Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-20


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We noticed in paper published in Boston-We
think it is called Z!on's Herdid-a week or tw'
since, an article, to which was attached the sigma
ture of Il Clergyman, who has heretofore sustained
an irreproachable reputation, recommending to the
patronage of the Christian public most infamous
aud scurrilous publication, Issued from u press IL
this town, by Individuals, who are 80 complete!y
sensible Of their own namy, that they dare not al
fix .heir names to the scandalous thing, which l.
the channel of their obscenty and profanity.
The publication to which We allude is cal'ed
The Anti Unirersalisi. ant il there he any merit III
iniamy, it is peculiarly meritorious publication.
The object of the publication is, as its conductor
say..-snd who he is, or whether he be II man OF
any kind of standing in respectable society, OF one
of the v,lest of the vile, Heaven alone can te-t"
propa gate the gospel and to tear down the pern'c'
ious doctrine Of Universal Sulvation.' If we had
time to spare, space to waste, and # we were not
apprehensive that We should be arraigned for cor.
rupting the morals Of the public, aud if we were
willing to occu y our pages with the lowest OF IN"
vulgar and obscene-ii we had not reputation !"
lose--we would copy into our columns some OF Il e
corrupting and corroding matter, that is semi.
monthly issued to the world through the coum 5
of The n!i-Unive,salist. Bat as we are not dsPo-
sed to sacrifice all, at fell sweep, we refer the
reader to the paper itself, for specimen of its viii
famous character.
We are no, the partzans Of any particular sect
we advocate particular creed--nor Goes 1t con-
cern us, whether man believes in the doctrine OF
John Calvin, Martin Luther, Winchester, Wick
| life, or Whtfeld-but when we see paper got
up, with the ostensiple object Of hbellins whole
de domination of people, who are as respectable to
the purity Of their lives and the uprshtness of all
their actions, as ATTY other denomination, we Viii
not quietly look on. and behold them maltreated
and bespatered, by anonymous deiamcr, whose
talents only fit him for the lower empoyments o'
life. and who must be destitute OF principle as
| he i, of talents and education.
Some few months since, we had occasion to notice
| this publication. and rs we then were snihcish''!
mortified in finding ourselves thus engaged, we de
termiped never more to record its infamous name
uD the face of our paper; and we should mol nave
again given it a moments attention. hadit no. beer
recommepoed to the favorable notice Of the Chris
tan public, by Clergyman, who in thus lending IT
his influence, has in no small degree lowered his re
putation, as man of correct principles aud piety
| and has approximaled towards Its level.
Whatever the Clergyman alluded TO may tbinl
of the publication in question, we assure nm ina
the Gle gy of this quarter-of this town and Its VI
cluitv look upon it with loathiug and disgust-tha
,ney deny having any thing to do with 1t, or OF ex
tendins to i, their patronage; and that they woul'
he the last to encourage an Anonymous pa ohIcat'on
conducted by man OF ts.raw-by mere non com
pos--whoi is capable ofnothing, but OF bespattern;
al who come within the reach OF his coalitions "
gangrene and gall. 1.-THE An,I-Universalist posses
sed the least talent, or displayed the leAst me
,uty whilst it scalters its seeds of corruption an'
iniauty, it would possess Que redeeming quality
but even this does not belong to 1t. 1t Is a veh'c'
of profanity, obscenity and iniquity--'t isa dsgrac
:, the town-it violates all of the principles Of on
holy religion, and if the conductor OF political
nerary publication should publish such blasphe
NOUS stuffas is to be found in the Anti Unversa''s
,e would re dragged before the tribunals oil tn
country, and Justly be a.ulcted in heavy penaltle
or his au1acity.
For the credit of the town, we inform those wh
reside at distance, that the Anti i-uniSarsaii't
40, pa,ronised by the citizens of Providence, and
kept up by two or three sectarian bigois, who sui
.crfe for some forty or fifty copies each; and th'
m, ,.ore than one hundred and fifty are issue
For thus venturng to state things as they are an
attempting to screen this community from clou
Of obloouy, we shall probably receive small quar
ty of the filth Of the Anti Uuiversalist and suhJe'
ourselves to the animadversions of the unettere
| ,,;o, that conducts it, But what care we for that
INrEMPERANcE.-Most OF our readers nave P''