The sun., 1873-05-23
EZRA CORNELL DEFENDED.
THE CH1RGES or ASSEM- YMdN
M'GUIRE RETIEWED.
A speech before the Faculty md students of
Cornell University, Delivered by Prcsi.
drnt Andrcw u. MbiIc on MnN 10.

II has not been our custom here tO sub
INIT The management Of the university to Us
undergraduate for their approval CcnSure.
The law Of this state has wisely left the guar
diauship of this great Interest to the trustees
and faculty but state Of things has now arisen
which warrants me In calling you together
nav which demands 1t.
For the reputation ~ the institution Is at
present. to a considerable extent, your rcputa-
lion: md when attacks are made mpugnng
tho honor, the dcccncy. and even the common
honesty Of it, founder and his associates, 1t il
,uHr ri,ht to be put In upsscssion Of the fncte.
The attacks 60 which | refer were made in
r,.tnt speech In the Assembly of this state.
ard am very thankful that the charges are at
"a. 'pnnly made in such manner that they can
I,t me briefly review the transactions ON
which tho charges are brought
TuE CONGRESSIONAL ACT oF 1862.
I'm iSs, tho Congress of the United States
passed an act appropraing lands. represented
l., ul scrip. To- each of the states for certain
] ag2nG n ap pTBBrS sST OF %4ch hS I shall spG%E AZ
that act declared that the amount ot public
land anrropriated To- zach state should he
quantity equal to @lOU acres for each senator
aud Representative in Congress. The amount
~ land represented by land srip whicn thus
acres.
say the amount II lard represented hy iand
tgt 9nd wish You to bear that expression
For the second section of She act contained
TIE following proyisp "ITOrii'd nat IN no
,Is, shdu dny St'ttc 10 ichich biHd scrip mon thus
D., t.siifd BE- dHOiccd 10 locate ne soHc irfNm NE
lm',s ~ gny ohcr state or Of am Territory 9
No SEQ then that tho state Of New York
could not take foot ~ laud under thi- act.
We Lave heard much Of the management II the
estate lands I'm this relation. Nuu see now
tltt tile state obtained no lands and could not
i.u any-that 1t took under this act only
s.rr. Tho state could sell this scrip. but that
Vs.. all II could not take up land md sell that
lh.- rip soon became wrctc tchcdly dcpreci-
a'Hd. without any study ot the relation OF the
ply 60 the detnand without any COMFORT of
nD.i Do the various states pushed their scrip into
tlr m rkct in masses. The market whs glutted,
TIE &, mp'rollcr u this state sold a small part
IfH IHf IA oil ..HWaH
lonsntto the state. at from ~ to - cents an
a.rr. hgt soon he could not get even that price.
ana some received even less.
lu.cr thc.e circumstances the Comptroller
sd &" sell any more al such aruinous sac
Nll coRNELG's EFFORT To BuUp Up TuE FUNp
boz ne yc r lSii the Cornell University was
und"i, and Mr. Cornell began his efforts to
tWe WAS the Hon. Lucius Robinson, than whom
u' better man has ever guarded the financial in.
rrnyal of the state officers. Mr.. Cornell pur-
chased ltOm acres ~ the scrip at nifty
cents an acre, Ing himself under bonds
to locate the lands, pay the taxes thereon,
ana -'H the same, und without charge FOR his
s'r'""-. To- pay over all profits ON -ucn sales To
m over seycn-crhth' Of tho .grlp s,ll re-
Uaiu,d uusold, and it was iull .s.il.r tp sell il
except at a VT tchcdly low price.
ln jh, state Of Affairs nu act IA. passed. under
which ia" commissioners of the Land oncc OF
TINS state contracted with Mr.. Corn. j for the
sale "t the lHnd al sixty cents pcr acre. thirty
cents per Uayul lie on the delivery Of the
scrip T. him. and thirty cents per acre moro pay
able when the lands located with the scrip were
sold. Mr.. Cornell a'so entering into bonds To-
pay over all thc profits Of any and every kind
coming from this transaction 10 the COMPTROLLER
for the benefit u the Cornell University
DEVOTION TO THE STAIR.
Mr. Cornell first devoted himself to doing for
tng STATE what she could Mt d." for herself
with nn possibility u fee or reward 20 himself
the lands with the greatest possible care. In his
pain. determined way. ne broke through the
men VIII surrounded the western land Offices
cudcNoring to ktcI OF outside buyers hc
iiarccd all their disguise-. plodded On week
after We" and month after month. pedeing his
wrcc- and tGNrs, and AT last Lad located over
uHi . r lion acres "i land undor his contract
t.' b,u'Nt oi tn" University, uf which above
r h,'-", t1ousand acres were valuable tim
t.r llhd- N Wisconsin.
ma, did ue Tor thu state what the State could
ru' for h"r~"if li.t hc dtd mot d. u until
ai l'aer, had re,u,ed. IL, had previously cn-
c't reg =" intuoe the Hon. G. tries Cook =
f.r D. 1tlr~ College 10 he part I'm tli. Tor tho
''."'' If the educational Interest TO which ne
Wa- devoted. MIR. Cook had declined. Others
w,se hos'ught - aid I'm So useful "a proicct-all
g. o. plfppsc. IL tnis whole Union but one
man w's found willing thus To- sacrifice comfort
tine. efprt. and To risk hts fortune 10 build w
ti-a ind Tor advanced education and this man
rae hrIs thus obtained could have come 10
iAr - ue N NO other way, and were as truly a
go n m NJ Cornell To- tie state for the uni
yer, Is Il he had bought them ana given
H,vng located about $4,000 acres " land a, a
s-..ra,r.. p.,m.nt oi taS@-' Sr'. be Sti1 l. n
In b. .i- hands lati s,r,n r.,,r..srtin,. -. 49,
..l,.i,cr.. ~ ''''F ''f'''N''''- ''''
MIR 'oHSElLs SALE or IHE SCIip'
This hc proposed t. sell for the benefit u the
r-''ltIun under tn" law. but there was q great
OH" !fy. The -lut ~ scrip in the market cln-
t...l. He first devoted himself To the study
Oh. .H.- problem. lie found how much scrip was
'. NY demanded rHch year; Ht tncn visited
,llr pi sytErrii ,i 'us .hrtser NIh'e-' anu
.''t'u.r WllI 'neiI Niale "u.'er' OF cor
.rtH.t WIN lh IN, lhduccn lhtHi l, c"t-e
W. "W@ IheiI Scrip mo ihrhtt, ana mus ID
MS luu"H. '3hpr'ltl'h me r,-uit wa
'h. Ur pal} r Sc In price luMh- u
i.' 'Iu'l lulh,l- anu ~uhr uih'r states re-
i.' .I'" 40 iN'1 cruz u lItH4 ,,'u-
'h ui'. i~ il. "I u.'l''H- it "Ie tuiu tdel
"''i 'uulu nave. u.ht' ana tte state u
-''H lph wa t-lt.idIN h'hthttd' ne SOFA
'I 'Nr s'tlp al - ah acre som" l1r s',n"-
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't h@.. 80 ,H ne mar ,''|"
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