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Contents of the South- r/t Agriculturist, for March. Original Communications.?Reply : to "No Emigrant," on Corn Planting; by 44 Sea ShoreOn the six-acre System in Cotton-culture, in reply to " Beaufort," by 44 ColletonOn Wool and Sheepshearing ; by 44 Attacullaculla On Salt as a Manure for Cotton ; by 44St. Luke's Parish;" OuRuta-Baga; bv 44 Darien On Indian Corn and Irish Potatoes; by James Camak ; On the causes for the Scarcitv of Bread-stuffs in the United States ; How to make Compost Manure ; i by 44 O. P. Q.," Ancient Products of | South-Carolina; An Excellent Pickle for, Beef and Pork. Recipe from 4,C. B. R.," j TIih Svvnet Pota to: Infallible cure for the i Dy sentry. Selections.?Legislative aid to Agriculture, or an Appeal to the Farmers of New York ; by a Farmer; Tnird Annual Report of the Boston Asylum and Farm Sciiool; Diifcrence of Climate between the Eastern side of the Continent of North America, and Europe ; Early Silk Manufactuio of this Country; Cultivation of Sweet Potatoes; On the abuse and Pro- j per Treatment of Work-llorses; The i host method of destroying the Bee-Moth, of preventing its ravages among Bees;' On the Cultivation of Rye. Miscellaneous Intelligence. Genius vs. Labor; The best of Wo-! men; The Farmer's School Book ; Cure j ' for the Quinsy Sore Fhroat; Cur?- for!' the Gout; Method of Preserving Cheese ! ' from Worms and Mites ; Alum in Paste ; 1 The most beautiful Color; Chickens ; A " remedy for Arsenic; Ink; Mexican Mines; Oil from Vegetables; A line Ruta-Baga Turnip; To the Ladies; Progress of Fd- j ucation: Beauiiful Varieties of Pinks; ' Progress of Improvement; Kecipe lor Bots; Care of Poultry; A contrast; Causes of Ignorance ; Experiments ; Ratstopper; Anecdote; 11 ymciiiul Riddle; | American Lyceums. BREATHING OF VEGETABLES. M. Dutrochct, distinguished in the seiOTitiffc world for his able experiments on j vege able physiology, has recently laid j some very interesting information on this , subject before the French Academy of Sc.'- | cnces. The results of his experiments j are that vegetables breathe like animals? | that the oxygen produced by the leaves un- , der the influence of light is first poured into the pneumatic cavities, and escapes to Via <nrf-ir?p hv mnnns of thn trnrhivi. the oritices of wnich are situated in the , stem, and on the leaves. Most of the pquatlc plants have their orifices so eontrived as not to l>c entirely closed when in contact with water; but few are without their mouth, and then-the oxygen is crowded into the pneumatic canals of the stalks, and from thence is pressed into the stem, which accounts for the enormous quantity oi water containod in some of the aquatic plants. The direct and healthy manner of breathing in vegetables, consists in the production of oxygen under the influence of light: hence it is tiiat darkness is unfavorable to vegetabh; life, and injures the durability of the plant. SILK CULTUR 1ST, THIRD VOLUME. The price ot the next volume of the 1 Culturist will be One Dollar,?but to those ' who subscribe before the time of sowing, 1 will bo sent a few hundred Silkworm Eggs, J White Italian Mulberry or a paper ol French Sugar Beet Seed, as they may rc- 1 ouest. We are under the necessity of J raising the subscription price to meet the 1 increased cost of publication, the loss of 1 discount on Bank Notes of distant Slates which w? are daily receiving for the Cultu- 1 rist, and the considerable expense of furnishing subscribers with eggs or seeds,? ; which is important to those at a distance, as they are often obtained with great diffi- 1 culty. The increased value of the third volume will correspond with the increased price, as it will contain the Report of the Congressional Investigating Committee, and such portions of their extensive correspondence as shall be deemed interest, ing, besides the progress of the culture and manufacture of Silk and the Sugar Beet, the two great projects of American enterprise. Notes [Jrce of postage] of all solvent banks in trie United States and British ' Provinces, will be received at par. Newspapers copying will b; entitled to the Culturist. From the Silk Culturist. ( LOSE OF THE SECOND VOLUME. Wo herewith present our subscribers with the last number of the second volume and of the first series, and with it a title page and index. These numbers will make a convenient sized volume, and may be bound up in a handsome and strong nigrim^iwnfiitwrtirniBiw manner lor 137^- or oO cent?. As the llrand second volumes will ho valuable fo future reference, and as single numbers ar liable to be mislaid or destroyed, wo lioj> all, having a complete file, will have tiien neatly and suUs.uutialiv bound. We l>av< on hand two or three hundred perfect cop ies, of the series, and arc at present able t< furnish such gentlemen as arc desirious o having the iSilk Culturisi from the com menceinent, at the subscription price, [5t cts. a vol.] \V? have also a considerabh number of imperfect files, from which w< can furnish all missing numbers, of b<?:l volumes, to subscribers. Such subscribers therefore, as have failed to r< ceivc tlici numbers, and are desirous of preserving perfect tiles, will be furnished gratuitously i .i?, a*\ wiin an missing numoers, excepting me -*u and 5lh of the first volume, on their naa king application free of charge to us. The next number will be the tirst of th< third volume, and will be forwarded to sue! only as have renewed iheir subscriptions We have already a considerable list of sub scribers, which is rapidly increasing. We shall continue to send the gratuity of Beet Mulberry seed, Arc. until the season of sow ing is passed. SILK INVESTIGATION. A few days before the adjournment o Congress, Mr. Adams, Chairman of tin Committee on Manufactures in the House made a report on the culture and manufacture ot silk, accompanied by a lottei on the subject, from Hon. Andrew T. Judson of this Slate. On moiion of Mr. Adams 50JO extra copies were ordered to be printed. As the report was not printec until after the close of the session, and tiic leaving of the members, a little delay ha? been occasioned in its distribution ; but wc hope to receive it in season for our next number. We have aiso been presented by the Committee, with their extensive correspondence with siik growers, manufacturers, farmers and oilier gentlemen on this in. tr>imr nt?l inmnr*t:mt With PV. IWWI,"6 l" 'j tracis from which we shall enrich our nexl volume. These Ic.tcrs contain a mass ol facts, experiments, suggestions, theories, lV'C. whicn are ol' great value to the practical s:ik Urower, especially to such as arc commencing operations. Tiiougii the cultivation of the mulberry, the rearing ot the silk worm, and, m shor., ihe whole routine jt the production of silk is a simple business, yet it is important that the beginner s art right, for upon the starting point his future success or failure mainly depends. In this point of view, we think this correspondence invaluable, and we hope every silk grower and beginner in the country will avail himself of it.?Ibid. SODA FOR WASHING. We have been requested by a coircs pondent, to publish me rccipc 101- wasuuig with Sub-carbonate of Soda. To five gallons of water add a pint and a half of soft soap and two ounces soda. Put the clothes (alter soaking over night) into the mixture when at boiling hear, rub. bing the parts most soiled with soap. Boil them one hour?drain?rub. and rinse ih^-ni in warm water, after being put intg indigo water, they are fit for drying. Hall ihc soup and more than half the labor is saved by washing in this manner.?Ibid. NEW SORT or INDIAN CORN. House of Representatives, Feb. 15. T. G. Fessendex, Esq. Depr ISir :?1 am indebted to the Hon, Henry L. Ellsworth, commissioner of pa. tents in this city, lor a small quantity of In. dian corn?a description of which you have in a letter to Mr. Ellsworth from Thomas X. Baden, Esq. of Maryland?from Mr. Ellsworth, both of which 1 now enclose. f t i r .l_ i ne package 01 corn 1 nave sum uy .?u;u, ti. Dexter, Esq. of Boston, and will thank you to make such disposition of it as vol may deem proper. I remain, dear sir, youi obedient servant. ABBETT LAWItEXCE. Palcnt OJflcc, Jan. 30. Sir.:?Hearing of some great improvemcnts that had ibec.i made in the commor corn, I addressed a letter to Mr. Baden, i highly respectable gentieman in Maryland to ascertain what facts I could on the subjen\ 1 lis letter is very interesting, and I transmit a copy of it. Tnis experiment ot Mr, Baden, shows most clearly what can bi Jone to improve seeds, by carefully selecting each year the best kind raised. Thco retical opinions sustai i Mr. Baden; but few experiments have been tried so successfully, What might be effected for agriculture b} similar efforts ? The like efforts, in improving the breec of animals, have been crowned with grea success, especially in Europe. 1 avail my self of this opportunity to send you a smal sample of the corn, mentioned by Mr. Bu den. I will only add, that I have converscc with several persons who have planted the "Baden" corn, and the concurrent opinio! of all sustains the statements made in the letter. 1 have a lew samples at the paten office, of corn raised in this neighborhood which has four and five years on a stalk and I expect soon some stalks containing si: seven and eight ears. If this corn wen generally introduced,how greatly the amoun of bread stuffs might be increased, withou any extra labor. I hope some public pir ited citizens will try to improve wheat, oats barley and other grains. I avail myself of the opportunity to men tion the introduction of Ita ian spring wliea witli groat success. A friend of mine, ii Connecticut raised, the last year, 40 bus!: els on an acre. This grain is heavy, make good flour. vieMs well and -he e-on avoid ?t | all danger of winter freezing. I have or-1 b v j dcred a quantity ot this corn and wheat *.o I ^ e j bo shipped to Indiana,and imend to try both '?; c ; 011 the line soil of the Wabash valley the B 1 I ensuing summer.?I am yours, very res- it c ! pee. j fully. j p< j " HENRY L. KLLSWORTfl. \v a j X. B. Be careful to plant this corn in a i place by itself. When good seed is planted in a field with poor seed, the f?rmer will de) genen.t . []. L. E. [ Copy of Jfr. Budrv's fct.'cr.] 1,1 Near Nottingham, Prince George's Co. 1 ^ January 26. ol S r T i/virc f>f" T11 14th. 11111 - ! r king inquiry respec ingfhe 4 Maryland corn,' j al 11 which you understood I had raised. 1 ias y j have the pleasure to say, .hat I have brought i1T1 i i this corn :o a high s ate of perfection, by w -1 carefully selecting the lu st s-od in the field j 1)L for a long course of years, having especial 3 ! reference toibose stalks which produce the w< 11 most ears. When di" corn was husked, P1 . I then made a rc-sel -ction, niking only that 11 . which appeared souml and fully ripe, hav- ur 3 ing a regard 10 hie deepest ani best color, 111 , as well as the size of .ihe cob. In the spring 1511 - before shelling the corn, i Giaf^iiicd it again, and selected the best in all respects. In vl' shelling the corn, I omitted to take the irrj regular kcrnals at both tiie large and small ur 1 ends. 1 nave carefully followed litis mo te ' ; of selecting seed corn for full tw niy-twoor j > twenty.three years, and still continue to do CL| " so. i* When I first commenced, it was with a ev common kind of corn, lor there was none tin other in this part of the country. If any oL * other person unJer ook the same experiment ltli ' I did not hear of it; I do not believe others ever exercised the patience to bring the experiment to the present state of perfection.? I>J At firs:, I was troubled to find stalks wttli I 1 even two good ears on them, perhaps one "it good ear and one small one, or one good : ear and a "nubbin. It was several years wc before I could discover much bencfi. result- cr< > ing from my efforts; however, at length the quality and quantity began to improve, and ol die improvement was tucn very rapid. At on : present I uo no: pretend 10 lay up any seed hi! ^ without it comes from stalks which bear en four, five and six ears. I have seen stalks CJ. bearing eight ears. One of my neighbors Ti ; informed me. thai he had a singie stalk, " i wi'h ten perfect ears on it, and that he in-1 wc ! tended 'o seed the same to the museum a: | co B iitiniore. |>?* In addition to the number of ears, and, II of course, the great increcse of the quan- nil tity unshclled it may be mentioned, that it to yields much more than the common corn sp1 when shelled. Some gentlemen, in whom in> I have full confidence, informed mo they tin shelled a barrel (ten bushels of cars) of my of kind of corn, which measured a li.tlo more toi than six bushels. The common kind of corn will measure about five bushels only. I believe I raised double, or nearly to what mi I could with any other corn, I have ever At seen. 1 generally plant the corn about the an first nfMav.and nlacc the hills five feet u-r ...w. -- - - J , , - ? - | apart each way, and have two stalks in a m< hill. I can supply you with all the seed you tei | may need, and 1 suppose I have now in my sin | corn house, fifty and perhaps more stalks lie with the corn on them, as it grew in the mi floid; and not less than four and some with ve six or seven carson them. Iill with picas- s:o ' nrc send you some of these stalks, and al- foi so some seed corn, if I can got an oppor- no ; unity. Early las. spring, I let George Law, Esq. jjj of Baltimore citv, have some of this seed ca corn; he sent it to his friend in Illinois, with ar instructions how to manage it. A few j weeks since he informed me that the in- wj crease was one hundred and twenty bushels j j : on an acre; that there was no corn in I Hi- .u, nois like it, and that it produced more fod- aj| dor than any other kind. 1 have supplied - j 1 many friends with seed corn, but some have rc; 1 planted with other corn, and will, I fear, an : find it degenerate. 1 1 have very lately been inquired of, if this n,( corn was no later than other kinds ? It is na rather earlier; certainly not later. Corn wj planted in moist or wet soils will not ripen jv so quick as that which is planted on a dry ja soil. In the former, there will be found UI1 more .dampness in the cob, although the 1 kernel may appear equally ripe in both. In 1 the two last ears, the wet seasons have in- f ' jured much corn that was too early "iof.cd" e ' or housed. ^ I believe I have answered most of your ar ' inquries. I hope I have not exaggerated? c, T hai-u nn nintii'o 1 r\r rlnmn cn I mice hnr , * "",v- ? ? nn ' little corn to sell, as tobacco is now my ^ principal crop. Snould I fail to send you co ' ssmc seed this spring, I will, next summer, tu gather some stalks with die corn, lodder and an tassels, and all as they grow, and send to you SQ ' tiiat you may judge for yourself of the su- n periority of this over the common kind of c;| I corn. Yours, <fcc. w. 1 THOMAS N. BADEN. ch Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, commissioner of ^ ' patents, Washington City. ^ 1 r ~7\ r r? rC' J Letters on the Origin and Progress of Pc- ar 1 ligan Views in Hew.England, from a j| 1 distinguished New-England minister of <p the Gospel, to one in the South. Publish. l)) 1 ed in the Southern Chritian Herald. iK EXTRACTS FROM LETTER w 1 VI. d< 2 Feb. 28, 1837 fr t Mv Dear Brotiilr : t In the early part of the year 1832, Dr. w - Ilawes of Hartford addressed a letter to ?c ;, Dr. Taylor, informing him that there were |)f suspicions in the public mind in regard to ^ - his soundness in the faith, and requesting 111 it him to " make a frank and full statement ii of his religious views." To this loiter Dr. i. Taylor replied; and the two letters were n. s published in the Connecticut Observer of sc < February 20th. 1832. It was supposed ci y the public, that the letter of Dr. Taylor i > it appeared in print, contained the "frank 1 id full statement" which lie had made to i 'r. Hawes at his particular request; but i was afterwards ascertained tiiut some t trt of the original letter was suppressed, i /hen Dr. Uawes was inquired of in re-1 r urd to this fact, he acknowledged that the \ tier contained some things, winon lie \ jemed it not prudent to publisii, and that i 2 wrote to Dr. Taylor and obtained per. s nssion to s rikc out tiie objectionable c rrts. Thus it Happened, that tiie great ' jjeet ot this correspondence, was, not so s ucn toohtain from Dr. Taylor "a frank t id full siateiijcut ol his religious views,'* f > io obtain such a statement as should re- i inmoniy received doctrines, but to ex-! K mi ti.eiii, and relieve tiiem of difficulties. ^ le process has been a gradual undermi-! lg process ; and such, n lias appeared ^ me, is tnc tiie tendency of Dr. Taylor's 0 uculations." "That his theories do r' rolve ])rincij)les subversive of some ol j J* . most prominent and important doctrines ^ ins c;reed, 1 shall endeavor to show in the u lowing remarks: ^ "The doctrine of Original S n." "Dr. Taylor says, "1 believe that all ? mkind in consequence of the lull of ? Jam, arc born destitute of holiness, and ^ i by nature totally depraved ; in other . irds, that all men from the commence- " ;nt of moral agency, do, without the in- [ position of divine grace, sin, and only i i, in all their moral conduct. I also here, that such is the uaturc of the human '.id, that it becomes the occasion of unirsal sin in all the appropriate circumstan- ^ mccs of their existence, and that therere, they may properly be suid, to be sin. t' rs by nature." w To these statements, understood accor- j* tg to their plain and obvious import, I n most cheerfully subscribe. But how g e those declarations to be; understood jj ten taken in connexion with other things j lichDr. Davlor has said on this subject? ^ lave always supposed that when it is said, at in consequence of the fall of Adam, have become sinners; the language is ended to convey the idea, that there is a j ul connexion between the sin of Adam ^ d that of his posterity :?ana that when t( is said, all are by nature sinners, the j caning is, that there is something in our r itnre, which is truly the cause or reason iv all men become sinners. Consequent- u , that human nature is not what it would s ivc been, if s:n had not existed, but has idergone some change in consequence s the original apostacy." "Now the j, lestion is, is the nature of man different Q >m what it would have been, if sin had j ivcr entered the world ? Is there any jj ing in human nature which is hereditary. id the consequence of the original aposta- p - ? Or is every tiling periaining to the ? iture of man, the immediate production c creative power? And do mankind t| une into the world now, with the same na- j, re as that with which Adam was created, s id which the child Jesus possessed ? If 'j , then, mankind are no: by nature sin- v ;rs. Tiieir nature is in no sense the r use or reason of their sinning; lor Adam c is not by nature a sinner; nor was the s uld Jesus. They were by nature holy. t nr io it tviucihlo tr? norrnive. according to ; W. .v ,,VM , 0 is view of the subject, that there is any g al connexion between tiie sin of Adam, j id the sin of his posterity. Now unless ^ have entirely mistaken the import of I)r. t avlor's speculations, he does maintain s at the moral nature of all accountable j ;ings, is alike, and is the very nature c hicn God has given." In support of this ^ . duration he quotes several passages c oni the Christian Spectator, and concludes ^ is part of the subject by saying: " To r hat purpose, then arc we told that in con- j qiience of Adam's fall, all mankind have j r . come sinners?and that they are sinners j f / nature,?when the whole is virtually de. i j ed?" * *i " The doctrine of Regeneration." \ : " Dr. Taylor has expressed his belief in iatio i :o this do--trine in thn fifth, sixth. < ventit, eighth and ninth articles of his esd." -*A11 this is verV goodtbut this ' ove from tne public mind tne suspicions r men liad been created by ins prev IOU8 c ibiicuiions. ine plan nowever, did nut h ccecd. Tne leucr as 1; was pubhsncd, f as lur from g?viug sutisiuetioa. it would ci ootibiy ijuvc uecii sun lcs.* satisiuciory, ii c iiad been published euare; lor 1 nave Ii idorstood ironi an individual wno saw the s nnuscnp, thai tnose parts winch were Ii ppiessed, contained tiie most "frank and Ii * statement " of l)x* . Taylor's peculiar r evvs. Ii Tijis ietter coniained a creed of eleven h tides, expressed lor the most part, in un- i; eepnoijiibie language. But to tins were v ojoiiicd certftu: explanations winch seem- j c to many directiy to contradict the arti- tl js oi die creed : or at least, to make it! 1 ident. thai while Dr. Taylor employed oradox language, he must atHx to that lan- " .. ~ riiitipdlc ilil)i>i'pnl frmn ! C Ul^WAIItfjjt VIIKIVIJ W... , it in which it is commo'iiy received. P Some remarks on tuis letter were pub. jt lied by Dr. TyiCr in tue Spirit of me h jgrims, a Periodical published 111 Boston. o ,vnl insert a lew extracts Irani liiese re- t irks. He says:? tl 1 have always supposed that Dr. Taylor o >nid be willing ot subscribe just sucn a c cedas that wiucii iie has given us in this let- w . is it asked, then, wiiat are the grounds r< my fears? 1 will frankly state them. Any ri e at ail acquainted with ecclesiastical ?tory, must have observed that the great P rors which have infested the Christian k .urch, have usually crept in unawares.? s' icy have originated in speculations, and S jiiiiosopiiical theories," wmcii, at first, n :re not intended to call in question the " snot all which he has written on this subject, i lie has adopted theories which in the judg- < nent of many, at least, tend to sap the ( bundution of this fundamental doctrine of r he christian faith. Although he explicitly t idmits the influence of the floly Spirit in t cgeneration; vot in view of many things * viiich lie has v?ri:ten, it :s diflicult to see, j< vhat necessity there can be for this divine j ufluence." M This necessity results t! lolely from the perverseness and obstinacy n >f the sinner's heart. But according to Dr. j< faj lor's theory, the perverseness and ob- I 'J itinacyof his heart are removed antecedent j p o regeneration. The selfish principle is sus- ! 'J ended, lie ceases to sin, and ceases to s esist. Every thing, indeed, winch can be f ationullv siiDDOsed to render the agency ti if liie f lolv Spirit necessary in renewing | tl iiO heart, is removed." lie shows also v rem Or* Taylor's statements, thataccor-1 c ling to his theory, "every moral beiii? j tl :iiooscs what lie judges will be most for his , ti tappiness. Tiie reason, therefore, that the ; s inner prefers the world to God, is, that he i tl las mistaken the true way of securing his lighest happiness. What then is neccssa- v y to efFect his conversion^? Nothing but tJ g!it to correct his mistake. So soon as " 10 shall be convinced that more happiness tl ?to be derived from God than from the ei rorld, self-love will at once prompt him to e hange the object of his preference, where, fl ten, is the necessity of tiie infiu jncesnfthe Ioly Spirit to renew the hear ?" d l)r. Tyler closes with tiie following rc- U lark: "The reader will perceive that'll ach of the topics brought into view in the c receding remarks,might be made the sub- ' w ;ct of extended discussion ; but my object ! p as been to present a bri'-f, general view n f what I conceive to be the tendency of. r )r. Taylor's speculations. I have felt it i L ic in ore liupuruxiu uj uu una, u.j mwuih a f the attempts which have been made to j vv onvince tiie public that the points on | u diich Dr. Taylor differed from his brcth- ; pi *n, are of trifling consequence; as they i tf elate chiefly not to the doctrines, but to j si tc philosophy of religion. Hut if his ' tl hilosophical theories, as 1 have attempted e: ) show, do tend to sap the foundation of c< 3me of tiie fundamental doctrines of the y ospel, they are not to be regarded as 11 armless ; nor ought the christian commu- 11) ity to slumber, while such strenuous ef- j tl >r;s are making, to give them currency in j ai jc world." c; I have made the foregoing extracts for la ic purjioso of giving you a general view a f tiie state of the controversy at this pe- ! p od, and of the ground of dissatisfaction a hicli extensively prevailed in regard to Dr. d hiylor's speculations. The controversy y as carried on between Dr. Taylor and 1 b )r. Tyler for sometime in the spirit of the - ti 'ilgrims. In the mean time, the remarks j ii e n m i n i _ t. j c 1 \ I ur. i yicr, irom which me iurugcmi<j . u xliacts are taken, were reviewed in the It Ihristian Spectator for September, 1332. {tl onie account of this review I will give you j v ) my next letter. j a; Yours affectionately, pi jo ! el LETTER VII. I tt March 2d, 1337, j t< Ik' Dear Brother:? n I promised to give you some account of j11 ie Review of Dr. Tyler's Remarks, which ' * as wr.tten by Dr. Taylor, and which ap. n eared in the Christian Spectator for Sep- 1 c imber, 1332. Dr. Porter, in a letter da. it sd Charleston, (S. C.) Dec. 8, 1832, a peaking of that Review, says, " That o Leview surprised and pained me exceed- c lgly. Indeed, it is the most exceptiona- tt 1 s\f llin I?mrl Dint f nrnr? H IC |IC"I iUl lllcUIV/C l/l IMC IYIMU, [IIUi t C?CI (' ead. The temper of it is unmanly, and j P nchristian. It coinpares with some of the | a scturian pamphlets on baptism, &c. which | a read in mv boyhood, though 1 think it j I> cuts them all." That you may be able i P d judge of the justness of these remarks, j c will give vou a few extracts. What the i 1( O # j teviewer proposes, is, to examine :he the- j " riesof Dr. Tyler, in relation to the deprav- j t y of man, and the divine permission of d in. In regard to the lirst theory he says: {11 " This theory is, that the nature of man ; e incethe apostacy, ditfers as really from i v is nature before that event, as the nature ( ? f a lion which leads him to feed on flesh, , u itfers from that of the ox, which leads :I im to teed on grass. Accordingly he c sks, ' what inconsistency is there in sup- e osing that there is in man, a native pro-1 n ensity to evil, propagated from parent to ; u hild, like other natural propensities V On ! o his theory then we would offer the follow- ! h ug remarks : It exhibits God, as the re- v ponsible author of sin. We suppose Dr. b ryler to believe, as others who have ad-1 tl :tiii1,'!I thf?nniM thnnrv. maintsiin. fhnt this I V iropenshy to sin, is itself sinful; or as anilher wriier affirms, is the essence of all f in." "God therefore, according to j I) iiis theory, is the responsible author of that ! tl n man, in which the essence of all sin con- 1 f lists ; and actually damns the soul for be- i li ng what he makes it, or causes it to be by 11< ihysical laws. If Dr. Tyler should say, ? f hat the propensity to sin, of which he j s ipeaks, is innocent, still man as he comes i nto being, is doomed to sin by a natural fc md fatal necessity." "With such a tl iropensity, man has not a natural ability to a tvoid sin. This is alike true, whether this c iropensity be supposed to be sinful or in- ii locent." "Man therefore, by the tl aws of propagation, is naturally unable to ti ivoid sin, and to become holy, and there- t ore is not a moral agent." "Accord, s ng to Dr. Tyler's theory, sin must be good ci n itself, and the only real good to man as ' 1 i moral being." 14 According to Dr. i Tyler's philosophy, man in the act of he- j i ;oming holy, must be supremely selfish ' j t "Dr. Tyler's theory is inconsistent j < with undeniable flints. Vlam and I i vi.ii his companions, all sinned. WhefiCe " jamc their lirst propensity to sin? Whativer expedient Dr. Tyler may devise to iccount for the first propensity to sin ift hese creatures of God, ?oe thin? is coram, viz: that being without father and vithout mother,they did not become the sub. ec.'s of such a propensity by propagation." "According to Dr. Tyler's theoryf tie divine lawgiver seems to have entirely nistaken, in regard to man, the proper ?bset oflegal prohibition and penalty. ? rhe radical evil, lies in the constitutional ropensities which God has given to roen. ''he divine law, therefore, it would seem, hotild forbid men to have, and punish them :>r having those constitutional propensi. es, which they derived exclusively from iieir Creator." 4 The terms of solation, and the exhibition ol motives to omply with them,are according tot lie snme -> jeory, a delusive mockery." -''The rue rnd only reason, according to this chemc, why sinners are lost, is, not that, ley do not act, hut that God does not." "According to Dr. Tyler's theory, vhat is commonly called Regeucra'ion by jo Holy Spirit, is unnecessary." To sin, according to Dr. Tyler, must be le chief end of man. Man's chief nd is not to glorify God^ind enjoy him for. vcr; and the Westminster Catechism is atly con;radic:ed." i 1 n.. ,1./* Ill 1 UJ^Ur;J lO jljl m. y i\ji o v/s ?mv ivino permission of sin, he says, " IIow ;it that those are reproved, who shut up 10 kingdom of heaven, and neither enterd themselves, nor suffered others to enter, hen according to Dr. Tyler, it would rove a calamity, on the whole, had one lore sinner reached heaven than* lias ;acncd it. How is it, that God says in >a. v. 4. that he has done all that can e done to bring sinners to repentance, hen he eould do more if he would, and ould do more, did he not, on the whole, refer their continued sin, to their repenince? My child, says a lutlier, * never :ea!?never lie?I have no pleasure at all tat you should, compared with being honit and true. But then, my child,' lie pro?cds, 41 greatly prefer, on the ichole, that on should steal and lie, at least, in ine instances out of ten; for stealing and ing in those instances, will be the best tings on the whole, which you can do; nd although I shall do every tiling thai an be done to secure your obedience to my lw, yet I could do much more if 1 would ; nd 1 would do it, if I did not on the whole, ? l""" otn.Jmn nnrl k'iH7. t<~? Ii/^rw-cfv II'IUI >UUI aiWUIUIg IMiU ?? nd truth. I have therefore determined to o that, and that only whi;h will secure our almost incessant stealing and lying, ecause, on the whole, these are the best lings you can do ! Such is God accordig to this theory." "According to ie theory of Dr. Tyler, God prefers eiri to oliness, and decrees its existence, that lcreby he may show his oicrcy, in the saiation of a part only of the humaii face, nd this, when , he could have secured *hy erlect holiness and happiness of all, and f his entire moral universe, throughout ternity. The ease is this. A father irows his own children, or permits theui > fall, from a fearful precipice, when he ' ? ' . 1 L... ot only comu nave proveweu meiu, nu.. void, lia<i lie not determined sorely to round them all, and ultimately tj destroy jany of them, that he might show his mer* y, in healing the broken ot others, i restoring them to comfort and Happiness, nd in imparting to them the peculiar joyii f so great a deliverance! How is it, acording to the 6ame theory, that God has ot in the true and fearful import of the hrase, made a large part of mankind, on urpose to damn tbem To siu nd be damned to all eternity, is the result, nd the sole result in respect to the greater art of mankind, designed, preferred, and urposed by their Maker. If this is not renting men on purpose to damn them, it any oue tell what would be." This theory too, limits ihe goodness of Srod, God, according to Dr. Tyler, could f lie would, have secured the perfect holies* ot this universj of moral beings for. ver. But the perfect holiness of all, ,-ould have secured the perftict happiness f all. When therefore God cou/4, if he wuldy have made a universe of perfectly oly and happy beings he preferred, denied, and made oue comprising sin aud its verlasting miseries ! We ask is this goodess ?" Celestial Spirits, if they at;r truth in their songs, praise God?not be. ausc lie vindicates his law, and sustains is throne by the punishment of beings /ho havo violated every drill of his? iut for exactly fulfilling the sole purpose of heir creation; they praise God for that ?flolicrlif?thr??p hiahfir and cmuij~ >t;t unuf -0 1 Is raptures, which they could oqioy ouly iy means of the agonies of others in everfisting fire! Dr. Tyler will have it, liat a benevolent God could not be satis, ied with the perfect holiness and perfect lappiness of all his moral creatures; bnu o raise to somo higher, conceivable perection the happiness of those who are aved, t'icy must owe it in no stinted raoasire to the eternal ngpnics of the damned ? Juch is God?such is heaven, according tohis theory.'' " We go farther *ul isk, in what respect Satan is more tw]y riniinal as a tempter than God is, accord-* tig to this scheme ? If Satan tempts, with he single purpose to secure the perpetra. ion of iniquity, so does God, according ta [lis scheme. If he proposes some per-, onal advantage by the sins of others, so Iocs God according to this scheme. IC le does it, to secure the final and endless uin of others, so,'according to this scheme, Iocs God. If Dr. Tyler should say, hat Satan's intention is evil, and that of" Jrod benevolent; we answer first, tw asjfnsr P*. Tvl r to prove this by thfch* obif)^