bestowed upon it in the past. We deplore the
present condition of the college in respect to the sentiments
entertained towards it, as expressed in said resolutions, and we
proffer our readiness to do any act which our intimate knowledge of
its affairs and circumstances enable us to judge practicable and
beneficial. Neither the Trustees nor the Faculty coincide with the
president of the college in the views which he has published, touching
slavery and the war; and it has been their hope that the college would
not be adjudged a partisan institution, by reason of such
publications. It has been our purpose that no act of ours should
contribute to such an impression upon the public mind, inviting the
public as we do, to contribute to its support, and to partake of its
privileges.

"'It would be impracticable if it were wise to embody in this report
all the reasons which induce us to propose no action by which the
removal of the president from the head of the institution should be
undertaken by the Trustees; and we bespeak with confidence the
favorable judgment that we act discreetly, from the members of the
Conference who have expressed in their resolutions their generous
appreciation of the eminent ability and qualifications of the
president for the position which he occupies.

"'Yet the Committee do not fail to see that the present crisis in the
country is no ordinary conflict between opposing parties, but is a
struggle between the government on one side, and its enemies on the
other, and that in it are involved vital issues, not only respecting
science and learning, virtue and religion, but also respecting all the
social and civil blessings growing out of free institutions.

"'The Committee recommend that the resolutions of the Merrimack County
Conference, this report and the accompanying resolutions, be published
in pamphlet forms, and that the Treasurer be directed to cause the
same to be circulated among the members of said Conference, and other
persons, according to his discretion.

Amos Tuck.
N. Bouton."

"'RESOLUTIONS.

"'The Trustees of Dartmouth College, impressed with the magnitude of
the crisis now existing in public affairs, and with the vital
consequences which the issue of current events will bring to the
nation and the world; and, considering that it is the duty of literary
institutions and the men who control them to stand in no doubtful
position when the Government of the country struggles