Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-04
order perfect up. Feb.
day), fall of DODelgOn.

REMARK ]. Take numbers. wealth, social and
political influences, all into the account. and il
| will be found that there was no equal to tht
| Nashville Female Academy among all the
1 the schools for females, in Europe or America
2. The value of such an institution in money
| to city is far greater than is generally sup
| posed-equal. in my opinion, to ali the whole
! sale dry goods stores in this city. Our books
would furnish most interesting details in regard
1 to the effect of the Academy upon the wealth,
| population. musical taste and social refinement
| Of our city.
Fill up this brief outline, aud tell
l me what day in the history Of Nashville has
| been so fruitful of good as the 23d of April.
lSl6-the day on which the honest and public
his three hundred dollars to the cause of female
| education. in these grounds and buildiDgs2
But from this glorious past turn we to the 9Th
/ Of April. 1863:
Academy. under leadership pledged to seek
first for money here q part to sell and put the
money in their pockets, and a part to remove
the Academy, for the purpose of increasing the
value of West Nashville lots. Better things
than either OF these We hope for from some of
these descendants and successors Of the 2}d of
April, 1915.
If to use these grounds and buildings as be-
fore the war. and to re-establsh the academy
here, was right, then have made a record of
which may ever be proud. If to cross me sue
cessfully in this object entities your leaders to
praise then IN your estimation they are most
worthy men. l now refer and shall ever with
pleasure revert TO the evidences of my ability
and sincere. and unsel6sh desire to accomplish
this object as 1t may be found in the papers
now in court
1 wish to say to you few things in which our
fellew-citizens have an interest in common
with US.
First-The Yankee made no use of this prop
erty, which he had not right to make, From
the first, the Federal authorities have done all
in their power to establish this academy.
Yankee just gave me the notice of coming
trouble in these significant words, these mon
mean you mischief" Gen Fisk placed me in
these buildings that might have this advant-
age in the contest of which he was the first TO
give me notice. Except for your leaders. you
would this day find these buildings as before the
war, in perfect order and ablaze with beauty
and redolent with the joy of young hearts the
daughters of Nashville, aud from all parts of
our ruined South. This is 'crtneR an9 NO man
will intelligently ever dispute its truth.
Second-These buildings in extent, convent
ence and healthfulness, were not equalled be-
fore the war in the United States by any de-
voted TO the Same purposes. You cannot erect
the same for twice the present value of the
ground on which they stand. There is no other
locality on which a Nashville Female Academy
will ever be established Give Nashville a
populati of COO and still this spot will re-
main noiseless, dustless and silent and health
full.
Third-As against-a JamesP. Clark, a J. 7.
Elliston, or any ono who truthfuly represents
the olden times, here in assert my right to
nothing, my money and my labor were given
tees to education for ell time to come. Bnt as |
az ainst. your leaders with motives herein |
before stated, L assert RI hit rs all of you |
will enter to-day for the first time to /
inquire STAGE the war and many of |
of you for the first time in your liYes-allOw me |
to Introduce you. There is but one tree stand |
ing which sheltered your father in April, 1876; |
planted all those trees on the 22d of same Feb
ruary. These walls that enclose and did en-
close the same ground ! paid for one half the |
cost of the. center front building, and the re-
of the east and west front building
was done with my money, or in part the money |
Of DIR. Lapsley; one half the ground hero en-
closed we paid for-the chapel, the dining hall, |
The music hall, the exercise ball; taese lis and
Corridors, and these broad paVeme It's and the |
n utter ruins, for all these paid more than
100000. planned all this, you have not one |
cent of your money here, not one thought of
7Our mind. not one anxious care of your hearts,
wen helped in this neat work, not one cent OF |
his money, not one day of this labor would |
lave been expended here had not your fathers
olemnIy dedicated the same to the cause of
ducatlOn.
feel that it is my duty to make this final
tatement 10 the citizens of Nashville and to ,
he stockholders, who will meet here on the 5th
April, 1869. =
1t is certainly not in any pecuniary interest L
lay ever have in the Nashville Female
cademy, for it is well known that since the
ppOintment of Receiver and the renting of
40 Academy by tho Trustees, | have not had
10 least IDEA Of ever again being connected | 7
it'll the Academy,
can furnish the evidence that there are now
Llling for an educational home, in this city. |
lree times the number of young ladies here at 1
day contributing thousands of dollars to en-.
ch schools north of this. and this for want of I
c. ELLIOTT. n