Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-11-12

Legislature on Saturday and Monday last
was the bill providing for the Union of
Vermont Colleges. The debates in both
branches of the Legislature were lengthy,
and To make room for an abstract of them
we are compelled TO give up much of oIf
space this morning. AS our readers, how
ever, will be anxious 10 know the views
taken of this important matter at the Cap
ital, we give below synopsis of the de-
bates had on the days mentioned.
The Senate on Saturday afternoon went
into committee of the whole on the bin to
incorporate the Vermont State University
and Associate Colleges.
Mr. Clark of Bennington thought this too i'm
! Por,ans subject to be acted upon at the very
heei OF the session, and he hoped the matter
would not be pre- ssed, and argued against the bill
on on that ground. The people did not expect it at
this session.
He could hardly justify in any manner the
taking OF the property Of the colleges without
their consent, although he thoue hit that at some
time consolidation Of all the colleges would he
practleab e. We have now wars enough without
naving college wars, and he hoped the committee
would report the bill adversely to the Senate and
mat IT'S friends would perfect it in every possible
manner, and present it to the ext Legislature
MI stevens said that law was passed by the
tast legislature accepting the grant of the land
Tor TINS purpose and board Of commits sioners
mad been appointed t. notify the gsneral govern
ment thereof and to secure the scrip 30 the
state has committed itself to the establishing of
OF this college. If the grant is good for anv-
hama fn -.
II u IS WORTH ess, the state will incur great ex-
pense ior no purpose. 1t would well to know
now much the scrip viii be worth, but at the
present time 1t i impossible. Vermont was the
second state to ACCEPT OF the grant, a d the sec
ond TO receive the sc ip. Rhode Island, which
frs received the scrip has doi ated it TO Brow
university, whlca fortunately is the only college
III he state the era was not eliff, lent TO snn
port an independent university q meet cut his
also transferred its SCRIP to Yale vsliege. wbi h
has ala eady complied vi the provis IONS of the
grant. The state of New ork mas gwen its scrip
to its agricui urai college which had been preyl-
ously established. The state OF Michigan mas al
ready granted Its scrip TO fourishing sc entifc
university OF at state and the 20 .ernment of
assachuseis has recon mende the distributi n
01 the 1und am.ng the universities OF taat state
1t is not very strange, ther, fore tnat Vermont
taxes action upon this subject soon. Besides
the governo, recomme ided It scme weeks ago
ne shoui1 te We y ssrry to do anything which will
make the irlends OF colleges thlnk that ne
oia not ha he utmost regard for those ,nstitu-
tioEs But when he Gems dered the situations of
our universities, so different from what ev once
were he thought this union Of the colleges would
De great benefit 20 them. 1T was not the idea of
Congress that this college should be aere rpsr-
A.met tai tMm school, hut the intention $ hat
aencu ture shouia be taught IN the uniyer il Ca
IL IS said that one college might get III al an
tags OF asother II tn s act were final II might
De so; bat the provides that If the oher uni
versltIes do not unite with this Wi min nine
months TINS : snaii oe void. This does not look
a. u the act was gong to tie up anv ONES h nd,
II Is merely 10 pre- ,en uetnite Object to on OIL
reyes Tor thei action; they will Ia goo care of
II Il has been suggested fha some owns are
Wiihng to give one hundred thousand doll 10
nave nave ne college, and this he took to be eadence
tnat me ieople are unsillng that the project
shoaid De put OFT fom year 10 year. he trusted
fhat the ommi'tce would tike a iibe al view of
the matte and recommend to 6 senate the pas
saga of the II.
ar Casnman feared the com rlittea haa nsssed
over the third section Of the bill too has iip-
Does airy one suppose thar either miaal bury
Norwich, or bui hngton will give up all its prop
erty upen he Heie chance tina cennais .ers ss-
lectt d from other states will locate the college in
tnat pl4csf lie was who'll opposed to dc idn
The natter at this session
alf Stafford said the only objection he had heard
against the III Is want of lime All Of this op-
position hal co ne fro 30 part of the i a e. and
ne vas sorry to eelleve that one cart Of the sate
was ehandt . rest. Ihs1s is mother r4G on ynv
we snoalu decide TINS matter at the present. ses-
slon The ant viii be revoked a lie s we MAJ E
provision for college within nye years frc d tie
pas ags VI tbe act Of Congress. He was op-
posed. therefore, 70 put off this ma ter :
Inc eolieges VIII newer come together unless ey
nave some .iaR and mott resented 0 hem
Mr. CLARK OF Bennington said thas two years had
passed SIN e the ssa Q Of the Law granting this
land, and wet axe already accepted the gran SO
tina We are sale on thai ore. We sbs have
aothlng 70 lose II we put off this matter up-
TIL a other year, AM perhaps here VIII be much
gained.
MIR Cla k of Rutland said that when diadlebu-
~ college vas endowed, the funds were given up
% the cond ton that ne college should remain at
Madoh onfy, This act provid that Middle
bary college may unite with this eerieultural COT
lege nat sue cannot accepf OF these terms without
lmpalring the fndtion of endowment. For this
reason he was opposed TO the hill
Mr. stoughton said that this is the Il oneest ar
eument he had heard in favor Of loaaIine the
coliege az Mddlebury, and all tae fir ends of i'd
aiepury Tp should therefore FAVOR the bill
,be Mi naas vo-st to report favorably upon
r.aas. lord moved that the committee rise and
sePort 70 Re Senate; agreedto.
Mr stevens, tor the committee of the whole sem
ase reported faysrabiy, with proposals of amend
state University and associate colleges.
Penting the quest on of the adoption of tn
aml.endments, on motion OF Mr. Stafford the senate
In the House on Wednesday the bill
for founding State University and asso-
ciate colleges came up as unfinished bus
mess. The question was upon ordering
the bill to third reading.
Mr.. Parkes Of Middlehury said he vas opposed |
g lIe niii> He did not appear or the floor Of
the bly, as the representative Of particular
insutetfon. He was not sent to the Legislature
as such representative and did not come with
any such view. He was opposed to the bill on
general grounds and did not believe the people
we're prepar to Ike the step and adopt the
measures here proposed. 1t was true that it had /
long beer felt that it was desirable to unite the
collegiate institutions of the state This bill was
drawn professediy with the intention Of accom-
piishtng that object. The question with him was
whether this bill was really calculated by its pro-
VISIONS to do this. He thought it was not. On
the other hand he was inclined to think it would
shut the door to any such union hereafter He
was disposed to give his reasons for holding such
an opinion. In lS47 there had been an attempt
% unite these institutions. The College at Mid
diebury had received an invitation to meet repre-
sentatives of Vermont University for conferenc
on this subject They met at vergennes The
fret difficulty met with was in reference to the
choice of commissioners to decide upon location
ETC. 1t was found that this preliminary NATTER
even, could not be got along with. He appre-
hended there would be the ssme difficulty now.
IL wOuld fos.pd iv,aro