the  Convention,  and  without  the  least  authority  from  it  direct  or  im-
plied, instructed  the  counsel  for  removal  to  bring  the  case  on  before
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  and  that  it  was  prosecuted  thereafter
as  far  as  there  was  any  reasonable  ground  of  hope  that  they  would
succeed.  They  had  no  authority  from  the  Convention  for  an  attempt
to  embarrass  or  crush  the  enterprise  at  Hamilton,  but  only  to  "  leave  "
it.  We  had  authority  in  a  quiet  and  peaceful  ii  anner  to  stand  by
those  interests  which  our  removal  brethren  were  either  leaving,  or
were  extremely  reluctant  to  leave.  We  did  it,  not  only  because  we
found  denominational  authority,  but  because  we  had  the  fullest  con-
viction that  the  cause  of  ministerial  and  general  education  in  the  State
required  it.  We  have  done  it  with  no  unfriendliness  of  feeling  or  oppo-
sition to  the  new  enterprise  or  its  friends,  but  wishing  them  the
highest  success  and  striving  on  our  part  to  cherish  between  the  two
enterprises  the  most  amicable  relations.  There  is  work  enough  for
both  which  can  be  accomplished  without  strife,  and  fields  of  patronage
and  influence  sufficiently  broad  and  distinct.  We  shall  endeavor  by
Divine  grace  to  emulate  those  generous  and  exalted  sentiments  which
actuated  the  early  founders  of  this  noble  Institution,  and  say  to  all
who  are  engaged  in  the  same  work,  whether  in  this  State  or  out^
"  Let  there  be  no  strife,  we  are  brethren."  There  are  men,  there  are
benevolent  hearts,  there  are  candidates  for  the  ministry  both  of  the
poor  and  wealthy  who  are  thirsting  for  knowledge,  "  to  be  taught  the
way  of  God  more  perfectly,"  tliere  are  churches  and  missionary  sta-
tions eagerly  waiting  for  laborers,  and  the  prize  in  this  great  work
lies  between  us.  It  is  for  the  meek  and  humble  who  can  "  take  suffer-
ing wrongfully,"  for  the  active  and  resolute.
