Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-01

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me- have beeo urged 81 take notice Q
:slne l<sler published 81 Mr.. q Adams
) k:1f 81 attcotaon was 80 much occupies
d lse elcesioG IS % put Is out OF our pow
! e hope the honorable writer ~i'
forriixe this iuyplunsary usglees. In sh'
fsFepisrks which we deem il proper to make
] . dpe.rxgArd hall be paid TO; HE doubl.
h esarscssr. as Professor of Rhetoric ant
Seoai6r from Massachusetts. We s1al
enSvavos 10 avoid saying what might OF
frud, nod SHOULD there Be sesnbianee q
ssperisy, i've hombly ensrsat the pardon q
. The iYonos able senator; confidently expect
inn shatibe learned professor will excuse
as ST bsias seducsd from the chastity q
ssr owo pfiaciples by the influence OF his
y example.
We shall divide what We have 10 say
into two pafss, the 6rs. Of which shall b:
.soD6sed 80 The learned Professor, ard the
second 30 his honor of The Senate. ltEay
Be supposed that We nsghs have spared the
s6yst@ half of our labae7; bur ue are noe
cetsaiashas Mr.. Adams cnoaidsrs his mao.
ner ID less worthy of nosice than his mat.
lar, or would recommend 10 our limitation
bis conduct more s,ron CIV than hss style.
Bob xill nc doub, God admirers; for ale
ready. Il We arc vel! informed, this speei.
IN o Of easoping and rhe'o ic has been c.s-
ea!a,ed with noscommop indussry.w
He Who thinks only Of the present hour,
or he present generation, emits such OF
what he owes 10 his couniry. The true
patriot will not be unmindfol Of pos.eri,y.
Ia the humble with, therefore. to serve
those who are ret at school, We shall poios
out, defects ef ssiie in this exraordinasy
leucr, which, like spots on the surfaee of
the Sun. II they do NOT diminish the light,
BY 40 means Increase the splepdor.
.Al,horgh the number may appear great,
Il miKht have been increased, had We not
rejected some which we supposed TO have
bceu errors Of The press. We should be
sorry 10 impu-e TO the learned Professor,
the fril.rs or the faults of primers devil.
Sill. however, it is possible thar some
of ous remarks ougat TO have been drec..
cd towards the work of the latter. But
IS the defects of great men have been
atmi,ated. from The wry neck of Alexander
down@ards, /. seemed proper 10 note (by
s. as of caolion) those deformiiies which
might be copied We proceed without.
Vafshef prsface TO take them up in course
nesriy ~ they ssapd.
CO s.. Esidrossv the professors subject, grace.
.dfdsciic and addressed 20 the people, re-.
fqsifed natural. plain, perspieuous, uea,
.ssyle. and no,aicg more Deisher demand
ing eroameo, ror1 hardly admitting it,.
lnstead Of this. newerer. he has adopted
style Of the opposite character inverted,
oblcore, harsh. add surg'd cheering
with fsf fetched and sometimes with false
fguses
III is we'll observed by ore of our best
Esgiish critics, |" that communication of
thsughs being the ehiet end of language,
ilisa rule 10 composisior, thar perspieuiiy
snrgh, not to be sacrificed to any ohcr
beauty whs,ryer. Nothing 10 language
ouehs to be more studied thar 70 prevent
al pbsrurity in the expression for 60 have
no mesoing is but one degree worse than
10 have = meaoiog that is not updsrs,ood,'
Wsnt Of perspicui.y may proceed from a
wsoae choice Of words or a wrong arrange
msrt az them. or wrong srrangems d,
of the members of which sen,eucc
Is eomposes. 10 the letter before Us we
shall find an sbundaose OF Instance If q
want Of perspicOisy arising from one or
orher Of all these causes. s
One esror against psrspicai,y is the Civ.
ing diferent names TO tbs same obiec.
sDeoiioned more than once.
= II The commercial states are called 10
ipserposeou one hand. will not the sgri.
sulsnral states be with equal proprie.y su,s
Dso1ted 20 irscrpnsc on the other If the