The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-02
MI, .An neoemyiri Resigns

ita disregard OF courtesy, anu heAOuoaOlo
LoOousa of the absence of an alleged cause,
ovrsIlsd President Richard S. Smith and
oInctod Professor William H. Allen. Immedi-
steIv upon the fact being made public, the
nress of the city, with an unprecedented
unanimity, and entirely of its own free will,
upited in denouncing the action of the ''ring,"
and in demanding that Mr.. Smith be re-
tanned. The City Councils interfered, and
adopted resolutions of investigation, and from
all sides comes the voice of indignant con-
demnation. Not deferred, however, in their
desire to effect their object the ten were pro-
ceeding to carry out their plan of inaugurating
Mr., Allen, and would have done so in defiance
of deliOacy and justice had not the Court in
terfered. But though the unanimous verdict
of public opinion could not restrain them, yet
they felt compelled to give some color
of Justice to their proceedings, and
accordingly published a card denouncing
the President of the College in the most un-
measured terms. We have no space to devote
to an extended examination of that curious
document. 1t alleges that the action of the
Board is justified by the fact that President
Smith refuses to be elected, and adds:-"Per-
haps no better illustration Of the capabilities
of the present incumbent could be given than
the utter indelicacy and want of dignity which
marks this Clinging to Office"
The ten lecturing President Smith on Gin
delCacy" is rather richl If a rude expulsion,
with insult and without complaint, is not
''indeliCate," pray what is And if there is
'indelicaoy" in a gentleman not being willing
to bow his head and lose his reputation at the
will of one politician, then we cordially ap-
prove Of his being indelicate. We say
one politician, for it was by the vote
of one politician that this insult was
heaped upon him. The change of one vote
would have nullifed the whole proceeding.
With the exception of the charge of indelicacy
there is nothing special alleged against Major
Smith; but the ten deal in generalties,
and fearful picture they draw of the
condition of the College. If what they say is
true, President Smith is to blame to
q certain extent; but these ten are to blame a
hundred times more than the President. IT.
as alleged, they have power to remove at plea
sure, then they are guilty of criminal neglect
wrongs to be perpetrated for four gears. They
not only, by their own words, adjudge them
selves unfit for their trust, but are unfit for
decent Christian society. In the effort to injure
President Smith they make the charges
rebound with tenfold force on them
selves. But the whole of their charges are not
worthy of the least credenoe. The statement
SO f1I nf
They say they have borne this state o.
affairs 'fOr four years." yet six of the ter
have only been in the Board sixteen months
or lust one-third of the time which they
swear they have endured the alleged crueltie
perpetrated by the President. With suci
palpable falsehoods, what reliance can b.
placed in the remainder of their state
mentsP Some of the "children of fathers whC
fell in defense of the nation" are dragged il
for the sake of effect. This er parte and in
sidious attack on the character of an honor
able gentleman iH signed by ten MEMBERS
James J. Boswell Robert T. Gill, William
Haines, Cyrus Horne, Robert M. Foust, Johl
Fry, George Remsen, Joseph R. Rhoads, Alber
G. Roberts, and George Truman, Jr.
The Board of Directors consists OF eighteel
members; the remaining eight refused t
sign, and voted in favor of President Smith
They are:-Charles Z. Lex, John M. Butler
Thomas M. Coleman, Augustus Heaton, Chris
tian J. Hoffman, Horatio Gates Jones, Josepl
Moore, and Thornton Conrow.
How do these names compare for reliabilit
with the ten Can we not take the word G
such men as Charles Z, Lex and Horatio Gate
Jones, in opposition to some of the politician
who signed the opposite call Yet one vot
would have made the whole attempt nullity
We would prefer to take the words OF MessrE
Lex and Jones against the whole OF the decem
viri. Yet we do not think that all thirtee
gentlemen really acted in opposition to thei
consCienoes. A few, three or four at mos
are the prime movers, and the rest assente
through delusion or thOughtlessness. An
as most of them are seldom seen With
the College walls, they had to take mos
of the statements made to them O
the faith of few designing political wir
pullers. But the eight gentlemen who did N
SIGN owe It to President Smith and themselv
to contradict the statements made by the to-
They lay under grave imputations, and I
that Is necessary is a denial to secure full fai
and credit to their version; for they spe
from knowledge, and with high personal rep