Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-23

ute mlsapprehenslOn Us 10 tne HtoGbS OPeT1H0t, or
method OF conducting the Missionary concern or,
TO use lbe language of n distinguished friend to For
eign Missions, of whose character and pretensons
you must have some knowledge, and whose writings
would recommend TO your perusal, The Moral
Dignity 0fMe Missionary EHterprbe. Ihould you
be at any loss to understand hIS allusIon by tara
ing back your fle OF Cadets to about Commence
mcnt .ime, you may hud the fax oriIe naGle to which
REFER A regular supply 0! yost phfs7,S .aiie you
pursue this discussion, NAY tnS~e hi,u 10 eorrec.
many gross mi.akes--if your statements be true
in his extremely popular aud spread discourse
6. You are certainly mistaken, II may indulge
much positiyeness, IN your eW5 ol the moral
and religious condition OF the leatten nations and
TO the practicablity OF their conS ersion TO the
Gospel.
z. You are unques;onably mis- informed. or not
informed ut ALL to the real matters OF tact IN the
case-or il other words, as to the amour. Of good
which has actua ly been performed 10y Missionary
exertions in Heather lands. You7 reading on th.s
subject must have been very hnItel, ar else you
must have suppressed the Information you have
acauired-either Of Which would di.quahfy oI
for fair and efficient opponents.
&. You labor under most palpGble mistaSe, ~
supposng, AS your reasoning evidently InpiIes 4,
thai the iri,nds aud suv orters Of Fuiegn bis ious
are, OF all people, the most deici at IN the dules
Of domesic charity, oi education, and ofpity Tor .ie
wrecheJ AborIgnes OF our own cOUntry. The du-
tics you nave enumerated, oi this kud, are certain
iy h!gtly important, aad us certainly, too nuch
neg ected. Dut | do assert, without the ear Oi
contradiction, that the tlends oi NissiUus are not
distinguished by this neglect. Iher stuuIes and
their habits inspire them with feelings consena L.
the best prnci OF natures, and suyerHluca
tender socitude for all the suffering ch.ldseu o!
sorrow, whether at home or abroad.
Q. You make the serious profession, OF having
taken up tho subject under fall conviction tha,
IT ls your duty to do so' fair exposition ,i your
sentiments this point, are, that you ieei
yourselves called upon by your Maker, To write
down the cause Of Foreign Missions. My strongest
proof OF your nus axe this ONT s, that Guy ncv-
er calls to that which is wrong or impossible ; both
uf which woull apply 10 this, your visionary vo-
caliop-sId II you still persist in ,hs coarse, from
your serious suggestions OF duty, viii close ioTev
er this part of my reply, by this simple affirmation,
that # such be yOGr duty you wiil have the unhap-
ness to die with II unfinished. To say nothing 0l
your unkiudness, in attacking set o! men, who
have done you no harm, and against whom yon Ca.
sulstautate charges of any sort Of importance,
am bold TO say, that the Missionary eau has recei-
ed au impetus, and gained maturity which ar
mics of Cadets as iuil of yalour and otce yours,
cannot in the least retard, much e.s destroy This
part Of your duty, therefore, whateVe" may become
o! others, II Is morally ceglsn, yoa "ri n-Ier bc
able to accomplish
Most OF these heads propose, in my future CON-
munIcatons, more fuzzy To illustrate auG e.YiaGi.
ncIo,ins my present remarks w'uld Ju'' 0''
serve that il is rule in theoioa zeal coC,foverses
hat no credit j. TO be given to adoay NOUS aulhol-
ties. You must name your author, ani The chap
ter and verse Of hs work, your oppoaent will
have good reason, according to common usage, TO
cast your quotations aside, as fabrcati' AS 4" your
own THIS point o! controversial etiquette, you
have thus far overlooked.
Agan-when you shall publish to the world the
real names of your" Many Professors Of the Chris
tan Rel ION, ,, from whom you profess to have re-
ce we'd such an important communication, We shall
have somethin visible and tangible, by which we
may Judge for ourselves OF the pley aud other good
qualities Of your correspondents but uatil tins '
doue the public will have good reason 70 consi o.
the whole story as d trickish scheme of youI corr
editorial, 10 conjure up show OF authority among
yourselves.
Ii il too great tax upon your readers, to sum
mon them up to your office, in the manner you
have dune-the contingencies Of the are als,
| too numerous. The strong probability, alter all
! is, that no one could get sight OF the Important
catalogue.
MISUNDERSTANDING given the gentlemen pa
tient hearing, and suffered him TO ascrbe TO US o.
tives which We unequivocally disavow, he viii no
think II ungcntlema,.iy- in US 10 Offer few words
in reply. In his first proposition, he assumes tina
we are entirely unacquainted with the nature u
biSotry and prejudice aud III effect taxes US Wi
being isnorant OF the common place terms oil ou
language, and Of being entirely destitute of tha
knowledge, which he AID his advocates undoabted
ly possess. Although wo are free to admit, that WI
10 not rank ourselves first among the scribes," W.
must inform the gen leman, that we have had 10 de
plore, almost in dust aad ashes, that We have fl
ani witnessed all the evils Of "bisotry AID pre-
iudice" They arc the curses to mankiud-the.
have displayed themselves in all ages, and even a
this day, ard in this land OF religious freedom the.
are witnessed, are felt, and daily and hourly W,
behold their accursed influences acting on the Iiini
| Of the community.
II is bigo,ry which leads the saint from the SAM
tusry--it is bigotry which sets man against man
and it is bisotry accompanied 10y duplcily, avarice
AN a thirst oi uuhdilowed lame, which have IA
ccd band of schemes to generate the East md II
Cruta.es. 1.-THE gentleman Will look to the hisio
ry of that Church, which he advocates, and the ori
ginal of which we were wont to adore, he will be
hold the workings ol bisotry, whilst it Introduce
| 10 his Imagination tho cmdeicd.form OF SER
vETrs, the dying groa..s OF Huss, and tn
| ayonizny exclamatious OF Bishoi CRaHMER. w
| ,L;i, ,,,S he terms uite ma well "a n