MEETING OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION. BIT 
00 painfully; but why is this? because the college is a mere pri- 
ate institution, and not a chartered body. Until it is a char- 
ered bodv the veterinary surgeon must stand or fall by his own 
)rofessional talent. Nothing can be done effectually until, as a. 
jody, we apply for a charter. To a military man only, the 
liploma is of some value, because without it he could not obtain 
lis commission. Every effort, and every plan, except to reform 
*ur abuses, and prepare ourselves for a charter, would only expose 
is to ridicule. 
Many gentlemen now impatiently demanded that the question 
hould be put. 
Mr. C herry. —I do not think the time lost in listening to a 
train of argument, and statement of facts, like that which they 
iad just neard from Mr. Goodwin. I can add nothing to its 
:ffect. But a gentleman has been branching out into charters 
tnd military men. What has this to do with the question ? The 
nilitary man requires the present diploma, because no better is 
o be had. As for a charter, it is out of the question. We are 
lot a united body. There are two interests. The College says 
hat it will have nothing to do with us. We have been urged to 
ry measures of conciliation : w r e have done so; and the answer 
las been repeated—w r e will have nothing to do with you. 
The Chairman congratulated the meeting on the temper with 
vhich the subject was discussed. Mr. Coleman has admitted the 
lecessity of a rival school. So convinced am I of this, that 1 
a ill put down my hundred guineas towards its foundation. 
Mr. W. Goo DWIN .—And I am ready to subscribe an equal 
mm. 
Mr. Morgan. —After all, I think we are throwing dirt upon 
mrselves : we are befouling our own nest. If we are any thing, 
vhat made us so ? 1 f we have a local habitation and a name, to 
►vhat do we owe it ? We complain that we have no share in the 
government of the college. What right has a subscriber of fifty 
guineas to any. hospital to demand to govern that hospital ? We 
profess to come here to support the respectability of the veterinary 
surgeon, while we seem to be ashamed of the name. It is a sad 
thing when the children are in hostile array against the parent. 
Mr. Cherry. —There are two kinds of children: we are the 
bastards, which the parent sends of! to the parish as soon as he 
?an. Would Mr. Morgan put himself on a level with many who 
had passed this non-veterinary committee. 
Mr. Vines being expressly called upon by the chairman, said, 
u As holding an office in the College, I am placed in a somewhat 
delicate situation; but being called upon for an opinion, l shall 
not shrink from the avowal of it. 1 am attached to the profession. 
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