er, although not
expressly designated as such, were understood by the manner
of expression to be placed in contrast. Mr. Thompson remarked
that such conduct would not be tolerated by the students of
any college in England, Scotland, or Ireland. This abuse, of
the faculty at Andover was more personal and pointed than I
have described; one of the faculty was called by name, but
the severe expressions I have forgotten. He would probably
have outrun himself, and exhausted the vocabulary of
opprobrious epithets, had he not been interrupted. At the
conclusion of the lecture, with the strange inconsistency
which belongs to the man, he remarked that he had a high
respect for the members of the faculty, and that he would
willingly sit at their feet as a learner.

He had only one remark before he sat down. It had been publicly
stated by a student of this seminary, that Mr. Thompson, in a
conversation with him, had said, that _every slave-holder deserved to
have his throat cut_, and that his slaves ought to do it. He could
not, of course, vouch for the truth of this; but Mr. Thompson was
there to explain. One thing, however, he could state as an
indisputable fact, namely, that the professors of the seminaries had
signed a document in which it was asserted that the young man had been
in the college for three years, and that his veracity was unimpeached
and unimpeachable. If the story were true--it was well that it was
timely made public. If the young man misunderstood Mr. Thompson, he
(Mr. B.) believed he formed one of a very large class in America, who
had fallen into similar mistakes, and drawn similar conclusions from
the general drift of his doings and sayings in that country.

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Mr. THOMPSON, on rising, observed that no one could be more ready than
himself to commend the gentleman who had just resumed his seat for the
courage which he had shewn in dealing so frankly and faithfully with
him, (Mr. T.) in the presence of those to whom he (Mr. B.) was
comparatively a stranger, and whose favorable opinion he (Mr. T.) had
had many opportunities of conciliating. He rejoiced that his opponent
had, towards the end of his speech, attempted to state facts and
specify charges, and had thus afforded him an opportunity of showing
how completely and triumphantly he could meet the charges brought
against himself personally, and support the statemen