New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-09
DIR. MOTT AND UNION COLLEGE.
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N M EssfeT 81 I've ~ u lItes<
SIR. communication in your paper Of the ID inst.
oytr he ,icnatrre Of di JEffo on the suoed OF DIR
Not, and Union College contains many mistakes offs
ard 90 many bad sssumyrOns thai common Ju'tSe De
Uards their Correction.
Fira The annouretmsn Mt by teegrapkc dispatch OF the
donation by DR. Mott made By bis Trends or oy
the Trustees Of the College any friends Of that nfuion
but by the ordinary collector Of news ioT tie Associated
pres in New-Yors. as you well know.
SeceNS The eerr from correspondents Of papers were
their OWE individual acts unnuenced by, and indeed IN
known TO the ;rierGs ofihe College or Of DR. No't
Neither lie the trustees liable therefore 10 tue
charge Of Wanting his generosity, particularly when te
telegTaThic dsI eibo., Intentionally OF otherrse
mi'ssted The fact by calling iapsymeni Of d-b Instead
Of q dCrs;lon.
Fiat Justi,i." is believed to be the only man who
would make other, responsible for editorial OF the ed
tor of Tho DGy Ti Of any other paper But the OBJ
Jet Of any Eronulgstoa OF the bsneacons OF Dr.. Mott
10 Union COLLEGE rs u BY yorr correspondent
and therefo m.stated For years the nveterae pese
cutters Of DR. \. have Represented that lie had awaited
Lusef Of hi. position TO accumulate vast for his
crsoneI benefit ard if he had not distracted from the
funds Of the College for that purpo-e that he had least
violated the eements he had made TO osso" those
suus on the College IL was this bsse charge which hai
done more than airy other 90 prejudice the public
mind against him Tie true exposition Of the faeFs va
demanded by every consideration OF JusQce snd truth
has not vet reached the mind. OF all that have been
thus preudieed shown by the fact thai even your intel
liz ent TO suppose Dr. Noit has real
lied large fortune from these operations while me re-
Vori Of the majority Of the Committee shows hSt sysy
dollar thus received hs. been appropriated to the College
Shall the truth be prOmu gated widely a the uuus
and fake accusation which IL dspes became ths truth
mey he Itditsbe 10 the party accused
THIRD Your correspondent. has made strange MISTAKE
in .leaking Of the esgerness OF the results OF the mum
"fcsrcs Of the Legislature lie represents tue whole
amount received by the College, including the profits Of
lotteries and what appropriated BY Or Nots TO me
use Of the College sj5953 and OF this large sum he
saws the committee report only slJ3,36j IN productive
urperv ard S34QOO applied 10 the purchase OF philosoph
cal Tparatus and library 70 the ltte upward oil $4,000
He omitted to notice the fact that The account of the
state Of the COLE &c unds IS presented by She committee,
made up TO January 1883 ana could not therefore
include the subsequent donations made by DR. Noit,
among the funds of the College.
But am afr aid a gravcr charge may be made against
th, statement OF your correspondent While he mentions
the of productive property hand, he oms sn
rely the eIpe nded or Coeg. buildings and grounds
the repayment 10 Yates and Mcintyre To recy
the in the amount OF tickets to be drawn syts
losses by bad Investments in bank stock, &c sso72s
making independent OF other items OF smaller amount
accounted for besides The productive property on
hand will not attribute 10 your correspondent any bad
motive for this strange suppression but VIII cay that
eyiuees careessuess dcre tabe to one who seeks to
eIlchten the public.
sents as comprising prin ed volume of several hun.
dred psges. contains precisely one hundred and thur
teen pages The documentary evidence annexed contains
one hundrt and eleven pages The IL noted for the
purpose of showing the tendency OF your correspondent
mind eIaggeration on particular sde OF inc question:
he
yetous Of the counsel Of DR. Mott amount 10 evidence "
the right The object of this assumption by the
unworthy mputson he casts upon the general character
of the counsels mind protesting or requiring Tor t e1
ercise to maintain absurdteS and Impossbilities Tho
gVrerlncs 0d koniHrhr has long been discarded nom
the armory Of honorable controversy. II ysur cores
will strip of his mask is not impossible we may
discover reconsideration of the very quality which his
mental mirror has reflected Ike daguereo,ype upon his
rsrer HE assumed signature rather amlsrto the read
ers of the city papers is suggestive OF the suspicion
Fifth A. TO the morality Of lotteries the world 10 yet
opinion 1t less opposed TO them a. the time
OF the tran actions referred to than Is now Columbia,
Hamilton and other colleges, as well az ehlrches nave
participated in their profits the urgent solicitation Of
en- as wise moral and good your correfponde,
myssf
Rut how doe. the present inquiry involve this question
all Il relates wholly TO the disposition OF the proeeedsei
otteres and that they legally and rgaiuy
granted II your correspondent had been the counsel Tor
Messr. Bsekman Vanderheyden, Yates, Nc 60 II might
be expected Of his "astueness that falling on the true
mets of the req question would seek to depreciats
his antagonist by going behind those merits and casting
mud scrI ped up from foreign held Bnt a. he 10 only
MOI lecturer seeking TO caution the puoc against psihS
unduly impressed with unequaed oenefaeton to the
cau,e Of education and TO prevent the besowal OF inds
crminate praise must suppose that he NOT "tussd
by any desire TO obstruc the expression OF that honest
and intelligent public opinion which yindicate' Or Not
fo m the cslumnies thar have pursued him so rsmoue
,y for the last FIVE YEAR, and which until nov, there
has been no opportunity afforded of disprOylng
The friends Of DIR. Mott satisfied with the vindsa
ton Of his integrity The friends of the improvement OF
our race graed that in that yindieation The eIhb
ton of noble example and generosity
nteparably involved. JUSTICE