New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-01
s1.yE-csrCBER on HIS TRIAL.

Board OF OgerePers, We Tau no Iieh VI boihs
called upen so soon to direct puoli, attention to
a remarkable sc. Of the COrporstiOn-one in
which rot merely the friends Of the College bat
the whole country have an nterest-and the
duty, 10 conse quenee of that extraordinary act,
devolyipe upon the Oyerseers. II 80 happens,
however, that the Corporation haze seen ut to
nominate for Teappontment as Lecturer, eli the
Law School attached to tie College, that same
EDWARD Greedy LoriDg, who, somewhat less
than year sgo, achieved for himself SO unen7iA-
bic Dotoriety as & kidnapping United States Con-
missiCner-Or, 70 use the polite Lw-Lstin term,
antraeitor-in the famous case of Anthony Buras;
end il now remains for the Overseers 70 say, at
their next meeting, about fortnight hence,
whether this is a nomination fit to be confirmed.
As the Corporation have chosen thus wsntonly
10 outrage the moralsen ofthe public, it becO nes
proper to make some state nents 10 relation to he
position formerly occupied by that body and Mr. I'd
ward G. LoIing respectively, which may sef7c 10
psrt to explain their present relative position
that Of the Corporation as Dominators aud the.
OF Mr., LOriDg as nominee. as hr. LOring never
had attained to any distinction in his profession
and az, through the favor of bis numerous aud in
luential family connections he held already, at
the time OF his original appointment as Lecturer
at the Law School the responsible and important
place of Judge Of Probate for the County Of Suf
folk, good mary nquisiiiye people were in
duc,d to ask what possibly could have led the
Corporation Of the College to select him, Of all
men in the world is Law Lecturer And the
conclusion pretty generally come to was, that the
appointment was mere family job. The Corpo'
ration being selfperpetuating body, had be-
come, it was said, little, narrow, personal
clique, who looked upon the Proiessorships of
the College as convenient and comfortable berths
/. for the members Of & very limited number of
highly respectable families whose professional
success was not equal to their expectations, or to
their annual outlay; and as Mr. Lorng's salary
as Judge of Probate was net quite up TO the
mark of fashionable expenditure in Boston, the
idea had been hit upon by his friends, So it
was suggested, Of eking il out by making him
Law Lecturer at Cambridge
Now it must be confessed that several of the
appointments to places in this College did seem
scandal, however great soon dies away il let
alone, so this one zoo might have passed into o.
ligion, had 10: the Cooperation themselves taken
special pains to reyiveit The Lectureship was held
only by ten porary appointment which required,
from time 10 time, to be renewed; and, besides
the pay did not probably exceed half that Of
Professorship. So the CorpoI alton, about year
~ lfxa ~ tha - of
Mr. Loring which, out of the public Of Boz
ton and that vicinity, seems to be confined pretty
much to themselves, without at all consult
ing the Overseers on the subject almost
forgetfal apparently Of the existence OF
that body, proceeded 10 create new and third
Prolt ssOrship of Law. And having created it,
they proceeded to provide that the new Professor
need not reside in Cambridge the seat OF the Col
lege And having thus inside things co niortable
and convenient, they proceeded to nominate Mr.
Edward Greedy LOring as the said third Professor
They were encouraged, doubtless, to these bold
strides by their success the year before in cram
ming down the throats of the Oyerseers, Mr..
Francis Bowen as Professor of Moral and POliti-
cal Philosophy; though within twelve-moath
preceding his nomination as Professor OF History
had been decidedly rejected-a place, by the way,
ever since kept open, waiting the convenience OF
some one Of the select ani fay ored few alone con-
jdered by this Corporation as having any right 70
ell it.
But some changes had taken place in the inter-
val in the Board Of Overseers, and in the case OF
Mr.. Loring, and the new Professorship created
for bis benefit, that body did not prove so plant.
They referred the subject TO committee, and
the report OF that committee began with detect
ing the Corporation if not in falsehood. at least
in sn equivoque, filter TO be resorted 70 by pet
tfogging attorney, than By grave body COM
poled Of Doctors OF Law and Doctors Of Divinity.
The resolutions creating the new Proiessorship
began with declaring that the great increase OF
attendance on the School renders new PROBES.
sorsbp necessary. In point Of fact, however, the
attendance was proved to be decidedly less than
il had been on an average during the life Of Judge
Story, when two Professors had been found sufi-
Gent. After the death of that eminent jErist and
Professor, the attendance had for some time
greatly fallen of. From its loves! point there
had been a considerable increase, but that in
crease had not yet carried the attendance to the
average of his time; and this was the pretended
great increase set forth as making the new Pro,
fenorthip necessary.
The Committee further declared their opinion.
that ii the new Professorship were created i!
ought to be filed not by Suffolk Judge OF
Probate, but by some competent person, who
could and would give his whole time and talents to
it. The case of Judge Story, Professor aud Judge