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that resource, the object of their solicitude.
Their interest :nd their hope* are already
enlisted in our favour; and the activity and
enterprise of our cruisers, have brought
them to <lr*ad the powpr, and to respect
the name of our country. We are now seen
and known through another medium, than
that of slave traders, end we are now ena
Wed to place the safety of our people and
the success of our settlement, on two of the
Strongest passions of mau —fear and inter
est.
At a grand palaver called by Dr. Ayres
in April last, at which there were seven
teen Kings, and upwards of thirty halt
kings, or head-men, there were butiwo op
posed to the settlement of our people at
Montserado, and all but one offered Dr
Ayres land, within their own jurisdictions.
As to the disposition of the coloured people
in this country to avail themselvesol an op
portunity to join the colony, we can couh
dently stale that many hundreds are not on
ly willing, but anxious logo, and that appli
cations for tins purpose are almost daily
made to the Board. At the same lime, it is
proper to state that no persons, ol any de
scription, ought to attempt to settle in the
colony without the permission of the Board
and that they will not be received without
•such permission. We request the auxilia
ry societies to exert themselves in making
collections ; and we hope that, where there
are no auxiliary societies, individuals friend
ly to the cause will do something among
their friends and neighbours. It this is
done exten-ively, even small contributions,
which will hardly be felt, will, from theirj
number, enable us to send out a powerful,
re-enforcement. We hope no friend of the !
cause will omit giving something. ‘lhi-isj
an important crisis iu our affairs. We,!
therefore, hope none will be lukewarm orj
indifferent. In a short time, we expect the j
settlers will be able to supporl themselves, I
and to aid other emigrants. Now is tin ;
time to encourage them, and to lay a four.da
tion for future strength. Many thousand# ;
will be enabled, in a few years, to tind their;
wav to the settlement, when it is once firm
ly established, and employment and assis
tance can be readily furnished ihem on
their arrival. Let us then be up and doing.
The cause is great, the object important,
and the occasion urgent.
Collections in money should be forward
ed to Richard Smith, E#q Cashier of the
United States Branch Bank. Washington,
Treasurer of the Society. By order ot the
Board.
E. B. CALDWELL, Sec.
October, 1 822.
ileligtous intelligence.
FOR THE MISSIONARY.
SAREPTA ASSOCIATION.
This body commenced iteregular annua)
‘Session in Jackson County, on the 24ih
October. Owing to sickness, and some
Other causes, the representation was not
so full as usual; nor were the correspond
ing members and visiting brethren so nu
merous The addition* by baptism had not
been large to any of the churches; but
three new ones had been constituted dur
ing the year, and these united with the As
sociation. Ten or twelve sermons were
preached in thp meplmg-house and at the
stage, and several at private houses where
ministers Edged. A time of love was ex
perienced at the close, on the Sabbath.
Several interesting ‘ubjects were discus
sed in a-very friendly manner. Consider
ing ‘he extensiveness of the gospel field,
and the. paucity of labourer- in it, and fear
>ing an enure famine of the word; it wa
judg;-ci best to devise some plan, if practi
cable, to prevent the consequences which
must inevitably follow. Ii was (nought ex
pedient to advise the churches to ascertain
at the commencement of the year, whal
they could alb w their preachers, and to
app"rtion this sum among the members ac-
cording to their linlity. Tlie churches
m.il.e no claim* on the-people of the woild
for the support of their ministers, though
*ery honourable mention wa*uw'Je of their
willingness to take part in those exertions
tvliich promised such happy effects. In
stances were cited of individuals who sub
scribed more cheerfully and generously
than many church-members. No man of
enlightened views, when he considers the
-effects produced by religious institutions,
Will envy the money which is asked to sup
port them.
The Constitution of the “General Asso
ciation” was read on Saturday. Some of
the representatives were in favour of adop
ting it, and thus unite with the G-orgiu and !
Ocmulgeo; but others did not so clearly,
understand the intentions, and desired long
er time to consider the subject. That shy
akittishness which was manifested last year,
seemed to be tamed, and five delegates
were appointed to correspond with the
General Association as with sister Associa
tions in the State. They were directed to
gather such information from that body as
to the importance of the establishment, &c
----&c. as it would afford them. Many, who
•poke, appeared anxious, if there were ad
vantages to be derived from such an Asso
ciation, to avail themselves of them. It
. seems * if we needed to adopt some plans
to rei ive religion among us, and promote
uniformity in discipline, and we hope this
will be the means in the hands of God to
effect so desirable objects.
Two or three fast-days were recommen
ded. Days for fasting are recommended
every year by the several Associations;
hut in some vicinities, even the church
members pay little or no regard to them.
“Brethren, these things ought not so to
be.”
It was recommended that the 4th of July
be observed as a day ol thanksgiviug, and
that servants be allowed that day to attend
worship. It our thanks tor national mer
cies, were in any wise proportionate to our
obligations, we should oftenerbe lound ex
pressing them in a publick manner. V\ hat
nation has shared so uninterrupted prospei
ity ? What nation enjoys so much civil and
religious liberty •? But what Christian
nation has made fewer expressions ot their
gratiiuile bv consecrating certain days to
~übhck worship ! We are glad to see a re
volution hi public!; opinion as to ’.lie man
nor in which the birth-day ot our country
should be spent. Christians for a long
time have felt that there ought to be a
change. Instead of engaging in foolish
sports and keeping alive barbarous custom#,
this day, we hope, will be religiously ob
served. Let us assemble at our houses ol
prayer; let oiir preachers give us discourses
appropriate to the occasion, and let it have
some natures of a religious as well as a / >o -;
j litiatl jubilee. Lei our children be lustrnc-.
ted, mat while they live under the bappi- j
est government on earth, it was under God .
J our indeptndence was achieved, and ibro ;
Him the rich blessings of it are continued i
unto us. Much money, which is now most
foolishly wasted, might be saved, and much
evil prevented. We think thisplan ol cel-j
ebratmg the day will commeuJ itself to
Christians of every denomination, and to
every statesman who sincerely desires the
prosperity and happiness o! his country.
The Rev. Mr Posey had brought to the
Association a lull-blood Cherokee. He has
attended the school at T'insevvattee lor
some month#, and can read the English lan
guage fluently. He read verses in several
chapters of a diamond edition ot tiie New
-1 estament, without hesitating. He knows
the stops and marks used iu writing, and;
gave many proof#, mat though Vi iia# a |
red skin, he ha# a strong aud vigorous
lect. He sung several hymns which lie
! nad committed to memory, and others Irom
’ the book. Some persons present, who bad
. given to support this school, declared, that
lor the pleasure they enjoyed in seeing
such proficiency made by one pupil —oL
i seeing one mind thus enlightened by the
torch of science, they were doubly paid for
all their exertions, and felt willing to dou-!
ble their contribution 3 . How many ave-‘
nues to rational pleasure has the knowledge ,
of letters opened to that Cherokee, once so
i dark, so ignorant, so wretched! He and
! Mr. Posey sang, to the great satisfaction of
a congregation, where we lodg and one
night, a hymn descriptive of the imllenial
day
“ Slight tinctures of skin shall no longer engage,”
kc.
and,
“ YVhen white men and Indians united shall praise,
“ One vast hallelujah triumphant shall rai a e,”
excited much interest and feeling. Many
breathed out devout aspirations that they
might see more of the brightness and feel
more of the holy fervour, which shall daz
zle the eye and warm the breast of Chris
tians in that happy time. u Come, Lord
Jesu9, come quickly.” Amours,
From the ( Charleston ) Southern Intel. Nov. 22.
CHICKASAW MISSION.
Extract of a Letter from the President of the ’
Missionary Society of the Synod of South (taro- 1
bna amt Georgia, to a Manager in this City, j
dated Oct. 22, 1822.
“It is unfortunate that the communica
tions of Mr. Stuart have miscarried. No- 1
thing official has been heard from the es-j
lablishmerit since last Spring Private let- j
ters have lately been received, from which
the following inhumation i# gathered : j
“ The re-enforcement for the Chickasaw
Mission, sent out last Spring, after a long,
fatiguing and perilous journey, arrived at
I Munroe, nil in good health. The school
was opened on the 181 hos May, with six
! teen scholars. On the 17th of August they
had received thirty-nine children, and
about fifty more had made application for
admission ; but Mr. Stuart could not receive
them, until he heard whether our Society
would be able to make provision for their
support.
“I never before so much regretted our
want of funds. Shall we he obliged to send
away fifty of these poor benighted children
of the forest, who are wishing to be instruc
ted ? It must be determined by the receipts
of the treasury, at the meeting of (he Soci
ety in November next, whether we shall
be under the painful necessity of limiting
the school to a certain number, or whether
the pious and benevolent people of South
Carolina and Georgia will enable us to re
ceive all the children that may be brought
te the establishment. 1 ’
: EXERTIONS OF THE BAPTISTS.
The Baptist Missionaries at S. rampore,
in India, have published the whole Bible in
five languages, and the New Testament in
ten other languages. Besides these they
have the New Testament iu ix other lan
guages in the press, aud ten other versions
on uand They have expended between
£30,000 & £IO,OOO from the avails ot their
Un industry.—There i* a Baptist College
at Serampore for the education ot the Chit#*
■ tian natives of India. The New-A “i k Bap
tist Missionary Society employed seven
missionaries t’lie past year, in that Slate.
A Baptist Theological Seminary has been
established in New York, to train up pious
• y oung men for the ministry. There is in
Massachusetts a Baptist Education Society,
i a Baptist Tract Society, &c. A General
: Association of the Baptists has been lormed
i in the State of Georgia, and another in the
| Stale of South-Carolina.
The Baptists in England are making ex
ertions to aid the iulant Seminary ot theii
denomination at Washington. The kind
assistance to Mr. W ard in the
United Slates, is urged on British Christians,
as a motive to the reciprocation of kind
ness in this instance. Probably the appli
cation will be followed with happy success.
Boston Recorder.
ORIGINAL ANECDOTE.
The Rev. Mr. If being on a visit to the
Springs, in the western part of the Stale ol
Peunsv Ivania, was going on Sabbath to a
.neighbouring town to preach. It was ou
the great publick road that leads from
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, which is con
stantly thronged with large baggage wa
igons. Observing one ot these before hjpi,
j Travelling the same way, he thought lie
i would reprove the driver for travelling
;ou the Sabbath. Riding up to him in great
| haste, he earnestly accosted him thus, Push
|ou my friend, push on with all your might,
there is a messenger after you, and will soon
■overtake you. The Rev. Mr. B. by this
time had passed hitn and was going on.
The wagoner was very much surprised,
and requested him to stop. He checked
his horse a lutle, and repeated the same
words. The wagoner much agitated, ran
after him and told him that he had nut been
stealing and wished to know what messen
ger was after him. Stoppiog his horse at
this time, lie addressed him iii the following
impressive manner. “ Yes you have been
stealing: You are now encroaching upon
the Lord’s day, and violating his command
menls. This is the day the Lord hath
made ; these are the hours he calls his own.
Pie lias you to remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy, six days shall
thou labour and do all thy work, but the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy 1
God; in it thou shall not do any work : And
here you are, attending upon your worldly
business, stealing the time in which you
ought to be engaged in worshipping God.—
The messenger of death is after you, and
will soon overtake you, when you will have j
to o’ive account of the onanuer in which;
you have spent this day.” Thi9 timely re
proof took effect. The wagoner was sensi
ble of his guilt, and promised never again
to travel upon the Sabbath. Pilgrim.
admonition.
Lord Coke says that money is derived from
moneo (to admonish) because it admonish- 1
eth its possessor to make a good use of it.;
Now this, in our opinion, is contrary to
fact, for he who possesses most money at
tends least to admonition.
ANECDOTE.
A profane Scotch Nobleman, on seeing a
large stone in the road which led to lis
country hou#e, ordered his servant to send
it to hell. The man replied, “My Lord, il
I could send it to heaven it would be more
completely cut of your lordship’s way.”
18,1
THE LATE FAMINE IN IRELAND.
By the late papers from Ireland, it ap
pears that the distresses lately caused by
hunger and sickness, have chiefly subsided ;
—the potatoes having come to maturity,
and promising an abundant harvest. The
Irrih people have been sorely afflict
ed this season, but severe as these af
flictions were, they would have been far
more appalling, had it not been for the un
exampled kiudness and liberality of their
English and Scotch neighbours. A few
mouths before the famine came upon them,
[these districts were almost in a state of re
-1 hellion against the government; but no
sooner was the extent and magnitude of
1 their sufferings known, than the sympathies
of the whole nation were kindled into ac
tioo; the hand of charity wa9 extended in
all directions; and a great and simultane
ions effort to administer relief, wa9, under
i Providence, crowned with the most splen
did success. The committee at the City of
j London Tavern, for receiving subscriptions,
have given notice that there is no occasion
for further remittances to the local distrib
uting commitiees. And they have found,
on winding up their accounts, that the over
flowing bounty of the people of England
left a balance at their disposal of a very
large amount, winch they have resolved to
dispose of as follows: 5000 b towards cloth
ing the poor in the distressed parts of Ire
land during the winter; 5000 b lor encour
aging the Irish fisheries. Besides those
two sums, the large one of40,000!. was vo*
1 ted for the encouragement ot the coarser
1 branches of the linen manufacture in the
1 districts where the distress was most gener
al. A sum of 8000 b was also voted for the
1 sanstf general purpose of improving the con
dition of the Irish poor, for which aconsid-
I erable sum has lately been voted by the
’ subscription committee in Dublin.
• [.V. Y. Spectator.
i
■’ More than 100 young gentlemen have
t entered the Fresh mao’s class in Yale Col*
liege since the 29th October last.
Literary.
FOH THE MISSIONARY.
Messrs. Editors— If you deem the follow
ing remarks worthy your attention, you will
please give them a place in your • olutr.ns.
Tbey are the reflections of one who has
bad some experience in the business ot in
struction, anti whose only aim by tbisiutru
sionon the publick attention, is a reforma
tion in our system of education. I do not
propose myself the ptiblick’s Mentor, much
less assume the dictatorial style of the stern
monitor. But certainly the course of scho
lastick instruction in the schools of this
slate is not the most profitable ; and at the
same time that we congratulate ourselves
ou the increased attention to the interests
of literature, still have to lament the inju
dicious methods commonly employed in
drilling our youth through the ordeal of ed
ucation. Ido not design to disparage clas
sick literature—yet you must agree with
me that this is a pursuit but little calculated
forttiose of an immature age. On ibis sub
ject the publick have, we fear, long labour
ed Htider a gross delusion ; and one that has
been often fatal to the literary character of
our young and otherwise promising contem
poraries. With the hope that our youth
will be made scholars before they are ready
to leave the nursery, or reason ha 9 assum
ed its accustomed sway, the parent initiates
his child into the discouraging difficulties
of Latin lore. Day after day the stripling
plies his task, with as little regard to his
natural antipathies as when encouraged to
swallow calomel, and not scowl. Soon,
however, parental authority silences his
murmurs without removing his prejudices.
The awe-inspiring visage of his teacher j
reads to his revolting spirit full many a lec- ,
lure. Ab, at this distant day, I can scarce 1
forgive my preceptors their uncharitable
conduct. Although mouldering in the nar
row house, far removed from the praise or
censure of their successors —fancy can still
conjure up the scene when partly through
their agency I was forced to go through the J
drudgery of the classicks. Revolting re j
flection ! with feelings as sportive as the 1
playful lamb,and spirits as light as the winds
that flit across the valleys, to be compelled
at the green age of ten to leave the more i
genial fields of English literature, and at 1
the hazard of many stripes,toff in the rough,
and to me, then uninteresting soil of foreign
diction, were circumstances that marred en
joyment and embittered my most joyous
moments. Doubtless many with me might
reciprocate an expostulation for this res
traint on their inclinations ; and if parents,
would but consider that the improvement
of their children at this premature age can
scarcely compensate for the time aud the
requisite expense; that they are running
the hazard of fostering a distaste for the pur- j
suit of letters; that they are precluding,
them from an opportunity of becoming ac
quainted with tbe elementary principles of
their own tongue —surely the publick voice
would no longer sanction a custom so appa-,
rently absurd. From what cause other than ;
this does it happen that there issuch a lam- j
entable dearth of English scholars in ourj
country. The answer is obvious. Depriv- 1
ed of early opportunities, the tyro, when J
advanced within the regions of more pop
ular studies, looks with disdain on those 1
pursuits as too paltry for his fancied qnaliS- j
cations. From what cause other than this, j
does it happen, that too many graduate j
from the halls of science (tbe alma mater of
the fool and the fellow, the cradle of genius I
as well as the nursery ofidleness) with the
same aversion to application and predilec-j
tion for sloth, with which they commenced!
the languages, and not unfrequently the <
same success in their acquirements. 1 do
not affirm this as a reflection applicable to
all. But the assertion, so far as is connect
ed with my experience and observation, is 1
generally correct. English reading, you
must agree with me, from tbe time that
boys are placed at school till they arrive at
fourteen, is more congenial with (lie tastes
of students, and its paramount importance in
the social and political relations of our
country, plead its superiour aptitude for the
mind. Add to this, that early life is fre
quently the hinge on which our future des
tinies are balanced, and as we improve by
proper culture the growth of talent, will
the fruit amply repay them and us for our
attention. The spring of life requires only
such nutriment as will have a bearing on af
ter life. At this gay period, when the pulse
beats high with expectation, and fancy
whispers that we live but to enjoy ; that
earth is the paradise which poetry has
painted it—the attention should be diverted
to such objects as will fix it, and call into
exercise the invention, and thus lay the
corner stone from which tnuy arise a build
ing that may one day command admiration
and excite panegyrick. Impressed as we
ail are with the importance of classical
I learning, I cannot think that it should be
studied to the comparative disparagement of
other science# that fall within the routine
of an accomplished education. With the
reverence which every thing that bears the
stamp ofage usually assumes, an extrava
gant enthusiasm is ever apt to be manifest
ed for the works of the ancients. As if all
the humour that ever existed, centered in
the pericranium of Horace—wisdom in the
brain of Plato, or that the quaint maxims
and stale opinions of Aristotle, Seneca and
Pliny, were ever to be the sources from
which should emanate streams to fertilise
and nourish the literary character of our
country. And I will further assert that
even this, the principal advantage derived
from the classicks, is frequently lost to the
student. With ail who are versed in the
manner in which this study is generally pur
sued, it is evident that the idiom of the sen
tences and the construction of the word en
grosses all the attention and subserves the
whole ambition of the students. The pa
thos of the sentiment, and the beauty of the
expression are forgotten in the intricacies
and Lalinity of the phrase. So that one of
the first objects of a student’s attention is
frequently sacrificed to tbe more urgent de
mands of his lesson. Taking also into view
that life to the oldest is but short, and the
circle of the sciences extensive, I would
even question the propriety of devoting too
many valuable years on studies that caa
hardly be rendered practically useful. In
offering these reflections to the publick, I
can be actuated by no views other than
the good of those who are to succeed us.—■
With tne the summer of youthful ardour
having past, and the autumn of age having
already furrowed many an emblem of up*
: proaching decay, has left me this opportu
nity of testing my regard for the rising
world. SEN EX.
THE RETORT COURTEOUS.
It seems (says the Baltimore Morning Chroni
cle) that ofl'ence has bean taken in England that
Washington Irving should have been appointed a
member of a committee to devise and form a pro
per monument to the memory ol Shalcspeate.—
; The ground of objection is, that (his gentleman is
; a native of America ; l.e is not an Englishman.—
1 Perhaps it tuay be new to these snarling cynicks,
to learn that Shakspeare was one of cur own
countrymen. What were the Americans iD the
days of Shakspeare ? Engli.-h subjects. Yes, the
Americans claim for their countrymen, Hamp
den, Sydney, and Newton, and Locke,and Shak
speare, and Milton, and Pope, and all those lite
rary, and martial, and civil, and legislative, and
scientifick luminaries whose names adorn the
proudest day of English annals. ‘Let our oppo
nents raise the English character as high as they
will previous to the reign of George the Third,
and they will be astonished to hear that Ameri
cans participate in a!) their glorie-. We know
that this comparison has often been made for
the purpose of degrading our coun.try. It is told
to us, with an air of exulting ostentation, shew
your Thompsons, your Miltons, your Lockes—
Where are they ? We are very happy that we can
answer such inquiries, and we trust to the satis
faction of these gentlemen. We can point to
their Alfred, to their Edward, (the Black Prince)
to their Thompsons, to heir Lockes, and even
down so late as their far-famed Chatham, and we
can say, these are our country men, in the same
sense precisely as they are y our countrymen. As
our countrymen, their names have been as much
esteemed, beloved and idolized as much on this
side of tbe Atlantick as they ever have been on
the other ; for we were all that time real bona fide
English subjects, governed by kings and lords,
both spiritual and temporal, in parliament assem
bled. This connexion existed down to the period
; ofour Declaration of Independence. Now let us
turn the tables on these querulous gentlemen. —
I Since the Declaration of Independence, if you
will insist on such degrading comparisons, shew us
| your Newtons and your Lockes—yonr great cha
racters, whose fame out-soars all these illustrious
names, in whose glory the Americans participate.
Let the point of comparison begin from the period ,
when this one nation was divided into two; when
we declared ourselves, to all future purposes, in
dependent of England, and assumed a distinctive
rank and character for ourselves. Unless this is
clone, we are disputing de lur.a caprina ; nothing
is said—there is no argument to oppose, no diffi
culty to confront. We therefore join, heart
hand with our opponents, in (he celebration ot
names so illustrious,atid we feel ourselves ennobled
in the contemplation—we are proud of our Alfred,
of our Shakspeare, of our Milton, anil of our
Locke; tbey are names dear to our memory.
Bnt where do we find, since the American Revo
lution, characters of such passing lustre? This is
the point to which we would respectfully solicit
the attention of these gentlemen, who are so pe
! ruliarly prone to indulge in comparisons to the
disadvantage of America. It has always appear
j ed to us, that Mr. Jefferson, in his Notes on Vit
; ginia, while discussing the relative merit of the
’ two hemispheres, surrendered too much grouud to
his opponents. He seems to have considered the (
question in this point of view, that the great, ven
erable, and glorious fame of the English worthies,
was a glory beaming an hostile radiance on his
native country ; whereas those rays harmoniously
mingle with those of the American constellation.
What renders this errour the more singular, is,
that Mr. Jefferson was the author of our Declara
tion of Independence—the very document that
struck the dividing line forever between the two
nations, and made this interest, which was before
one, distinct, If not hostile.
Let them, in the short period, since our inde
pendence, produce theirYVashingtons.their Frank*
lins, their Rittenhonses, their Fulton*—let them
bring forward characters more illustrious ihan our
naval and military heroes, before whom theirtri
mupliant flag, the cross of St. George, has bowed
ill homage, on the ocean and on the land! VV*
shrink not from a comparison, since that nation -
has taught us to be independent.
“JVb / ‘lis not honest in the soul to fear,
Nor was Tydides born to tremble here.”
Americans are forced in self defence—it is a
duty they owe to the dust of their ancestors—to
speak thus proudly.
The first number of “ The Museum of Foreign
Literature,” conducted by Mr. Walsh of Phila
delphia, has been published. Each number is to
contain about 100 pages, and the work to be pdh*
fished monthly. Price $6 per anm