Shall Criminals Sit on the Jury?: A Review of Governor Andrew's Veto (Classic Reprint)
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See'men 1. No person shall be deemed to be, within the meaning of the provisions of the sixth section of chapter one hundred and thirty-two of General Statutes, a person of good moral character, of sound judgment and free from all legal exceptions, who is at the time engaged in any business or occupation made criminal by the laws of the Commonwealth.
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Alonzo Ames Miner was an American clergyman and president of Tufts College.
Background
Alonzo Ames Miner was born on August 17, 1814, in Lempster, a small village in Sullivan County, North Hampshire, and was the second of the five children of Benajah Ames and Amanda (Carey) Miner. He was a descendant of Thomas Miner (or Minor) who emigrated to Charlestown, Massachussets, in 1629, removed to Hingham in 1636, and later joined the younger Winthrop's colony at New London, Connecticut Alonzo's parents had rebelled against the strict Calvinism of their time, thus becoming marked people in their community. The boy, therefore, grew up in the atmosphere of theological debate and early acquired an intense interest in all the issues of his day.
Education
Miner's education was somewhat irregular and informal, due partly to the lack of advantages in the sparsely populated country, and more to the fact that a serious accident made him a semi-invalid in his early years. He attended schools in Lempster, Hopkinton, Lebanon, and Franklin, North Hampshire, and in Cavendish, Vermont. Much of his study, however, was carried on alone, with the advice and direction of clergymen.
Career
At the age of twenty, Miner was taken into partnership by the principal of the school at Chester, Vermont, and a year later he was called to become head of the academy at Unity, New York, where he remained for four years. Teaching, however, was only a stepping-stone to his chosen life work. When he was twenty-five years of age, he became a Universalist preacher, conducting services in various small rural communities in the neighborhood, and in 1839, he was ordained. His first full-time pastorate was in Methuen, Massachussets, where he quickly earned a name for himself as a public defender of his faith by engaging in frequent debates with orthodox preachers. From Methuen, he was called to a pastorate in Lowell, Massachussets. Here he became a public man in the ordinary sense of the term, for he began championing public causes and soon found himself in the midst of great discussions and struggles. First, he became a passionate upholder of the temperance movement, taking the extreme stand of absolute abstinence, which in those days was unpopular, and pleading that the church should espouse the cause. Next, in 1843, he was drawn into the anti-slavery movement and threw himself with characteristic abandon into the effort to free the slaves. His love for the church, however, was so strong that he found a double battle on his hands, for he was also opposed to the extreme reformers such as Garrison who advocated "Come-Outism" to church members. His debates on this subject attracted large crowds and gave him a high reputation as a good logician and fearless fighter. In 1848, he was called to the pastorate of the School Street Church, the Second Universalist Society of Boston, as an associate of Hosea Ballou, 1771-1852. With this church he remained for forty-three years, rounding out a life of distinguished service in many fields. In 1862, he became president of Tufts College, largely because the college was in financial difficulties, and because his administrative genius, it was believed, would be adequate to the need. He served without salary, devoting heroic efforts to raising money, teaching classes, and carrying on his work as minister of the church. Through his contacts with men of means and influence, he was able finally to pull the college through its crisis, not only adding largely to the endowment, but also increasing its equipment and faculty. He resigned from the presidency of the college in 1874, and resumed his full-time connection with the church, maintaining, however, his interest in educational institutions, serving as trustee of the college, and being active in promoting the development of Dean Academy in Massachusetts and Goddard Seminary in Vermont. He died in Boston, after a short illness, in his eighty-first year.
Achievements
As one of the founders of Tufts, Miner rescued the college from near bankruptcy and instituted many new educational programs as president.
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Connections
On August 24, 1836, Miner married Maria S. Perley, whom he had known since childhood, and who now became preceptress at the academy. There were no children.
