The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-12-12

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We have laborcd for it both for pupils
and for subscriptions. We have neve
occupied doubtful position in relation
to the School. We have ever been il
warm friends, all OF us, who have the
children, patronizing it at this hour. i
our design had been 10 change the School
in any way whate, er, one defeat such as
we met in the adoption of the State Char
ter would by no means have inundated
us. We know TOO we'll that Charters
are subject to amendments, and per pos
sibllity by the meeting Of the next Leg,
islature we might by constant and
steady effort have so far succeeded in the
Board as to have worked an entire change
in its complexion, and then made an ap.
pication to the Legislature (provided it
passes iD and had Mr.. Graves salvation
clause stricken out. But enough of this.
Let US como now to the difficulty about
the State Charter. The first time, so far
as we know, that anything was ever said
about the nullily Of the Circuit Court
Charter, one Of us, then not member Of
the Board, was employed to defend suit
against the School, in tho Circuit Court
Of this County. He informed the Prcsi.
dent OF the School and the Treasurer OF
the Board, that the Charter was q nulliy.
The Board then commenced the canvass
of the question of preparing Charter
and presenting it to the present Legisla.
ture. After time a committee was ap.
pointed to prepare a Charter and present
it to the Board for its considerations
| Two Of us were on that Committee. The
Charter was prepared, presented and dis,
cussed, and finally it was determined to
adjourn and consider no serious objection
was made to the Charter in this meeting.
After some time had elapsed, the Board
again met to dispose of the proposed
Charter. 1t was ordered TO be read.-
1t was read without note or comment un.
til ssthe reading of the last Two lines of
the fifth section, which had been inserted
after the first meeting, and then a discus.
sion commenced. That we may be fully
understood we will here insert the section
which was originally
"Be it further enacted, that the nun
Der of Trustees snail at no time exceed
twenty"
To this the two lines alluded TO were
added and were as follows:
"At least two.thirds Of them should be
members of some Baptist Church in reg.
ular standing"
This addition continued for some time
and with some warmth. but was finally
ended by compromise which asreadi-
ly agreed to by all Of the Trustees pres.
ent save one. That compromise was to
strike out the two Objectionable lines
which had been inserted in the 5th sec.
ton by James r. Graves and make an
amendment to the first section The first
section originally read:
"Be it enacted by the General Assem-,
bly, of the State Of Tennessee, that the
female institution OF learning established
at Winchester by the Baptist Denonina
tion," &c, &C., &c, &c.
The words "and belonging to- were
inserted after the words Established BY"
In this compromise the Trustee to whom
Mr.. Graves discoursed about the prma
racia evidence of our motive, and his
brother,Z. C. Graves, readily acquicsced,
Mr.. Z. c. G. expressing qualification that
the compromise had been effected. The
Charter was then ordered to be trans.
cribed and placed in the hands Of one us
| to be sent to our representative IN the
Legislature. 1t was transcribed. The
Trustee who transcribed it brough, it to
the Trustee who was instructed to send
il of, and said to him that Messrs. Trim
bic and Jones were going to Nashville,
and if he had no objection it would be
carried by one Of them to our represent.
ative. This was assentcd to. The next
time We heard Of the Charter i, was in
the hands OF James r. Graves. How it
got there we can only speculate, for we
know not Of our own knowledge. 1t
may be proper here to remark, that in
the Charter as first contemplated nothing
was said as TO by whom the Institution
was established, but it was suggested by
member of the Baptist Church that it
would perhaps be better for it to recite