Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-09
RICHMOND COLLEGE.
III N IT'S FAVOR IN HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,.
ROUND OF IT'S WAR CLAIM.

,ofions-CitRtions Proving the
Reasonahicness OF It's Demand
Warrington Personals.
WASHINGTON, u. c., January s.
social Professor L. y. Boatwright. OF
e.nmoud College. was at the Capitol to-
..v. Hc Is now quite hopeful Of the pas
,.r, az thc bin this session providing
81 thc payment OF $4,000 to the College
7. reimburse 10 for the occupation OF its
,,nnrs and ground by the United
s.f,. troops. for injury 10 the premises
,-f or the destruction OF scientific appa-
-as libraries. and other property by
a.. troops IN 1865. The bill which has
t.n reported favorably by Mr. Cooper.
q, rsxas. from the Committee on War
Claims was to-day placed on the desks
c au the members. The report Of the
e,mm.itco Is comprehensive and the fol-
,a.ng extract viii be Of historical inte-
rs. 90 the friends OF the college:
every authority on the law OF nations
s.5 touches the subject, from Grotius
q, Hsueck. agrees that the destruction
o. property Of this class is q violation
Il dis law. IL cannot be maintained
MAD tho government is liable for all in
.r.s committed. either by its authority
-a.lt3niy 10y its troops. without orders,
W property protected by this rule.
t.. r..re are many examples In history
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r.fuurus OF learning. established 10y
rs given for public purposes. upon
rounds of their own, and give them
rr title 10 rcparation when so in
.r.I which is not possessed by the pub
school or even by the Church. The
.-.s cr buildings OF the public school
IRE rrbIc funds belonging 10 the hostile
. -n and appropriated 10 the full
f~n. NJ O. function which that sover-
.s. undertakes 20 perform for the citi-
m The funds or buildings of the
ee-... though consccrated TO the highest
.h.ts are the property of particular
s.t. and are neither within he control
-- r.r the use o. mankind az large. But,
r. me language of am eminent judge.
.r. arts and sciences are admitted
,rr al civilized nations as forming
.- exception to the severe rights of war
l-.. ana as entitled 20 favor and protec-
rr They are considered. not as the
rrlr 0f this or that nation, but as
r. property of mankind al large. and as
belonging to the common interest of the
whole speeches. Case Of the Marquis de
s5rarces ewarts Rep, Nova Scotia,
eT.e endowed corporation Of the col
. can oo nothing except hold and
.y md 10 a cause which IS for
g.. benefit of mankind at large Ii cam
zoo commit am act of war. and the hostile
l.iacte. cannot properly be imputed 10
E While "a violation of the law of ma
trs .1 tie conduct Of the war for the
suppression of the rebellion cannot con-
s.u.s claim upon the government of
re United States. using the term claim
go t1. sense Of legal constraint, we be-
.ra THIS government should, i'm
dealing with an American col
f. initiate the frequent example which
history furnishes. where the most highly
lrfl.I nations and the most famous
commanders have respected their moral
obligations ty making voluntary repara-
Sion 10 ttalr own expense OF injuries in
ft.l o1 endowed colleges and kindred
Institutions by the operations Of war.
During the battle Of Princeton the
aute.ns. in dlslodging the British from
u. olece building. fired cannon shot
rrorlh tho walls. Washington. in order
90 make good 20 the college the damage
sustained by the fire Of his troops. made
i1a trustees q present OF 30 guineas
WILLIAM AND MARY.
During the war Of independence. the
ul. of William and Mary were re-
I.atelly occupied by British troops. They
we're in every instance respected as sa-
Cel 90 the cause of letters. and left in
tlf. After the close of the war Louis
XVII The ally Of America, caused the
HIlugs. accidentally destroyed by the
trs of DIS troops 90 be replaced and
s.y injury 90 be repaired.
Itrs 81 appears that "a Nireinian. the
chancellor of the College Of William and
lr,. rendered % ID northern college the
t..cs which is now asked for her Thus
60 appears that a foreign monarch rem
-sie-, ul4er like Circumstance 10 Will
Ten and Mary herself the justice which
s.. POW asks of her cOuntrymen Of the
"Ite British troops, under Tryon, when
nfl occupied Aale College in lil9, spared
Yale College. although its students ia
a-u hs-lsscl their approach. But Presi-
dent C.Ips manuscripts We're carried off.
President Stiles addressed a letter 10
General TryOn. I'm which he represented
HAT DID, war against science had been re-
loaatej for ages by the wisest and most
powerful. generals. The irreparable losses
sustained by the AleXandrian library
other ancient monuments q Htera-
ire have prompted the victorious COM
OBJ moleru ages 20 exempt these
ua1fe from the ravages and desOla-
Tons usepaTable 20 the highest rigOrs Of
N General TryOn replied that dis
posed ty principle, as we'll as inclination
ID prevent The violence of war from
Eirus the rights Of the republic of
banning he very much approved Of the
PRESIDENT solicitude for the recovery Of
te muuscripts' and caused every effort
% ta wa .e for their recovery and restora-
L.l
ZOO the war with Great Britain Of 1872,
quantity OF paintings and prints de-
signed lor the Academy Of Arts at Phila-
lta were captured by The brit
or their passage from Italy and taken
i'0 Halifax. Dr. Croke. the distinguish
judge Of the admiralty court,
Ufolt hesitation. ordered them 10 be
restored. saying. in addition to the pas
i.se already quoted: Heaven 20. D,d
t- lct an appicati0n 10 the generosity
f Great Britain should ever be incnec-
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