Year: 1867

a laudable effort to prevent the resignation of
Professor Hepburn; and that they were seconded
by the Junior Class, But it is not said that the
resignation was not caused by the annoyances
and complaints to which the Professor was sub
jected in consequence of his Union sentiments
The silence of Mr.. Manly on this point, consider
ing that his letter was called forth in order to
rebut the statement that such annoyances had
been given by students, is significant The fact,
also, that the second resolution adopted by the
Board in May last, seems designed to exculpate
the Professorfrom charge of misconduct, leaves
the Inference that somebody had made such
charge. If nothing of the kind occurred, why
should the Board have felt called upon to declare
that they shave seen nothing in bis conduct, at
any time, to impair their confidence in him, as q
Professor and a gentleman ~ t;i ~


The silence of Mr.. Manly on this import
ant point is conclusive. The fact is as we
have stated it. We challenge successful or
official contradiction. m !.


The Wilmington Journal says: .a s.
6 We are sorry to see that some of the papers
of the State are giving to the reorganization of
the University political turn, abusing certain
prominent men mentioneda its President because
they may have differed from them as to the mer
its or in sympathy, in regard to the late war. Il
must be recollected that, for many years to come
a very large majority, almost all, of the young
men from this State and the South who will seek
education at Chapel Hill are the sons, it may be
the orphans of men who served in the Confeder-
ate armies and navies, and respect must beshown
to their feelings if it is desired that they will at
tend its sessions. Care must be taken to reap
the benefit OF the success which has attended the
reorganization of the Faculties at the University
of Virginia, Washington College, the Military
Institute, and other Collegiate Institutions in
the South. AS suggested by a contemporary,
Judge Reade may be selected toprtside, and Pro-
fessOrs Hepburn and Hedrick recalled, nay, they
may require the entire Faculty to take the test
| oath, but unless Congress or some more potent
power compels parents to send their Sons to the
University, its bell will be rung in van and the
lecture rooms will present beggarly account of
vacant seats, unless, indeed its doors are thrown
open to all Without respect to race, color or for
mer condition. ,s "a .a4fzl'-, US fgs.


This is plausibly presented, and is calcula-
ted to deceive. No Republican desires that
the College shall be Republican in its tone or
character. Of course We speak in a party
sense. But it must be national in its charac-
ter; and if not Republican, it must not be
Confederate. The Confederacy has had its
day. 1t was conceived in iniquity, marked
by blood and agony, and its sun went
down forever in sea of horrors AS the
Confederacy was at one time all in all,
so in future the Union must be all in ALL
The dead, who fell under the rebel flag, are
honored for their valor, and the feelings of
those who survive them will be respected;
but if an issue must be made as to what class
shall be honored and what class ignored in,
our State University, we shall give our vote
on the side of the Union. But no such issue
will be entertained. 1t is foreign from the
subject. The College must be national 1t
must not be moulded after Virginia or South
Carolina patterns The national, and not
the Confederate flag, must wave in its halls
and from its turrets; and the busts of LIN
COLIN, GRANT, SUMNER, CHASE, and other
great Union worthless must have perpetual
presence in its halls, with WASHINGTON,
FRANKLIN, MARSHALL, GAsroN and BADGER.
| No indignitv will be offered-no disrespect
shown to Jackson or Lee, or their associates.
But such spirits will not rule, and no youth


full aspiration will be guided by the exam
piles which they offer Such characters as
Davis, Vance, Orr, Worth, Wise, Sharkey,
Breckinridge, and Others who might be
named, must not be considered indispensa-
BILE to. give eclat or impressiveness by their
presence to the annual Commencements.s If
any Confederaten is so stepped in the past
as to object to this, let him find some other
part of the world which will be more agree
able 10 his tastes. This new day must not
be piarred by the constant obtrusion of the
wan ghost Of the Rebellion, with its un-
manly griefs, and its projects for the future,
tainted with lisloyalty, and destitute of fit-
ness, reason and common sense. u sinA


The Editor of the Journal and others
with similar views, may give themselves but
little concern about the University. The
interest they are at present manifesting in
relation to it is gratuitous They will have
no controlling voice in reviving and re-estab-
fishing it. 1t will soon pass into the hands
of public men who appreciate its impor-
tance. who have the knowledge necessary to
revive it and place it on an enduring basis.
and who can command the means to open
1t equally to the sons Of the poor and the
rich. Under their auspices its bell will not
be rung in vain. Ingenious youths will
crowd its chambers, and sit at the feet of
Professors worthy to have taught our great
est and best in thepast. Varied and solid
learning, and moral department and charac-
ter will be the chief objects in view but one
of the essentials will be sound national
sentiment which must pervade every depart
ment of the institution hi.
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