The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-27
TIE Colleges ecd tie Var.
Born REGIMENT VIRGINIA Won 'Nrgfss,

September Is, 1851,
Eji'gr u he Di>f4,ch Yen Viii confer ii
taNor ':n lac ~ Gitiils@ place 10 II few lues
III yUnr columns. Tney are ia reference tn =.
subject Which lad hoped 10 sec taken III.
au& treated Of by more able pen than mine,
and hy one whose personal inGuci.ce v.odid
justify bis publishing his name In connection
with it, and / can only hopn by thiS leeot,
effort 70 lndJitC sHch an one 80 u &c.
iIat have reference to Is the contained
publication OF III" r.-3pening at schuu., ana
colleges III tirg mia, even for Young 4url ca
pabie Of bearing AIMS against The enemies OF
cur country, and holuiug on inducements TO
+uGetiYoT 10 escape plain duty, ana Il plau-
-ibie excuse for 80 uJiag ttIlt.rr The cuior 81
authority. And We NOW caudidiY ask III the.
former students of the University OF Nirri-
nia, or OF any other college OF this State can
any one oil them care lutritGn on these classic
shades, and go through with the daily rCu-
tine of lectures, and follow the ayoca
tons of peaceful lite, presuining uUpn
the strong arms and stout hearts 81
their former schoo!-m;tt"s Ter protection :?
And suppose such II protection were possible
beyond IL doubt, can YOU be men auij submit
TO such an indignity? For indignity it is
though You may not now ieeI it. DO Won
wish your liberty purchased BY the blood Of
Your former associates And W hen that blood
calls to You IN thunderiag tones from many
Il battlefield for vengeance, can Won refuse to
shoulder your uUshct anG 20 seek thar ven.
geaHce? We cannot believe that there. are
any who, ii l.it free to act, VIII dare to darkeu
with their presence The threshold of any col
iege this session, under the present pIOspect
vi affairs, Aud we must say ihit whoeo.ye,.
Will screen hiiaself from milit nv duty under
the walls OF q college or University i'll this
time OF our countrys distress is a poltroon
and coward, or else not 4 single spark OF
love Tor his country CONTINUES 10 gIimmer in
hls bosom. Let supera nnuated men teach
children vi To sixteen, bat lei not able bodied
ones III the shape Of Professors or in any
other shape, REMAIN in colleges or elsewhere
an fl.a3U n Al.
duty by giving them n plausible excuse for so
doing. 1t Will doubtless be said, sit il very
impairment and self-important in this fellow
to say anything OF the noble corps of Profess
sors of the University of Virginia, especially
as the Legislature has seen. lit 10 continue,
its Sl5,ooo appropriation and shall this IN
start rise and dictate what the Conn
mon wealth of Virginia shall do with
and for her colleges and schools -
Honored band ] know some of you, and am
happy to esteem you as my friends and ii
you knew, as do, how this money il to be
raised, partly, mean, you would disdain to
touch one cent OF II, or YOU are meaatr, more
ayarIcious, and less feeling than Shy lock, the
Jew, and each deserves To meet L wor:.. III Il.
than he. can give no details III regard TO
the condition of S-payers the Potomac :
but can assure you that iii many eases to
raise tile tax levied Will involve great sac
rifice OF property, and that, too, of families
where the whole male portion is III fl,e SER
vice of the Sou theru t'onfeGeracy. This can
be borne IL we know that ii is for the good of
our common country, but when lie goes for
such appropriations as the Que above men
toned, it niahes The volunteers blood boil in
his veins; and never, neyer--whether during
the silent yigiis Of ths night watch tie
bright bosom of our noble Potomac, once
peaceful, but now terroWed ny many u hos
tile Keel, While its banks rryerberas. IN the
roar Of the deateaiae cannon. or ttIse our sta
ton on tina daily parade ground To prepare
ourselves Tor tiie shock OF hstie-win our