e they II" 81
cor,uped BY hct ss:,utc, ana ,hey are o~ eTYeri
10 their destruction, tina, which lhe "ouLd cerain,
haya experienced 10 io insrrncnt in preserving th
Medical Collage fron, ruin. II y0n will devote poraa o
your leisure full Investigation OF lhs subject yon "
Clearly discover thd, the action Of the Medical Faculty ia
heen be ruin ani destruction Of the institutions for s un
fair TO charge with those evswhica ought to be al
, tributed TO themselves. ,..
hsuaei their darkncss-,Yhen the Trustees assaulted ans
alarmed their kingdom, by he exercise o iheif leg'a
nowcr-,bpn they began ah. OIL their woac. orpor ant
o huuy ca ,helr armo They cndeavored 20 stir up in
puwe, Of men 10 spprss the truth BY appeals - iEcr pas
sions and pejudces through The al lis moi
psarapce Suh:ely proving Intellectual they have recours
70 violence aad guard with eeepesa vigilance ihc newly
elected Professors chair Medical men oil tf9inia VII
YOU not be rouscd up7 Do you all helcng TO mt ca7s %
ARE conten, with an epheneai reputation at homa and M
more agreea5e exH;cssioa in sEeedy peeunlafy
o. the honor Of yonr once noble nroicshn ise ~ you
majesty and vndcaie rights and her i1ereas! -oI In
first time In the snIuls State nss !h enncaVef oeei
made 10 hG genuine seed OF Gu! pfo"SSion m os
troy by human force, and at INC shme re every eho
made 10 stife il with ares that may yield no ui' IN
all these attempts Will be vain. Justice aTd truth arc ihde
strncliht eternal and immortal,
Has the Legislature any powe! 10 deprive Pfos"a:'
ali Office that he has lawfully jasty and hoacaoy 1bta"ed
aus deprive him of all interest thereon II Gil nf'ifinai!':
answe tha question cali be sus:aaed ne" cEa'e' ca1
The bin before committee gives the oowe: OF appoint
log and removing professors to board o. xs,sOrs G
rnwer also 10 fill vacancies in their own boGy ENGRAVING
ood incorporating In Il secreating ant seit pencp'
ling power who are In this particular part OF ;ns
6ny in The same capacity with the Board 6i trustees
Hnmpden Sidney College Why have pc~er vested in 1
Board Of Visitors If II be merely honlna Eau s S,r';
acts dis!egacd pleasure; Tho superior VI" OF Inc
~ being after al! the sole arbter in I'll! ngs! Can oard
q Visitors Of their own fer iores;
against open of sedon and re5e.!cn 'h'a sesta y
Trustees whose lives an example TO lclr o
chastity pety justice li6eraiiy temperance mocs1nn
and of every grtne2 ls probable that me 1oa
Trustees of Hampden Sidney College an act OF
nanencc arc medatips the subyersion OF the edca Cn
ese3 and Is not unjust charge them by mpicaion az
dccy with such motives and Designs CT which tneY nave
gwen cause for the isss, %ose p
lhcr exile c.aao day and nE; &c pray oi hc PnsF'
tv ce ihelr lille kingdomq Envy Itself is c9n5a'nri 20
hen- testimony tho innocence ri c b"'a and 20 the n-
eoti,r f those whom III. tnculv have endeaVaIcd 10 rLhe
suffer for ha. very act which ought 10 be accounted nsi'
Johu The Ryarge,, says In his days. there were many
heretcs and Prosecutors Let me ad'
mopsh you to beware Uf suchI fn IA !esteo mat 10
dav the yeoera,Ion Of Medical Faculty OF Richmond cr
learning and for the diffusion OF ,he Lights o
has been misplaced and that they have exhibited an
per a,tschmen, lots walls houses and buildings 1t n
b be granted can be doubt by whom the seats q
those walls will be occupied2 What the Faculty eondemn'
go harshy and puda,ct so upusty In Others 'hey
practice and attempt to enforce hemseves-in The secr-
eanzed self created aud sefconsuod institution lney
now propose establish them and theirs IN PsrPesuo
If your honorable body should pass this BILL no honol
can accrue TO tho school under such circumstances
Legislature may pass The bill and call 1t awfu out 'hos
may be lawful aud yet right nor eXpedlen; u may
have legitimate birih but foul conception II is some
thing or nothing If be that something which lts
claim for IT, then how you touch now you
tnmper with it. If it be that something worse nsn none
yhich It's opponents contend for then consgn 70 lie og
nal po,hneuess. There laws and legal penales Dy
which tho Faculty may be punished according 70 het I
serts they psss, 10 their wicked course; only 70: no.
The ssoa Of the Board Of Trustees bO 'sp'oaeaea 0y '0'