command, and dedicated the documents to the University of Upsal, respectfully requesting them to furnish him with some arguments strong enough to confute the strong reasouings of tis savage

"Our forefathers," said the chief, persuasion (as we be rewarded in the next according to the degrees of their vir- tucs; and, on the other hand, that those who behave wicked ly here will undcrgo such punishments hereafter as were pro- portionate to the crimes they were guilty of. This has been constantly and invariably received and ncknowledged for a truth through every successive generation of our anccstors. Ti could not, then, have taken its rise from fable; for human fie- tion, however artfully and plausibly contrived, can never gain credit long among people where free inquiry is allowed, which was never denicd by our ancestors.***Now we desire to pro- "were under a strong are) that those who act well in this life wil pose some qucstions. Does he believe that our forefathers, men emincnt for their picty, constant and warm in thcir pur- suit of virtne, hoping thercby to merit eternal happiness, all damncd? Does be think that we who are zealous imitators WCrc in good works, and inflnenced by the same motives as we are, earnestly endeavoring with the groatest circumspcetion to tread the path of integrity, are in a state of damnation? If that be his sentiment, it is surely as impious as it is bold and daring. Let us suppose that some heinous erimes wore eommitted by some of our ancestors, like to that we are told of another race of people, In such a case God would ccrtainly punish the eriminal, but wonld never involve ns that are innocent in the guilt. Those who think otherwise must make the Almighty a very whinsical, evil-natured being.* Once more: are the Christians more virtuous, or, rather, are they not more vicious than we are? If so, how came it to pass that they are the objects of God's beneficence, while we are neglected! Does he daily confer bis favors without reason and with so