The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-12
OLE 1IteLIfqenrlr.
once 1 Nos. 90 ord n Feas.eepth stEset.
INNS. MooRE,s DEFENSE a
Against the A..alisl. aIeae % Her seminar,

II Eu4h9s tkh0OkAEsr9 01AG6SA1G
Against the Attacks Siaae ON Her seminary
In the Legislature.
| To DE Editor 81 ne Iaiilitgtacef.t
Sin: ask the tofbearance Of the pub
lie in bringing my affairs before them. In
deed, i would shrink from doing so had
not this course been forced upon me by
the false statements made In the LegfSla-
ture concerning me, and the failure Of the
RsgiHtr to publish my card OF yirdication.
During more than twenty years of Wild
owhood i have striyen hard 10 meet my
obligations, and felt the proud conscious.
ness, when ] succeeded, after years Of eff
fort, in paying for my home, that i
owed no man anything, and that
none need be the loser by me.
Hence my utter establishment OF this
dastardly attack. It seems that the honor
able gentleman who made 1t, wished to
convey the idea that the seminary
property was involved, and that my
friends were engaged in q job TO introduce
co-education into the University. for the
purpose of forcing its purchase upon the
State, ] am thankful to the noble men
and women whose appreciation and words
OF encouragement have often cheered me
In dark days; but, that business men,
holding public trust would attempt TO
use itfor the benefitof private individual
Is a proposition which carries absurdit- On
It's very face. az e.. o.. i,
To give color to this, Prof. st. George
Tucker Brooke was requested to ascertain
whether there were any liens upon the
property. He searched the records and
found a vendors lien upon the original
Seminary property, which was purchased
from Hon. w. +. Wiley as President Of
the Board Of Trustees, and one also upon
an addition to the grounds, which was
purchased from Hon. John A. Ollie.
I am not conversant with law, as, doubt
less, Prof. Brooke Is, and know nothing Of
there being anynecessity for going through
the iormality Of arelease. The payments
had been made years ago; the notes were
In my possession !; / had noreason 10 doubt
the legal ability Of Hon. w. T. Wiley and
Judge Ollie to properly close the business,
and i was dwelling inpeace and security
when read in the newspaper that my
home was "heavily mortgaged aud liable
to be sold under the SheriFs hammer at
any time" 81
Standing on the broad platform OF COM
mon law, with, know not what array OF
learned commentators to brace him, Prof.
Brooke seemed to feel that his position
was not altogether impregnable, and, leav-
ing his arduous duties, rushed down to
make his explanations, which were em-
bodied In lengthy epistle from which l
quote. After speaking OF the liens, he
says, "Under this state Of affairs as shown
by the records wrote the letter 10 one OF
the Regents, which seems 10 have been
read or quoted in the debate. In that let
ter took special pains TO declare that !
believed your property to have been paid
for, and that did not believe that there
were any liens by judgment or otherwise
against you, but that, although the semi
nary had probably been paid for, the
records did notshow that the.yendor'sliens
had been released. did not say that
your property was going under the
'sheriffs hammer or anything remotely
approximating to anything Of the kind. "
I IL Prof. Brooke had been anxious 10 as
certain the truth, Hon. W. T. Wiley, who
was in the office and gave him the record,
was willing to assist In the search, aud
word from him would have settled the
matter, Prof. Brooke was member Of
my family for more than six months under
very pleasant circumstances. He could
have inquired OF me with perfect freedom,
and he saw my friend and business ad-
wiser, Prof. A. w. Lorentz, every day,
when they met in their official capacities
at the University from him the fullest in
formation could have been obtained.
But the fact remains that though Prof.
Brooke believed then, as he now knows,
that the property was paid for; his state.
ment was the evidence for tho totally I'M
true assertion that 1t was encountered. |
have never offered the property for sale,
and nothing has been said to me by the
Regents OF the University or others,
in regard to ils being bought
by tie State. I was merely
waited upon by q committee from the
Board OF Regents and asked, IL co.educa-
ton should be Established would I be
willing to receive young ladies here and
make q home for themupon receiving the
usual remuneration. This winter, during
the session OF the Legislature; the ques.
ton was repeated. No arrangement was
made and no guaranty offered. s.,,e
Thanking you klndly.fo the space ac-
corded me, leave the statement with the
citizens ofWest Virginia and trust to that
omnipotent Justice which, thought may
travel with a leaden heel, strikes with an
lion hand" and to whom no wrong APP
peals with more certainty OF redress than
that Of the widow andthe istherless.
q 4s Respectfully,
Mis-. ]. R. MooRE.
Morganto,cn, W. "a, Feb. %.