Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-03-01

JOHN NEAL. There never was a writer.
who presented himself to the public. that has
written more eaustic satire than John Neal,
and none who has discovered q greater share
ofegotism. vanity and conceit. trip to Eng
land, iii which country he devoted himself to
writing against America and Americans, COM
pletod his self-suff cisnt education. and has
emboldsnsd him, to come before tho world. as
the Editor Of newspaper. published at Port
land, Maine. and called tho Yankee. But
two copies Of this paper. have fallen into our
hands; and from what we have seen of Mr.
Meals publication. we must be candid enough
to say, that it does not meet our expectations
II is not devoted to politics or literature-its
whole and sole object. seems to DO, to write
! W John Nssl, ,'.nd to b,.ns John Neal ic'o
notice. and to present him to the world as on
Incompatible genius. To substania.s this po-
stion. we have only to request our readers, to
psruse the following paragraph, extracted from
late number Of Mr.. Meals paper.
"And now for the best ,criters Of America
whom we are charged with abusing Allow
us to ask who defended Washington Irving,
when he was assailed by almost every decent
review and paper in Great Britain-the West
minister Review included! OurseD Where
In Ba ok wood. Who wrote new summary Of
the Life ofFrankln, for the most popular jour
nal Of Europe, wherein the claims OF Franklin
to a multitude OF discoveries we're defended
against the Quarterly Review, the British Crit
= H.. Of xvho had mt hold Of n
new work on electricity' OurseJ-and
where In Blaekwood. Who gave general
and as every body Acknowledges now, both
there and here, except some Of the individuals
who we're not pulled according to their own
ideas Of themselves,-a general view OF tho
literature of the United States, in two or three
ofths most widely circulated journals OF Eu-
rope! Oursflf Where In Blackwood; in
the Monthly; in the European; who defended
the chara cter Of the Yankees in the New
Monthly! OurseD Who attacked the veraci-
ty of British Travellers in America, saying the
truth Of them, justifying even Mr.. Walsh, and
Mr.. Pauldng to q certain degree. quoting
largely from both, and reviewing both in such
a way, as to excite general cutlery; attack
ing the chief slandorers of our country abroad,
and making the very name Of British Trav-
eler in America, a laughing stock and by
ward! OurseD-and where! IN Blackwood,
in the Monthly; in the European Monthly, IN
tho New Monthly. in the Oriental Herald, in
tho Westminster Review, in the European
Quarterly and elsewhere! Ourss!f In word.
who gave up writing for Backwood himself.
Withdrawing and rspurchasng paper already
in tune and paid for, and never writing snoth-
or word for that Magazine-our favorite be-
fore, merely because II had attacked Our instr
tutions with falsehood and violence OurseU
And who called Blackwood himselfto account
for this very aflair-not only giving up very
valuable resource for ever, and fhrOtcing at
his head money already received, but attack
ing him and his Journal on account OF the pa
DER We speak Of! OurseJf-and where! In the
Oriental Herald. But enough. We might
continue the catalogue for half day"
This was written. for the express purpose OF,
defending Neal, from the just accusations.
which had been preferred against him, by his
insul,od coun,rymen. and to write himself into
no,ori.iy. The article speaks for itself, and
we shall no, offer any further comment.
When Mr.. Meals novel Of Randolph was
FIRST published, we read it with some interest,"
and though we were sometimes Disguised win
its gross personalities and vulgariiy' we con-
.idoved il, taken as a whole. I" cred''abls to
American literature. though the style was sI-
coodinply coarse and rugged. The book went
before the world, was read with considerable
av;di,v. by those who are fond Of gross per-
,onslties; bu, in a short period, was consigned
20 the tomb Of the cspulets, where, we pray
heaven !, NAV forever rest. Neal, from the