Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-10
.WOa,GEay .Raol,0sass, May O.
THE FAIR ssMARIA.n

Accident threw in our way the Southerrsd1eligious
Telegraph printed in this town, of Friday last where
we saw an article the Political Press, pretendedly
from correspondent of the paper, and signed aria.
We have shrewd guess that ''Maria,' like Don Qux-
otes tormentress, the Duenna Donna Rodriguez, is
'guilty of beard and of this pledge ourselves to
satisfy the reader before have done; nay if have
exceedingly miscalcuated the force of heevidence
which has satisfied our own minds we shall convince
every unprejudced person that the gentle Maria, who
discourses SO learnedly of the immoral tendencies of
the Political Press and who conures the brethren
Danish it from their Houses, under the assurance, that
if significantly paronized" the "Relgous" Press will
give all necessary 'poIticat' information-s, and can
be- no other than the meek and dsnterested Mr..
Converse himself Not that think there is any thing
worthy of blame in Editors writing for his pa
per under an anonymous signatures that the thing
we object to Mara for this be done for such
prpose that disclosed in the article under review;
that SANDER may be safely vented against those
who stand in the way of the Editors interest; that
did calculation, aud mercenary hopes may be advanced
under the pretence of promoting the interest of the
Redeemer's Kingdom;n and that the Editor, under a
fictitious name, might say those handsome things of
himself and make those appeals to his brethren to put
money in his pocket which the efrontery of this
SPECTATOR in Religion shrunk from making the edito-
rial person; this is imposure of the 'wooden nutmeg"
order which, the cumsiness of the execution and its
mpudence might permit to laugh which, its sordid
nature may make despise; but which, the used
to accomplished islander and hypocrsy-compe to
view with seriousness and to exhibit that may
the most appropriate and formidable of punshments,
The and reprobation of scandalzed and ndig-
nant communicative reader doubt thinks our Ian
guage strong Let him wait awhile, and if do not
satisfy him that the unmany traduction the in sdious
statement the interested faschood the indeicate and
canal self seeking which abound in this article partc-
ulary when viewed in connection with the evangeli-
cap professions Of the author deserve the nyectve-f
one intelligent and unprejudced person in the
nity shall be of this opinion, then promise to
tract the whole and TO make "1Iaria" the most submits
sive apology.
Having arrayed number of objections to the Politi-
cal Press and shown variety of reasons why Chris
fans should abjure and take Religious papers (vdcl
Cet the Telegrap) wbch says the innocent and naive
Maria, eff sufficiently patronised will communicate all
useful, policca and general intcigencc our bearded
ouhoress falls foul of Contemporary of the Enqu
rcr aud ourself in way which we shall presently no
Gee. In the first place ask attention to the two con-
Guiding paragraphs Of Mara's article; he evil spoken
Of is the Political Prcss9
nyyhai then is the christians dny in relation IN ,l evil,
is it his duty by his example, or support it by
iris propeTty to receive his family such papers as ros,n
Che his children undermine The institutions religion
and oppose the progress Of that moral revolution which
tined to purify and bless the nations of the earth? Many
christians pay more TO the support OF ms influence than
promote INC Interests Of the Redeemers knshom ann thus
destroy with one hand than they build With the other
know tna knowledge Of the affairs OF the world Is very
BE information Of this character So it is extremely desirable
70 have right han1; but printable, nevertheless
,c INTO fc aahsd Iaa than having two hands 70 be cast
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