Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-07
Episcopal Physiological Seminary.

iu the Episcopal Senir.1y Nv Virginia, and
s1at which tic whclo community mcs. feel in
the subject CT var claims, induces me to ask
space il your columns for statement OF the
fac:s connected With the claim Ct this Seminary
and the great Injustice that has becn done the
institution by the defeat Of thu bill fer its re.
lief by the House Of Representatives.
Your readers are doubtless aware that this
Seminary is what is knowo il law as an cleo
m9Sycary corporation, l. c. ooc established Tor
some benevolent purpose; IN this instance Tor
most belcvotont, as we'll as Christian pur
pose. that OF the free educ .tion OF ministers CT
the Gospel. 1t may not % az generally known
that the endowment fluid and the cost Ct the
benevolent persons ell over the country, and IL
souo ios.arc:s from beyond lis borders, while
is alumni are preaching til, Gospel. not only
10 ev5,y State o! the Uoion. bu. to the heath
en- ct Asia, Africa, America and; | may sag,
| Europe als,. as the mission 10 Greece has been
for years. alone upheld By one ofthcm. Thus,
| both in lis maio,eusnco and its results, the
| whole ostion is Interested.
! o. the 23a Of May, 1861, the o:dinaac, CT
secession was ratified by tho people OF Virginia,
| aal that night the Uni!e1 States forces took
ytsi4ssiou OF Alexandra, throwing Out their
pck:t5 beyond this Seminary. and this territory
| pa, uerer afterwards 10 the hands OF the Con-
cj:rate troops buG was permanently oCcl-
| pco" AMI held in subj ac!ioo by Tho Union
forces GA the 25:h CT August, 1861, the
Seminary bulldogs, then NV and furnished
| trcugh9Gt, we're taken possession o! by order
81 the Surgeon Genera! Ct the u. s. Army,
and used az q hospital Tor four years, aud when
finally surrendered ali the furniture hsd been
appropriated" hauled off. ard soId for tho
JcReFt CT The great government Of the Uoltcd
States. AID, IN sdditlo3 to this, all the wood
aaa enei0g on the premises had been used Is
Iuci IL wsru their sick and wtu9!ed soldiers,
az c:e5y al eightesn hundred O. whom were at
2ue time cited for there.
The bill laic;y unier discussion By Congress
asked, not Tor reimbursement Tor these losses,
but for rc5t for the buildings used for the ao-
lua! 5cueG. derived by the government, end
tbs conf3rs cbiJ5cd by its sutiesiog soders,-
far which cue would Thick every patriotic
D0rthcrn man would gladly pay.
l. il herd to discover tie tXlct !ega! Statue
20 vhich the republican party would coGslgn
~. Whether we occupied the position OF 7
fo,eien bciiscrut, i revotcd province CT
''c,r.ug brother" is not quite clear nor IL l.:
I
decide. En- while the South WAS unreDresoIt
cd 10 Congress, ard did not exercise feathers
weight 10 the government, 4 radical Congress,
and partisan judiciary established rules fer the
peym?Dt Of s. called war Claims. Ii therefore
NC bring cur case within these rules We ere en-
tilted 10 payment.
Tire rule, as laid iJ.n by committee q
the l3! C3ugrtss, il as toiloas 1.-The govtrn.
rieat is in :l0Gor and in lag, bouId 10 max e
cJmpapsa;on i1v properly Of c!iz3rs used,
damag"d CT Destroyed, wh:n, durog Tie rebel
loo, tie or5lcGEy laws Of var as 10 Cucmy'a
c.naty scra, by gaGcr,I policy Of the Govern
tGcD., - lar iloi;iied thG: 10 such
parts e tho rchal States az were
rcrmsnani!y occupied AID cJaroIea IS inc
Uo;an military !0rce5, aud where rebellion
had ceased AID Was 70 longer probable, The
! GogerCnca. assumed to interfere 10 further
with The tights Of icraoa and property OF the
cnciay than shsu!d b, required by necessary
| Sutiaoiioo - a military g17eromeut. The
c;ut!5 asi Congress have construed citiZ?n5 10
mean loyal ci; . Us. or lhosc wEo remained 81
lach3i 10 Inc Fedora! Govcr0ment. Let u see
| h9W tho case in hand coaf0Tms with ihcs, re-
rlifciacDi5.
Its we'll ts!aAIsha5 thu! corrGr.;ion OF
this kini can be u2i,her LOCAL nor disoyal, being
!
| IucdS for tic purposes for wach the inatitutioD
vas Incorporated, AID sre inca pab!e OF impress
| iGe their Individual feelings upon their trust.
| Blackstone long since asserted as Law, the prop
0Si;i)n that no corporation could commit treason,
| ard The Supreme Court 10 the Home Insurance
| C0mraDy's case has said that it is sufficient for
| ioly corporate to show that it never gave cid or
comtort to the rebellion by showing that il vas
| Incorporated fer q lawful purpose, and that It
| nlvsr applied a6y part OF its fuods TO aid the
''reSei!ioG;" and Il this be true OF civil c1rpo.
ration can there be any doubt as to . religious
aojy? | GIN hardly think more necessary Gu
the question Of Loyalty
ilr. iil1c,in by his proclamation Of the 10th
Ct August, 1861, declares the Inhabitants Of all
i The southern States in resurrection, except
these paris Of tie State Of Virginia lying west
| OF tho Allegheny mountains, and such other
rorti01s Of that State, and Of the other States
uamcd "a5 may maintain l0yal adhesion to
the UGiO1, or may be from time to time occu'
sed and controlled By the forces OF the Unitcd
States" &c. Before the issuing Of this proca-
rlaiiou, on The 9th OF May OF the same year,
Alexandria had been occupied, so that it cvi.
6eniiy must havo been iac!uded 10 tho loyal
aihcsion' c|ausc CT the proclamation. This
view is strengthened by tho fast that all re-
stgi3ioEs 90 the trade Of the city were removed
by special proclamation issued the 9th of
| September, 1863, and By the further facts that
| u. ). t2xas were collected there, u. 5. Judge
and loyal Stats government located there,
| aud sbogo oil Senators end Representatives, 10
the y. s. Congress elected to ,epreseo! tia.
district. It has been O: j.o;cd that the proca-
ma.on Ct April p, 1868, modifying that of
| August, 1851, dO:s not Iucatlon Alexandria,
! but 10 the face Of the above facts suoh az OBJ.
jsc!icn is pucriIe. |: might az we'll have been
expected to Cad The city Of Boston 10 the list
We ere, however, not lett in the dark on this
question Tor the want OF lega! authorities. The
Supreme Court has considered it, add says 10
The case of Tie Vcoiaa, "aub,tantisl, complete
| and permanent military occupation and control
as Distinguished from enc that is i!lusory i'm
perfect, ard transi!ory, working tho exception
made 10 tic act Of July 18Th, 1861, which ex
ccpts from rebeIiious conditions those parts of
rebeiijous States from time to time occupied
| and controlled by iorcts CT the U. s. engaged
10 The dispersion CT the Insurgents, and such
,o:i; ~, H. LII,