Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-07
FER ne Eaqwr'r.
ABOLITION Al YALE COLLEGE.

Me.srs. Edtors.-l am a member OF ia.'!"S
which has lived in The South as lar back IL We ca'l
rac our Lineage. have been educHed III The bei'e,
hat African slavery WAS right; aud some -tIiGs e'''
reflection upon the subject, during tbs last lew
.s, confirmed me in that belief graduated nj ave
College in ISL; and, in accordance with lime h"''
r.d custom. and one which does honor 10 human '
ture, recently undertook long aud taSu!lls pun
new with great Inconvenience TO myselt IN REGARD I"
nv prcunary matters and when in the enjoyment VI
nut i,.- bic health, from Tennessee to New Haven
Their. 10 inset my cassmnea after an absence ot 'e"
y"rra, and TO renew frirnd.hps contracted IN the
sprins time OF my life, which can never be e1acrh
from my memory, and which, in my case, ARE Ger
tainly than those contracted al any subsequent
period | had been looking forward Ia this m=etns
with pleasing anticpatlons for gears, and had defer
m;nrd, ii | possibly could, to be present. judge
lien of my deep regret, modification and disgust
when, on my arrival 1T New Haven. learned thai
Charles Sumner had been invited to deliver
an Grafton NORMALLY before the Phi Beta hnPpa
society, but in reality, betnre III, public al
Irrgr, and that upon his declcnsion, Wendell!
Phillips lind been invited, and had accepted.
presume there is no doubt that The Ed
Gully Of Yale could have prevented this, bu' they
no, only failed to do that, but far Ia am aware
never uttered one word in opposition to il. anl in
formed that il was done principally through tho
insrunentallty of the Rev. Mr. Dut,6m pastor Of the
North Church, rendered famous boh hiinself and
bi. Church, by the Shapes rifle meeting
In addition to this. on the night succeeding the day
on which Wendell Phillips Grafton was delivered, nj
a class supper partaken Of by my class, 10 which
President Wuolsey was invited rs special compiI-
nent in consequence oi ours being the frat class
which graduated after he was made President he
president WoUlscy) even, on such an occasion as
that could not refrain from expressing his hostility to
Southern slavery. He said, that although he was u
conservative, yet he must acknowledge that he was
an antisavery man. aud that having been led recent.
" in the performance Of his duties as instructor
To examine the history of the decline of the Roman
Empire, he was satisfied from the drrful effects of
slavery he had there seen. that in future he would be
more anti. slavery stll. Notwithstanding lie said that
lie did not suffer this subject to be Introduced III Col
erayet il seems strange that he could Danish il from
College. aud coudIrot keep silenton it on such an &C
custom rs that and that. too when every Que seemed
DESTROYS of avoiding that aud all other subjects maj
could possibly ruiils the overlooking feelings OF JOY
naturally engendered by the meeting OF friends alter
ten yaars' absence. Not the slightest aiurlon 10
slavery mad. during the whole evening by any
one else. AS for myself, was afraid 10 mention the
subject at all, for fear that should discover that
some of my classmates were Black Republicans, and
that the discovery would alter my feelings towards
them.
Thousands of Southeruers have graduated at Yale,
and naturally cherish Hi affection for the institution
aud for their classmates, and when ihey RETURN alter
the lapse of long years, to renew od friendships and
TO revisit the scenes where 20 many OF the happy
days of youth were passed, it is An insult aud an out
rage, that they should he compeedto see their Alma
Mater bestowing her honors upon men who have
been in the constant habit of heapiag upon them and
their country the vilest epi,hets tho language con
tans. Yale cannot be otherwise ilnn national, with
ont insult TO her Southern graduates. Had she no
Southern graduates the case would be different but
she has educated us Of the South, when we were
Shareholders, as we'll a. now and the has no right To
east us off; TO say to us: MY graduates North OF
Mason and Dixons line are my children, but you
| l-.,, ..Lt lIyfyr nm Ia.
holding slaves; you are not ny c;iidren, know you
not"
We shal now be compelled, in .elfd-ience, 20 do
that which we ought 20 have doneinns ago, educate
our sou exclusively at Southern Colleges and II the
parents OF the few Southern students who are now at
Yale can suffer them to remain thrs nov. they have
different notions from myself of wat due 10 sci;
respect ihH'h''hE'