Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-08-12

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thority, that several clergymen Of this city, to whom
| application was made to deliver a discourse upon
| The death Of ADAMS and JEFFERsos, refused or
| evaded the invitation Of the Corporation, on the
| ground that the former was an Unitarian and the
latter Deisi. II we obtain their names, we shall
feel it our duty to hold up such bgots 10 the
tempt they so richly deserve"
New-York Christian Inquirer.
II is to be lamented that there on be found in
this country, men Of the description mentioned in
the above artice-mcn who whilst they are daily
and hourly enjoying the blessings secured to the
lion by the services of such men as ADAMS and JET
FERsoN. refuse to offer to their memories, the last,
sad tribute of nations gratitude. Of what mate
rails they are composed, we know not, but heaven
forfend that we should envy their hearts.
The course pursued by these reverend gentlemen
but too plainly tells what would be the result of an
established church lit tells us that if the clergy of
the United States could get the church and state
blended, we should soon witness all the fend like
scenes presented by the heish inquisition fthe
imbecile Ferdinand; and that certain proportion of
eye, for such event is plainly to be seen, by all
who witness their attempts to gain extraordinary
supremacy over the minds Of the ignorant aud cre-
dulous.
1t is not at all singular that these reverend gen.
tlemen, should have an aversion to Mr.. JEFFERSON,
but why they should cvncc such decided hostility
towards Mr.. ADAMS, is matter which creates no
small surprise. They have probably hated Mr..
JEFFERSON, from their youth up, because that
good and venerated man, in orming the CoNsTITU-
TON this country, had the wisdom and foresight,
to insert into it clause, which divcsted the coi Of
its errors and forever cut off the hopes Of that ccr
ical ambition. which sought to establish among US,
the iogmas of the church and the tyrannical edcts
of ecclesiastical Law because he denied TO the
Right Reverend Bishops, any par icipation in the
government ofthe country because he told them
this people shall be governed by the people, and
ye shall not take to support your prodigaity, the
tythe from the to-broken husbandman, the
moiety of bread, from the widow or the orphan, to
crafty your desires.
But, say the gentlemen, Mr.. ADAMS was an Uni
tarian-he participates not in the glories Of Heaven
MIR. JEFFERSON was Deist-hc has been DOOM
ed to endless torture, and we will not suffer our
unspotted souls to be contaminated, by paying to
them, the tribute Of gratitude, for the blessings
of civil liberty.
Gentlemen gentlemen you are getting on too
fast pray tell what evidence you have that Mr..
was a Dsia? Do their writings communicate in.
formation to support the charge? If they do, you
have read what we have not. But suppose the
one was an Unitarian, and the other u confirmed
Deist, is that sufficient to deny them the rights of
Christian burial' Must they be neglected by their
countrymen, because they entertained opinions Of
their own, which were not in conformity with the
doctrines of John Calvin, or Martin Luther o big
otry bigotry! where will thy prosecutions not
carry thee ! Ye have pursued poor mortality to the
ends of tho EARTH md now ye descend to the grave,
to disturb the ashes of the llustrious and vcneratcd
dead
| We are free TO admit, that Mr.. ADAMS and FIR.
JEFFERSON did, certain occasions, send forth to
the world, opinions which bordered Deism -
but have we any assurance that they were Dests /?
( They both lived moral aud Christian lives, and
whilst they worshipped God in their way, they suf-
fered others to worship him they thought proper
We had hoped there was not in this nation a
man, who would not voluntarily, and with heart
surcharsed with unfeigned sorrow, assemble with
his countrymen at the temples of the Lord, and
there offer to the memory of these two sages, the
outpourings grateful hearts. Spirits Of departed
greatness look not down from your blcst abodts
ard behold your a.hes insulted by bgots ant
pretenders to sanc,ity, or the breath Of obloquy
tanning your grass grown graves.
Let it not be supposed that we are disposed to as
sail the Clergy-on the contrary,we honor and rev
erence them-and are the first to defend then
rights. We have spoken Of nothing but bigotry-
and thank Heaven, the Clergy Of Rhode-Isand are
free from the imputaton--are liberal-are tole
rant-and what is far better, they are virtuous.
HEALTH OF Mn. CLAy.-It is with feelings o
more than ordinary regret that We once more aud'
to the health Of the Secretary Of State and it is
ly to satisfy the public, that what we have said il
relation to it, has not been uttered without founda