National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-08

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The following Is the report OF the committee
appointed by the trustees Of Howard University
to Inquire into and report upon the recent
charges preferred against Gen. o. o. Howard;
TN REPORT.
The undersigned, members OF the committee
appointed by the trustees Of Howard University
10 consider and report upon certain ststemcnts
contained In an anonymous communication re-
Gently published In the Sunday Capital Oh this
city, asssting the financial management OF
Howard University, and more especially designed
TO cast llshonor and suspicion upon It's presi-
dent, Gen. o. o. Howard, beg to stare that they
have duly considered the statements OF that
communication and to submit their views OF the
whole subject In the following simple PROPOSE
tons. together with q true statement OF the
present financial condition OF Howard Univer-
sity:
I. That neither In the recor dsd proceedings Of
the board OF trustees nor In the anonymous
communication anonymous because cowardy,
cowardly because lying have they been able to |
ind any valid evidence that the said trustees
have been unduly subservient to the wants and
wishes OF Gen. o. o. Howard, nor have trey |
been able to md that the latter had employed |
hnptVper inehns W chrfy hs mea-utts 'urUtHn L
the board, Of which he Is member, and over |
which he prcsides.
2. That an appeal to the recorded proceedings |
OF the board Of trustees will show that no single
dollar Of university money was ever voted as q |
gratuity to General 90. Howard, nor any money |
at any time. under any pretext, to which he was |
not justly entitled In consideration for valuable |
and Indispensable services faithfully rendered. |
Il Ia apundantiy evident, also, as the annexed |
statement Of his account will show, that instead |
Of being overpaid and In debt TO the university,
he has really made the university q debtor to |
MIN.
0. That It Ia no part Of the business Of the
trustees Of Howard University, or the public |
generally, TO inquire into the several uses to
which General o. o. Howard uay put hts money;
whether he gives or withhoils, or whether he
gives small sums or large suns to the First Con-
gregatioual church, or to the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, are all matters rightly belong
Ing to his own discretion.
4. The COMPLAINT that General o. q. Howard
receive, one salary from the Government and
another from Howard University hiss little claim
to consideration, and excites prejudice only
among the vulgar elias, for whom IL was written.
Il does not appear that there ia any law of the
land or law of honor violated nv this doub,e nav
We believe that A general Of the IIuitei States
| army, Wntn NOT upon active uuty, ! NJ liberty
| employ his time aud talents In any way he may
elect as freely as any private citizen. lie may
write book or build q university or contribute
To the columns Of our daily or weekly PAGERS.
1t would hardly be Just to say that for these
labors-literary aud educatirnai-such general
shall receive no compensation because he hap
pens to receive salary, large or small, from the
Government.
.. That the statement published In the Sunday
Capital, charging that the property Of Howard
University Is now used and put in peril for the
personal benent OF General U. D. Howard, Is .
wanton aud cruel Islander, as destitute OF truth
as II Is full OF envy aad malice. II comes from
the same bitter spirit OF calumny which has
never ceased to follow him from the hour he
openly planted himself upon the broad principle
OF complete human equality until now. While
In the army, while at the head OF the Freedman's
Bureau, no man dared to utter ought In dis
arrangement OF General o. o. Howard, but so
soon As he took the ground that both the church
and the school should be thrown open to his col
ored feilow-citlzens he combined against him.
sell the sleepless malice OF an old and relentless
persecution. The very head and front OF this
mana ouending Is that he has built house OF