Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-10-25
Tuesday. Oct. 23.

| That the r'cent coarse utihch on INC ihns'iious
/ DR.. Judson, in the Providence TIanscriI I, was
not the production VI our friend The editor, but
iha, i, had crep, into the paper without his
know ledge, was al uselcssly expended, as he
has replied to our article, avowng the author
ship, and boas,ng, indirectly, Of the feeling
which prompted it,
lie IL egregious'y mistaken in surprising
iha, We biooded over his paragraph for the
space of ten days it required no brooding
exccp, in rorrow over The degenerate spirit
which il bIeaihed. We were in New York
at tho time il appeared, and replied as soon as
We saw it on our return.
After 1ourishing quite extensively by way
Of preamble, the Transcript says
With many others. we expressed our
feelings freely when this missionary led his
last victim TO the altar, for We did rot think
that was missionary ground. lie had carried
wo or three 10 a sckly climate, and they had
died th,re, and now we feared that he would
take another of our larest flo ers TO be blight
ed and TO die under The same malignant skies.
\ # he were willing TO sacrifice himself, it was
II 10 reason lOT MIN w tbinpCi VI p'iou" uo w"
ers. and those of the softer sex, to accompany
him to sckly clilhes, and the home Of uncivil
lzed men. We could not refrain from enter
in1 our protest before tie consummatioh OF
this wrong, and we claim the privilege to cen
sure the act and its perpe,rator To this time. :"
Suppose DR.. Judson, or any other man, had
carried a dozen wives to Burmah, or any
where else where his home Was, and they had
there died what business is it to the editor
of the Transcript, or any other man Has
! the public any possible right to call him to an
account for such acts ls not the marriage
contract a matter in which the parties to II
are alone interested 1t is nexcusablc inde-
cency for any one to interfere in such things,
and above all TO arraign party thereto gross
ly before the world in the columns OF public
! journal srch course of coldutt maniies,s
great depravi,y somewhere, and in the pres
ent ius lance looks strongly like sur against
the cause in which DR.. Judson is engaged
The editor OF the Transcript says that he
A" could no, refrain from cnteriLg his protest
before the contamination of this wrong, and
he claims the privilege TO censure the act and
its perpcnator 10 this time" Well, TO be
sure, this is exceedingly modest! A gentleman
has married a lady, and the sage litor Of the
Providence Transcript pronounccs II wrong
and is therefore determined TO ccnsure the
perpctralor This is the coolies, thing of the
day Why does h. not Sc. himself up as the
genera censor of Malr mony, and say "ha,
services would inquest onably be eminenily
useful, particularly i lie unaffected as eXqus
tic taste, and displayed it in as refined and
courteous language as he has in the present
instance
\ The only reason which ~" can gather from
| his articles, for ohjeclng TO the marriage is
that his admiration for Fanny Forrcs'cr's wri-
lings is 30 lofty and necessary to his eAis'
lence aud mental conf, IT, ,ha, he ID called
upon to make severe personal sacrifice, by
/ being deprived Of this enjoyment, now that
she is in poor health, and possibly may die.
/ Well, perhaps this rs a sufficient cason, Is
pecially in the polite editors own estimation,
but 1t will no, justify his ungen,lcmanly al
TACK in public estimation.
Again say. the Transcript, in speaking of
our reply
" The editor Of hat paper has yet TO learn
that he Is not to set up his opinions, his pref
ercnces and his dlslikea as standard for 9TH
g., ,b.t l,,,k k,a robt in 3,
dictatorial manner to denouncc all who do no,
II conform to that standard"
II This is funny, truly. Wha, has the d,or
Il of The Transcript done, but lho idonlcal thing
which he says tina, We are guilty of Did
Il he no, presume to be dictator in his first arli.
II Gle, and dcnouncc DR.. Judson on account OF
II his marriage, and now he offend. still nth
II sr, by indirectly denouncng him for marrying
at all This is very modest, and then his
n charge upon US of manltesting u die atorial
n spirit, is the superatlve degree of modes,y -
! We have before said that he had no business
TO meddle with the matter, and that he had no
night to express his opinion upon the private,
II domestic arrangements of any man ; and in
/ he present instance, his grossness is the more
marked from the position which DR.. Judson
occupies, and the exceeding ooarseness Of the
attack, even to the vulgari,y of language
n We quote his first article again, TO show that
our position is correct. lie says
II " Judson's last victim, Fanny Forester,
was as late as tic 20ih June IN such ros-
| lrate condition as TO be unable to write, and
II had little prospec, of restoration to health
II In case OF her demise, the old and Rev. third.
Il oriourth-ime wdower will como home to
procure another young girl, sacrifice for tho
! altar OF The Durman mission"
H We ask if there is any decency in tho ex-
pressions, 4" JudSons last ridim," I" the old
RcU. hrd-or;tourh tune ridousr T. Ifthere
is, then We have been educated in an errone-
Gus school, and have ye, 10 unlearn all that
has bocn insillled into US, as well as all our
subsequent practice, in the nlercourses Of life.
Il The editor says that with the classmates Of