Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-04-29
cADNY.
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL %.

P"' w" HU"oeJs
Such was the language of the Proyi-
dence Journal, ofMonday last, when speak
ing of the report Of a committee, in rcla-
ton to the Scituate Resolutions, and if
there is a high minded citizen ia that com
munity, he must repel the insult offered to
a people, who are not behind any circle
of Rhode-lslanders in intelligence or edu-
cation, with all the honest Indignation such
a sweeping contumely and prescription de-
serves.
1t does not form any part of our duty to
fight the battles Of our friends at Newport {:
they are %abundantly capable of defending
themselves; and without wishing to appear
oiflcious, we would wish to inquire, if the
citizens Ofthe ancient meir qolis, have not
till this late hour, given evidence that there
are among them, men of enlightened and
elevated minds men, who in council and
in war, have evinced talents, equalling those
which have been put upon the world by the
people of the northern counties.
Where arc her Ellcrys, her Perrys, her
Champlains, her Fowlcrs, her Hunters,
and her Malboncs, and her host of emf
nent men I? Have they all expired has the
whole coteric Of her civilians and scholars
been swept from existence, and left her
destitute of 4" mind" and deficient even i'm
" matter Z" If this be the case, then indeed
it may be "relrcshing to US" to find there
can occasionally" be found among her
citizens some intelligent mcn!---somc few
bipeds who emerge a degree from the
depths Of idiotism, But it will not answer
for the editor Of the Journal to undertake
to enforce a belief upon the world, that the
citizens of Newport are deficient in intel
lcct, or in the attainmonts of useful and
elegant knowledge, for they have given
too many proofs Of their superiority, and
have beentoo remarkable for the production
ofsterlirg genius. Her Perry, as a nautical
commanded, and as a brave and decisive
sailor, ranked among the noblest Captains
Of the age, and achieved a victory over
the veteran scamen of the 'fast anchored
lsle,' which whilst it astonished the arrogant
foe, who snceringly pointed to our ''bits of
striped bunting, compelled themto confess
the proves Of American valor, and to
trcmble before an "undisciplined fleet of
Yankee cock boats" The philosophical
Ellery wandered over the starry heavens,
and tathoming the intlicacies of its con-
struction, solved the mystical revolutions of
its orbs, and by the cogency Of his specu-
~lations; and the acutenoss of the c~alcula-
lations of his great mind, proved to the
sceptic and the unbcliever, the existence
of a God, and taught them the way to hea-
ven. The eloquence of her Hunter, has
thrilled through the halls of Legislation, and
taught the %overbcaring aristocrats Of the
"ancient dominion" that the "green isle
of the ocean," is firm and fixed in her pur-
poses, and that to defend her interests, she
can send to the councils of the nation, the
ablest of statesmen and the wisest of men.
The pencil of her Malbone, has elected
the encomiums of the artists of Florence.
and the admiration of the Royal Academy,
| and left its traces on the tablets ofthe most
distinguished institutions Of Europe, and
| gained Cor America, a fame, which added
to that acquired by her West, will exist,
whilst the productions of a Hogarth, a Ra-
phal, and a Reynolds, shall be preserved
and revercd. And whilst we are writing,
her Pearcc and her Robbins, distinguished
alike for their zeal their patriotism and their
talents, are, in the full force of their adj
mitted eloquence, proving to the Senate
and the House of Representatives, that
Rhode-Ts'and is not behind her sisters in
strength Of Representation. But as it is
not necessary to defend the citizens of
Newport against the sweeping prescriptions
of the Providence Journal--for their worth
and intellectual strength is admitted by all
we shall retire from the subject, which
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