Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-01
ons, he latter Of Mr.. Pickering was az
appeal, 81. Near ihs close Of the psnph

/ tetstbe PT0ac6sOI Say 80 10 yCNlH ~ tnS
fragments 81 trade would Be e pine for the
crumbs Of commercials ssrviude." 10 the
course Of teur pages Mr.. Plckerirg's Jet.
ter is called BY more than dosSn differ
ens names. I. isson appeal apy0csed'ng,
| a sbeesss Q appeal, an Invocation, a re-
presentation, a statement, an0dapon,tson,
an Application, an iaastlgatson, 9 one sd
ed representation, q resort, an appellate
Legislation, q proclamation, q deaasacsa-
ton. conuadrum makers! whsse la
bors dignity cur almanacks, and Exercise
the ingenuity of children B servant made,
cease. for the professor of rhe.otcot Hz.
ward college, bea,s you all, 81
Ia his second sentence the professor is
gully Of az ioaccuracy 10 using "some
friend of the wriiero instead OF = wYitet's".
--had he been speaking Of the wife ofthc
writer i, would have been proper; merely
substituting the instead of some.
he subjects Of this letter are the en-
barge and the difference 10 controversy be
tween our country and Great Britain"
We understand what is me ant by DIFF.
ference between TWO countries q. two men.
1sis a familiar. though not an elegant term
! 70 convey the idea Of dispute. We un
oerstand also what is mean, BY marcrn
controversy, VIC something which is dis.
pased. But have 40 precise idea Of
what's eantby difference or dispx:c, 10
controversy. ltseems pretty much Ikea
hgatin battle.
J" Subjects upon which i. is my misfor.
tune Go the discharge Of my duties as
senator Of The u. S. TO differ from The
pinion of ray colleague
To differ from an opioion is 40 impro
per expires ,ioD: unles. the writer mcaas 1,
ioto,m Us thar be is himself d,H,reos
thlpg from IN oenion. The usual mode
Of speech is TO d.G-r ~ opinion with per.
son, orso dissens fran has opinion. The
phrase has another imptop.issy. The words
which sss0d 10 pare nshesis, restrain the
writer's assertion (tha, he hsid d.Gssraso
p,nions from his ceiiesgar On erriain sub
jcc,s) 70 those occasions in which he sp
implied that such difference ceased as soon
as he leffsh- senate chamber Ia short,
that il was a sor. Of regimen al dress, which
ht pnt Oh 20 attend ,hc scpare aud took OF
when be Game home.
: The wr,cr wih be most ao;matrd
tone OF energy, Gals for she in,erPosision
OF the Cum netcisl states"
Tospeak scitA o zone. means an aTscsed
or particular nanoer Of speaking. not asa
al or proper We presume the learned
professors idea would have been better
conveyed had he SAID the writer in the
trcsi animated tone. We suppose too ,sne
words I" animated tone,o were intended 10
convey heidea OF lively or Games, nan
Der; bot we csanot guess wba, is meant By
the most animated tone OF sRerey Kas
energy various tones, sone OF thsin more
animated shan others?
!" They mus have been compelled either ]
to &C. u2oo the views Of Ibis representa-.
stop. Without heariog the counter A,s,s.
merit Of the Other side"
By vis~s ofs representation meant (se
ne supposed the vlcwso Of him who made
the Representatives. But we do cot per.
.ceive what is meat. b. bsiog compelled 10
ac.ripsn hose views, nniess the word ub9p
be considered as synonimoIs with conform,
a6ly TO OF according 10. Had he sac 10 sct
90 The representation, il would have con.
veysd The idea with more perspicauy,
:" he Counter ssa,emrnt Of tie otker
side nigh pass as an cxpression Of oae
.of Mr.. Adams newspaper sulog;sss, be,
seems too palpable plsonas,n for pro
lessor oil rhetoric.
!" The very object and formation Of The
national dSibrrasiye assemblies, was for T!
the compromise and concI atioa ~ The ints-
resss Of ali.