The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1834-01-15

etectlono o. OefegdteS 10 me C0nOe"fo"'
The General assembly of this state, con.
veAedat Providence on Monday last, agree
ably to ad dournment.
We cory an article on fairs" from Poul-
sons Daily Advertisers paper the self sty.
led orthodox cannot call in question on the
score of its religious character. The arti.
Gle, in question, goes to show tha, the friends
Of moral pety, whenever they dare TO speak,
are decidedly against these religious catch
penny societies, which, the subtlety of
priests. and their abettors, are forming
throughout the land under the assumed
name of charity fairs" Sewing societies
for the furtherancc of religion what is the
inference? why, that religion is so much
ripped to pieces that it requires continual
sewing to keep it together. The sPoils are
for the support of the pious young men for
the ministry! The mind turns with pity and
disgust from the contemplation Of this holy
mockery.
DR.. Franklin says that religion that is
not self supported bv its own intrinsic worth
! is proof sufficient that it is not from God"
! 8u. to what vile purposes is not the modern
! religion Of ambition and power--of fashion
andvanity ty--made subservient. Religion is
daily up at auction--terms CASH 1t is
truly lamentable to observe The numberless
schemes set on foo, by the clergy in their
reckless ambition for power--and still more
lamentablc to witness the ease and facility
with which they ensnare their innocent and
conidng victims, who for the most part, arc
women. Men, who most zenlously engage
in, and countcnanoe these things, we find to
be most intent upon what they shall make
out of the harvest, not only Immediately, bn,
ultimately, as taken in connection with their
business. But the case is different when
applied to woman. She engages in the work
) from the belief Of It's religious utility. The
priest has told her 50, and no one dares to
contradict it, or point ont the impostu,e. She
doubts not that the cause is virtuous one
Blu, "Inost dangerous is that temptation
that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
We make the following extract, from the
letter of a generous and beautiful writer
The sentiment, we think, is quite TO the pur,
posc--a and we unhcsilotingly endorse it"
81 will mention that not only the men bu
the female part Of the community also are
beginning to enquire if the clergy hsye nor
led them long enough. have had occasion
l.. 10 remark, that women are generally more
addicted to what is termed pety than men
are. But piety or religion in female is not
" hat it is in man. In man, it is weakness o.
hypocrisy in woman it is benevoence, il il
, acute sensibIity, ii is goodness ofheart. mis-
: directed. In woman it is generally a sincere
l and a holy emotion in man, ii is often cold
calculating deception. Nan will perhaps
change first, not because he has NOR,
] strength or independence of mind than o
man, but because his profession was less
deeply rooted in his nature. You have bu,
to convince woman, that she has bestowed
her attention upon wrong object, and show
, her another more lovely and more deserving
= her affections, and you have enlisted all he
| powers moral and.lntcll ectual.
Whenever the women shall see the neces
sity Of reform and understand the means by
which it can be effected, it will 90 on with
, out delay. And unless they 90 undertake
, the work, it will move slowly aud perhaps
remain undone. This not so much on &C.
count of the superior influence of the wo
men, (though that | am willing TO admit,) us
from the fact, that as we now sec them, they
are less the slaves of interest, They need
only be made 10 feel the object good, tc
support it, while men have to stop and ask
how the change will affect their individual
interest. Only turn little of that female
f attention upon science and the nobler pur.
f suits of our nature, which is now expended
on trifing accomplishments, and the human
race will improve with a rapidi,y hitherto
unimagned."
The opposition have lahored hard to ere.