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eelVed assurance that tho proposition wu,,d
pc transferred to him for the Baptists. On ths
Ut OF Ma1ch, Dr.. Burroughs presented himse1
t.s 10 senator S Douglas st Washington. Nothing
might be due from some accident or miscsrr; 1e
OF the mails, Mr. Douglas asked further de191
OF two weeks. ''o'@'
st the expiration Of the two weeks. it hav;no
;s ev1aen1 INT Dr.: Eddy had entirely failed
~ MS enoite, Mr. Douglas made formal con.
seyance OF the present site to Dr. Burrouehs. in
t1ust, 1or the purposos OF university. sfipnlnt
Ing merely that the work should 20 on rromntiv
Rar1 Hna .aat, 'ie leading representation in the
baptist denomination, it
SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUSIVE.
q AproVlslon carrying out these views was cub
soquently embodied in the charter. and has
formed the basis OF the policy Of the University,
| ever since.
Ut. Burroughs, in his account of the inter-
yleW with mr. Douglas, at Terre aaute, SAYS !:
an element naturally contributing to the re-
81 SUI so sought to be brought about ought not to
. nenefactor Of the University, who has never
oeen an actor in 1ts history, but whose influence
1a,. has reached back from the Unseen World to
i;e nelp 1ofwaId principles aud interests which in
| LIE she had loved and laborod for.
| MRS. DOUGLAS
A"uo "as Bapt1s1) had but recently died. and
! 1t was something to be remembered to see the
great statesman, in the midst OF his career of ia
hs, $1,000 nset5 apa amplt!on, a"ayed and aabdued
| 'oy reverence and affection for the noblo woman
who had shared his early struggles As our cor
vorsatlon went on, he said, abruptly, "a il new
t1nopen9 had occurred to him, and with voice
nf4hen fhe BY emotion Who can tel but that this
made to my wife in her last days, that would
which she loyed?"
;+,Ie r. ~ uay account Tor the tender solic-
casa ~ - ~ oous.as ever msniested IN the sue
the hsnda ., 3ha alter II mad passed into
@"n pIau uauun u tue osptlsts'
ous tnere we're .-....:
>. :, DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME
n ~. tne very inception OF the enterprise. So
bitter was the feeling against Mr.. Douglas on
political grounds, and especially on account of
his uniting with the South in extending the
area OF slavery by the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, that many leading Daptists vere
opposed to receiving the land a. a donation
from him This feeling had undoubtedly been
one Of the causes which defeated the efforts Of
Dr. Eddy, and it now stood prominently in tho
way Of Dr.. Burroughs and his friends. 4 few
months we're spent in p1eliminaries, and, on the
18th Of July, 1856,
THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING
of the friends OF the movement was held at
the Office Of Gen. II. Brayman, rs Lake stroet.
OF this meeting the late Hon. Charles Walker
The whole subject was discussed, the action Of
Dr.. Burroughs approved, and q resolution
adopted to 60 forward as rapidly as possible to
meet the conditions OF the laDd-grant. Gradual
y the 1eelng OF opposition on political grounds
AUateo, ana, AFTER uttle While, almost entirely
disappeared:
As Was Natural, the "iaboring-oar" fell to
u. Burrougha- Having resigned his pastorshlp
OF the First Church he entered vigorously upon
the work Of raising subscriptions for the embryo |
University. He WAS very successful, and, in !
less than year, the sum Of
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND Do1LAau
for, be it remembered, things we're not done on |
so large scale In the ante-War times as they |
have been ainco the advent Of greenbacks DR.. |
Z. D. Boone put his name down for s5, 600
Cyrus Bently, J. Z. Edwards, Samuel Hoard, J.
=: buchanan, J. Z. Burtis, J. z. Pollard. aud
o1aelS, TOT ne came amount:
;a;a noetal eaatsen ne was optaned from the Leg
.slas9re a OF me ssste, At me session OF 1857;
49, ano1 ~ June W iolo"I48 boa5d OF trustees was
1leSteq, 5a 1 o. "mcn ;.; NJ pousias YES properly
aaue W. ItestuenI Posi1lon WHICH ne helo up to