Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-12-16


by the arts of the designing, or the ratings Of en-
thu,.ts and fanatics it is the peculiar province of
the press, to put the people their guard, and to
make an effort to abrogate evil, which oiall 9TH
ers the most deleterious to society II is not the
province ofthe press to the subject! Indeed
But suppose Mr.. " Professor" the Press should ex
tend all it, influence to uphold the cause which
you would advocate, would you then complain that
It had overstepped its province No. not word
would be said about the delicacy Of the subject;
but the moment that the corruptions Of the Mission
airy schemes are exposed, hue and cry Of interes
ted zeao, is raised and they exclaim this subject f
sacred and an holy oneit should not be approached
by the Press! This is fully in character with the
tenor Of the conduct Of those who at the head Of
the Crusades TO Hindostan so long as you apPro-
bate .hem, fill their Golfers, and worship them as the
God, your idolary, they, in return, lavish upon
you their bepedctiors, but the M ment you venture
70 expose the iniamy of some Of their confedcracy,
they pr ronounce their anshemas and would, if they
Co uld DO il, mursle the Preh
The subject comes W thin the peculiar province o
the press, nd it is only to be regretted, that there
are not sufficient Number of those powerful en-
gines, conducted by men Of Independent. spirit, To
put an end TO the shameful impositions, practised
upon the community, by band ofmen, who are as
regardless Of the best interests Of mankind, they
are depraved in :heir principles.
If it will be of any benefit to our correspondent
we will inform him, that there is no subject that
a;t t,ta tbo mil MI m
template anu the success or defeat Of which affects
them Immediately or remotely, but what cones
within the province Of the press; and that man
who fears to express his opinions, or to assall or
de fend any and every subject, is unworthy OF any
connexion or association with that engine, which
has, with much emphasis and more truth, been pro.
nounced "the Palladium Of our Lbertie.."-
When j. is muzzlcd by the arts Of clerical manage
mont, or by political restraints, we may look for
ward for the speedy approach of that hour, when
our liberties will be prostrated with the dust, and
"Like the baseless fabric of vision,
Leave not wreck behind"
Our correspondent should have remembered
when he suffered himselfto denyto the press the
right Of canvassins subjects like this, that there al
ready are in this country at least one hundred
presses employed, 10 Iurther the OF Foreign
Missions and that newspapers, however con-
temptuously he may look upon those faithful her
aids of the times, employed and paid for advo-
eating the claims pretensions and designs Of Messrs
CAREY, MARsHMAN, WARD. and their associates
To this he takes no exceptions-but the moment
that word is said, contrary to the" will and spir
it of the modern Crusaders, he exClaims, This sub
ject does not belong to the province of newspaper
We are sorry that the gentleman should be,ray
himself into the utterance of sentiments and opin-
ions, which free people will never sanction, and
which are at variance with the free institutions Of
this country, and opposite to the opinions OF men OF
intelligence who spurn all the attempts Of bigots
and anatlcsto drive them to the subscription fdoc
trnes, which common reason and common sense
denies.
The gentleman has deemed it his province to give
us some lessons in the ethics of common sense, for
which feel greatly obliged to him inasmuch as
they altogether gratutous, and unexpected, but
we are not aware that we have displayed an alb
seuce ofregard for the feelings of those who may
tilluh ulueIeuty us, VI thot VIC huNe aPPhSo
contemptuous epthets,and abusive langusge,,o any
man, whilst we have been writing on this subject,
though we shall not deny that we have applied to
those, who prey upon the passions and credulity OF
the ignorant and the unsuspecting, epithets and de
nunciauons which their hypocrisy has merited.-
We would not willingly offend any man, we have
never sought TO do so nor shall we blame the ndi
vidual, who may sincerely and honestly advocate
the Gauge Of foreign missions.
What we have always said, We now repeat, that
foreign missions, were, believe, originally star
ted by good and vrtuous men, who had nothing but
the welfare ofthe world at heart, and who if now
living. would frown Indignantly upon the nach-
nations of the modern theological schemers who,
willis, they pretend to be fighting under the banue
of the Gross, secretly striving to further their
PERSONAL aggrandisement, and TO establish an eccle
siastical monarchy at the expense Of the fortunes
and liberties Of the people. That there are many
good and exemplary men. attached to the Crusades,
we do not deny, and we wish them much success so
far as they conduct therhselve. with propriey, and
| live and abour for the good of mankind. But that
their efforts, will avail them anything, or tend in
the least so add to the sodity Of Christianity, or
generate happiness for the Hindoos we do not be-
| lave ie not 10 indyitluals of this