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THE STAR IN THE WEST, 
 
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 IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1828. 
 
 The anguish of disappointed hope'/ is the cause of the following 
 publication. 
 
 Tlje object which Bishop Chase has in making it, is to assuage 
 that anguish, not b}^ complaining against the providence of God, 
 nor by finding fault with the treatment he has received from Con- 
 gress : but meekly submitting to both, to throw himself on the 
 sympathy of the Friends of Kenyon College, whoever and where- 
 ever they may be, throughout his beloved countrj'. May God 
 give him favour in their sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 The last year was spent in founding Kenyon College ; 110 feet 
 of which is now nearly completed in two stories of massive stone; 
 and in erecting professor's houses ; a boarding house ; mills, and 
 other buildings immediately required for so great an establishment. 
 
 It was obvious that to complete a plan so extensive, and to erect 
 a College four hundred and fifty-eight feet long and four stories 
 (including the basement) in heighth, intended to accommodate 600 
 or 700 students, it would require much additional aid. Some great 
 efibrt must be made, or the wor\ would fall far short of its expected 
 extensive usefulness — and who more likely to give this aid than the 
 public? — and where could the public will be known better than 
 through the Legislature ^ 
 
 Leaving, therefore, the scene of his labours. Bishop Chase, with 
 
 this intent, at the close of the last year, repaired to Columbus and 
 
 delivered the following 
 
 "ADDRESS TO THE IL,EGISIiATURE! OF OIIIO»" 
 
 Gentlemen : 
 
 When great things'are to be accomplished, unusual means arc some"imcs justifiable. 
 This ya my apology for presuming, on my own feeble responsibility, to ask the attend- 
 ance and attention of this most Honourable Assembly. 
 
 The object is, to obtain of the Legislature of Ohio, a petition to Congress, and 
 instructions to our delegates therein to urge such petition, for the grant of a tract of 
 land, or some other property, to Kenyon College, to enable the Trustees thereof to 
 carry into effect their benevolent designs, in the liberal education of the youth of our 
 common country. 
 
 An unfeigned sense of my own deficiencies and unworthiness, compared with s» 
 many others in point of ability, and consequence in society, would cover me with shame^ 
 ki the execution of my present design, were I not supported by a deep impression of 
 duty. This impression has been made by the hand of Divine Providence, through more 
 than ten years of experience, and careful observation, in this western'cOiintry, result- 
 ing in a'firm conviction, that unless something njore be done than has been done, for 
 the general di|i'usion of common learning', a cloud of moral darkness mil spread oyer 
 our country, <vhich nothing short of a miracle can dispel ; a porte-ntous cloud, in whieb 
 
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 our fellow citizens vviil be too apt to lose sight of their free institutiotis, of their personal 
 liberties, and of all they hold most dear. 
 
 That I do not exaggerate language, and use terms in too figurative a sense, I feel 
 free to affirm, that, except in our cities and towns, the majority of our youth of both 
 sexes, born and reared amongst us, cannot read intelligibly to themselves or others ; 
 and in very few instances, are the children ever likely to equal their parents in common 
 learning. 
 
 To those who love their country, and with deep solicitude anticipate the effects of 
 known causes, according to the examples of past ages, what painful images do these 
 facts present to view ! What feelings do they convey to your breasts, most respected 
 Gentlemen, who are the appointed guardians of the general welfare of our country ! 
 Do not the many evils, which you know to be the sure consequence of such a state of 
 things, prompt you to inquire with eagerness into the reasons why the efforts of the 
 Legislature, to diffuse learning by the means of common schools, have hitherto, in so 
 great a degree, proved fruitless ? If the true answer to this important inquiry has not 
 already occurred to your mind, allow'me to st£*.e, that the reasons of such failure are, 
 not that those legislative measures were in themselves unwise or unnecessary ; on the 
 contrary they were both wise and necessary. But they have failed, because they lack 
 the foundation on which their propriety and fitness were predicated. They have failed 
 and still fail for want of School Teachers, to carry their wise provisions into effect. 
 For, of persons duly qualified and willing to teach, there is not, according to the opinion 
 of good judges, one tenth of the number, which the law contemplates. So long then 
 '5is the present state of things continue, the law respecting common schools will be 
 little more than a dead letter ; and consequently our inquiry whence schoolmasters are 
 to be obtained, increases in importance, according to our desire of encouraging that 
 flegree of common learning, which all history shows to be necessary to perpetuate our 
 freedom; for no nation ever continued to be free, that was not generally enlightened ; 
 all despotic governments having had their origin in the common ignorance of the 
 people. 
 
 Whence then can teachers of our common schools be obtained? Shall we import 
 them from the Eastern States ? ' Alas ! the demand far exceeds the supply. As well 
 might we look to a single garden to supply seed for a whole country. The Wet-tern 
 States, especially Ohio, have been peopled with a rapidity never before witnessed. But 
 a few years ago this state was a desert without inhabitants, except the wild beasts and 
 the lone savage that roamed in her woods : now she alone can count a million. The 
 stream of settlers, mingling with the natural increase, has been like an overflowing 
 flodd, with which the means of learning have borne no proportion : and in nothing has 
 the deficiency been so great, as in School Teachers; and can New-England, famous as 
 she has hitherto been, in pouring forth her children of this description — can she alone 
 supply this vast demand ? Should all her sons combine to this effect, the higher re- 
 wards for their teaching, held out to them by the Southern States, would divert their 
 steps, as heretofore, ere they had reached the confines of Ohio. Whence, then, can 
 School Teachers be obtained to supply the vast demand, created by the peculiar exigen- 
 cies of our \Vestern country? To this there can be but one adequate answer. Let 
 us educate these Teachers ourselves. Let us draw from our own soil the moral seed, 
 by which the Western country is to be supplied with the fruits of learning. To ac- 
 complish this, let it be remembered our Colleges must be endowed with adequate means, 
 and placed on a proper basis ; so that the expense of education will come within the 
 reach of all, especially of such as from their wealth are 7iot raised above the necessity 
 of teaching for the means of living. The best, yea, only estimable School Teachers, 
 are those who come to their employment with minds uninftated with the vanities which 
 riches seldom fail to inspire. They are taken from the middle and more industrious - 
 walks of life ; the sons of farmers and mechanics in our country, who have witnessed 
 the necessity, who have felt the want, and, to the welfare of our Republic, who know "^ 
 the great importance of common learning. Place the means of educating your School 
 Teachers within the reach of such as these, and the benefit of rearing up Teachers in 
 abundance, to fill your schools, will soon be apparent ; a benefit bringing in its train 
 the surest preservatives of our constitutional liberties. 
 
 Kenyon College, now commended to your patronage to this end, is worthy of your 
 regard. Having had the good of our country in view in the education of youth, its 
 expenses are reduced beyond all former example, and its government is kept free from 
 every tendency to a sectarian spirit. That it is attached to one denomination of 
 Christians does not prove it such. All Institutions of the kind, to be of any use, must 
 have some rule and be governed by some known acknowledged principles of public 
 order: and so long as they have the good of the human family in view, by contending 
 solely against the common enemy, ignorance and vice, the charge of Sectarianism can- 
 not, with justice, be brought against them. Of this character is Kenyon College; and 
 as siwh, it has obtained the approbation, and enjoys the patronage, of the wise and good of 
 
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 aU denominations, both licre in ourswn nationi and in foreign lands. Never, never, since 
 ^ve became a people, have party feeling and sectarian views been laid aside more tborough- 
 ly, than in the plans and contributions for the benefit of Kenyon College. The spirit, 
 by which its friends ha^e been moved, is that which characterizes the happy era of 
 mutual forbearance and good will in which we live ; a spirit which requires no sacrifice 
 but unreasonable jealousies and intentional discord. Throughout the Protestant world 
 it has its hundreds, and I might say its thousands, of every denomination, at this time, 
 offering up prayers for its success. The best friends of America, in foreign lands, and 
 the most pious of her citizens at home, v/ould, if they were now present, add theirs to 
 my humble solicitations, that the great objects of Kenyon College fail not for want of 
 public and national iralronage. Indeed why should they? What reason can be given 
 to an anxious, attentive and inquiring world, why the assistance should be withholden 
 which public good requires? Why an Institution, which is seeking solely the public 
 weal, should not be supported by public means ? Are republics, in their joint councils, 
 to be chargeable fjr having less regard to principles of justice and feelings of honour- 
 able sympathy than individuals ? On both these grounds, thousands have been induced 
 to extend to Kenyon College their private bounty, to a very great amount. "Justice 
 demands," say they, " that when you are seeking the good of the human family, that 
 family should repay your endeavours with success. And when we see you, in many 
 successive years, devoting your time, your substance and talents, to found a permanent 
 Institution, which will shed its holy influence and nameless benefits on generations yet 
 unborn, who but the marble hearted, can refrain from sympathizing with you ? As in- 
 dividuals we give you to the extent of our ability: but remember your cause is worthy, 
 not only of private, but of public patronage; for it is the cause of your country and of 
 mankind." 
 Gentlemen of the Legislature of Ohio : 
 
 Although it does not become me, (ordained, unwortliy as I am, to far other pur" 
 poses) to mingle in the number of politicians, who rise up in defence of our common 
 rights; nor to give advice to those who are wiser tlian myself; yet there are some 
 times and occasions, when even the most silent must speak, or subject themselves to the 
 reproaches of an injured country, and the pains of an upbraiding conscience. Judge 
 then of the reasonableness and duty of my making the following observations : 
 
 More than once have I taken the oath to support the Constitution of the United 
 States. On this Constitution, as on a pillar, there is an inscription, made by the finger 
 of our forefathers, importing that there shall be no privileged orders of men amongst us. 
 By this it is provided, that the benefits resulting from our civil compact, shall be open 
 to all orders and degrees of men. If 1 mistake not, our Colleges are among the fore- 
 most of these public benefits. They are created by public acts, protected by public law, 
 and endowed by public munificence. The gifts of the generous poor, and taxes gathered 
 from the comparatively indigent, often contribute to augment these several fountains of 
 doing good. One would therefore suppose, that if in any thing, the constitutional pri- 
 vilege mentioned, would and should be fulfilled, it is in the enjoyment of our Colleges ; 
 that the terms of expense in these Colleges should be s.uch, as that all classes of persons 
 in society, performing their duties of industry and economy, should be able, in the per- 
 son of some one or more of their families, to be sharers of these ]-'iblic and necessary 
 blessings. But experience does not justify this reasonable expectation. Such is the 
 foundation of our Colleger, especi.illy those in the Atlantic States, that no PffOR man, 
 nor even one in moderate circumstances, can give his son a collegiate education. The 
 terms of expense are beyond his reach. The wealthy only can comply with them, 
 and taste the proffered boon- What is this but making of rich men a " priveleged 
 order" of society ? A monied aristocracy is hereby created, as effectually in opposi- 
 tion to the American Constitution, as any made by written statute. An aristocracy of a 
 most extensive monopoly, grasping, not only at the sole enjoyment of the funds in our 
 Colleges, but of the multiplied and extensive benefits, to which that enjoyment leads. 
 Learning is an indispensable requisite to fill the ofl^ices of trust and emolument in eur 
 government: and if none can obtain learning but the rich, it is evident, that the rich 
 only can be preferred to offices. The rich therefore, to all intents and moral certainty, 
 arc the privileged order destined — they and their offspring for ever, so long as they 
 can preserve their wealth, to the enjoyment, not only of the riches of their government, 
 but its honours, and its influence, and its power. This is in direct hostility to the na- 
 ture of a republic ; and violates continually a main article of our Constitution. If, 
 therefore, we feel sensible of our duty, to maintain this privilege in, pur government, 
 viz. the distribution of equal rights and equal priveleges among our fellow citizens, the 
 subject of Kenyon College, which has these objects in view, will not be passed over 
 with indifference. Its expenses are within the reach of every industrious family, and 
 the great mass of our population can enjoy what, hitherto, has been confined to a few 
 only. This assertion is not from theory ; but is justified by practice. From a small 
 scale in doraestic arrangement, it has grown, like^an oak from an acorn, into a large 
 
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 and spreading system, destined, we trust, for the liealing of our nation. It is now 
 situated on its own domain, and has the sole enjoyment of the privileges which itself 
 creates : from these advantages, superior to all others, it is enabled to reduce the ex- 
 penses of each student to 70 dollars per annum. 
 
 For such an Institution, extending its immunities to such a vast multitude of the com- 
 munitj, never before visited with the light of liberal science, we ask the public patron- 
 age, to the extent only of what is usually given. Grant us what has been granted to 
 other Colleges, and we pledge ourselves to fill our professorships with good and learned 
 men, and to extend the wings of our Institution so as to shelter thousands, and annually 
 to send forth hundreds of well educated youth, to instruct and ornament the rising 
 generations of our country. A plan to this effect, having been well digested, approved, 
 patronised and endowed beyond all doubts of final success, is now, even on this large 
 and extensive scale, so worthy of the greatness of our Republic, established amongst us. 
 Yes, gentlemen, such has been our faith in God's goodness and expected blessing, such 
 mir trust in tbe justice, honour and magnanimity of our country, that this great work, 
 having all this in view, so honoui-able to this state and so beneficial to the Western 
 country at large, is begun. Go to oar busy scene in Knox county — see there in the 
 centre of the stale, and in the most healthy region, our College Domain, to the amount 
 of 8,000 acres of the most fertile lands, purchased and paid for, with money raised from 
 the individual bounty of the Christian world." See there, on our clear and perennial 
 streams, our dams built, our races open, our mills erected and now in operation, to af- 
 ford an abundant supply of plank and scantling for building, and of flour for food to our 
 University, however extensive to the latest generation. Behold, on the centre of our 
 tract, and on an eminence commanding a view of our cultivated grounds to a great ex- 
 tent, oUr buildings rising, some already completed, others just begun, and our great 
 Gollege of four stories high, 44 feet wide and 4S8 long, and embracing 180 apartments, 
 commenced; (if I could sny finished, I should not be here, nor troubling this Honourable 
 Assembly thus with my prayers ) When beholding such a plan, and the progress of 
 such a work, and for such a purpose ; no sentiment bat that of patriotic sympa- 
 thy, can glow within your bosoms. You know and feel its great importance. 
 Embracing the welfare, and affording the means to continue our free and happy 
 goverilJi.'ent : insuring the blessings of civilization to this western world ; and bring- 
 ing honour and dignity to the state, of which you are the guardians, the wants of 
 such an Institution should be your wants ; and to aid it in its struggles for final suc- 
 cess should be, like the exertions which you yourselves make to preserve your own 
 welfare, safety and honour. I have no apology to make for this sentiment ; to think 
 otherwise, would be to do injustice to your reputations as men, and as Legislators. 
 Most Respected Gentlemen : 
 
 Though I fear I have already too far trespassed on your time, yet, ere I conclude, 
 allow me to make one further remark. The subject of Kenyon College, the peculiar 
 nature of its organization and management, so as to be of the most extensive utility in 
 preventing evil, and promoting the rising interests of this Western country, have formed 
 a theme of patriotic investigation, much more generally and anxiously dwelt on, without 
 than within this state. We have been too near the picture, to view it in all its im- 
 portant bearings. This discussion has made our wants and the means to supply them 
 well known to our brethren in the Eastern States, and to the numerous friends of Ameri- 
 ca in Europe. 
 
 Hence it is evident, we have a character to support, when deliberating on this subject, 
 which, to every feeling mind, is of no small iraportanee. The eyes of the world are 
 fixed on us for good ; and the deliberations of the Ohio Legislature, on the subject 
 matter of this Address, will be read with intense interest, far beyond the bounds of the 
 ordinary circulation of their journals. Should th-at deliberation eventuate in a favoura- 
 ble expression of the public sentiment towards Kenyon College, and in the framing of a 
 memorial to Congress, urging the claims of this Institution to a liberal donation of lands, 
 on the ground of what is justly due from the General Government to this state, in order 
 to make us equal to our sister states, in national benefactions for the support of Colleges 
 —should you, gentlemen, of this Legislature, grant me the honour of being the bearer 
 of this memorial, accompanied with instructions to the Ohio Delegation to urge it on the 
 floor of Congress, the best friends of America, however scattered throughout the civilized 
 world, will i-ejoice ; those who pray for the welfare of this Western country, will pay 
 you the tribute of their unfeigned gratitude , and the deed will be recorded on the page 
 of history, much to the honour of yourselves, and of the age in which we live. 
 
 God save our country from ignorance and sin ; and grant you. Gentlemen of the Ohio 
 Legislature, happiness, temporal and eternal, through Jesus Christ our Lord 1 
 
 PHILANDER CHASE, President of Kenyan College. 
 
 Columbus, December 27, 1827, 
 
This address was followed by a Resolution which j^assed tliat 
 honourable body widi hardly a dissenting "oice. It is bat justice 
 to say, that it was drawn up and presented in the first instance to 
 the Senate by the excellent Governor Morrow, once a member of 
 Congress and Chairman for many years of the Standing Committee 
 on public lands, now a Senator in the general Assembly of Ohio.. 
 
 RESOLUTION OF THE OHIO LEGISLATURE. 
 
 Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State 
 of Ohio, That whereas the Reverend Philander Chase, President of 
 Kenyon College, has on behalf of the Trustees of said College, made 
 known to this Genei'al Assembly his intention to make application to 
 the Congress of the United States, now in session, for a grant or do- 
 nation of public lands, for the support and endowment of the said 
 College: And viewing, as this General Assembly do, with approba- 
 tion, the continued „ and unremitting exertions of the said Reverend 
 Philander Chase, to bring to some degree of maturity and usefulness 
 this College, of which he is the founder, and for which a charter of 
 incorporation has been granted by this General Assembly : And being 
 fully persuaded, also, that with proper support and encouragement, 
 (the means for which at present cannot be afforded by this State,) 
 this institution promises to be extensively useful to the citizens of 
 this and the adjoining States, in promoting the interest of literature 
 and science : Therefore, Resolved, That this General Assembly ap- 
 prove of the object of the application of the Reverend Philander 
 Chase to the Congress of the United States, for a donation of a tract or 
 tracts of public lands for the support of Kenyon College : And that 
 the Senators and Representatives of this State in the Congress of the 
 United States, be requested to use their exertions in aid and support of 
 the said application. EDWARD KING, 
 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
 SAMUEL WHEELER, 
 
 January Wth., 182§. Speaker of the Senate. 
 
 Secretary of State's Office, 
 
 Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1828. 
 
 I certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of the original, on file in 
 this office. _ JER. M'LENE, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Thus encouraged, the undersigned proceeded forthwith to Wash- 
 iiig«t<m and presented the follovting 
 
 * MEMORIAL. 
 
 To the. Honourable, the Congress of the United States, 
 The President of Kenyon College, in behalf of the Trustees thereof, 
 
 HUMBLY SHOWETH : 
 
 That this institution has been duly incorporated by the Legislature 
 of the State of Ohio. Its main design has been, by reducing the ex- 
 penses of the students to an unexampled degree of cheapness, (less 
 than «ne-third of their usual rates,) to extend the means of education 
 to thousands, who, hitherto, have been, and otherwise always must be, 
 debarred from such a privilege ; and thus to prevent the rising genera* 
 tions at the West from falling into ignorance, as dishonom-able as it is 
 fatal to our free and happy government. 
 
To this end, the said Goilege, in several successive years, has ob- 
 tained subscriptions from individuals to a very large and encouraging- 
 amount ; and with tliis munificence, and to carry their plans of econo- 
 my into full effect, the Trustees have purchased a large tract of land, 
 most desirable for health, fertility, and seclusion from all things detri- 
 mental to the morals and studies of youth. On this, as on a perma- 
 nent domain, never to be alienated, is our institution located. The 
 College building, in order to be in some degree commensurate to the 
 extent of its future utility, is four stories high, forty-four feet wide, 
 four hundred and fifty-eight feet long, g,nd will accommodate more than 
 five hundred students. 
 
 To sustain the Trustees in these designs of extensive utility, it is ob- 
 yious that private munificence is not, nor ever can be, alone suflScient. 
 An appeal to the public patronage of our country, was therefore deem- 
 ed as reasonable as it is necessary. 
 
 But whence could this be derived 1 From the State of Ohio ? She 
 is already doing more for the improvement of the common country, than 
 could have, been believed of any so infant a State. Furthermore, what 
 has she to give, Avhen all the public lands offered for sale within her bor- 
 ders belong to Congress alone % 
 
 But although the State Legislature could not afford the aid which at 
 this crisis of affairs is so much needed, she could hear our cause, and 
 commend us to those who were able to assist us. Accordingly, your 
 petitioner, with this view, did apply to the General Assembly of the 
 State of Ohio; and most happy is he in stating, that the request was 
 with uncommon unanimity granted. That honourable body did approve 
 of this present application, and did request their Senators and Repre- 
 sentatives in this honourable Congress, to use their exertions in aid and 
 gupport of your petitioner, in obtainiizg the grant of such a tract or tracts 
 of lands, for the support of Kenyon College, as the exigencies of the 
 case may require. 
 
 For fiirther particulars and reasons touching the merits of this pe- 
 tition, your petitioner begs leave to refer this honburable Congress, to 
 the documents which accompany this. 
 
 That the expression of the public will and wish, contained in the 
 resolution of the Ohio Legislature, of the 11th of January last, may be 
 duly regarded, and the prayer for the grant of lands to Kenyon Col- 
 lege therein contained may be favourably considered, by this honourable 
 pongi'ess, is the devout wish of the petitioner. 
 
 And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever prav. 
 
 PHILANDER CHASE. 
 
 Washington City, 4^A February, A. D. 1828. 
 
 This was received, by the honourable the Senate, witli much 
 kindness. A bill making a grant of a Township of Land, by the 
 sale of which to aid in the erection of the College buildings, was 
 brought in and obtained many advocates. Those who spoke in 
 favour of the grant, were the Honourable Messrs Kane, Ruggles, 
 Hanion, Benton and Chambers: and although in these speeches, 
 many things were said far beyond the merits of the writer of this 
 article, yet as their sentiments and views of Kenyan College, are 
 thought to be just and calculated to subserve the best interests of 
 the rising generation in anew country, they are here inserted. 
 
IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES— March 28, 1828. 
 
 • Kcnyon College. 
 
 Mr. KANE saiffthat the bill under consideration had been reported 
 upon the petition of the Trustees of Kenyon College, accompanied by 
 a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, unanimously 
 adopted by that body, enforcing the application. As strong [said Mr. K.] 
 as Avas the claim of the petitioners, thus respectably recommended taa 
 favourable hearing, there were other inducements to be found, in the cir- 
 cumstances of the origin of this institution, and of its present interestr 
 ing attitude, which had operated more powerfully upon his mind. A few 
 years ago, a reverend gentleman, now in this city, in his travels, which 
 had been extensive, through the Western country, discovering that the 
 means for education were not commensurate with the wants of the 
 rapidly increasing population of that great region of country, conceived 
 the design of establishing a seminary of learning, in some convenient 
 position, upon a plan as extensively useful, as the cheapness of the 
 means of subsistence could possibly admit of. It was hardly necessary 
 for him to remind the Senate, that, in no country could the substantials 
 of life be more cheaply obtained than in the State of Ohio. He be- 
 lieved it practicable, and experience had shown his belief to have been 
 well founded, to reduce the expenses of an education at a regular Col- 
 lege, within the competency of the great body of the farmers of the 
 country, and of men in ordinary circumstances, of other pursuits in life, 
 to educate their progeny. With views thus benevolent, Bishop Chase 
 proceeded to Europe, and obtained from well-disposed and wealthy indi- 
 viduals there, thirty thousand dollars, to be applied to this object. From 
 his own countrymen, he had obtained an additional sum of tv/enty-five 
 thousand dollars. With such part of those f;mds as was. not, by t!ie 
 donors, designated for particular professorships, a large tract of land had 
 been purchased, in a central and healthy position in Ohio, and the title 
 thereto had been vested in a corporation, which had perpetual succession. 
 Buildings had been erected to a limited extent. Larger and more com- 
 modious edifices had been paz'tly built, and must await the further aid 
 of individuals, or of the Government, for their completion. 
 
 Mr. K. said, he held in his hands a statement, subject to the inspec- 
 tion of any Senator, showing a faithful and economical disbursement of 
 the funds received. In this situatio:!, the worthy gentlemen he had 
 named applied to the Legislature of Ohio for assistance. It was well 
 known that that State was engaged in a great and expensive worlc, in 
 opening a canal to connect the Avaters of the Ohio River with the 
 Northern Lakes v/hich required all their disposable funds, and that she 
 %vas not the owner of a foot of land to give away. That Legislatui-e had 
 done all that was in their power to do, in earnestly i-ecommending the 
 cajise, qf tiiis infant seminary to the favourable attention of Congress. 
 The question then was, should this appeal be made in vain? Congress 
 had made similar grants, to several institutions, for the instruction of 
 the deaf and dumb; and the constitutional powei^of the Government, 
 over such subjects, need not be discussed. But, said Mr. K. if this 
 question of i>Dwer be involved, it will not be difficult to place the subject 
 in a point of view, which not only shows the right, but which makes it 
 the duty of the Government to make the grant. The right to " dispose 
 
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 of^' the public lands, for the eomnion benefit, embraces the power of 
 devising the ni>eans of making such disposition available, and of making 
 the purchase of lands more desirable. What stronger inducement 
 could be held out to persons desirous to emigrate and purchase lands, 
 than a knowledge of the fact, that the means of education were amply- 
 provided for in the country containing the lands 1 An individual had, 
 by unwearied exertions, collected, in a foreign countiy, and in the Eastern 
 States, a large sum of money, and had expended it in permanent and 
 useful improvements, in a State wherein the Federal Government was 
 by far the largest proprietor of the soil. He had thus contributed ma- 
 terially to the value of the national interests in that State. He had, and 
 was continuing to do much to make Ohio a desirable State to move to 
 and reside in; because he was largely conti'ibuting to the conveniences 
 of education. Would any Senator present, owning as much vacant 
 land, in any country, as the Government held in Ohio, hesitate to con- 
 tribute a just proportion towards the expenses of so desirable a purpose ? 
 Nay, sir, would he not cheerfully enter into a contract, before-hand, with 
 any person who would engage to do as much to improve his property, 
 as Bishop Chase had done to render desirable the public lands in Ohio, 
 to grant him a township of the land? M- K. said, he had heard some 
 iappi'ehensions suggested on account of a supposed connexion between 
 this institution and a particular religion ; no such fears ought to he in- 
 dulged in. It was true that the present head of this institution was an 
 Episcopalian. The Corporation was not limited to the instruction 
 ©f youths in any particular religious creeds, and was no further Epis- 
 copalian than would be the Government or Constitution of this country, 
 should, at any time, the President of the United States happen to belong 
 to that denomination of Christians. The whole Western country was 
 g'reatly intei*ested in the successful issue of this application. The ncAv 
 States had not the means of endowing colleges, and wovdd not have, 
 until much of the public domain shovdd become the property of indivi- 
 -duals, and thereby become subject to taxation- The grants heretofore 
 made by Congress for the purpose, could not be made available, to a 
 sufficient extent, for many years to come. Tlie United States were the 
 landlords of the soil ; and he insisted that the high obligations of a Go- 
 vernment, thus situated, could not be discharged, but by liberal and effi- 
 cient grants for purposes of education. 
 
 Mr. RUGGLES said, as he had presented the petition upon which 
 this bill was reported, it would, perhaps, be expected of him, that he 
 should say something in explanation of its object. The President and 
 ■Trustees of Kenyon College, have, by their memorial, respectfully asked 
 of Congress to grant them a township of land, to aid their efforts in 
 rearing and building up a senrinary of learning, which has been com- 
 menced under the most favourable auspices, and is now , in a state of 
 great forwardness. The funds Avhich have been already acquired for 
 this object, have been raised by the President alone, [Bishop Chnse] 
 who has spared no pains, and omitted no exertions, within his power, to 
 caiTy into effect this design. His great devotion to the success of this 
 institution, for sevwal years past, has led him to make great sacrifices 
 of property, comfort, and happiness, to attain his object. He has suc- 
 ,eeeded beyond the most sanguine anticipations of his friends, and even 
 beyond his own most ardent expectations. The donations alread}^ made, 
 in Europe and in this country, amount to fifty-five thousand dollars, all 
 iOf which are to be exclusively applied to the support of this institution. 
 
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 He now asks Cono-ress to grant one township of the wihl and uiuippi'o- 
 priated huids, within the State of Ohio, to further assist him in the pro- 
 secution of this praiseworthy and patriotic undertaking. Mr. R. said, 
 ne hoped the application would not be made in vain— he sincerely be- 
 lieved, that, v/hen the Senate took into consideration the great and un- 
 paralleled exertions of this distinguished individual, in the cause of hu- 
 laaanity, of morals, and of learning, they would not withhold the small 
 assistance asked for- 
 
 Mr. R. said, the college, for which this donation was asked, is situated 
 in the eeunty of Knox, within a few miles of the centre of the State. 
 A tracj: of eight thousand acres of land, very rich and fertile, has been 
 purchased by a portioiLof the funds acquired, and on this tract the 
 buildings of the college have been commenced. Its central position 
 will furnish equal facilities to the inhabitants of every part of the State. 
 This college has been incorporated by an act of the Legislature of Ohio, 
 .and the usual privileges have been conferred upon it. From the rapid 
 progress already made in the buildings, its entire completion will be 
 effected in a veiy short period of time. 
 
 . Mr. R. remarked, that he could not but advocate the present bill with 
 great earnestness, not only from his own conviction of its importance 
 and necessity, but from other and higher considerations, which he con- 
 sidered imperative upon him. So deep an interest did the Legislature 
 of Ohio feel in the success of this institution, that, at its present session, 
 resolutions were passed by that body, with great unanimity, instructing 
 their Senators, and requesting their Representatives in Congress to use 
 their best endeavoiu's to procure the passage of a law granting a town- 
 ship of land for this purpose. Under the influence of these instructions, 
 and supported by the just weight and character of so respectable a body 
 of men as composed that Legislature, he could not but expect success 
 in the present application. Why has the Legislature instructed their 
 .Senators and Representatives upon this subject 1 Why has it not grant- 
 ed the necessary aid itself? The reason is a plain and obvious one. 
 -Ohio is not the owner of any public lands. She has not an acre to 
 give. The Congress-of the United States possess, and have power to 
 dispose of all the public lands within the limits of the State. This ap- 
 plication is then made to Congress, as the great landholder there, to con- 
 tribute a portion of its funds for the purposes of education, to unife with 
 those who have made donations to this object, for the beneii: of the 
 tpi'esent generation, and for posterity. 
 
 There is always an interest created in the public mind, to knoAV some- 
 thing of those who devote their lives, and their best days, for the benefit 
 of others, for the service of mankind, Mr. R. said he would make a^ 
 plain statement to the Senate, of the great and extraordinary exertions 
 .of this individual, to build up this College, and, when it is considered 
 that he has done so much, it cannot be thought inexpedient for Congress 
 to do something. The President of this institution is at present the 
 Bishop of Ohio. He was -formerly, an Episcopal clergyman, settled 
 as a preacher in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, by one of the most 
 •respectable and wealthy congregations in that 2:)ortion of the Union. 
 Had he been satisfied with a competent support through life, and desir- 
 ous of living at ease, in pleasant and accomplished society, he would 
 have remained with his congregation. But his mind was of a higher 
 order; he was desirous of becoming more extensively useful to his fel-^ 
 Sow citizens, and of enlarging the sphere of his benevolent exertions. 
 
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 In obedience to these high and honourable feeUngs, he determined upon 
 ermgrating to the Western country. He left his situation with great re- 
 gret, and similar feehngs were manifested by all his friends and ac- 
 quaintances at their separation. It is about ten years since he establish- 
 ed himself in Ohio. His professional duties required him, for several 
 successive years, to travel into every part of the State, and, almost, to 
 every county within the limits of the State. Here he collected the dis- 
 persed and scattered members of his society, and organized them into 
 churches. It was a work of great labour, and required his constant and 
 unremitted exertions. While thus engaged, he became extensively ac- 
 quainted with the citizens of Ohio, and of the situation and condition of 
 the rising generation. He saw, with deep regret, the great deficiency 
 that existed in the means of education ; and having connected his des- 
 tinies with the People of the West, he resolved to exert all his energies, 
 to collect funds and establish a college, for the purpose of instructing 
 the youth of the country. , It was a task of no ordinary character ; it 
 required perseverance and firmness of purpose, which but few possess. 
 He commenced the work, and has triumphed. 
 
 In the prosecution of his object, the President of this institution, a few 
 years since, visited England, for the purpose of soliciting contributions 
 to enable him to build his college. He had been there but a short time 
 before a great interest was excited in his favour, and many of the most 
 distinguished personages of that country contributed largely. Lord 
 Kenyon, whose name the college bears, took an active and decided part, 
 and a similar feeling and sentiment were created in others. From 
 those gftierous benefactors of learning and science he received thirty 
 thousand dollars in money, books, and other articles necessaiy for such 
 an establishment. These funds, so generously contributed beyond the 
 Atlantic, .laid the foundation of this institution. Nor have our own 
 citizens in the United States, been less mindful of the great interests of 
 education. More than twenty-five thousand dollars have been svibscrib- 
 ed by the People of this country. The generous and the patriotic have 
 every where Jent their aid, and u^iwards of fifty-five thousand dollars 
 have already been realized. This money has been applied to the pxu'- 
 chase of land, to the erection of the necessaiy buildings, and placed in 
 productive funds for the support of Professorships. One other fact 
 ought to be mentioned. While the gentleman to whom reference has 
 so often been had, was in England, many persons w^ere desirous of 
 making him some presents — of conferring \q3on hiin soine distinct 
 favours — all of which he declined receiving, lest an imputation might 
 rest upon him that his object in visitino^ that country was foi" his own 
 private benefit, and not that of the institution. He requested that all 
 those presents, intended for himself, might be given to the cause in 
 which he was engaged — they reluctantly yielded to his request, and 
 gave them the dii-ection he required. 
 
 One great and prominent object of the President of this institution, 
 has been to reduce the expenses of education, and bring it Avithin the 
 reach of all classes of society, to the most humble as well as the most 
 wealthy. It must be admitted, that some of the best talents of the 
 country, arc to be found in the lowly cottages of the poor. Every 
 eftort, therefore, to furnish facilities to this class of our population to 
 obtain an education, is of essential importance to the community. The 
 whole expenses of one year's board, tuition, and washing, do not ex- 
 
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 ceed sixty dollars. This is no visionary calculation. Three years' 
 ^experience has demonstrated the truth of this fact. Numerous appli- 
 cations for the admission of students, from different States in the Union, 
 have been rejected, for the want of accommodations. When this col- 
 lege shall have been completed on the present plan, it will be sufficient- 
 ly large for the reception of five or six hundred students. 
 
 Mr. R. said he thought it was his duty to give this brief history of 
 the commencement and progress of this institution, that the Senate 
 might distinctly understand its claims, and the grounds upon which the 
 appropriation was asked. The Zealand perseverance with which this 
 work has been prosecuted, is highly creditable to its founder and pa- 
 tron. The judicious application of the funds already acquired, will 
 furnish sufficient evidence to the Senate, that anj^^ grant they may be 
 disposed to make will be faithfully and honestly devoted to the cause 
 of literature and science. On this point, Mr. R. said, he believed no 
 doubt was entertained by the Senate-^none had been expressed. In 
 making these remarks, and advocating the present appropriation for 
 Ilenyon College, it is not intended to undervalue other colleges, which 
 have been established in Ohio. They are highly respectable semina- 
 ries, and have been conducted in such manner as to reflect the highest 
 credit upon their officers, and upon the State. But yet there is room 
 for others, and an honourable competition among them will produce the 
 most salutaiy effects upon the community, increase the means of edu- 
 cation, and enlarge the sphere of science. With tliis view of the sub- 
 ject, Mr. R. said, he would leave the question with the Senate, under a 
 firm conviction that they will be disposed to pass this bill. 
 
 Mr. HARRISON said, that the bill was, in his opinion, founded 
 upon important principles. The great landlords of the country were 
 bound to do something for the benefit of those who had settled their 
 domain. The State of Ohio now comes forward, and asks Congress 
 for that, which any other State, under like circumstances, might be 
 expected to ask for, and which, it is but reasonable to hope, will be 
 granted. The principle has been well established. Even the Crown 
 of England, before the Revolution, made grants of land for similar 
 purposes. The State of Virginia did the same by Kentucky, then a 
 dependence of that State ; and Massachusetts, while Maine appertained 
 to her, gave a quantity of land for the establishment of Colleges. When 
 the lands Avere granted for schools in Ohio, there was not a single white 
 inhabitant in that State. CongTCSs gave this small portion of their 
 possessions for the purpose of accelerating the sale of the public lands ; 
 and the plan had great effect. It Was a bargain in which the Govern- 
 ment were great gainers : for t was a strong inducement to settlers to 
 take up new land, when they were secure in a provision for the educa- 
 tion of their children. It was now asked, to give a small portion of 
 land to establish firmly a respectable seminary in that State, and he 
 hoped the request would not be denied. The application, in this in- 
 stance, was not from an individual, but from the Legislature of the 
 State of Ohio, which he thought gave it a claim to much additional 
 weight. 
 
 Mr. BENTON observed that this bill was for an object, specific, 
 meritorious, and recommended by the favourable request of the Legislature 
 of Ohio. A legislative request from a sovereign State, ought, at least, 
 to stand for something. The new States, he admitted, appeared, almost 
 too frequently for their own dignity, at the bar of Congress, in the 
 
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 character of petitioners ; but this case was not subject to that remark. 
 It was an application in behalf of a literary institution, which had 
 made its way, from small begiimings, to a point of eminent usefulness, 
 and that chiefly by the great , exertions of a single individual — Bishop 
 Chase. The fact that the institution had been able to command so 
 high a testimonial of regard, from the Legislature of the State in which 
 it was placed, would be conclusive, that it merited the friendly consi- 
 deration of Congress. The amount of aid asked, was not considera- 
 ble, whether we regarded the ability of the donor, -or the meritorious 
 nature of the donation. The United States had more land than she 
 could sell for any terms, even the lowest. The tov/nship requested, 
 would make no diminution, which could he felt or kno¥/n. The benefit 
 of it wovdd accrue to future, as well as to existing generations, to the 
 people of any part of the Union as well as Ohio. Students may go 
 there from any State^ and receive the benefits of education on terms of 
 unexampled moderation. If the new States, and- Ohio among others, 
 were the owners of all the vacant soil withm their limits, it might be 
 proper for them to sustain their Institutions upon their own resources ; 
 but as the fact Avas — all the vacant soil belonging to the Federal Go- 
 vernment, paying no taxes, bearing no share of the public burthens — 
 there was certainly a moral obligation on this great landlord, an absen- 
 tee in_the worst sense of the word, to contribute to the advancement 
 of their public object, whether for the improvement of the mind or the 
 country. He knew it might be said that the United States had made 
 an appropriation of land for schools ; but he considered all ,such ap- 
 propriations greatly overbalanced in this case, by the fifteen millions of 
 dollars which Ohio had paid for public lands, by the taxes which she 
 had lost, and by the increased value which the industry and capital of 
 her citizens had cast upon the public lands. Mr. B. concluded with 
 saying, that he need not descant upon the value of education in a free 
 country./ He would barely say, that the preservation of our repub- 
 lican institutions must depend as much vipon the intelligence as upon 
 the virtue of its citizens. 
 
 Mr. CHAMBERS, said the only principle contained in tliis bill, 
 which, by possibility, can involve a constitutional question, is whether 
 the Congress of the United States has power to grant the public lands ? 
 From the earliest history of the Government to the present moment — 
 including the present session — this right has been exercised and ac- 
 .quiesced in. Gi'ants have been made to the new States ; to canal com- 
 panies ; to road companies; and to companies or associations for the 
 relief of the deaf and dumb. If a grant can be made to a State, it is 
 difficult to perceive the distinction which would prevent a grant to an 
 incorporated company ; and if ^o one character of corporate societies, 
 he was at a loss to conjecture how the Constitution could be supposed 
 to forbid a donation to another corporate society. The question was 
 altogether one of expediency. Congress had required, from those who 
 had asked a grant of public lands, satisfactory evidence that the object 
 to which the grant was to be applied was meritorious in itself; that the 
 grant was necessary to effect the object ; and that the accomplishment 
 of it was calculated to give greater value to the adjacent lands owned 
 by the Government. 
 
 In this case the College is designed to accomplish an object admitted, 
 on all hands, to be desiiablc in the highest degree — -the diffusion of 
 useful knowledge, nmongftt tlie youth of the country, even those of 
 
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 contracted and limited pecuniary means, and without regard to political 
 or religious divisions. The benefits of the institution are not to be (as 
 it has been suggested) in any degree confined to individuals of one 
 religious sect, nor are its operations to be made conducive to the forma- 
 tion of the religious creed of its pupils. It has been incorporated by 
 the State of Ohio, and recommended, by the unanimous vote of the 
 Legislature of that State, to our especial patronage, as the recipient of 
 our bounty in the precise mode novr proposed in the bill. The pro- 
 ceeds of this grant Avill be applied to the erection of buildings and 
 improvements, and the accommodation of an increased population, 
 which will necessarily lead to an enhanced value of the adjacent public 
 Mnds. In what', then, does this grant diifer from those heretofore made, 
 in respect to any constitutional principle 1 or how does it involve any 
 question of establishing primary schools, or any other schools'? The 
 Government is to have no interest in, or control over, the institution : 
 its affairs are to be conducted by the trustees, who, by its charter, pre- 
 side over it ; they are not created by the Government, or in the small- 
 est degree amenable to it; nor are their operations, in the slightest 
 respect, subject to its supervision. 
 
 It was not his intention to go into the merits of the bUL That duty 
 he cheerfully confided to those who had taken more active interest in 
 the subject. His only design had been to show, that the measure was 
 free from the imputed charge of conflicting with the Constitution. 
 
 The Bill alluded to in the foregoing discussion, was in the follow- 
 ing words, viz. 
 
 " A Bill granting a toio^iship of land fo Kenyan College, in Ohio. 
 
 " Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa/ives af the United States of 
 Amenca, in Congress aesembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to- the incorporated 
 Institution of Kenyoii College, Knox County, Ohio, for literary purposes, the quantity 
 of one township of land, to be selected under tlie direction of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, in tracts not less than one quarter section, conforma!)ly to the lines of the 
 public surveys, of lands subject to entry at private sale : And it shall be the duty of the 
 said corporation to sell the said land within fifteen years from the passage of this act, 
 and to appropriate the proceeds thereof to the use of the said Institution for ever." 
 
 This Bill passed the Senate of the United States, by a very respecta- 
 ble majority, 25 to 15; even those who voted against it having com- 
 mended the benevolence of the Institution^ and spoken most kindly 
 of the person who writes this. What then must have been his joy ! 
 What the exultation of his soul at the bright prospect before him ! 
 The dark cloud of anxiety, of trouble and of doubt was broken. A 
 bright ray from the throne of mercy seemed to beam upon his path, 
 and pointed the way to the accomplishment of all his wishes ; the 
 perpetuating of the light of science, religion and common learning 
 throughout our Western country. But perfect joy is not made for 
 man. God seeth that disappoit>tments are better suited to this 
 scene of trial. The morning is bright, the noonday is overcast, 
 and at evening the sun of hope often sets in storms and tempests. 
 
 The bill was carried from the Senate to thehouse of Representa- 
 tives. It was accompanied thither by the prayers of thousands who 
 regard the best interests of our country. These prayers were 
 made known in various most respectful ways: but the P^?ss^^ 
 business caused them to be passed by from day to day. When 
 
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 9gain, and again, as th€ prospect bnglitGiied, like tlie partial illii- 
 niinations of an expiring lamp, WQW hopes were entertained, and as 
 often died on the aching heart. 
 
 Just before the last final unsuccessful effort to bring the honoura- 
 ble members of the House of Representatives, to consider the na- 
 ture of the bill in favour of Kenyon College, a letter similar to the 
 following was addressed to some of them who it is believed were 
 most able to befriend this infant Institution, and who did all they 
 could to bring it into favourable consideration. 
 
 ".Dex\r Sir, * 
 
 Allow a friend of the best interests of our rising country to 
 speak to you freely on a subject which forms no small portion of his 
 daily prayers and which is identified with his hearts best affections. 
 He now alludes to Kenyon College, Ohio. Child of the necessities 
 of the Western world; born in affliction and matured in tears— it 
 has grown in beauty and prospects of future usefulness till all eyes 
 and hearts that have duly considered its merits, both in England 
 and America, are fixed^on it for good. The darling of thousands 
 in the present, and the hope of millions in ages yet to come, it oc- 
 cupies the whole heart of the writer. After doing what could be 
 done by private munificence, after sacrificing more than ten long 
 years of his life, and the most of his substance, in cherishing this 
 Institution, destined, as is believed, to preserve untold multitudes of 
 our Western people from returning to pagan darkness, he has 
 brought with a trembling hand, this infant College to the doors of 
 our National LegisiatLfle. 
 
 The honourable the Senate (God of our Fathers bless them) 
 Iiave smiled upon it, and raised from his knees him who was pray- 
 ing in its behalf. 
 
 Having patiently heard him, they granted his request : and 
 cheered by their beneficence he now approaches the doors of the 
 House of Representatives and asks for admittance and a hearing. 
 Turn not away 3'our approving countenance. Let not this hon- 
 ourable house, protector of the friendless, and charged by the 
 Founder of our Republic with the high duty of seeking the best in- 
 terests of rising generations, O let not this honourable body close 
 their doors and retire, white this child of God's peculiar Provi- 
 dence, destined to purposes of such signal beneficence, is clinging 
 round their feet for protection : for those reasonable blessings 
 which even foreigners bestow without grudging. 
 
 Call to mind the awful truth that God is lookmg on you ; and 
 that a sympathizing world have turned their attention to the course 
 taken on this momentous question. 
 
 Should this petition fail, the plaintive cries of disappointment 
 will be loud and piercing — they will be heard by distant friend? 
 and the echo thereof will be sad. 
 
 God of the poor and friendless ! ruler of the hearts, and controller 
 of the tumultuous interests of men and nations, incline you to hear 
 the prayer of the petitioner for the benefit of Kenyon College." 
 
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 This appeal, for reasons which God in his good time will no doubt 
 show, were best and wisest, was unsuccessful. The tide of business 
 long delayed, was such in the house, the cause of Kenyon College, 
 which, by reason of its peaceful nature, mingled not with the over- 
 whelming tide of politics, was put oiTtill another year, by a vote of 
 a small majority. 
 
 The writer of this, was not present in the House on the night of 
 the 24th of May, 1828. At the dwelling of a friend, however, he 
 soon received the news of the sad event. 
 
 The weight of the disappointment which it occasioned is heavy. 
 The hand of God aJone can sustain him under it. Great will be 
 the emhar^assments which it ivill occasion.. The delays and dis- 
 couragements ; THE DISMISSION OF HANDS, OF LABOURERS AND 
 MECHANICS, THE CURTAILING OF MANY PLANS SET ON FOOT TO 
 BRING THE CoLLEGE INTO IMMEDIATE AND EXTENSIVE OPERATION ;, 
 
 all of which must necessarily follow from this disappointment, pro- 
 duce a deep state of mental depression : from which there is no es- 
 cape, with life, but in renewed effort. 
 
 This is Bishop Chase's apology for appealing; to his country at 
 large in this (till now unexpected) yet most respectful manner, for 
 RELIEF. His friends he is confident are numerous, far beyond the 
 number of those who have hitherto contributed : for, who is, not a 
 friend to an institution which brings useful knowledge so effectually 
 and extensively within the reach of the poor, as none other institution 
 has heretofore ever done ^ Never before on any other plan have the 
 expenses of a public education been brought within the compass of 
 f 70. Never before has the light of science beamed thus on the 
 cottages of the poor. 
 
 Who then would not give his mite to expedite the completion of 
 a college erected in the woods, at great personal sacrifices, and for 
 such benevolent purposes ^ 
 
 A SMALL SUM ONLY is askcd of every friend of every name and 
 class. In this way numbers will make amends for deficiency in 
 quantity, and in this way, the wound occasioned by the late dis- 
 appointment in Congress, will be healed by the hand of individual 
 beneficence. In this way, the commenced buildings may be finish- 
 ed and the great work accomplished. 
 
 Whoever reads this is, therefore, most respectfully and earnestly 
 entreated immediately to inclose ONE DOLLAR, in aid of the pre- 
 sent struggles of Kenyon College, in a letter addressed to 
 
 " P. CHASE, P. M. GAMBIER, KNOX Co. OHIO, 
 
 OR, 
 
 "P. CHASE, P. M. CARE OP LEONARD KIP, Esq. NEW- 
 YORK CITY." 
 
 Or should there be Associations, (which is devoutly desired) 
 in towns and villages, the managers and agents of the same, 
 are requested to expedite collections and forward the same in 
 letters addressed as above. All that is wanted, is promptness and des- 
 
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 patch, and an immediate and ^xweraZ endeavour to extend ilie circula- 
 tion of tliis paper. To ensure this, printers throughout the United 
 States, are most affectionately requested to give their aid, by ex- 
 tracting and inserting in their respective newspapers, as much of 
 this appeal as is convenient. 
 
 To prevent the failure of this last effort, made to allay the pains 
 of cUsappointment, and ensure the completion of the great work 
 assigned him by Providence, Bishop Chase would fain call to his 
 aid, all the relative strength, which through a long life, God in 
 mercy has afforded_him in an extensive acquaintance. Though 
 poor and weak in himself, — yet, blessed be God's holy name, he 
 deems himself rich in the praj'ers and good will of thousands to 
 whom he has stood related in the several walks of life. 
 
 Do any who are joined to him by the ties of consanguinity and 
 affinity, wish well to the reputation aud disinterested benevolence 
 of their a.ffecUon(i.te Relative ? Let them now give something, even 
 a trifle, to this his last attempt at public charity. 
 
 In passing down the current of human events, will this little publica- 
 tion ever catch the eye of any to whom the writer has been a precep- 
 tor, in his endeavours to be useful in the literary world ? Let such 
 be entreated to read and consider well the importance of the present 
 prayer for their bounty. God enabled their parents to send them to 
 school. -Let them imitate God in sending the like benefit to others. 
 
 In the course of his life, the writer of this article has been an hum- 
 ble missionary. He has travelled through the tall forest, and 
 planted churches where 7iow villages and large towns arise and 
 show their glittering spires. He has been settled and ministered 
 in cities to the rich and the poor, to the old and the young. Thrice 
 blessed will he be if any to whom- he has endeavoured to be ser- 
 viceable will now remember him. Let them for Jesus' sake remember 
 him in this his day of bitter disappointment, and cause him to rejoice 
 and wear the garment of praise in the place of the spirit of heavi- 
 ness. Yea in his character of christian pastor, he may say, thrice 
 blessed will they be for exhibiting this proof, that his ministrations 
 have not been in vain. 
 
 If among the many thorns of life, there has been one rose of pe- 
 culiar fragrance to the undersigned, it has been that of friendship. 
 His friends have been not a few, and those always ardent and faithful,, 
 these will not leave him in this day of need ; consecrated by the hand 
 of christian benevolence, the offerings of friendship will be doubly 
 precious. 
 
 And should even an enemy cast an eye on these sheets, let 
 him not take further offence. Let him think of the short time 
 allotted man, to learn forgiveness and to do good. Let him for- 
 give what he thinks amiss. Let him open his hand vs'ide and prove 
 the truth of his faith by his works of charity ; and whoever he may 
 be, let him be assured of the forgiveness and prayers of 
 
 BISHOP CHASE, o/O/tio. 
 
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