, 1866-11-12

..sscts" ezn convince nc that he has Irving
satth IN CL.ist and, ~ = protested Crom-
we'll Puritan, l go ior oustlng from the
churches Of Christ cresything which &c has
ment or rIte-helcvinE With brsdshaw and
the "English PusItans," that ''.chatesxr In
Ttftgfo" Il not e7prtss'y ses cox7' IN hs Strip:
f3res or seds7xnitd lsere6y. 4 tM1tefu1." I
lie Ts4nusE "a II ssys @ sf Of %e NJ, belong to S The
"Collcge Militant" !" and "Chutch afilItaut,"
and hope, God helping. to flight good |
fight.
College in this State wholly aloof from
Is inst US sensible as TO sink baskcstul OF
treeh water in tho Atlantic Ocean md cay
We will keep It from becoming salt The
only thing We can or ou,ht to attempt, Is to
taxes) fairly, and keep the Congress fund
from being sponged up for scctarfau uses.
This can be done By letting these dcnomiua-
tione, as they have done, each have their
! own colleges, controlled by boards with
working majority in each Of their own way
hare uow, aud shall continue to have. The
buildings and funds Of these colleges would
probably sell for more than 900 in
this State alone. AL but two or three
Of these colleges have working minority
who understand each other and coincide In
religious methods and belief They are thus
FREQ from tho niseriea Of contention arising
from honest differences In religion. Some OF
the strongest colleges In the State are cursed
and weakened By anch contentious.
Now, how shall We get an Agricultural Col
1cge which shall be Tree and safe from the
danger of such contcntions?
Ii 10 easy to say I'VE will have no secta-
rianEsm. and SO no sectarian contcntions,h y
but how will you gel, rid Of II! One Is ro-
said to her child: t'sally, 20 10 bed and
forget yonr toothache ~ but the tooth
ache was there and would not be forgotten
Gtrnrd tried to exclude sectarlanism from
his college IN Philadelphia BY excluding
tian minlstets, and having bis corpse set up
in a stone sarcophagus before the principal
entrance, to see that hIs will WAS executed
but bis corpse cannot sec and his will Is no,
executed. How then shall he do 1t -.
II is easy to talk LOFTY and say We vii
select men for trustees and faculty without
! regard to sect In religion or party IN politics
but will that make It 70! Who docs moi
know. who knows anything Of the ' .noee, I,,ea
that A0 it 'A'gss HIST ~ 's fsel ' tic u h chan
gcs, and fears Of change in the political com
p1e1lon OF the bodyr And. 1t the sam
r time, be a perpetual object Of rlyalry TO e1
listing scctsy For, talk how VIC will, The me-
. believe 10, Or favor some existing sect; ant
!, TO effect sublime superiority to sect IN re
' llEion or party Ia politics Is either stupidity
:, hypocrisy or Indifference. One is raHindcs
by these super.mundanc prctcnsions. Of ii
:, profane reply Of a young lawyer In the Unto
d League, Philadelphia, to a letter from som
= Rip Van Winklc in ncfghhoring Town, VII
9 alter Lincoln had abolished slavery, wrote l
y to have some one sent out to organize
= League there but saia The writer, - Don
q send us a id nbolIsh1ncst"l Tie lnwyt
.. replied: !" Dear Sir: We must send you
,, id AboltttoDIst or DID fool!
% Now We propose to create On the words
m the law; "at least one" Agricultural at
G9Ss ssa 70 oEeyss fen s1st
10 c1le,o perpetual Board composed Of Il
Governor and Superintendent Of Ed
d. cation Of this State; tho Preside
~ md Secretary OF onr State Agricult
~ raj Society the Presidents Of all coun
c. Agricultural Societies; and one, ofic
OF Of blank number Of existing Colleges;
L. all, doing their business by an c1ecnti
No committee Of flftcen Of twenty men; b
70 always controlling that committee By wha
a. ever Of intelligence and honesty the farme
H. Of this State shall elect to the presidency
RS their societies and fairs, together with Il
I'M best talent and learning twelve or afte'
h. colleges can pnt into the Agricultural c.
~ lcge Board. This will hitch sectarfants
NJ Itself to Scientific Agriculture and Mecha
.h be forever controlled by the farmcrs Of Il
IA state. The fund, principal and interest, y
- be forever controlled By them, and appli
III by them to support one State College, vi
branches located In each existing college
~ cluded In the act. In my next will &C
,c- slider "Ioo many Colleges
he Yours, very respectfully,