The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-21

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/ general hare-up in the Uniyers M Miss
issippi. Charges were made again he P.esi
dent, Mr.. Barnard, of receiving evidence
of negro against one of the stusNts Tht
trustees acquitted him, when al profes
sors OF Southern birth, but one. C seIed then
resignation to Gov. Pettus. Ths manning
Southern professor is expected sign
N 0. Picayune.
More blunders could not have be esowded
into so small a space 1.-THE fare in the
University is an exceedingly dimi: se affair
small in its origin and small IS con-
sequences. 1t is a controversy 81 Iianifestly
personal and so entirely diseonn from
anything that properly relates to sas Uhiver-
sity, that outside of Oxford the puns< feel no
concern whatever about it. Par lariy is
this the case since the Board Of Trs com-
posed of men of the first stapding tate,
4 haae ae9Gtted Dr Barnard - siss - :
that were brought against him.
The designations referred to are spoken
Of as though they were to 60 into effect at once ;
whereas they do not actually occur until the
close Of the session. Besides, it is understood
that one Of the resigning professors had an
nounced his purpose to accept situation in
college Of another State, though the public
would believe from the foregoing paragraph,
that he had resigned solely in consequence Of
the action of the Board of Trustees
1t is not true that all the professors
of Suothern birth, but one, rendered their re-
signations,'' or that they design doing so.
There are three Southern born men who will
remain in the faculty, Professors Phipps,
Moore, and Harrison. The men of Northern
birth, are DR.. Barnard, and Professors Stearns,
and Boynton. 1t was not the fault Of these
gentlemen that they were born in Northern
clime but fit is creditable forthem to have
left their birth place, it is proper to mention
that two of them BARNARD and Stearns) Have
lived in the South great deal longer than
even the period demanded by the late Senator
Adams in his Known othing bill for the |
Of foreigners.
In regard to Boynton, since early hoyhood |
when he was appointed cadet at the Military |
Academy, he has been in the public service,
having resigned only to accept an invitation to
our University. When he resigned he was
stationed at Fort Jupiter, on the almost
coast of Florida - far enough
South, God knows He served through the
whole Mexican campaign on both Taylor's
and Scott's line Of operations. At the battle
Churubusko he was severely wounded and
aiken up insensble. For these sufierinss and
hangers he is to this day borne on the PEN
sion list Of his country.
The remaining member Of the Faculty, not
If Southern birth, is Professor Whitehorne,
IN Oxford (England) scholar, whose whole
ife has been devoted to the quiet and success
ul pursuit Of letters.
These gentlemen are all eminently qualified
or their respective stations, and tor tbs
-edson, the Board Of Trustees selected them,
lot believing that man whose whole life had
)een spent in the South, and who had cast his
ot.with the South, was less entitled to con-
deration on account Of the accident Of birth
,lace. The intolerance that would send these
men into exile because they were not born in
he South would have driven Quitman and
orentiss from the State. Wanssp.est sgsinsI
'deh doetFines bac-ass tIieJ = sIiy
yrong-und more especially do we atest
gainst their application in this nstanse. be-
ause they can have no other effect bntsto in
ure public institution which the State
reasures as her brightest jewel, because its
,enefts are inestimable.
We wish to repeat, however, that the general
fare-up is mere tempest in teapot, and
hat what is srepresented to be terrific storm,
haking our great institution to its very
foundations, is breeze which would scarcely
Taft feather. Ifanybody is excited about
he occurrences at the University outside of
he corporation limits of the town of Oxford,
We do not know the fact.