The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-20
The Educational Land scrIp

AT the meeting of the committees of the
Legislature now considering the claims of
the various colleges to the land scrip, last
night, President B. S. Ewell, of William
and Mary College, presented the memorial
of the Board of Trustees of that institu-
ton, setting forth its advantages for carry
ing out the plan Of Congress in making the
ing history of William and Mary, recites its
struggles and its triumphs, and shows in
detail its advantages of location and health
fulness, and how cheaply students may get
along there. 1t will be printed for the use
Of the committees.
Colonel Pendleton, chairman, then laid
before the committees the following CORE
spondence, which has taken place between
himself and General Garfield, a member OF
the House Of Representatives Of the United
States, and trustee OF the Hampton
IcoloredO Institute:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. II, 1870.
Gentlemen: learn that a petition Is aeIorc YOU
ssk.ug such distribution OF the n rtion f the
agricultural lend scrip given to Virginia by act of
tUngr. IS ~ sbal make the school at Ham ton q
shaIcr ia It's benefits.
Asa trustee of that institution take the liberty
ofmsklog q few sugS stions To the committee.
The leoding idea i'll TIE act G; C0Dei ess %lich
gran ed lands for agricultural colleges As 10 pro-
vide practical instruction for The ;ndu 'trih
classes OF the country, ana particularly those
connected wlrn sgricJlture. l. wa. not &c signcd
as grant ia aid uf literary Institutions, us such
gys en-, ard am sure 1t will hasieG The day, go
lar rirgiHtA Is conCerG q, If in the Gistri'u1 u
OF this Agricultural land scrip she shows herself
wiling TO aid AID 10 d. fun jus Ice TO The colored
popnaon who c@Itsiniy stA1a n N ING create >, t
hampton, has undertaken 10 1T the coiored people
Tor beirg teachers of each other, ~h!cl seems t.
me The most effective WAY CT eleyaHins the race.
1 am glad t. the efforts which virginia IS
making to imp owe Ec: school System and ropu-
laTize and strengthen her edur atlunal 10. ces
trust. that EElll not 5tuSre x
rs wing taken an unwarrarted Abe.ty in sand
lag this cclnlnuairati N.
Very respectfully, Your obeGient servant,
j. 4. GARFIELD.
The following is Senator Pendeton's
reply:
General: Al chairman or the Joiot Committee
Gu schools and Colleges Of the General Assembly
OF Nlr2inta, beg leave to ackn ,wIecge ire re-
:tnu saJ that IL will give me unaffected pleas ure
20 lay IL before the committee at Its meeting this
lveDlrg.
IT gives me pleasure, also, to say that not only
the Committee OF which have The honor IL be
chairman, bat all tie members OF thus General
AS sem5ly, and the people of Virginia gelerall;,
feel U'e ely interest in the education and cleva.
tlon Of the Colored people IN our midst ans VIII
be 70 .nd at all times ready to promote those de-
sirabie objects in every reasonable way.
/ may add my individual assurance without I'M
dertakfuS to !o:ecast the opinion OF the t"o
bic part Of thc college scrip Will be ASSIGNED to
the Hampton Normal and Agricultural lhstitnte.
Very respectfully, your GDeuient servant,
EDMUND PESDLEION.
Gen J. i. Garfeli II, e., Washington.
General Henry A. Wise then addressed
the committee, not in behalf of William and
Mary College alone, us had been announced,
but in behalf, as he said, of every college in
the State. His idea was that the fund should
be concentrated, and that a great agricul-
tural university be founded. But, as there
was no probability of this suggestion being
adopted, he thought that each college
should have.a portion. There being nine,
including the colored institute, each would
have about thirty thousand dollars.
General Wise's speech was eloquent,
forcible, entertaining, and Enthusiastically
discursive. He WAS heard throughout with
marked attention. When he concluded the
committee arose.
This evening the claims of the New
Market Polytechnic Institute will be pre-
seuted. Tomorrow evening Professors
Venable and Mallet will be heard in behalf
Of the University.