Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-03-24
" 7 Generate he deaf."-MAssILov.

III Generate ite deai"-MAssILoy.
There are associations, originated in the boEoms
Of all honorable and virtuous men, which
teach them to venerate the dead, and to LOOK upon
the tenants of the sepulchre, with reverence aud
with awe; and he who nssas the fame and the men,
ory of those who slumber to the plantivc music OF
the graves, is wretch, villain and cowsul
We may, whilst those whom we dislike, remain
tenants Of this earthly tabernacle cherish antip-
a,hiss, nurture our prejudlce., and vent upon them
our indignation, but when they have babe the
waking world good night" aud lay powerless in
the tomb, then should angry feelings abate,
and We should remember their virtues, speak Of
their merits only, and forget our personal differ
ences. lie who suffers his hatred to pursue the
PROSTATE to the margin ofthe grave and beyond it,
must possess the heart Of canniba, and the apps-
titc ofa Hyena. These reflections have been call.
ed forth, by reading few days since, in an infa.
nous publication, conducted by mali nifty and ig.
norance, and patronized by bisory and fanatci.n,,
an article which in noting the demise of two indi-
viduals-persons unknown to u.-in which il 10
said that the one died Contemporaries aul went 10
dwell among devils anil damned spirits, and that
the other fell victim to disease, originating in
icentiousness and crime, and departed for that he'll
which is beyond us. Both of the individuals, We
are Informed were respectable member. Of society,
fathers Of families, and had always supported the
reputation Of discreet and upright men. Thi. libel
upon their memories, this thrust Of the ,cowardly
assassin, was called forth by the following circum-
stance, and it is here recorded that the world ay
may know, what bigotry will not do, and what hyp-
ocritical wretches have already done.
Within little period, the individuals to whom
we have before necessarily alluded, died. and as 10
usual, an obituary notice, setting forth their merits
and virtues, was published in theological publi.
cation devoted to the interests OF those, who adro-
cate the cause of liberal christani(y-or IN other
words, in a paper, that does not accede TO ths
proposition, that the Almighty Jehovah delights
in looming to endless tortures. creatures formed
by him after his own imase.-Ii appears, that the
deceased personase., had through life, believed in
the justice of the Eternal God, and dying, trusted
in his mercy, and believed, tina! although they did
not adhere to the doctrine, that portion OF
mankind was ordained 70 be damned, "before the
world was,' that our Heavenly Father, would
take then to his rest. This was enough 10 open
the hood-gates Of theological vituperaton, and the
little two-penny paper, to which we have before
ierred-and which is conducted by inflated ideot.
as ignorant Of the kings English, as he destitute Of
every moral principle, came out, and declared that
one Of the deceased persons died DRUNK, and that
the other fell martyr 10 a criminal disea~.-Ws
blush for ourselves, that we are, as humble guard
ian, of the public veal, compelled, to notice this
shameful, this disgusting affair and we assure our
readers, we would not do so, il not for dispo.
silion to do justice to the vensrated dead ,who,um
berng in their graves, are thus assaed to aid the
view, Of an abandoned vsgabond, who, under the
suise Of sanclity, issues the most vile and obscene
publications, and then has the hardihood, TO plead
in extenuaton Of his infamy, that he is induced by
hope Of aiding the spread Of the gospel Of the Re.
deemer!
1t is by such irresponsible and p-ofigats mer,
that the great cause Of modern christianity, 10
brought ioto di,rspute and those who aid them in
their unhallowed designs, and thus warrant them
in their vilifying publications, should know, that
they make thrust a, the sufsrstructure Of our
holy religion, ana epgcnder feelings Of anmosity,
and heart burnings. hich the gool and wise, must
frown upon with indignation, aud whics are abhor.
rent in the eyes Of Jehovah.
We learn that tbs friends Of the insuled Hnl ira.
uced eead are taking the necessary stsp', 10 bring
he offenders, the publishers, aud their abetors 20
nerited punishment; aud we hope that the result
,fthe Investigation, will teach the promulsators Of
he libel, that the tomb Of the dead, shall moi be
disturbed with impuu,y, and that no man, simply
,ecause he believes in tho doctrines Of libe,sl
hr.tianity, shall he lampoonej, and lihelcd, by
hose who entertain different opinions and who
rom the hcuse top, bypocri,ically exclAim 81 sm
olisr than thop."
The lbels 10 which we refer, have not eniy
,rowu cloud of obloqly urou the memory o.
,e deal bnt have ,hei ,heir poisonous and gaH,