Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-10-09
The Journals ISLANDERS of Professor

following copy of the official record of the
proceedings of the Board, on the charges pre-
ferred against Prof. LARRABEE, the Surerin-
tendent, by the Secretary, DR.. ELLIS, candi-
date for Auditor of State, on the Republican
Ticket. 1t will be seen that even the substi-
tnte for the resolution of Col PALMER, writ
ten, offered, and voted for by DIR. ELLIS as
fully acquits Prof. LARRABEE of CRIMINAL
MER's resolution.
Those acquainted with Prof LARRABEE,
with his easy, familiar, and frank manner
can readily conceive how he might, among
persons whom he treated as his own children,
easily say aud do things not likely to meet
the appreciation of one so dignifed and POM
pous as Dr. ELLIS.
The testimony in the case is not now, nor
has it ever been, in the possession of Prof.
LARRABEE, nor of any person connected with
the Sentinel Office, as charged by the Journal
Prof. LARRABEE HAS NEVER READ THE TEsTI-
MoNY, as taken down by the SECRETARY, nor
has he yet even SEEN it. He has been absent
from the city ever since the investigation, and
for two weeks before he was confined to his
room with bilious fever, part of the time in
this city, and part at Greencastle.
Prof. LARRABEE never has used, and never
intends to use the columns of the Sentinel
for personal defense. He has only published,
in answer to all the charges against him, two
or three very brief cards. All else personal
to him has been written by other persons,
without even his knowledge.
The people will readily appreciate the mo-
tives which prompted and induced all the
late attacks on Prof. LARRABEE. DR.. ELLIS
is candidate on the Republican State Tick
ct and hoped to injure the Democratic State
Ticket by preferring infamous charges against
Prof. LARRABEE. The Journal calls him a
POLITICAL FRIEND of Prof. l.. 1t is false
He has shown himself bitter and unscrupu-
lous personal and political ENEMY. The
charge of peculation in Office. made against
Prof. L., by the press of the opposition, had
been triumphantly refuted. Something else
must be trumped upl In DIR. ELLIS, the party
found an instrument sufficiently interested
and sufficiently INSCRIPTIONS to cater for its
insatiate appetite for SANDER. Il was PoPU-
LAR, in certain quarter, to prosecute Prof
LARRABEE. He was one of the three or four
guOndan Methodist preachers who still adj
here to the Democratic party. A II his breth- |
rem of the ministry, to which he once belong
ed as local preacher, we believe, entertained
bitter partisan feelings against him, and
naturally winked at ISLANDERS aimed at his
reputation. This is what political priestcraft
can do. At a time like the present, any pre-
text to assail the private character of polit-
ical opponent, is seized with avidity by bitter
partisans, and grave charges are tortured out
of "trifies light as air." But we have not
room at present for all we wish to say. Here
are the preamble and resolutions
STATE or INDIANA S. 5.
hereby certify that on Friday, Sept 26 1856.
the following proceedings were had. The mat
ter of the complaint against Prof w. O. LARA
bee having been fully investigated, Col N. b.
Palmer offered the following preamble and reso
lutions.
The board of Trustees of the Institution for
the Blind having closed their investigation of
the charges preferred against Professor Larrabee
the Superintendent, deem it proper To state,
that, in such investigation, the board has given
the utmost scope and latitude in the admission
and examination OF testimony, IN order the |
better TO elucidate and draw out all the facts
both as to conduct and motives Of the Supern-
tendent in regard to the charges preferred.
The result of this Investigation, so had and
conducted, after duly considering and weighing
the evidence (much of which is inconsi mt and |
contradictory and some not entitled to credence)
have deemed it just and proper to adopt the
following Resolution:
That there has been no evidence of any im- |
proper or criminal intercourse by said Superin-
tendent with the pupils or inmates of the Inst- |
tuition, and that his conduct has been kind and
paternal, and as a father and friend to all
under his charge, and that there has been no !
credible testimony affording the color of suspi |
cion Of bad motives or improper intent on his
part towards any pupil or inmate of the Insli-
tuition.
Whereupop DIR. Ellis offered the following as
a substitute for said resolutio
Resolved, that the evidence adduced in this
case, does rot. in any particular, convict Prof.
Larrabee OF criminal intercourse with any per
son connected with the Institute.
Resoloed, That the evidence docs convict him
of impropreties in act and conversation with n
portion Of the pupils, such as the Board cannot
approve but that the Board do not charge him
with any criminal intent.
And the question being upon the abortion of
said substitute, those who voted in the aflirma-
i've were Messrs Ellis aud Nee ullough-2-
and those who voted in the negative were
Messrs Palmer. Carr and Read-3-so the mo.
tion was lost.
| The question was then taken on the Preamble
and Resolutions offered by Mr.. Palmer. with
The following result; ayes. Messrs Carr, Palmer
and Read--,I--nays Messrs Ellis and McCul-
longh--2
Thus it is conclusively shown that his
most implacsblc enemy, Il. w. II. ELLIS, dare
not declare, in the presence of his fellow
trustees, that Prof. Larrabee had been guilty
of any criminality, or criminal intent YET
the JOURNAL, or ELLIS THE sLANDERER,
through that organ Of common SANDER says
two Of the trustees were for convicting him.
1t is false basely--infamously false.
No man dare impeach the integrity Of such
men as JOHN +. CARR of Jackson, JAMES G.
READ, and NATHAN b. PALMER. Their word
is BETTER THAN THE OATH Of all the scandal
mongers who have busted their snaky tongues
with the name of Prof. LARRABEE, from the
infamous ELLIS down to the meanest moral
scavinger who scribbles for the JOURNAL.
Prof. LARRABEE has been prosecuted by
men in this city. with me-ciless malisnty
which it has never been our lot heretofore to
see exhibited and this fendish malice has
been coupled with a diabolical nendacity
of which Satan himself might be proud
Nor are malice and mendacitY The only hid