Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-30

.rcme rexref that he has bee, at such sacrihce o'
time and labor il will be well enough TO AID. that
he had called upon US, We could have afforded him
the desired information, although we do not rank
ourseve, among the Gods Of PhiloloSy.
For reasons which our friend can aioue exriain'
nc has attempted very feebly, to convict US OF u"
consistency and Gays that we have declared thatw we
tovk up the subject incidentally, and afterwards
nvowed that il was undertaken after mature eon'id-
syriion. To his mind, this may wear the semDiance
of ofincon.iseucy, andas we nre not Wiling that no
,hsuld leave us covered with cloud OF ignorance
4. 10 our meaning, we will for moment stop TO ex'
plain. AMI this we shall DO, by simply sta,ins'
that although the subject of Foreign Missions Is one
which has occupied much fouI reelection, anu al
though we have maiurely considered it,t was IN
eidenialy taken u2 as subject worthy Of the al
teutlon Of the press. II this explanation does not
satisfy our friend he must at least make the most OF
IT, II is hardly necessary 10 notice He attempts az
sarcasm and wit, which distinguishes the latter
clsuse of,he paragraph under consideration where
lhe gentleman remarks, "f this is merely ineidenfa-
~ entering upon il, what may we expect when you
shall take up the subject in good earnest, and bring
all your powers and resources to bear upon H.
From this our readers would naturally infer, that
we have boa.ted OF our prowefs, Ianted about our
talents, and had the elroptery to set ourselves up
us beings OF superior order. 1t is to ward OIL
such Impressions aud TO DO justice to ourselves that
wc declare that the oblique mputaton Of our cor
respondent is as gtounlles, his wit and sarcasm
arc pojntlcss
A.we expected, the gentleman b?s offered no
argument TO prove that he is the defender OF the
cause OF Foreign Mssiops--and to close his essay,
which. il would scam, was forwarded us, merely for
the sake OF forwarding it-for il certainly does not
amount TO argument or dec!amn.on-bs copying
some four Il lye pages from the Sermon OF the
Rev. Francis Woynnd, ,ho Moral Dignity Of
the Missionary En.erprize, wh:eh we have Inserted
with great satisfaction although we are compelled
to say, that we cannot cor the souls OF us, discover
what possible bearing, hc extract has on the subject
matter in dispute. As 10 Mr.. Wayland, it is super
huous 10 fsy, that we entortsin the NEST profound
respec for his talents and learning, and that we re.
we're ana vcnerate his unques toned and unpretend-
subject. worthy Of great consideration yet il
does not necessarily follow that he is immaculate,
aud canno, be mistaken in his calculations and po-
sitions. The work from which our oppGnent has
extracted so llberally, has already been ranked
among the fnesl specimens ,fpulpit cloqucnco yet
we think it contan. some propositions, strongly i'm
pregnatci with sophistlcsl reasoning a1d empty de-
clamaion. II is not our purpose, however, TO at
temptto crtcise the performance in quesion,and we
leave it, first simply rcms,king that 70 its general
tenor, we take TO exceptions, cnd would be among
tho last 10 treat il with Indifference or disrespect.
But why our correspondent should extract from
il literally we cannot readily conjecture, since it
teads not IN the least 10 nvaldste The strength Of
our positions. II contains not sentence or senti-
ment in support Of the mode in which Foreign Mis-
sons are conducted at the present day md we
take upon ourselves the liberty to avow that the
author would be the last man in the worl to en-
courage Foreign Missions. whilst they are conduc-
ted by mercenary men, who seek for their personal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and that he would be among the
last, to advocate the schemes Of Messr.. CAREY
MARsuMAN, and WARD-LuTuER RICE and
Company.
We shall, we trust be allowed in this plucs to
sssei l. that the views OF Mr. WAYLAND, relative to
the importance Of melorating the condition OF man
anu Of inducing them 20 the paths OF virtue, are
perfectly in unisol with our owp, and ihat VIC have
no; uttered word that could justly be construed
into an opposite meauing although we are free to
declare, that we DO no conceive, that the work can
be so easily accomplished, his writings presup-
pose.
But whilst wo advocate, with the reverend gen.
tleman, the importance of enlshtenins mankind
aud of unshacking those minls that are bound
down by ignorance we would advise that the goot
work be commenced at home, and when have
done our duty on our own shores, it will be quite
time enough for US TO migrate TO Asia. This con
troyersy has assumed curious aspect-hnd unles
our friend confines himself to the propositions h
first assumed we shall be compelled TO close OH
columns against it, and sit down contented that W
have met with one, who, instead Of following th
track he attempted TO pursue, has vcercd round I
every point Of the controversial compass.
For The benefit Of our anita gonis; we shall rcmin
him, that as we understood the matter, he commen
eel his nsseys with n determination 10 refute OH