294 MONTHLY ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 
Sewell, Spooner, and Morton, and he advised them to re-elect 
those gentlemen. The student who had been appointed spokes- 
man for the deputation then said, that after Mr. Sewell had 
so plainly stated the grounds on which he and the other offi- 
cers of the society had retired, it seemed to be ridiculous to 
re-elect them, without giving them the possibility of again taking 
office. He added, that it appeared to him, that the society 
should suspend for awhile the election of Mr. Vines as honorary 
associate, in order to give him time to offer that apology which 
he confessed he thought should be made, and without which it 
was a mere farce to re-elect those gentlemen. 
Mr. Coleman turned away without making any reply. But 
the student who had proposed Mr. Vines as an honorary 
associate did reply; and said, that he objected to Mr. Vines 
making an apology, as injurious to his character ; and that he, 
having proposed him, would not allow him to think of any thing 
of the kind — that he would not withdraw the proposition — that 
he would not delay it for a moment, and that Mr. Vines should 
not apologize. 
Mr. Coleman then said, that he thought it would detract 
from, Mr. Vines’s respectability if he did apologize . 
Another student then requested Mr. Coleman again to address 
his class after the next lecture. 
Mr. Coleman did so; and stated that he had advised his pupils 
again to re-elect those gentlemen, after thanking them for their 
former services, and expressing their regret that they should have 
resigned at all. He said, that he did not see the impropriety of 
their accepting office again ; for by their willingness to resign 
they had sufficiently evinced their spirit and independence, and 
their regard for the supposed honour of the society. They had ex- 
pressed their sentiments — they had discharged their conscience — 
and he did not see any impropriety, or absurdity — as it had been 
called — in their return. 
They were accordingly re-elected, and the notes to each, 
informing them of this circumstance, were worded not in the 
most courteous stile. 
The reply received from Mr. Sewell was, — that he much re- 
gretted the cause which compelled him to retire — that his senti- 
ments on this point were well known and unchanged — and that 
he would most willingly re-accept the office which the society 
had done him the honour to confer upon him, when Mr, Vines 
had made such an apology as could be considered as a guarantee 
for the propriety of his future conduct. The replies from the 
other officers were of a similar character. 
The society took no notice of these replies, except with little 
