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President Tyler Doctered

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
November
Year
1841
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Faculty oi' Ainherst College, Mass. have doctored Öiavery, und ils representa tive, John Tyler, by conferring upon hitn the degree of L. L. ü., the insignia ot' their sydophuncy. Fur lliis nbjecl servility, [ir cr.'ility, as ihe faèhiuaulc D. Ds wouid ])jronii(i::c(j it,] a correspondent of the Eniáneipa'or doctors thu itiilitulioa n the ibl'l.owing mniiüei', S;.tjth Debrfield, Ms. July, 27. jjroliur Leavitt:--Ï ive UBtierthó ébád iv.' 1' Amhcrai. Coüegc, and have been accusionied lo louk up o its wonhy President wiih luuch venoratiuii, and to tho?e of the rest of the Fuculty wiih vhom I un aoquaimed, wiüi brolhoriy confidence arul estccm.' ï stül eslcctn them all, hut i vvish to say a ÍQvy. plain word ubout a iate uct, of which aboliuonists, at leasl i have aTright to comphiin. Without preface, Arrthcrst Colioge has kissed,! had uluiostsaid, swallowed, the gréat toe of j siavcry, etftondvm vomerat. Al the commencfëment last week Mr. Tyler-too - (uf?) was dubbüd in pure Latm, lo say uothifjir of the principie, L. L. D. ! what have we at the i'vorlh to do wiih slavery? i VVhy ihia tru!y - to doctor it. lam cürious to Uuów wbal the tit!e ; means. Did the corporátioa lotend it as ah honor, or was it thrown upon siavery as a garland upon a victim jiifet ready to I suffer.L. L. D.?- Let us approach ihe new blushing (iigni'y and examine it. Siavehoidcrs, il is siid, ure indolent; does the litle convey ihe homely idea of Lazy Lord of ihcDepressed? - orhall we undersiand by it the DespoticLayer on of the Lash? Perhaps they rrioaüt Lord Lieut of Despotisrn; if so we will not quarrel about t. Wjll yuu air, or souie ol'your readers, give us the truc meanirijj p( the significant initials? As to the uct of honiagè ón the part of the college, we have tig hesitation in saying t ia a Libel upon Liberty and Decency. It wil! no doubt bö a Long and Lamentable Dishonor lo the insiituti ,n thnt it has had no more self-respect than to Lie down and Lick ihe Dust at the footstooi of slavery. Seriously, 13 it for this ihtit the largo charities of the christian pubüc have been called for - not only to educafe the white sons of slavehi)!ders, bul to bedizen tyranny in ils high places with literary honor;?? But let slavery bc "Stuck o'er with tilles and hung round with stringe,1' it will only malte it a more conspicuous