The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-12

attfib1l ths FaalrfY assSndy moe FasA she
statsS bniversig TO- ta coufs9 Of Ahe
pressI ,6r to tho indispJsition of the g5n-
tlem6h Of the bate % Sustain dor own
fnstitutions of fearning:-A The resp6nsi--
bility rests with the Board of Trustees.
For long time the press OF, the State
was silent. The election OF DR.. Mackey
naturally broke that silence. Now. we
have, here, nothing to say in relation to
DR.. Mackey's private character; but this
we do say: that his political course-his
bitter political spirit-had made him es-
pecially unacceptable to that class in the
State from whose ranks the students for
the University were necessarily to come.
1t is true that DIR. NJ. promptly declined,
and thus did very sensible thing. But
the animus of the Board showed itself,
Or was thought to show itself. in DIR.
Mackey's appointment That was the
act of the Trustees, which gave the Uni
versity q serious blow. That was the
dose from which the University yet suf-
lCIS. ouG tuio 10 uOt alis hC OhlNCE-
sity received its first blow when the pre-.
sent board we're elected We're the sen.
sibilities of the friends of the University
regarded when two cblored men were
put Oh the board. and when Messrs
Moses, Esagle and Robertson-three
supposed enemies to the institution
were also elected to places in the board?
Nor ia this oil. We ask, and ask point
edly, why were the board silent all the
summer, when the prospects of the Uni
versity were canvassed? When no single
professor knew but that he would be
turned out ut any moment, why were the
board mute? When doubt and uncer-
tainty hung like clouds over the Univer.
sity, why did not the board dispel the
clouds? No; they kept silent. When
word from the board might have given
assurance to the patrons of the Univer-
sity, they chose not to speak that word.
We have no disposition to do the Board
of Trustees any injustice in this matter.
With us, no political prejudice Influences
judgment We charge the Board of
Trustees with the responsibility of the
sparse attendance at the University, on
account of on act of commission in the
appointment of most Objectionable
man to a professorship, and on account
of an act OF omission in falling to give
such notice to the State as would have
led the friends of the University to seek
its walls. Failing in this duty, it i'll be-
comes the board now to seek to shift the
responsibility to other shoulders.
THANKSGIVING DAY.-The following
proclamation has been issued by the
President:
The year which is drawing to a close
has been free from pestilence; health has
prevailed throughout the land; abundant
crops reward tho labors of the husband
man; commerce and manufactures have
successfully prosecuted their peaceful
paths; the mines and forests have yield
ed literally; the nation has increased in
wealth and in strength; peace has pre-
vailed. and its blessings have advanced
every interest of the people in every
part OF the Union; harmony and fra
ternal intercourse restored are oblit-
ering the marks OF past conflict and
enlargement; burdens have been light
ened; means have been increased; civil
and religious liberty are secured to every
inhabitant of the land, whose soil is trod
by none but freemen.
1t becomes people thus favored to
make acknowledgment to the Supreme
Author, from whom such blessings flow,
of their gratitude and their dependence,
to render praise and thanksgiving for
the same, and devoutly to implore con-
tinuance of Gods mercies
Therefore. I, Ulysses 8. Grant, Presi-
dent of the United States. do recommend
that Thursday, the 18th day of Novem-
ber next, be observed as day of thanks
giving and praise and of prayer to AL
mighty God, the Creator and the Ruler
of the Universe. And I do further re-
to all the people of the Uuited
States to assemble on that day in their
places of public worship,
and to unite in the homage and praise
due to the bountiful Father of All Mer-
cies, and in fervent prayer for the CONT
nuance of the manifold blessings He has
vouchsafed to us as people.