AS SUBSCRIBERS. 
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It is time for tlie profession to know, it is time for the world 
to know, who are our opponents ; what kind of men they are, 
of what materials some of the governors are composed—and how 
far illiberally, presumption, ignorance, and utter incompetency, 
make up their characters. 
Our petition has been once more rejected. What measures 
the committee of veterinarians may think proper to adopt, we 
will not presume to guess. The representatives of a disgraced 
and insulted profession will, doubtless, do their duty. Ere this 
number meets the eyes of our readers, they will have met and 
determined. 
One thing our correspondents will permit us respectfully to 
state, that on a subject so important, and with regard to which 
it is so necessary to be assured of the real feeling of the veteri¬ 
nary body, we will, on either side, admit of no anonymous com¬ 
munication. We are known. For eveiy syllable that our lead¬ 
ing article contains we are responsible; and they who, under pre¬ 
sent circumstances, are afraid to say what they think and feel, 
are not the men for us. 
The hopes of the present labourers in the cause of reform have 
been painfully disappointed. They have, however, but shared 
the fate of previous reformers. We subjoin, as a most important 
document, and highly creditable to those concerned, the conces¬ 
sions which Messrs. Goodwin, sen. and Cherry once obtained 
from Mr. Coleman. They, too, thought that their task was ac¬ 
complished, but they w r ere defeated. At no great distance of time, 
however, the voice of truth and justice will be heard, and will pre¬ 
vail ; and then we shall not forget the early labourers in the vine¬ 
yard, and particularly Mr. Goodwin, who first pleaded the cause 
of veterinary reform. 
Propositions for lie form agreed to by Professor Coleman , 
♦ in March 1827. 
“ Several meetings having taken place between Mr. Coleman, 
Mr. Goodwin, and Mr. Cherry, (in the months of February and 
March, 1827), for the purpose of taking into consideration some 
of the means by which the education of veterinary pupils may 
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