Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07


STANDARD" has found in the Marion Rep ub-
hcans a anonymous attack upon the Ohio w.
University which it reprodaces and endors es.
This attack Contains q series Of statemen IS
unsupported by proof, some of which relate
to political economy, but none of which shall
we notice except snch a are TO the pred iu-
dice Of our Institution. These are
1. That the University has q 'sfund of a
5elc hundred tAoasdad' which fund is ..for-
HsidabAe-" The writer does not say wheth-
er the few hundred thousand are mills, cents
or dollars. If he means dollars, we deny
the allegation, and shall wait with great
complacency for the proof.
2. That the fund aforesaid was collected
shy diligent effort and assldious application
to the 6enevolence of the people of Ohio
and other States. That il Is a ssfund of char
ity. the immediate emlnaion,'a &c, which
has .'wartned into life" then "raises its
hand" &c. This also is denied We have
a fund, but such is not its history-it is not
a charity a full equivalent having been CIV
en- for it.
). Tn i, the o. W U. opposed The repeal
Of The law authorizing ten per cent. interest
This is also denied. The University has
never approached the Legislature on the
subject by petition, remonstrance, or in any
other iorm.
In view of this tact-eyen supposing the
writer's opinions on political economy to be
correct-what shall We think of the follow
ing defamation
The vast interes,s Of a State are moth
ing 50 long as self proposes that tits 10 be
all ruined by a continuance of this law. 1t
is nothing 10 this. University that we are
coinrnandedt 10 work no il: Ia our neighbor.
1t is nothing thai we read tIsat We Shall
love our ~neighbors as ourselves. Its, moth
ing that BY loanipg money at a high rate OF
interest the energies Of tie State are para
iized. Self would be grafiiedin The aug
mentation Of their already formidable fund.
This instruction seems to take The same
views of this subject The banker and the
broker do.
Is there not reason 10 fear, that if this
institution should receive the command given
70 the young man in scripture, il would go
apay grieued.,' And may we not well say,
/" How hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom of God?''
II is difficult to understand the relevancy
Of the scriptural aIiusions, unless it Is the
DUTY OF corporations entrusted with public
property for specific objects to distribute il.
among the poor on pain of being excluded in
tehir corporate capacitg from the kingdom Of
God.
The Trustees Gid not ask of the Lesisla-
ture the existing interest law, mol do they
ask its repeal. They never SO much as con-
suited tugether upon the sutj ct.
Ii may be true thai certain /" clergy aud
laty." % Immediately connected with the
University" did reDoDsirate a..ainat the
passage of the interest bill OF last Sc ssion.
Is the University responsible for their act T!
Did they do any more than they had a right
to do Are the political rights Of sbe cit zen
forfeited by his connection With a literary
Institution Knowing as | do, the business
relations and political views Of gentlemen
connected with the University, / think it fair
to presume that some OF them opposed the
bill referred to, while Others, of lilo less in
t%iuence, favored its passage. Is it proper
and becoming to charge either party With
selhshness In reference SO a political
question on opposite sides of which the
highest authorities may be cited, cannot s,eB
differ without charging each other with a
disposition to injure the State. for personal
ends ! Is such a course worthy OF ssgen-
tlemen ofhigh stan6ing!" I am free to con-
fess my W agency in The matter referred
to. On my way hume from Kentucky fast
winter I was Detained orer night al Col5ln.
bus. Althe Hotel | met with two Senators
with whom I conversed. The interest bill
having been alluded to, / said that / should
be glad. in case it passed, to have a epccial
act, as q favor tothe University, allowing it
both to borrow and lend at ten per cent
remarking that we Kept cur funds separate 50
that we were both borrowers and lenders a,
the same time and at the Same rite. Pie
building fund, for e~xanrle, being in debt,
while the scholarship fund vas ioaned out,
and that we were prohibited By. the trust
from taking oue'to pay the other. On the
following morning, | made similar remarks
70 other members and to the GOVERNOR
Whens however, I was convinced that such
a special act was Unconstitutional, was
satisfied, and said 1offfTg, wrote nothing
did nothing more on the subject, except 10
sign a reEnenstrance presented to me, and
bearing the signatures of many Fellow citi-
sens, who, with me, Believed that il vas nor
for the good Of the State al that time to re-
peal the interest law. So 5 /
stThe t'standardf2w WIFI II is. far 10 bre.
sumo. copy this reply TO charges TO which ii
has given currency. The Republican
very properly signiied, in advance, That it
would do SO, and with a caution from " hicll
Is contemporary might profit, it Introduced
he article OF its correspondent With ! ca
cat. 90
The University does moi deprecatc i@ngss
into any Of its proceedings.
Gentlemen WHO originate and sustain our
Institutions Of Learning are often called to
sacrifices OF ease, OF means, of health,
priva.s happiness eand pubic ilonors.-
lay ae not hope that The time may come
'heh Their limited coupe1sations wifi be
BY the respect and appreciation OF
liose5who profit by their IabDrs, or at least.
ihet',hey shall be egemP pit from unprovoked
IeuperafioI4 a nd misrepresentation. HE1A
i speak not this FOR myself, buffer Younger
lens who may iced the encograeina assu-
af'ee that public organs will fegerd public i
with righteous if not generous ;
nd honorable feelings. ah
g Resentment toward parties connected
'iih the University ought not to.bs directed {
gainst The institution. Gentlemen control q
g The University may sooi, have their con- r
ectfon with it severed by death or other i,
Use, but the institution will probably con :
nue tosserve the State, and particularly the L
llage Of peleware, for ages 10 come. n
Efai<sa i. THOMSON. a
1O.W. University, 80 sasr !,
IS April 80, 1858. a alHsz :.
Ste 50 Il
siessrs. Sanger, Frink, Dyer aud Single
n, OF Illinois, have bought and forwarded
F.nteen handred hprses 10 Fort Leaven- fe
ort1 nnder their Utah army cantract.- ii