The sun., 1873-05-23

| amount OF lands into the market and to have
sacrificed them at panic prices That sale
| abled us to 20 on, and to hold the lands
naming.
But was 1t such bad sale from any point Of
| view The price obtained was four times a.
good rs the highest price that this or any other
| state ever realized. II was between seven and
| eight times the price realized 10y some Of the
GIFT OF swO,OOo
! The state Of New YORK. as Won have seen.
! could not locate the lands therefore she could
! never at the highest have obtained over $1,000
"ncG acre asJ q" ScTp tdTa SIrnf ,b 2
| state of New York b. that transaction En0OU
pocket. lie made t3o:UN for the state of New
! York when lac might have easily made IL for
/ nuns IT, This Is the transaction Ter which he Is
| held up ~ a scoundrcl and swindler! This Is
the transaction which, in the speech referred to,
| scaled cheating and deiraudng"
| But II Is charged tha: he might have made
| more; that other parties, other than Mr. Me
| traw aud his associates, were ready to give
| larger prices, and that therefore that there was
favoritisin In the sale
Never was charge more utterly false. The
! facts arc simply these From time To time one
! party or another finding some especially rich
| or valuable piece Of land, would send Mr.. Cor
per acre but to have sold in this way would
| have been runous to the public interest. To
have allowed parties to have Cullcd out here and
there the choicest piece Of land at any price,
! no matter how high, would have brought dis-
/ credit upon the whole remaining property. Had
] such sales of few thousand acres been made,
| the remainder would not have been disposed ofin
wears ~ any price. wisely, then. did Coy. Hon
| Supt. Weaver, Judge Foger. Messrs Greeley,
Ernstus Brooks and their compeers, men whose
this sale uf unc-nfth Of the university lands. and
wisely did Mr.. Cornell yield his opinion TO theirs.
AR. CoRNrLLs KSAvERY.
But supposc all these state officers tn have been
dunes and MIR Cornell a knavc, was there ever
! seen such idiutic knavcry as hisY suppose that
Mr.. D"rpcil sought to Obtain t9e lands for the
ever seen such idtocyy The man had toicd aud
worked year after year. and for what Simply to
U raj. fh.a NFtH nN
acre TO si an acre; that is. he had plan
ned and worked year in and year out to se-
| might have obtained. without the slightcst
effort, for SGOOm. cast aside all other state
mcuts or arguments IL YOU will, thir alone Is
m. re than sufficient to scatter to the winds tho
whole fabric Of the speech in the Assembly.
That speech i constructed on the theory that
! Mr. Cornell j. dishone,t, and the very transac-
] unn brought to prove the theory l. utterly in-
| Gomphiblc with 1t. Had MI. Cornell been a dis;
hnhesi man; or even selfish nun. ne would
/ have taken the land whom he could have got IL
at $nun, aud not toilcd for the privilege OF TAX
/ ing n al $uN"n. Gentlemen, IL j. not in view
Of tli- transaction alone Il Ia In view ~ init
mate ac"raiutanrc w tn him for seyen years In
/ tile c"uncils of the state and IN the manage
ment of this University, that declare to vuu on
| ny rerutati"n ~ man and my honor As gem
! uCulu. that Ezra Cornell IS the most utterly uu-
/ selfish man have ever known. | have known
/ HIM to work for the University, for the CONE
know him To- de- = stroke Of work To- add To- the
fortune or To- taise the position VI Ezra Cornell.
But it j. .aid that he Ia. made M statement
. ~ his transactions, ~ required bv law. | have
asked 40 the Office " the Cumptrolior. and in M
-y,r uiuv ,iiio-tion- have been inforfucd th.t
thi. charge H. a. ta.cicts a. tho others. lie bn.
made h.- statement and report every wear. ard
those -t1ement~ and rep"ils are published In
. the tpmp;rullDrs reports, whore the whole
state may zee them. TINS calumny fades away
. like the others.
TuF SETTLEMENT ACT.
Hut great stress Is laid upon tho bill before the
] LEGISLATURE 60 enable settlement to be made
. between MIR. Cornell and this state. Look At il
I a moment.
Mr. Cornell has gone on for years de,o,lns
+ himself to the University. He has given It In
/ e. sh for grounds, buildings, books, apparatus,
. machinery. tool, specimens. over S1cnN. a.
sgown 10y the books OF our treasurer. lie has
advanced In the lcation - lands payment 10
in honor, II j. the great state ~ New York and
not Ezra Cornell which ought To aska settle
the purpose OF rcpaying Mr. Corr ell his al
Vance-; II Is simply To enable him To transfer
ceiyed in payment for lands t. the custody 81
the : ate and then when sale Is contaminated
g. he relieved from further responsibility In the
transaction. II would seem that nothing could
T., more llSi' iiut even this poor favor IS no
Vncst' nnd Pat Is that the Governor of the state
~ Ne" York may be allowed To- appoint a COM
m'S'ion of hcn IN whom the state have conf
dtu'- I" inve'ii''te and report upon all his
tr"n-truons, That Is all that is asked now,
simply that the state take the smrcst ans ~
ciate trustees are scoundres and thieves, or
their as-allant .wanton defamcr. That orp'r-
tunity WIN be given. fully telieve. The good
mon - both parties will unite In il.
PRoGREsS OF THE UNIVERSITY.
come 9a'k now To- brief sketch of the pro-
sr,@s 81 ,Ilt T. i,,NerS.t,N, lus Is necessary L" a
~" "HHtr-tauulHS ol inlH slnJ''t'
/ A. soon aS the Congressional act OF lS'3 was
passed. and a httle of tue depreciatcd scrip had
. icel sold. multitude, Of colleges and uftiyersi-
rio. rusbod f,ruarI clutch sbarc -
~ ore co. -, at',,,t t,,o,,,,. T 81,
''u ~ H'' ,''lf vi w -. ',l'
iu Iil' dHu az the s'Il va, srIhhE htd Us rnilrc
/ would not have been enough To- give ca n "A
/ single trD fa-.Dr-hip Tho f.,rI would L.,yr
] 'n I.ft..,i, f,.,..',...i 90, ' 'N
/ T''.'' ,''.r' ~ 49,, .f,.t =. t.... .t..
. a. tA'"t', "ii''If, "' iN'', .t'. h,'I INC
/ l"i" l'-' lt'I' aIi lU'f ''-' W'u t NIll'f ''r-
. tam condition.. upon the Institution known a.
ne 4turr ltlr-t. ai havana, 49, ~rlIfrr county,
Mcclure, h' author ui ih' rprrci above referred 10
a,rNuns w. 'urNtl and hIs ASSOC .ato-
Inc grant Was mA4r on certain rnultlon ~ was re-
tlI'4 q" hf ceT t te trustees 10 the salsilctlln
~ thr fErNt p ilr Tn 'rft N OF ih' -it ana " lth
10 ur'r year,. nat Tue said trustees are prepared
] WIN Al l.a-i. gem q uif t'hi pr i'--ors. mat
ih'N Own hi are r"N- sci az tltahlc college grounds
and hdI.insr ur" rt arr1ht"l tud FURNISHED i"r tuc
c'rr aud 'ymmudllon of a. least ~ -tnatntr, with
suitable tArl p .'-H r'i,1l ana chcruca Htrtrntu
aHl taulu't-ni natural % ~iJrl Hi"h, ruiAutr ~
'or 'r practical 'rlrh 70 u agricuturr of at east 'H
] acres, WITH uta'r farm hHlldir--, farming lrp..
. ifNif aiN rI't- hu4 Hru ithlr ~Iu,ss l"fi~, i
t "rY. tld uii'r Arrangements for teaching tie ut.
'.H c 'f's h nt Nulch prIper} must hc hrlR by tur
trustee -,H .H''Iy ui fulIA pAu iur.'
A rrH'I 81 ruui aud mot iug had been done NJ the
FtD .D-t fs' vhrl Indicated even su INTENT o. u
,T. "l' .|'t. t.'IHN~ ~ thH 1rt. lHrt tl- or
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