Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-14

inevitable result. No man In his day was
more abused by a certain class of critics, and
no man cared for them less. The trustees
propose to conduct the university on that line.
A broad, thorough, sound and cheap educa-
ton is what the people want. Mr.. Wander
bit was seldom mistaken in his choice of
agents; but when he found ne had the
wrong man, he got rid of him-and therein
was one secret of his success.
While unirIendly criticisms have not been
wanting, we take pleasure In showing the
sounder-side of public opinion.
The following is from the Southwestern
PRESBYTERIAN. New Orleans:
MODERN GALILEOS.
Alexander Winchell, Ii. D.. professor of natural
sciences, has been removed from the faculty of Van
derbilt university, at Nashville, Tennessee, by the
ing letter to the Nashville AynericdIa.
The public to which the professor carries his ap-
peal always cheerfuly accepts arbitration of this
kind. We suspect that, battered 1t must be by the
reference, 1t Will hardly sustain him. The matter is
besides, he has not improved his case by dragging
Calico into 1t. We are unable to perceive the re-
sembance between tie case or the professor and
that of Calico In the first place, GalIleo's perse
cutIon real that of the professor is only imag
mary. Calico was exposed TO imprisonment In the
nquisitiOn, and possibly TO torture The professor
has nothing to complain of but mortified vanity and
the loss of his stipend Calico was compelled to
recant his teachings the professor retain MIS- and
utter II with impunity only without the Endorsement
OF Vanderbilt. Calico, in being compelled to recant
was compelled to tell tremendous alsehoOd; and
1t is likely that the professor were he to recant
would simply tell the truth. Calico entitled to
the worlds sympathy because he bore witness to
great demonstrated truth; the professor
wants TO excite popular vengeance against men
whose common sense rejects mere SPECULATION
without historical or traditional basis. Calico was
prosecuted, In that the Romish church prevented
him from bearing witness to demonstrated fact; but
1t seems to us that the professor feels prosecuted be
cause people do not feel inclined to pay for the
privilege of listening to cOnjeetures The pro-
feSsors logic seems TO be unequal this emergency
For satisfactory TO ITSELF the university dis
penSeS with his services, and he claims that he is
prosecuted. By the same reasoning a lawyer doctor,
editor. clergyman, pilot sailor soldier or mechanic
would be prosecuted when for satisfactory reasons
an employer would dispense with his services Such
is his logic People ought not to be severely censured
who hesitate to embrace the theories of that style of
logcIans. In his reference to Calico, the professor
betrays singular ignorance of the meaning of a
accessible and muchdscnsSed chapter of recent
history. This Is so marked that We should consider
him very unsafe guide in historical researches
more rem to- For instance the origin of the brown,
black and white races.'
The professor invites and courts contro-
versy, but we presume none of the members
of the board of trust or faculty will crafty
him in this matter.