Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-24
GENERAL HOWARD AND TIE ''HOWARD
UNIVHRSTTY.H II


The Intetfigencer. in pursuance OF Its attacks
upon General Howard, quotes from q Baptist
paper the following: #
only ten thousand dollars nave been given
to the National Theologi cal stituts, (Baptist,l
W hiIe twenty Ave tho us an d dollars have ,en
given to Howard University. Congreg alton al
coiored school OF w ashington, by the Commis-
stoper OF the Freedmen's Bureau, out OF she
largeitund of over one hundred thousand doh
lars. this money being the unclaimed bounty
and back pay OF deceased eolored soldiers from
Virginia and North Carolina.
"Now, very large proportion Of the coll
such person as colored Congregations Al st
can hardly be found from the banks OF the
Potomac to the Rio 0rande. Why not dis
tribute this money In proportion to the strength
OF denomination among the eolored people,
and In proportion to the work done for them,
OF which the institute stands first in the coun-
try! Is this discrimination m ade because the
commissioner lis Oongregationaiist?''
Inc Intell'gencer, seizing this item as Afford
ing grist to its mill, goes on to say with no
little exultation:
lit will be difficult for General Howard to
afford any satisfactory explanation Of this
transaction. The fund alluded to was one in.
tended to pay sounties, &c. to colored soldiers.
All OF 1t may yet be claimed, and the Govern
ment will have to satisfy these claims. Even
if the chief OF the Freed mems Bureau had tech.
nically any right Whatever to use any portion of
this fund for these purposes, it can hardly be
doubted that he has applied it with q sectarian
partially that admits o I no excuse. Not only
the Bapttsts, but the Methodists ana the Gath.
right 70 share of Its benefits as the Ccnarega.
tionalists, of which denomination there cannot
be found one in hundred among the emaaci-
pated negroes OF the South"
This, like all the other allegations against
Gen. Howard so sedulously nurssd by the In.
teiligencer, can be disposed of very readily, as
the following facts will show: A building
rd of frop =
the Commissioner OF the Freedmen's Bureau to
the Rev DR.. Turney, in charge Of the work OF
the National Theological Institute. Ten thou.
sand dollars (Sf0 00o) were transferred to the
same institute from the Freedmea's and Rein
gees fund, under the general lawo Congress
authorizing the same. From the fund for tho
construction of school buildings, a building
worth three thousand dollars was constructed
for the Baptist Home Mission Branch, by the
Bureau. A large hall has been rented, and the
rental paid by the Bureau, for the school nm.
der the charge OF the Principal OF the National
Theological Institute, Rev. DIR. Turney.
Not one cent of the shack pay and bounty OF
deceased colored soldiers from Virginia and
North Carolina" has been transferred to the
Howard University. The principal Of the
Normal Department of Howard University
is Presbyterian. Several of the Board OF
Va tuc CuIScIslty are TEeSOy torlanS,
and union is now sought with the Baptists
so that they too may be represented in the in
stitution. One Of the professors elect is an
Episcopalian. The charter Is entirely indie
pendent Of any sect. The majority of the
trustees happen to be CongregationaIists No
money has ever been given or transferred
under the law of Congress to support anv
sectarian institution as such. The Roman
Catholics. Baptists, Methodists, Free Will
Baptsts, Episcopalians. CONGREGATIONAL lists,
Friends, and Unitarians, have all, either
jointly or separately, established insti.u-
tons OF learning for the education Of Freed
men. and white Refugees, and by examin alton
OF General Towards last report, it will b,
seen that ne has given assistance to them all,
just as far as is authorized by law and no fur.
Their. He welcomes any benevolent associa.
ton Of any name or character that will mt
forth its energy in the interest of education
He hopes to make the Howard University a
University indeed, as broad and catholic SIS it
is possible for an lnstitu ton to be-no less so.
than Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, OberI,n, or
any other Institution Of worth in this coun.
try.