New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-06
a COUPLE OF DOCTORS.

A COUPLE OF DOCTORS.
The Rev. DIR. Lord, late President OF Dart.
mouth College, in Hanover, ~ H., 1t IS stated
resigned bis Office, because the Trustees of that
venerable seat Of learning passed resolution,
haiIing with joy the prospective destruction
Of Slavery" As we have heretofore had occa'
sion to find fault with the Reverend Doctor
it now gives us exceeding JOY to praise hiin.
We have long thought, with the obsolete and
somewhat heatbenish opinions entertained oy
DR.. Lord, that il was HE duty to decline any
further connection with d Christian institution.
His position. as We understand it, is that for
merly held by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and
we do not deny that his authorities are exceed
ipply ancient and most remarkably respectable;
but we have never been able to understand
why DR.. Lord who certainly cannot be dehcIent
in moral courage, should not follow his reason
ings 10 their last results, and should not boldly
declare for the general revival in the church OF
Circumcision and the Feast of the Passover.
IL Is possible that be may have been pre-
pairing to do something like this. 1t is
possible that he may have intended to
Judazo the dear old College Itself
and. if this were so, the Trustees have not
acted moment too soon. A man who is OF.
Tended at the expression Of joy in view OF the
destruction Of Slavery, may not be either
ia,uous or demented, but he certainly exhibits
a degree of eccentrclty disqualifying him for
the conduct and culture Of young men. Most
- han
selves with q stiff, stout, logged assertion,
not that Slavery should not be abolished. but
that il cannO, be abolished they are as sorry
for the fact as you are; they pity the black at
one moment, and protest that he is better OF
ensayed, in the next they first hem beneyo-
lently. aud then hem prudently; and how to
take them, or what to believe OF them, or
whether to believe anything OF them. or
whether they themselves believe anything, it
would puzzle the sharpest critic to determine.
These undecided people, with their indecisiye
methods of reasoning. should not be afraid to
take lesson from the Rev. DR.. Lord, who
was not born to be scared by reductio ad
aB,urdun, and plays with his pretty falIa-
clos as child plays with its iavorlte
TOYS. Tho DR.. Lords and the Bishop
Hopkinses are, in some respects, men
aftsr our own heart. The bull may give
them a terrible toss, but for all that they do
not fear to take him by tho horns upon the
very next occasion. They do not fear being
laughed at, and they are unmoved when rlbald
men or newspapers hint that they have taken
leave of their senses, for they know very well
that their deiamers, not they, are lunatics and
monomauacs. They occupy tho only impreg-
nabIe ground Ii tho Old Testament teaches
Slavery, what is man that he should oppose
such teaching To be sure, Brigham Young
also says that the Bible teaches Poygamy, and
proceeds to marry all the eligible young women.
right and left, in his bailiwlck; but to this
DR.. Lord may reply that TO have more than
ono wife is q crime in New Hampshire. and
therefore that no shall not take another, what
ever Brigham may do. We do not press the
point-but why should not those who are for
reyiyipg the Judicial polity in behalf OF Slav-
cry, agitate for the repeal Of monogamy as
established by statute ?
The little collegiate event up in New.Hamp-
shire helps to get this great quarrel between
Slavery and Freedom into better position
than ever before. The position Of DR.. Lord,
as We understand it, is that Slavery is posi-
lively yirtuous and religious, aud that to over.
throw it would be an ofiense against the eA-
press enactments Of the Almighty. This will
DO welcome teaching to tho whole corporation
of Copperheads. Because. in spite OF talking
and twisting, and subterfugs and sophissry'
these gentlemen must know that what The
South wants is not nero cold. tame and on
forced federation of their blessed institution
but q warm, hearty, earnest recognition OF Its
many virtues and eIcellences on the part OF
Northern pastors and politicians. You are not
asked to 10y that Slavery is equal y Free