Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-01-03

/ Mr. EDIroR,--When have read good book al
ways desire thank the writer for the pleasure he has
afforded me- and to ask for of the same kind at his
earliest leisure There arc those know who would
compare this to telling fine how charming she
is, and who say that hattery is harmful to authors
to the ladies'. Be this il may, and will not give
opinion upon H. hold that telling the truth is not
nattery merely because il may be agreeable and that
the acknowledgement of benefits received Is as honest
as 1t is becoming All this is by way of introducing
book and not a beauty. bring an offering to Miner
va and not TO Venus.
have had great pleasure during the past week in
reading the two first volumes of the New Highlander a
religious and literary review which has been published
quarterly for years past, at New Haven, by Mr. f.
r. Tyler, who a of Brattloboro is as well if not
better known TO most Of your readers than to me- If
had the Of this journal until few weeks
ago. had forgotten IT, and if had given heed to II,
fear that was preudiced enough to have said, Can
any good thinking come out of Connecticut But il
could once have doubted do longer. Tho
the religious and perhaps the political principles of the
review are such cannot altogether subscribe to,
cannot refrain from expressing my qualification at the
free and independent tone Of its criticism so far as
have read my admiration of the clear and close reason
ing and manly style, and above all Of the earnestness
and good will with which the work is done. The
say and their sayings arc worth the attention Of
those who disagree with them.
The design of the work Is afford the evangelical
faith of New England fit organ Of communication
with the public mind It may be said to hold the
relation to Orthodox New England Congregatonalism,
that the Christian Examiner does to New England Uni
tarianism. This last periodical il is well known is not
exclusively theological and by its numerous papers
subjects connected with general literature has for TWEEN
ty years past been doing much for the Of let
tiers as the more widely read North American. That
some such organ as the New Highlander needed by
the orthodox party is abundanty proved by the al
ready made Of it. There several articles on its
pages that could not have appeared in any journal
knowing to in the country and yet these such
would not have had withheld. A part and very
important part of the voice of New England finds utter
ance here, which but for such organ would perhaps
never have been heard.
glad to see the New Highlander coming as it does
from of great centres of scholarship on anoth
account. The sccptre of criticism among has
been too long borne by small number of persons in
and around the Literary Emporium, their right I'M
questioned. II is time rival claimant appeared,
and here is one which while in theological tenets it
differs widely from the leading journals of Bos-
ton and Cambridge, TO gather TO its wholly
set of contributors is yet conservative in its po
ltical and social principles and at the time lib
eral obtain admission into circles very far
moved from those which the latter have hitherto held
disputed sway Moreover, the new Journal does
not appear afraid Of expressing decided opinions There
is something little wearsome in the external
malIsm of the North American, though this quality
much demanded by the character Of its imme-
date circle of readers, resulting from the disposition
of its contributors In the last number of the
a.
one, if informed rightly, having an Eastern and
the other Western origin, happen to Indicate opinions
somewhat variance with long established and there
fore respectable ones and the editor of the Bos
ton Courier himself not always good in traces starts
forward to bark the review back into its bounds again.
The organ of sect every where spoken against,
moro independence is TO be expected in the Examiner
and find il still the leayen of conservatism is
there and caution is becoming OF its chelcst vr-
tues. And this brings to mind question which has of
ten excited my curiosity with the mere statement of
which will stop. Wherein is the connection between
Boston Unitarianism and Boston politics How is it
that the most heretical opinions in religion if you
please in theology have prevailed most along side with
the highest political conservatism The Unitarian
body England for the most part radical the
extreme of the Wing ranks. And it is natural that
those who Of the party in religion should
belong to the movement party in politics How has it
been then, that of those who in Massachusetts have
been furthermost from Democracy, many have be-
longed to the liberal party in religion II me
that the solution Of this question would possess lit
tie interest theologcaly. commend it to the New
Englander. Meanwhile | hope the older Journals will
be spurred up by the rivalry of this young competitor
Mr.. Secretary Mann may exclude emulation from
schools, but its influence in older life he cannot annu
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