The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-06-19

and the Shameless and despicable hypoc-
risy, which would shield ihe crime of
murder and host Of other crimes from
the ligh, of Tru,h--it is against hese we
shnll Sit is on this ground that our
banner is unfurled. II is not to the mar
row minds of the bigot, the fanatic and
the fool, that Truth speaks. Her light
is terrible Ia them. If she benms upon
the eyes oftheir understanding, they take
refuge in their own darkness, that they
may see her not. If she uttereth her
voice, their ears are closed, that they
may hear her not. However lovely she
may present herself-thoughlshe appear
in her primeval essence adorned in her
native costume of simpIicity- yet this
beautiful being, whom we love with our
first love" and whom we would always
with upshaken constancy, is denounced d
by the bigot, the fanatic and the fool, as
a foe, monster, a reptile--nnd tram.
pied under foot. Whence the utility OF
that barbarous superstition mich over
shadoweth the land with Cimerian dark
ness-whch destroyeth the wisdom OF
the wise, and bringeth to naught the un-
derstanding of the prudent 7" Shall we
turn deaf ear to the lessons ofthe past
Shall the destiny of this nation be sway
ed by ruthless fanaticism Z Is supersti-
ton not yet glutted with the blood OF
her millions Of victims? Ard shall the
broad mantle of Religion, foieyer suffice
to conceal, and expiate the most detes-
able crimes
We learn that the Reverend f. X. A.
very has been examined before the Meth
odist Conference at Boston and unani-
mously acquitted of each and every
charge as connected with the intercourse
of any kind and Of the murder of Sarah
M. Cornell "Whom the Gods mean
to destroy they first make mad" was
said of yore and were those Gods our
uperintendants, we should he led to be-
ieve that they had marked out this
course in the present instance to pursue
in relation TO the methodist church,
which has so far committed itself as TO
countenance and sanction crimes of the
darkest die-and to hold him guiltIess
who stands convicted to moral certain
~ of having imbued his hands in the
blood ofa defence.ess femalc-of having
seduced her from her home and freside,
and under the cover Of night--of having
lured her to place remote from human
ken.--There in such place, and at such
time, and under aggravated circum-
stances, did, regardless of her cries and
prayers, thrust her into eternity Such
is the man whom the methodist confer
ence now present to the world as one
worthy to he regarded with our esteem
and admiration, as if he had led life of
spo,less purity las one worthy to 60
into the pulpit and point out the way of
salvation to the "poor benighted" inf
del
II appears that the Reverend Mr.. A
very has made his debut extraordinary at
the first methodist church, in Bennett-st.
Boston, on Wednesday afternoon, last,
before a crowded audience. His text
was selected from psalm XXI, verse
10Th -
"Oh how great is thy goodness, which
thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;
which thou hast wrought for them that
trust in thee before the sons of men,"
Was there ever more solemn mock
cry perpetrated in the face of day =? Was
there ever an instance Of more hardened
villany and glaring bravado The or
thodox Devil himself with all his imputed
misdoings on his head, could not have
been so brazenfaced as each and every
one engaged in this sanctified scoundrel
ism We hold not Mr.. Avery alone TO
account for this wicked act. /, is the
methodist conference with whom we
must now deal. On their heads must
rest the consequences Of this shameless
attempt to extinguish the torch of Truth