New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-30

This ancea., ~ys us report, oast b. edsffy
inr aaSed fo the &C mig year. OF Ne vosk xnAssks
eanro, b. dors-dsu srdsd ssi H. alike by tAe ia
trtsts Of collegiate education on either sss Of tia
fs'her e waters No colleges are 40 yet orgsnired
in pesIy ope-bsf Of our national domain bu, tbs
coming twenty Eve years III probably zee the whole
carved into Sa,ss demanding a., the ors aaiz a.oas
arc spplsrces 81 Christian sOce'y."
The Rev. DANIEL Poor, ID. ID. Of Newark, New
jersey moved the ado pton II the report, and made
sp address On TIRE subj ct Of education srd 10 ecusec
ton with TIE progress OF genuine Christiehf'y and
r'hred civilization in the West In the coafse .
bis remarks OF which we have no, spsoe 10 present.
pete ou,linel he referred The rfGe-ce OF tho
Pres. Gerus ard English Colleges upon thought sod
letters IN EuT Re, end tie influence which the Cet-
leges Of New-fnelsrd h.d already been sbe to
exert upon Tins country. He sale that Uui,afispisu
hiss its stror ghold IN Cambrdge aud n this
were taken away. charged in Is character this &c.
termination would in great measure be deprived Of
p,es,iee sui influence Cavsnsm, on the o'her had.
he SAID fuds it, head quar- ers az Priueetos, at Yale
at Ardoyer and at New lOik. As the Colleges are.
80 ia or go will be the country. An a'tep, 10 CHRIS
tanize the country without getting Possession Of AMI
chri.,isrzire lis Colleges would be IS so,urd 80 81
attenp, to conquer q country without taking IL
cits6tls ard s,Iorgholcs.
The Rev DR. B,coS Of New Haven also addressed
the au6 fence. He subject the relative posi hon
srd irhuence Cf the institution OF csl government OF
the Church ard Of the College. lie bessn by divid'
rg the various benevolent societies. now In op.rst"n
Into two classes IS those which orgdRt-c, aud tho'e
which oyeori-e nothing. The Society Tor the Pro
West belongs 10 TIE first c'ss. lie work s 10 orgsaxs
permanent II fuerces in the shape OF permanent inst
iutops. Noitirg is thoroughly done tor ne welfare
of the country where rotb'rg Il perms.eouy organ.
ized-wbers ctep fou.d aiious are lsc 10 De ootu
upon il The uule-whtre TO seed IL soSn 10 rpro-
6uce itself ard 20 be self the iced OF o'heS bsFyests
The sspect Il society ir the Osdest and mos per.
f., ted poItu of the county. 81 10 tie New tngsnd
States Discovers three nsiuiiors whose cVmbtoed IN.
uenCes mste the life ~ their civilization. The trsS
Is tie civil government, or republican aud democratic
fietdCm. Tl~ is the hrst great American Institution
II II popular freedom shsped TITO the tnD ~ const
tutors ard perpetuslly acting upon the people; ros
only for their restraint which is the aim OF cespo,ic
governments hut sso for their nci,, meut shich IL the
aim Crly Ut free Institutions. The second The church,
Nd Institution which though II perhaps Influences aud
il II h, IN. State nevertheless inC epend-nt
&c H. The influence o' The Church. With ts Chr'stsa
Sabbath ard with its mir is'rsfcu, the word of Col 70
iresiiuabe. The third institution Il that 81 the Col
lege-the spOntst eousy erected eystem OF rsuuons
by which the highest nt ectusl culture OF the people
IL secured TIE College is related TO the State aud 10
the CbrIch but, like each Of these "a each other,
independent Of both. These three great Institutions
ac' upon the erire mass of scceiy-theu influence
felt everywhere and every DAY.
The irHpepce of college ia not 10 be estimates
siuply by lie Influence upon scerain number OF s&
denis who graduate from H. Their influence upon me
world after they have left It's walls, Is also to %
taken into account. The classes in Harvard and ss
are not the only whose Intellectual and moral
character IL nodded by the influence OF these insti
meeting Of The Aumni distinguishes Senator from
Que Of the Western S,stes who hsppensd to be there,
claim ed 20 belong to Yale College. although he osa
Iever been till then inside it, walls, But he saad
that his father and grandfather had graduated there
and that in that Sc nae it was his ALMA Mater What
there was in that Intellectual AID moral devei'
opmept and in bis capacity for usefpess TO serY
bis county was IN no small measure owirs 20 thss
Institution Of leaning. Even the minister of his na-
tive town spd the teacher OF the academy to wbioo
he wen, in hs youth were graduates 81 the same od
Yale. A college irfuerees he whole community.
In reference to colleges for the West the 'peakes
ssd that since be could remember, there hsd never
been any lack Of them in number or rather IN the
rumber Of institutions which were cdned colleges.
There are now colleges IN any one Western Stste
than in any Eastern States. The trouble hes al
WAYS been not there were not enough but that there
were too many. They have been almot As numerous
as those Western banks which 90 by the uncosh bua
well known psmes of "Wild Cat and Rsd Dog
The Effort has been not 10 Increase the Of these
institutions but to improve thei. character snd to
render them souIces Of moral and Intellectual nhs
| epce upon the community. Not few have
been thus elevated They have been a'sisted
by the Society. but their perrnsnen, endov
nents have been chiefly secured in their owa
Immediate field Of usefulness; and the time ms>
not be far defiant whsr every prominent seat ~ learn
ing in the West will be in condition Of vigorous sell
support There will slways be feeble churches scs
N. f,hiop hat the poor y have always win you,
but there would not elwsys be poor colleges n COZ.
leee, to be u,efu mast be rrobg AM =, % suopg =.
must be assisted until Is able 20 d. without assist
spce. Every encoursgems should be given. NJ
forts for The permanent endowment 81 veil-devlsed
Institutions Of leaning in which Christianity shall be
IGNORED, ard through which II shall more ehecua!ly
bend Itself With the lterafur~, the law, the history
he poetry the eloquencs and ali the forms Of thought
of q free and CbristsD people.
At the close of DR. Bscon's address tho following
persons were chosen officers and directors Of the So
eiety for the ensuing year:
Pye.dent-The Hon JosgrH c. HoRSBLowrs, IL New
ark N. J
TIee Pyssidents-The Rev. N 8 g. Bemsn D., Troy. y.
y; the Rev C. A. Goodrich d. D. New Haven, Conn jobs
NJ Atwood, esq, Philadelphia the Rev Edward n kht D.
D. Boston, Ns'' the Rev Ray Palmer D. D Albany;
the Rev. William Patton D. d. N.v.YoIk CITY TIE Hon y
II. VALLEY: BoSbuIy Mass The Rev Elan sm,1ey' D..
Troy Y; the Rev. 7 H. Simmer D. ID. the Rev fe
ter' d. D. ~YGk City; Henry G Bowen ESQ., Neg Yors
the Rev II. LiDsey. D., 0rsenwich Com the Rev j.
p Clevel,nd ID. D. Lowell Mass the Rev Lesvitt Prov
idencc r. the Rev. IL Ludlow, foushkeepsie, ~ L. )
the Rev Joseph Eldridre ID. u Norfolk, Conn. .
Dh,etoys-fbe Rev VIM. Hosartb B'ootlyn; the Rev Al
bert Barnes Phi sdsphs the Rev Thon.s Bsinsd d. o.
Pbiiacelph the Rev j. v. stesprs d. Nswsrk u
o Hslsted esq, Orange, J. the Rev. William Adams
d. New York City, be Rev. Asa ID. Smith. H. New Yot
CITY; the Rev r. W. Williams New London. Conn the Rev
Leon.rd Bsor, New Haven, Conn Henry White eco
New Haven, Conn.