Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-27

your disapproval OF my conduct for the
following reasons: - 80
the matter in question was nrrt mace
known 10 mo In your communication o,
MAY Both think II ~ hardly lust UNIV
should be visited With your displessui.
for having gone counter 10 your op"t n,,
before | knew or could possibly Know
what your opinion was. The offence war
Committed May 10th. the announceni NJ
Of your opinion. for disregard OF whlch
am ccnsured. was received III the a''''
noon of June LIST.
prehension In the statement OF the opln-
Ion" Of the faculty. one professor "a'
not interviewed ~ all by your commit
tee, and six others say that th.y hsss
expressed no opinion on the matter, ~
remaining two | have not been ..I'e s9
see y sides | had never imagined tnat
n difference Of opinion, and that on a
matter OF mere propriety, ftrr'fht" +"
lust ground for official ccnsure
l. therefore. respectfully t.qheSt INA .
your di,approval OF my SSnaIIo ,st "s ''o'
And now / come 10 the real matter ~
issue A resignation. under existing CIR
cuns,ances would b" compulsory; anu
would imply az much disgrace ana con
Vey as much to the public as removal
from Office. TIE difference, II any :"
slight and shadowy. " .,,,
I stated TO your committee May Dtn
that | was not fully prepared TO ma IS,
official announcement OF any change IN
my relations TO tho college. that / would
give ample time Tor the appoih'll'u, v.
my successor. and that ! would nIahe 81
communication TO the tInrtees al 'htlI
annual meeting VII hoN De per- ecu.
specific. and say that on the lhtn DAY OF
lune ! VIII make nnal 1ec'ara''oh'
That day l., only two weeks OF. g.
| again ask the trustees 10 SNtehd 70
me the courtesy Of being allow q 10 max
announcement Of my intentions al me
time mentioned. | think that }. even j.
am entitled 10 this courtesy. ~ Nod
viii not DO this. then II - fnr YOU 70
q eide upon what course YOU VIII pursue
T. PURYEAR.
DID NOT RECONSIDER.
But they did not reconsider their az
ciallv by tn secretary OF the board:
Il. Because. while il j. true nat
copy Of the resolution OF the Gun uaS
Of Nav was not received hy tie Professor
until the LIST day OF June. yet ths tIo-
fessGr does not assert or claim that ne
WAS not fully Informed of us purpoft ~
fore he made the response "hiSh We ~
occasion OF an expression 81 ''Sd'Fi"'"-
ton on the part of the board
"2 Because as a matter OF ihct, as T.
ported TO this board by its committee, the
said professor was fully informed OF Ine
purpOrt OF said T. solution. the AM
having been read to him by ne connN
re on the afternoon cl the 3pth ddN ol
May. before he. the Professor maze I'M
response that was the occasion oil q"
expression Of disappro6atiroIp;,
" c. II. HYLAND. secretary.
think the. reader viii iind = G,i,iiSG,uii,ss
20 understand this involved ana tottuous
statement of reasons" | do not think
the Trainer OF the REASONS undefstooI
what he wrote certainly 90 MOI. -.
have this 10 say, most positlFeN u,ths'
whatever allegation, diIeCi or np" .o o
g. l. thu, trustee fdl
expressed an opinion about thr dhtN Di
professor intending 10 resign 20 iluI,
cate his puruose some weeks peloie t"c
annual meeting" IS Insupp1 bN q
single fact: That after diligent search. no
document 10 this effect has reached me
from the secretary of the board nor from
the Committee on lnftriction. nor ms
such - fact been orally stated 70 me py
any oricial Whatsoever I. therefore met
all the allegations Of fact IN the TWO lofe
going so-Called reasons with Hit
denial. | never knew that tn trustees
had expressed the opinion referred 20 uG
/ had received. on the afternoon Of June
lst. the communication nom the commit
tee on Instruction, dated May 3st. ..
The trustees. havins refused 10 recon-,
slider am forced by thvir act To present
The matter Ia the public Just as IL oc-
CURED The action II the hoard was
based upon facts which proved not 70 De
| challenged contradiction Of the real
facts' rs stated them on he floor OF
The board. and no reply was made. be-
cause none could be.
Th~ doctrines which have been an
nounced i'm the inauguration of me NV
regime. and. worse have found more
fofcihle and significant expression IN
bloody deeds. may we'll startie IN VINO
have not drawn their ideas Of personal
rights from Filmer and stafford ana
Igud. but from Hampden and Hancock
and Henry The s.avishness which mas
been commended TO our lips belongs to
the Bosphorus. the home Of d"spousm;
not 10 the James, ConSe Grated 10 freedom.
Ntrrini4ns. at least. do not contemplate
with pleasure the picture Of the coward
slave crouching and crying beneath the
lashes of the tyrant. but. rather ana
win supreme delight, the picture o.
brave men. who know their rights. and
knowing. dare maintain"
I'm. Doth b. PTRYEAR.