The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-14
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REPRESENTATIVES, 81 the people 0t tnie STATE, Essf
bled It Jefferson City, charter privileges for d
establishment Of university, and once more !
have been prescribed and insnltcd From d
proceedings Of the House of Representatives
reported IN the daily papers, We extract the Il
lows: ss8fg 4ss4isss8 es Bs54sasE
HousE PRecxEDNGs, Dec. l9.--Mr Sitton
Gasconade, being called to the chair, q numb
| Of local bills were introduced and passed.
Mr. Sitson introduced an act to incorpo.a
the Southwestern University Of Missouri, adjare,
to jefferson City, III soh sT .fis3 II
lr. Cordell hoped this would be indefinitel
postponed, a. It was an effort to establish Nort|
ern Methodist Church, ssfsA o@a
Mr.. Sitton admitted the fact, and claimed Il
It the same privilege as was granted to ever
other religious persuasion, to establish colIeg,
| Mr.. Anthony asked the gentleman how mar,
nigger thieves there were among the con,nrin
cants Of this Northern Church, saf f
Mr.. Sitt0n replied, that there was no more tha.
there were in the ranks of the National Deme
cratic party asaf#38-,f &*stE
A motion was! here made to indefinitely pos,
pone. h.i9
Mr. Ament said that az long as black rebuilt
cans resided among them, il was folly to say ths
they should not have college in which to ed,,
cate their children.
Nj. Drake saw no more objection to an institn
tion of this character because it was of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church North than he did to tn.
establishment of an institution under tho direc
ton of the Presbyterian Church. of which he wa!
an unworthy member. He should vote-no-oI
the motion to postpone.
Mr.. Ferry said it was an effort to build I'D al
abolition church, that had for its object the over
turning Of the institution Of slavery
: Mr. Hudgens said, if he thought the institution.
a,l,y NJ a.
institutions Of the country, he was willing tha,
those institutions should be overthfown The
instruction of the youth, the general develop
ment OF knowledge, and the progress Of art build
up our country, and rise supreme above all other
considerations.
Mr. Sitton said it was the privilege Of. every
man to discuss the question of slavery; il was his
constitutional right. The Northern Methodists
were as a law abiding people equal to any people
in the States, and when the time arrived for the
establishment of Northern and Southern relig-
ion things had indeed reached desperate con
dition in the affairs Of the country.
Question being on the in6efnite postponmcnt
OF the biil-ayes, 81; nayes, 22.
Thus it will be seen, we are compelled to CON
time our efforts unaided by facilities which the
general assembly. b. every consideration which
renders such body needful in government, was
bound to bestow
We should have received such aid, and are
grieved to think that the bigotry and intolerance
OF a majority Of the members withheld it from
u.s. Nothing daunted or discouraged, however,
we expect to prosecute the undertaking with
such an increase Of energy and perseverance, AZ
will ultimately overcome these disabilities. We
trust that no one of our friends, at home or
abroad, will suppose for an instant that we shall
yield. BY the blessing Of providence we shall
build the university. And we shall procure
charter, also, from the general assembly Of the
State of Missouri. II is impossible that such in
tolerance for opinions sake should long continue
among an enlightened people. Such manifesto
tlons alone are proof positive of the crying ne
cessity for education. Who ever would prevent
the State from returning to barbarim, must
yield to the demand for university. And by all
means let it go up at the capitol. Surely we
have need by the walls and turrets of universe
tv building to impress the honorable members
with ideas Of civilization. Other means seem to
have failed with the majority, and we shall now
feel impelled from sense Of duty to our race to
prosecute this enterprise from considerations of
benevOlence towards these unfortunate men,
Poor fellows, how sadly they are mistaken We
are not their enemies but their frieuds. We must
not hurt hair OF their heads. No, not even the
member from Cole, whose, imme-
diate constituents are 50 largely Interested in
this enterprise, and would have reaped rich
harvest from our increased facilities had the char
ter been passed.
All intelligent men in the State must regard
The course Of the House as monstrous outrage.
Time will demonstrate it, folly, and the chief
actors may live to repeat it bitterly.
The Missouri Democrat of this city, reviews
the measure in most eaustic manner. Its defense
Df our people Is most magnanimous and timely
In the course Of the article, which il the leader
Of the 2lst inst, the Democrat says:
''The Methodist Episcopal Church proposes to
establish a university in the Southwest, and il
asks for simple act OF incorporation like those
which have been granted to great many educa-
fional institutions in the State. The demand is
refused because the church in question holds anti
slavery opinions. No allegation of Illegal con-
duct is made against its members: no charge Of
ncendiarism or agitation is made against its pull
pits; no attempt on their part to tamper with
the fidelity Of slaves to their masters, is even
insinuated. The prescription to which this church
Is subjected sr0t for its acts, but for its opinions
We by no means assent to the doctrine that the
relation of master and slave il sinful or immoral
in itself, but we contend that those who hold it,
should not be deprived of the common rights Of
citizens, contend also, that it il advisable to
EDUCATE the youth Of the State at home The re-
fusai to incorporate the Southwest University is
! boon to Oberlin College, Ohio, and institutions
of that class. Students, who are determined to
acquire their diplomas, will seek them abroad, if
such honors are interdicted to them in their naive
States. When England prescribed Catholic
schools and colleges in Ireland, the universities
If France and Belgium were thronged with Irish
students The result was fran.ht with such dan
ger to English rule that the English Government
ounded and endowed the college Of Maynooth,
or the education of the Irish priesthood We're
he advocates of slavery in Missouri as wise in
heir generation, as the British Statesmen who
endowed the great theological seminary Of the
reed to which they were hostile in every sense,
he bill to incorporate the Methodist University
would become a law by the vote of every man
Who beheld in terror an abolition Church
rOwning down upon them from all its battle
ncnts The defeat Of the bill encourages the
Importation Of extreme antislayery doctrines.-
Aissourians educated in the the Methodist cob
eges OF the free States, will be embued with no
sentiment Of reverence for slavery Going out
ls martyrs ia an excellent incentive for their
coming back as missionaries and crusadersnsf
Though far inferior man to the grand ahol-
ionist, George Mason whose name Is illustrions
lot only in the annals Of Virginia in the best
lays of that Commonwealth, but in the history
u the nation, Senator Mason il still profoundly
lshamcd of the fact that the Mother Of States
,as sunk to be the slave-breeder-in-chief for the
,otton and sugar growers to the south of her
dr. Mason does not like the distinction Of Free
md Slave States 1t CRATES upon his ear, ana
his honorable sensitiveness has now found ex-
PRESTON in an attempt to introduce new phrase
'logv. In the Senate Yesterday he expounded
/ length the epithet Servile. which he had pro.
'Osed to apply to the States where the patriarch
] system OF labor and the business of breeding
lnnlan beings for sale has been abandoned This
ew epithet is based not on the political servility
4 the Democratic party, as Senator Doolit,le
naturally suggested it might have been, but On
he fact that Mr. Mason, on his occasional ex-
ursions to Northern cities, has seen Democrats
n livery; whence he inferred that the whole la
'oring class Of the Free States are menial and
ervile H @ Ell
If Mr.. Mason wishes to 20 into sociaIistic
ttack upon every form Of civilized social inc
Iuaity We shall be ready to join him, providing
e will first engage with Us in remnying ihe in
initely grosser and more cruel inequalities of
'arbarism as preserved III chattel slavery Mean
While, let him consider one significant fact.
lamely, that as a body the hired servants Of the
rec States, and Who exist as separate class
MY. in the cities, uniformly vote against their
mployers and in favor Of the party of which Mr..
aason y leader, II seryillity where the char
eteristic Of the class would thew he likely 10 ex-