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tit‘ying myself. and because I am not disposed to
give to an affair which, to say the least of it, can
do no good to your Institution, any un ecessary
puhlicity. \Vith these explanatory rema s I beg
leave to solicit your candid attention to the fol.
lowing statement.

ON the day in which my resignation of the
Professorship of )Iateria l‘vledica and Botany in
the ’l‘ransylvania University was received by the.
Trustees, Dr. Dudley remarked to Dr. Richard—
son, that my conduct in resigning was unaccount-
able, inasmuch as I had “ pledged myself at
George’s tavern, when the Faculty met last fall,
to hold my appointment for two years.” Know-
ing this to he untrue. Dr. Richardson deemed it
correct. as I haul let‘t Lexington, to communicate
it to me. I was much surprised, and presuming
that Dr. Dudley would, upon application, rectify
his statement, I immediately addressed to him
the following letter. ~
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" Cincinnati, flpril 2d, 1818.

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In a letter which I received this morning from
Dr. Richardson, he informs me that you say “ my con-
dut‘ in 1'(‘.~d;;’tlilt:: my professorship was unaccountable,
inauntu-h or l pledged myselfat George‘s tavern, when
13':' Faculty met last nu, to hold it for two years.”

'E'l‘iw is incorrect. l olwerwd that my impression then
u:1~'-.Ilu t I should come to Lexington a second time, alter
\z‘tith i should decide on my ultimate destination.

in t't-fflnl to a resignation l remarked, that I should
ulna} : ct-n.~'ider it my duty to resign under circumstances
that \YUl‘ltl enable the Trustees to fill my place in time.
to prewnr the i:1' V111: to be held
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Gentlemen, \\ 1th great lespect,
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DANIEL DRAKE.

t mp1] Qfa letter from Dr. James Blythe, dated Lee 111 [011,11
.flprll 13 ,1818.
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l was much uut'prisetl at the receipt of your l11t-
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you, eithtr VVhen VVe met at Georves taV',11111 or 111 :111V'
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measure your private affairs in the spring: linrt if f on did
not continue, you would re>i;_rn early enough To enable
the Trustees to till your \ucunry for the ensuing course.
I lnrd, through the last “inter, repeated conversations
with you on the sznne subject, and you never expressed
anv other dotermilmtion.

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D. Drake, J]. I}. “I H. RICHARDSON.

The result of this experiment will sufficiently
appe: r from the following letter which I received
from Dr. Dudley, on me. 6:11 instant.

Lexington June 30. 1818
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Richardson designed to advocate your innocence oftht:
(Thames I allcdge to you—As the board have Very proper-
lt’ decided that theyhave nothingr to do with you or your
Communications 8' have given you permission to withdraw
them, [hare concluded hot to annoy that body on your
account, but to address you directly—I was surprised to
pereeire that in your communication you have been silent
on the Charge 1 made, in writing against you wherein
I stated tliatlvou announced yourselfax having embarked
in common cause with the institution So that .Your fortune
& reputation must rise or sink with it——and this is the.
more singular since you complain of another charge nev-
er reduced to writing, but whi(h even if in:1(le,pleads’
amply your conduct in justilieatinn—l now a~lt _:ou si"
what was the conduct of lloct ()verton & mysell'toward;
you; did we not in the Spirit of (‘onriliation yield to you
what had been refused the board of Trustees in recogni-
seing Dr Richardson as Professor in the Medical school;
did we not state that the class of the previous winter
would he hostile to the srhool if Dr Richardson should
be :l('l‘tlo\\letlgetl as a Professor while the outrage com~
mitted on their feeling-- remained unredressediby the
Board—did we not obserw that in leeturein: to empty
benches you would become discouraged (\ retire from the.
uchool {EV did you not reply that theiimpression from the
‘rst winters course should hate no weight on yourulti-
mate descision & that another season at least. would be,
necessary before you \\ ould form an opinion as regards
the prospects of our school—~This is the pledge you gate
and as- regards your expressions of doubt in xeiuaiidng
he! e,durin;; the winter, there is good ground for oeiiet’ciné‘r
them made in the true spizit of intrigue which had for its
ohjert the chair of the 'l‘heory {\V l’vactice of thie.
Did we not leo~e a pupil eten from Your otnrstate bv
recogniseing Ur. Richardson as prolesdnrindependent Jr
the injury we sustained at home while vour influence
brought us no patronage from ()hitH'l'hese are facts
which if you have an} regard for truth 8; candor you
dare not deny The Contents of four two friends llet-
ters hate been duly appretiatcd; that of Doctor Blt'the
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is wishes Each application for justice having produced
‘11 ‘Vl'iCh new and more offensive aggressions, I have re;
i220}, 5? solved to bring the matter to a crisis. 'I hat not a
d. 1am single charge, how e1 er trifling ,may remain unle-
)t'essorial futed, I have carefull1 extracted f1on1 D1. Dud-
“*0“ my 191 s 111’1ttcn and oral com1nunic1tions, e1 ery
“3:333:33 thing which has a bearing upon me; and as far as
“‘1 001 1 I can percei1e, the following schedule comprises
lees 11111 the whole. 5‘
'1ua1ilie‘1 , 1. “ That my conduct in resigning was unac-

countable, inasmuch as I pledged myself when

$31,126 the Faculty met at George’s last fall, to hold my
Professorship for two years.”

cuts are 2.. “ That the whole course pursued by me on
A ‘.“‘“”'" the evening of the organization of the Faculty,
25:33:: was of a character to afi'ord every assurance that I
moi] or; tell myself pledged to the school for two seasons
'lppoint- at least.”
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aman— 6. That I asserted that the number of pupils
, ‘ , the first winter should have no influence on my
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7’. That I insisted that Doctor Richardson

:3?" should be recognised as a Professor, by which

at least one pupil from the state of Ohio 17:13
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For a complete refutation of the three first
charges, it will I trust be sufficient for me to refer
to the letter: of Doctors Blythe and Richardson,
with the accompanying address to the Trustees.
No additional testimony can be necessary to
prove that the charge of mv having given a ph dge
to hold my Professorship for any given time, is
as false as the intimation that in the time and
manner of my resignation I had attempted to de-
stroy the College, is groundless and unprincipled.
As I held my place for no specific time the rec
W1 1111t1o11 oi it (ould nev er he a bleach oi ohliga~
fien. “ hen I accepted the appointment, it was
not a condition that after resigning it I should
never hold another of the same kind ; and there-
fore were there a Medical School in Cincinnati,
and were I to join it. such an art ought not, and
amongc candid, hono1ahle and l1111l1n11nded men,
would not be alleged against me as an i111p1o—
priety .

I have said that the letters of Drs. Blythe and
Richardson are sufficient to prove that I gave no
pledge to hold my appointment for a specific time;
but of this, it would appear from Dr. Dudley's
last letter, there is some doubt. In the midst of
the abuse which he 1‘ antonly heaps upon those
gentlemen, he does not, it is true, (harge them
directly 111th 111isreprese1itation: but to elude
the etl'ects of their testimony, he intimates that
the pledge was given at another time and place:
-—if so, why attempt to vilify them. This pre-
varication is directlv in (h1u11cter I am (harged
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recognised; I then prove that I made no such
promise—and behold, it turns out that there was
a mistake as to the time and place. To whatever
place or period it may be shuffled. it is neverthe-
less a falsehood. and the author of it a seoundrel.

“Vith respect to the 4th charge. that my de-
elarations through the winter, that l t‘xpt‘t‘lt‘tl
to resign in the spring. were not sincere. it will,
I presume. be only net'essar)’ for me to observe.
thatas I did resign at the appointed time, it is:
pretty evident that I meant to do so. The, per-
formance of a promise is. I believe, generall} re-
garded as primaflleia eVidenee that he \\ ho made
’it was sintere. “rhether l “as in earnest or not,
is a matterot‘ no moment on the present oecasion,
as the question simply is, whether I. gave timely
notice of my intention—a fact that is admitted in
the eharge itself,

‘VhetherI ever made the deela 'ations ascribed
to me in thefitheharge, 1 do not now distinctly re;
eolleet: and as Dr. Dudley’s authority is in favour
of it. there is a strong; presumption that [did not.
“Thaterer may he the truth on this point. my
conduct While in the [institution “as. i, hope. in
strict conformity to the honorable sentiment eon—
tained in that eharge. No sophistry can construe.
sueh a deela 'ation. suppose it to have been made,
into a pledge to hold my Professorship for any
given: length ol'tiine. It was simpl" an expression
of that integrity and enthusiasm nhieh should
perrade and animate the mind of every member
ot'a new institution. If I “as not wanting in
exertions for the benefit of in y class. I certainly
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nish data. for an estimate 111” my labours in this
respect, 1 may be permitted to say. that I. met
111V' pupils oftener than any other Professor of
the College. and that at the end of the, session I
had the gratification 11f 1111 en i112; trom them an af—
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“ It 1s (say they) not becoming in us to enquire
into the causes that produced at your last lecture
an allusion to our final separation, and if this
were the only 1'111son afi'orded us for a belief in
such a separation, we should still cherish the
pleasing expectation of your continuance, not only
as our warmest friend and the friend of science,
as an example ol' diligence, perseverance and
laudable excition: but above all. as our faithful
guide in the ditiicult path 111'sci11nce.”

‘1 “’11 fear. however from i11t'o1 matiou de1 iV ed
from other sources, that V'ou intend to res1gn.
\\ 11 intr '11 um to look around 31111, upon us and
the Institution. “ e expected much from V'ou,
and our expectations have been surpassed \ our
social Virtues alone would haVe endez '11'11d Von to
us all: but VV hen VVe look upon Vour acquire—
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l1; 11pV and luminous mode of illustlation, the ad-

Vantagcs obtained and those VVe must lleriV e from
V‘our lectures, the lustre and fame V'ou mustshed
upon our rising Institution bV Vour superior ta-
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1’4 Be. assured that we cannot find words to ex-
press- our grati 1tude for vour attentions to us, the
smallest ol V1 Inch will neV er he Iorgotten.”

To this I; shall only,r add, that I attended the
meetings of’the l‘Iedieal Society regulailV', and
was the only Professor of the College that at-
tempted to meet and encourage the V'oung men
in that mode of prosecuting their studies. This
can he testified by the whole society.

‘Vhether I made the declaration contained in
the 6th charge I do not reinenihe ', nor is it a.
matter of MN moment. I can sincerely saV, VV1th-
outgoing into an exposition of the causes that
induced me to resign, that they had no reference
to the 1))![1113 ot' the School. I11 the 11st 1l1lisl1d
ment ot .\,I111l11 11l ( olh'ges in the \‘V'estern (‘oun-
try, the great (Inside/rim are, not Students, but
Pl‘uft‘s'sxtl‘w'. A single coxcomh is suflicient to
blast the prospects of a new institution.

To the 7th count of the indictment I plead
guilty 1111011171. I did not insist that Dr. Itit l1-
Maison, 111 nartitul 1'11, sh ttlItI he 1'1'1(ognised as a
Protiwoi', though I strongly advised it; but I
ili1linsist that he. or some other person in his
place, should he recognised. that the School
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Board had issued an order requiring the Profesv
sors elect to assemble forthwith ;——‘md the alter»
native was presented to Dr. Dudley, of recogni-
sing Dr. Richardson, and retaining me for the
winter, or of postponing the organization of the
Faculty another year. He preferred the latter,
but from a dread of public indignation, adopted
the former; intending and expecting by a certain
course of conduct to rid the Institution of me
at least, within a short time. There was, then,
nothing yielded to me, as he pretends ; all was
extorted from him by circumstances. It is quite
unmercit‘ul, therefore, to heap on my devoted
In ‘ad the vast oppiobrium of having caused the
loss of at least one pupil from the state of Ohio,
while my influence brought no patronage from
that quarter. ‘Vhat an overwhelming calamity
to the School! It happens, hmvever, and I only
mention it to show how little reliance is to be
placed on any of the statements of this catch-
penny guardian of the Institution, that there was
“one pupil at least” from war Cincinnati. I
feel degraded. however. by the bare notice of
a charge so boyish and despicable, and will
hasten on, in hopes of finding the others more
exalted.

The 8th has more pith ilianthelast, foralthough
a short one. it contains two lies. 1. It is liaise.
that l dq-(ided on Dr. Dudley’s lectures. without
hearing one ot'theni: and 2.1t is false that i, ever
pronounced him imtompetent, in the unqualified
manner in which it is here, stated. I always en-
tertained the opinion, that no Professor, who is
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ceiss both Anatomy and Surgery. In this opinion
1 was so much strengthened by my residence in
Lexington, that it became one of the causes of my
resignation; and in my various conversations
with the friends of the College, 1 never hesitated
to express it. But [always admitted that Dr.
Dudley would do very well for either Professor—
ship alone. This criticism on the orgmtizzitionof
the School but ill comported with his monopo-
lizing views. I assert, but cannot prove it. that
when I arrived at Lexington, Dr. Dudley was
disposed to suppress Dr. Richardson's Profes-
sorship altogether. \Vhat is now taught by that
gentleman with so much success, would then
has 3 attached itself chiefly to Dr. Dudley’s chair;
and we should have been presented with the.
magnificent and nth-cling spu tztele of one young
Backwoodsnmn engaged in teaching what in the
University of Pennsylvania occupied the time
and powers of W ISTAR, PHYSIC, Donsm and
JAMES. This would have been charming !—
From my knowledge of Dr. Dudley, I expect
him to deny what 1 have stated relative to Dr.
Rizinrdson’s Professorship; but if that assertion
be altogether suppressed, we shall still find him
pretending to teach all that in Philadelphia was
lately confided to three of those illustrious men.

As it respects. in the 9th place, my conduct to
Dr. Overteu, “' :1 man whose talents are brilliant
in collision with any others in the, western coun-
try,” I have nothing further to say. That (in the
10th place) I ever intrigued for his Fretiworship,
or would have accepted it. lnul it