The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-09
LOCAL MATTERS.

| The Agricultural Land Seip-Dr.
| Edwards Adranees trae, Claims OF
/ Randolph Macon College Again.
The Joint committee of the twodH Houses
of the General, Assembly met on Saturday
afternoon, and heard the Rev. DR.. Edwards
isgaiu Id behalf OF Randolph Macon College
| for a portion Of the agricultural land scrip.
DIR. Edwards before addressing the com
mittee read an interesting memorial pre-
pared by The trustees of the College, which
| he designed to, have laid on the desks OF
stated that it. was his intention to re-
view briefly the arguments used hv
the various gentlemen who had preceded
him, but from the courtesy already extend
ed him he desired his argument to take q
wide range; and, frst,, he alluded to the
University, which, so far as be could say,
| deserved not one dollar Of this fund. He
taaHifeas the accomplished and scfiolatiy
tefort of Mr.. Barbour It was full and re-
plete with. beautiful rhetoric; but that
| wouldn't do, for the poor young men Of our
State could never go there. Oh, no ;pthe
sous OF the rich men OF our State, with their
kid gloves, were the ones to till the classes
| of that great institution OF Virginia. .IGr
the reasons which he had already advanced
| he would exclude the Virginia Military IN
| stitute, too. Nor rwouldwe.giye one dollar,
for some reasons, to the great Washington
and Lee University. This institution was q
rich and wellestabllSbed concern, and hard
| ly needed any aid. There were other reasons
which we need not mention. William and
Mary certainly could not be entitled to one
third of this fund, even though, his friend
DR.. Ewell had so eioquently set forth her
claim. Nor Is Hampden Sidney entitled to
one-third upon the principle that the Uni
yersity should have one-third, nor yet upon
the ground of lmpoverishmente or Influence,
The speaker next paid his respects to his
friend DR.. Curry, Of Richmond College,
who claimed that they were entitled to q
share Of this fund on account Of the prox-
unity of the college to the workshops and
foundries of Richmond, but certsia 1t, was
that the proximity to Richmond could give
it no preference oyer Petersburg or other
places in the State. The doctor had said
that there was solid and geometrioal
problem to be worked out in every piece Of
pig iron in the Tredegar foundry but this
would not do, for the young men were not
the ones for this work, but 1t remained for
the hard. flsted and soot-besmeared work.
ingmen of our land. And as he had shown
that William and Mary, Hampden Sidney,
and Richmond College were not entitled to
one-third of this fund, how was it to be
QlFlueQF Nny eacu VI tuoSe lnstlGutlOn9
should have S3j, 900. '..,..,-.--r
In conclusion, the speaker said he was
| tired of this continual talk Of universal edu-
cation; that the dead republics called for
universal education. it could not be; it
could not improve the Iaorals of the peo-
pie. What we wanted was universal piety;
with this all the republics of the world
would succeed. You might be as wise as
Percy and just as bad. For this reason the
money ought to go to the industrial classes,
and to those colleges which taught more
than the sciences apd arts. =. -
The chairman, Mr.. Pendleton, said that
the committee had patiently heard all the
representatives of the various colleges of
the State, and that they would finally re-
port to the Legislature on Thursday.
At this point Mr.. Anderson, Of Rock
| bridge, stated that he had received tele-
gram from the repre- sentative Of Washing
ton College, who desired to be heard on
"Wednesday, and conclude the remainder of
the time allotted to that institution.
The committee then rose, to meet again
on Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock,