The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-12
Rirbn1uith qispatrb.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPT. u. 1860



The virginia Medical College, in this cit3'
Gill soon open its fall session, and' Win Tue
,ihsral Aid which has been extended 10 IL py
1h. stats and the increasing favor which mas
,,..n .hoxu Il by the Southern public, wilt, we
.~r., antsr upon a career Of enlarged brill
u.ncv and usefulness. II has now the means
~ ~. eom mand of efficiently dischareng all
tho functions of a first class medical institu.
ton, and its claims upon the public are not
surpassed by those Of amy other College Its
Faculty is made up of gentlemen OF srea.
fearning and experience in their various
departments, gentlemen OF high tone and wan
ming personal qualities, who will not oniy oe
respected a. Instructors, but be popu'ar aS
men among their pupils. From tne aisFos
tion eyin, ed at the last session among Sou'a-
arm students to sustain this Ooiiese, aho 'ne
mplete and thorough satisfaction whieh IL
nave - the young gentlemen In ai'ehoance'
vs indulge the hope that q still greater num-
>sr sill this year avail themselves Of its ad-
rantaSes aud build up in the South an fnsti-
tuition which will be co ual n numbers who
can deny that 1t is in merit-to any of the
bosated schools of Northern cities.
We are aware that the excitement which led
70 the unusual accession 10 the Virginia Medi-
cal College last winter has passed away but
re are not aware that there is any less ground
in principle, reason and policy for Southern
encouragement of its own instisu tons OF
learning and education than there ever was at
any former period. Our people ought not TO
wait for such prompungs and Incentives 10
an appreciation. and encouragement of home
enterprise as the long lances of JOHN Brown
and his myrmidons. There Is good deal OF
IRONY INDUCED at the facility with which they
forget rood resolutions, and the generous spirit
in which they hasten to lavish the "slnews OF
var- upon every kind OF enterprise abroad
untlst they permit their own institutions ts
,.nsuish at home. We trust that seif.Tespec
and their own interests Will hehceIorlr
prompt q more indepen dent and polltc course
We have Lo desire TO minister at the SHRINE o
sectional excitement, but surely loyalty
the South is not treason to the country, ahe
In what way can We better eyirce that loyalty
than By encouraging Southern enterprise ii
every department Of exertion! Wrist lh'
North is faithful to the Union, we are no
aware that she deems il necessary to manlies
that fidelity by sending her youth to Southern
schools, by thronging in crowds 10 ooutner'
watering places, or purchasing any proouc
tions of Southern industry winch she cal
purchase within her own limits. In this sh
acts wisely, and we would only say 10 In
south-"Go .hou aud do likewise"
Upon it's intrinsic merits, and without re
fsreucs TO the question of home encourage
nsnt- we would earnestly recommend the Var
ginia Medical College 10 Southern students =
IL is impossible for young men studying II
Northern schools to acquire the knowledge 0
diseases peculiar TO the South, aud OF thei
nropsr mode Of trea,mentwith which South
ern practitioners are familiar by daily prae
,ios. No man having any regard for his owI
life would hesitate moment in preterring
physician trained amid the diseases OF his ow
locality to one who had graduated al foreig
school. This is practical question, and on
which our young candidates for medical prac
tice will find OF some importance when the
commence their professional career. Let
hope, then, that they will sustain this admira
ble Southern College, and contribute to bnii
ND by their friendship and influence, a cita
del of medical science and instruction In thei
own borders, which shall not be surpassed II
any part of the land.