Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-12

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abuse them, and to wound their sensihilities.
The grea, length Of Mr.. Souhwick's essay.
.orbids our publishing the whole Of il. and
rather than copy 30 long an article. we will
fairly hors du combat" il the aeknowlsdg-
nent can in the least degree, crafty our vsn-
cradle and able cotemporaryj-a gentleman
whose talents ne appreciate. and whose indus.
try we admire.
Passing from Mr. soo,hwick. we proceed t.
offer a word to the editor OF tho AMERIcAH
TRAVELLER. of Boston who in his paper oflast
Tuesday, has devoted to US, the following arti.
Gle.
Literary Ifars."-"w We copy the fol,
lowing odd annunciation from tho" Providence
Literary Cadet:
".Her scx, tMr, Ware, Of the Bowel literary standing, and
lacks, from the ignorant, ili,craie aud immoral, 10 which, uns
fortunately, we are too often and s~hockinsly evpo.ed.r
Now to say nothing of the oddly Of using
ga banner" to ward oil the attacks, we think
the above " nnnuncia,ion'' comes with an, i'll
grace from one, who, a few weeks since, used
his best efforts to injure The literary reputation
of this Same lady. Mrs. w. like all authors
before her, had the temcrity to publish in the
corner Of a newspaper, a few stanzas, written
in haste, and perhaps not carefully revised
Those no sooner reached Providence, than the
Editor Of the Cadet seized his pen, and expend-
ed a column oy more of words, to show his
critical acumen, and bring ridicule upon the
poetry and its author. The next salu,ation
the lady received, was in the language above
quoted. What fate the first number Of her
" Bower" will meet with at the hands Of the
aslute critic, she waits to hear, but probably
with not much g fear and trembling
We should care but very little about the fore.
going article, did it not contain a charge,
which we Indignantly %rcfnte, by declaring
that We never attempted "to injure the litera.
ry reputation Of this same LADY, Mrs. ware.l
Some few weeks since, during Mr.. FoR-
RESTS engag emont at the Federai-street
Theatre, Boston, some one, who was in the
habit of contributing to the columns Of the Ros-
ton American Statesman, addressed to that
gentleman a auditory poem, teeming with
the most ridiculous ex'rnyagance. and without
knowing or caring who the author Of it was,
we bestowed upon it a passing notice. aud
pointed out its utter extravaganza, and fnlsams
adula'ion.
Our remarks It appears, excited the peculiar
d'spleasure OF We rutiioS, WHO ascrr- ~ sxx.-@
Catherine Ware, and although we spoke highs
ly Of her poeiical talents, though she sppeayed
in anonymous guise, Ter mistaken friends,
have en~dea,ou,ed to make her believe, that
o,r ontv ni,ir .f yy,s 10 lotd ta- 49,, ~ .,J:..l~
and injlre her literary repnta, OF. We had ne
s,ch object IN view-ae d d 20, know wio tho
author Of the extriya:aui production WIS, and
how then. lot Us ask. could we attempt 10 in,
jure her literary repu = ionl
Had NO known that the poem sss from the
pom of a lady, that g~ailantry which we profess
to cherish, would have induced US to suffer the
eGfi,ion 20 pass us without notice. though, OF
opinion, that We do now. As 10 tie fate OF
tho Bower, we know nothing concerning iti
we care less, but if our efforts TO assist its Ed,
itor and publishers, to bring it into notice. are
to be sneered at, and the lady Editor shall
continue to frown upon US. we shall not take
any particular pains TO further her Objects.
We think that the gentleman OF tie Traveller
has done us grosa injustice; = and that Injustice
has proceeded from a quarter, from which, we
had a right 10 expect other treatment. To
close. We Will add, that if the Editor of the
Traveller, undertakes to say, that the word
Banner has been improperly used by us, we
will if he desires US to do so, explain, and rem.
der the propr;ety Of its application palpable to
his vision, and plain 10 his understanding. So
much for the American Traveller.
The mex, paper in order, is the Mississ'ppian,
published at Watcher, Mississippi, which pa.
per. Of the 9th Of December, contains the fol.
lowing words and sentences:
"The Literary Cadet and Rhode slond
Statesmen, if he has any Of that generosity OF
feeling, for which some Of the sons Of New.
England are distinguished, will regret Tho 80.
verify Of his remarks, when he is informed thas
tie article alluded to, was not original, but
transferred from the Western Lnminayy in;e
our columns. This magazine, published under
tho authority of a religious Society. would not,
We presume, offer an insult TO the memory or
the dead. The Cadet vindica,es the nauns az
the late DIR. HoLEy, a gentleman. whose abilj.
tics we have been early taught TO hold in tbs
highest estimation. Though we may haya
vsntured to deprecate his religious !ssity when
living, yet when dead, we throw a mantle ovs,
his foibles, and mipg'c orr regrets wilL those
that cost Poign,n'ly dcpiore his prsosqiure
dissolution. He was not a Deist (ea,s the
C,det) "nor did he ovcr ~inculea,p drisiipf
principles. Tie was a LIBERAL Ch1isfian, and