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Title A name given to the resource The Issue of Slavery Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maddie Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maddie Smith Subject The topic of the resource Lane Theological Seminary; Presbyterian Theological Seminaries; Activism, Student; Protest Movements; abolitionism Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en%20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">No Copyright</a> Relation A related resource Part of the Lane Theological Seminary Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century 1830's Cincinnati, Ohio Description An account of the resource Most of these documents are committee minutes recommending to eliminate and finally eliminating all student societies at the seminary. A letter by Professor Biggs criticizes the abolitionist students. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document (Lane_064) (Shown Vertically: No. 4) Line 1 Order 1 x Line 2 Whereas the Anti-Slavery Society & the Coloniza- Line 3 tion Society, lately organized in the Seminary, Line 4 are considered by the board, as likely, to in Line 5 the present state of public excitement on Line 6 the subject of slavery, as tending to enlist Line 7 the students in controversies foreign to their Line 8 studies, & to stir up among themselves & in Line 9 the community, unfriendly feelings, & useless Line 10 hostilities, thereby counteracting, to some extent Line 11 the great objects of the Institution; Therefore, Line 12 ordered, that the students be required Line 13 to discontinue those societies in the Sem- Line 14 inary. (Shown Vertically: No. 5) Line 15 Order 2 Line 16 Ordered, that the Executive Committee have Line 17 power to dismiss any student from the Line 18 Seminary, when they shall think it necessary Line 19 so to do; & to make any [other] rules & regulations Line 20 for the admission of students, or for the govern- Line 21 ment & management of the Seminary, or any Line 22 of its concerns, not inconsistent with the charter Line 23 & the regulations of this Board, which they may Line 24 deem expedient. (Shown Vertically: 6th Oct Trustees [Met] (Shown Vertically: No. 1) Line 25 Resolved, that this Board approve & adopt the Line 26 report of the sub-committee of the Executive Line 27 committee, “relative to the proceedings among the Line 28 students on the subject of slavery,” & the proceedings Line 29 of the Executive Committee [theron] of the 20th of Line 30 August 1834. (Lane_065) (Shown Vertically: No. 2) Line 1 Standing Rule 1 Line 2 Societies or associations of the Students shall not Line 3 be organized in the Seminary without the appro- Line 4 bation of the Faculty; & where such organi- Line 5 zation shall be desired, the constitution, & the Line 6 [ge] object & general regulations of such society Line 7 shall be submitted to the Faculty for their Line 8 consideration. Line 9 Standing rule 2 Line 10 The Students shall not hold ^general meetings among Line 11 themselves, other than those of a religious or de- Line 12 votional character, or for purposes associated Line 13 with the course of studies; nor deliver public Line 14 addresses or lectures at the Seminary or Line 15 elsewhere ^in term time other than those connected with Line 16 ordinary religious exercises; nor make Line 17 public addresses or communications to the Line 18 students when assembled at their meals or Line 19 on other ordinary occasions; nor be absent Line 20 from the seminary in term time __ with- Line 21 out the approbation of the Faculty, or Line 22 of such person as they shall designate Line 23 for that purpose. (Lane_066) Line 1 1 Line 2 ordered, that the following suggestions be commu- Line 3 nicated to the Faculty, by the Recording Secretary. Line 4 in connection with the proceedings of the Board Line 5 at the present meeting. Line 6 (Shown Vertically: No. 6) Line 7 To guard against misapprehensions, Line 8 the Board of Trustees think proper to commu- Line 9 nicate to the Faculty some explanation of Line 10 their views, in relation to the regulations re- Line 11 cently adopted. Line 12 The Board are very far from designing Line 13 to impose any undue restraints upon discussion & Line 15 free enquiry ^ among the students; nor do they design to interfere with Line 16 the Faculty in the details of Collegiate govern- Line 17 ment: their object has ^ is been to secure to the Line 18 Faculty a more direct & certain influence Line 19 over the conduct of the students, without the ne- Line 20 cessity of adopting for themselves severe or arbitrary Line 21 regulations. The Board consider; ^ that the location Line 22 of this Seminary, in the vicinity of a large city Line 23 & on the borders of a Slave state, calls for some Line 24 peculiar cautionary measures in its government; Line 25 & that the present state of public sentiment on Line 26 some exciting topics, requires some restraints to be Line 27 imposed, which under other circumstances, might Line 28 be entirely unnecessary. Line 29 On the subject of slavery, the Board are of opinion Line 30 that public general discussions ought to be excluded from the Line 31 Institution. at present. So much of excitement, & of par- Line 32 ty animosity has already arisen from this source; its Line 33 tendencies at this time are so obviously to absorb too Line 34 much of the attention, that the minds of the students Line 35 can hardly come in contact with it without injury with safety. Line 36 The proceedings of the Students have produced Line 37 an impression in community, that the Seminary Line 38 is deeply implicated with one particular party.__ (Lane_067) Line 1 [?] Line 2 Another part of the regulations has been adopted with Line 3 some reference to the intercourse of the Students with the Line 4 city. Considering, that the students will classes will be com- Line 5 posed of at best some diversity of character, will be Line 6 assembled from all parts of the country, some indi- Line 7 viduals but little conversant with men and manners, & Line 8 many of them entirely unacquainted with the pecul- Line 9 iar state of society & public sentiment in the city place, Line 10 it cannot be expected, that ^all will all be prepared to mingle Line 11 at once in ^ its the society of the place, even to engage in the Line 12 benevolent operations of the day, without some danger of Line 13 evil consequences. They will at best need advise; _ to be Line 14 directed in the course & the objects most suited to their Line 15 several capacities; & to be cautioned against indiscretions; Line 16 & some times to be restrained in pursuits, which to them Line 17 would seem laudable. A few instances of indiscretion in Line 18 the inexperienced, repeated & exaggerated as they will be by Line 19 the ill-disposed, will do much injury both to the in- Line 20 dividuals & the cause. In this case, also the Board Line 21 consider, that the ^ safest & the mildest, remedy guard against evil is, to bring the stu- Line 22 dents in the first instance in contact with the Faculty Line 23 by way of asking leave of absence. Line 24 Line 25 In the regulations, which they have adopted, the Board Line 26 have had in view the great objects of excluding from the Line 27 seminary, matters foreign to its legitimate objects purposes; Line 28 securing the greatest prosperity to the Institution, & the greatest Line 29 weight to its religious influence; & guarding the students Line 30 against causes tending to lessen their usefulness in the world. Line 31 They have acted upon the principle, as they will ever consider Line 32 themselves bound to do, that wholesome regulations in a Line 33 seminary of learning, must be carefully established, & Line 34 rigidly enforced, with mildness, but with firmness; & that Line 35 pupils, who do not cheerfully acquiesce in such a [unclear] of Line 36 government, will not be deserving^ or useful objects of its care. (Lane_068) Line 1 3. Line 2 It is evident to all, who are accustomed to observe Line 3 the signs of the times, that there is at present in Line 4 our country among all classes & departments of Line 5 Community, a strong & growing propensity to Line 6 insubordination, _ a disposition – to set up ^individual; private Line 7 opinions notions or constructions in opposition to lawful Line 8 authority, _ to justify resistance to law by private Line 9 opinion against its policy or propriety. When such a Line 10 spirit develops itself in midnight riots, or public rebell- Line 11 ion against the laws of the land; we all regard Line 12 it with horror: Yet it is but the workings Line 13 of the same spirit, which arrays the students of Line 14 our colleges in hostility to the regulations established Line 15 by their constituted [rules]. If allowed thus in youth, Line 16 it may become most pernicious in age; &, if indulged Line 17 at all among the reputable & the educated, what must we Line 18 not expect among the profligate & the ignorant! If Line 19 students of a theological seminary are allowed thus, Line 20 unconsiously, but most efficiently, to act in alliance Line 21 with the rioters & [unclear] of the day, we may Line 22 well despair of the Republic. Line 23 Entertaining such views, the Board have Line 24 regarded it as no objection to the rules ^ now adopted, that they Line 25 may be met with decided hostility by some indiscreet Line 26 individuals among the students, or that in practice Line 27 they may be sensibly felt by the pupils as a contin- Line 28 ued restraint on their movements. Among the free Line 29 institutions of our country, where every thing is freedom, Line 30 there is little danger of too much restraint; all the Line 31 tendencies are to the opposite extreme; & a course Line 32 of intellectual & moral discipline, which habituates Line 33 the mind to ^implicit submission to rules, however reluctantly, will Line 34 be greatly useful in its influences on the character. Line 35 if not [partially] necessary, to the proper formation of Line 36 character. (Lane_069) Line 1 the slavery question, & unless this impression can be re- Line 2 moved, that the prosperity of the Institution will be much Line 3 retarded, & its usefulness ^greatly diminished. To avoid these Line 4 difficulties, the Board can discover ^ no to way but to require Line 5 the societies referred to, to be discontinued. The students Line 6 themselves, who are sufficiently informed on the subject, & Line 7 look upon it dispassionately, cannot object to this Line 8 step: & the Board also think it important, that Line 9 all societies in the seminary should be organized Line 10 under some sort of supervision on the part of Line 11 the Faculty. Line 12 Such societies are framed to perpetuate them- Line 13 selves, & may exert a great influence upon the opin- Line 14 ions & moral characters of many successive classes. Line 15 It is due to the students, & to those, who entrust their Line 16 children to the care of the Institution, that the door Line 17 should not be left open for employing such influ- Line 18 ences in a way to counteract the efforts of the Line 19 legitimate Instructors. The same consideration is Line 20 applicable to the practice of public [unclear] addresses & Line 21 lectures among the students. In relation to ^both these ^ matters the Line 22 Board consider, that the [least] exceptionable mode Line 23 of securing to the Faculty their proper control, is to Line 24 require leave to be obtained from them in the first Line 25 instance. This restriction does not imply any disap- Line 26 probabation of proper associations societies, or debates: It merely operates Line 27 to bring the ^ subject matters before the Faculty in the first in- Line 28 stance, before any feelings are excited; & gives ^ which a Line 29 favorable opportunity to the contemplated proceedings, & Line 30 suggesting ^ useful modifications. It will, secure an easy & Line 31 genial control over a very important class of moral Line 32 & intellectual influences; ^ in the seminary & it is with this view a part Line 33 of the regulations have been adopted. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orders to End Societies at the Lane Seminary Description An account of the resource These documents are written orders to discontinue all societies and groups organized by students. This includes the Anti-Slavery Society and the Colonization Society. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource A Sub-Committee of the Executive Committee of the Lane Seminary Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1834-10-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maddie Smith, Transcriber Sara Smith, Transcriber Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Lane_064 - Lane_069 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 19th Century 1830's Cincinnati, Ohio Subject The topic of the resource Lane Theological Seminary; Abolitionism; Colonization -- African Americans; Presbyterian Theological Seminaries; Protest Movements; Activism, Student Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">No Copyright</a> Relation A related resource Part of the Lane Theological Seminary Records at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary abolition american anti-slavery society american colonization society antislavery committee lane debates lane rebels lane seminary lane theological seminary seminary societies society