Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-09-15
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LOulsYlIIc Mcdirai 5, koalrA LaIal Protest.

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,,,5 MN ALRANy, Apgs 81, la65.
Eps. PREss; Therc appeared in tho Pes Of
August 2Sh, an editorial notice OF the "Upiyersitq
of Louisville Medical Department" ffpm whicls
learn that Senators Powell, Holloway, Demist and
Bayless are professors OF the institution and thai
Holloway and Bemiss have bcep recently elected
by the BOARD Of Trustees. That these gentlemen
should have been elected to positions So niportan,
so soon after their return from the army Of Rebellion
Is q mntter of surprise and astonishnlent 10 every
loyal man in our country. Much hes been said
about extending kipdness 10 returned traitors and
treating them with Courtesy and clcmehcy TO most
of hich | heartily subscribe. But at preseut Il
seems the determination Of the. sanie parties net
only to treat them with kindness, but TO honor
them above other men and place them In high and
responsible positions, ~
IL is well known iact that doctor Benlss len
the city Of louisville Immediately after the war Of
rebellion commenced Joined tho so-caUed Confede~
rate army, and remained with that army nnlil Il
was compelled TO surrender; he came back not
willingly, not from sense Of the wrongs he had
committed not cylncing repentance for his Efforts
in hroaking down our Government hut he tan,o
from necessity, after every vestige of hope for the
success Of The rebellion had been destroyed. The
same, lbelieye is true Of Doctor IloAoway.
Were these gentlemen possessed of Extraordinary
intelligence or gifted with great capacity for teach
ing, If they lowered above the ordinary inenabcrs
Of the profession, then there might DO the shadow
Of an excusefor thei appointment But when Il
is remembered that they are remarkable for neither
the one nor the other, that they are more noto-
rious for their acts of rebellion and treason than
TOR high professional or scientific Rtainmeus, their
appointment seems strange beyond conception.
readily admit that they are intelligent and res
pectable in their profession, but have not attained
TO eminence-nor are they equal to number of
loyal Surgeons of your own city, who hayenobly
sustained the Government, aud whose skill and ar
quiremens are superior to those Of the Professors
in question.
If returned rebels are TO be kindly treated and
honored, that kindness and those honors should be
extended TO the common sol6ier; the men who
have been misled, deceived and driven into rcbcll-
ion and the commission Of acts OF treason c6ntrary
to their convictions. Let kindness and courtesy
also be shown the officers aud the INTELLIGENT rr.s
pentant surgeons; but lot them not be thfHSt 5or-
ward to occupy the prominent positions and places
under the Government they were 50 madly and
wickedly bent on destroying. HWlN4tH
You, Mr.. Editor, opposed the election ol Mallory.
Hardiag, Shanklin aud others because you jIe.gsed
them sympathizers with the rebellion. Y0u aro
opposed TO the pulpit teachings Of Robertsof iait
and Wilson because of their known reasonable
tendencies. You opposed the instructions ~ some
OF tn rebel female teachers OF the high schQls OF
Louisville because they were impartng all in3fuper
bias to the tender minds of the children Canyon
then consistently advocate the claims of teachers of
medlcne VINO nave Just returned from the army OIL
rebellion; who came not back from love Of coun-
| try2 Can you consistently eulogize and exat such
men above your loyal neighbors who hare stood
shoulder TO shoulder with you in the great struggle
for crushing out the rebellion and disarming
| traitors
We have just passed through and are emerging
from the effects OF most terfiblet4war wh, h has
costus millions of treasure and hundred UI shous-
ands, Of lives casting upon our people the dark
shadows of unutterable VOC. all which sprung
from and had its Origin in the teachings OF such
men as compose the majotity of the Faculty Of the
Medical Department of the Louisville University.
Is it wise to renstato them as teachers2 n
/ have neither time nor space to write more at
present. but hope, In future TO continue the subject
| Twill only add that the Medical Department Of
the Louisville University, as now organized, will
not only not have the support and encouragement
OF the loyal men and Surgeons Of the country, but
il win meet with decided, determined aud unwas-
ering opposition. sapt gfa sdid u
We are all willingto treat returned rebels kind
y and courteously, bnt we arc utterly opposed TO
have them Instructors for our sons until time
shall have softened their feelings and repentance
and good works shall have efaced from their skirts
the dark spots which treason has planted ispcE
them. IT,