Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-02

~ Assestt " S1F'sf 49, ~ 49, rs a
ahe f.irnsss and prcpriety ofthis eours
ef pasceeJing must be SO obvious, that IT =
difficult 10. conceive Of tAe propriety OF any
other. Yet il prevents another lncsnssAi-
encc.'
we shoaId be glad 20 know what this
Iass il refers 20.
e Whsn one of the senators from state
proelai1ns to his constituents that Partieuiar
measure or system of measures which Aas
received the vote and support Of his colleague
0rs pcrnicious AMI Destructive, &c.
This, We confess, from professor OF
rhefs.i c, IS rather beyond aay thirg We
sousd have suspec,ej. Avowedly a<sdsess.
iog as~bascd competition 10 the people OF
4 abs u States, he violates opr OF ,fss hfst
raies Of syo,aa he not only makes shs
verb disagree wish The nomiustive case,
bal N ploys one vsih 10 he Singular ard
oue ir he plural, aud forces sssm into an
a.isncr ws.h tia same noun--a nlsasnfe
wh,ca has receiest drs perniraons! Nor
- hrs the onlv ins.aoce in which the pro.
sfessus bresks Prisc;an's head. h says
@ 20) /" 4. Is but hide mote shan swo
yeats. since this question was agi'a:ed'
both in Eoslsnd aud America, With as
much z-ai. energy aud ab:isy as ever spas
displayed rsskc. And 10 page %, I'll he
ooice Of reason and Of ;ussice could be
hard Ary wcald say"
The advocate Of policy thus Reproduced
must feel himself SUMMONED by every move
OF scls-defepce to indicate his conduct: and
if a general sense of his official duties would
bind him to the industrious devotion OF his
whole time to the public business OF the ses-
sion, the hours which he might be forced to
employ for: his own Justification, would. of
course, be deducted from the discharge OF his
more regular aa.i appropriate functions"
lathe democratic aevapars,s copies of
this letter, We Ea4 !" challenges By every
moaise,'' &c. which we presume is q reyi.
sion and amendment Of tie wr;.er's.
This is The s 81 time we ever hsard of
ma,iys. ssniicg challenges or suamans,
ses; end, Of all nao.isesi 10 The world, that
OF self defence is the last we th8a'd have
.snspecs-d. here thewfi,er violates role
OF ccmposi,inn oy crapdlrg INTO one peri.
Cd dsasssas and ea,ire .naugh:s; thus
Joining IN language VIA, is sepafa.e in re.
atty. 'rhe period shoaltl h.se clossd'
a, 'seondacs." As 20 ais "dlstharge OF
Q fuacsion," we hare co idea ct " hat Is
meant By the discharge Of q function
There are, we know, certain parts ct The
BABY whoas fuse,iors II is TO discharge
bur .she thicgs hos -dSscha.ged are not ca!l s
cd sancsicrs. IT the xri.er by function
meant duty, be was mistaken. The cpl
lhst appropriate also is misapPlied. Jhe
words abipropria.e and prefer exPress dit.
tsrsnsiscas. The former. derived from
sAe-verb 70. appropriate, that is. to cons'go
tosoSne particular pblect or use, bears with
IL (ssa 'par,icips. scjecsivel the meaning
Of the root. Ihns, 10 speak 10 appropriate
terms is 20 use the words which cussoU
has consigned TO the snhjec, spekro Of.
Z The lsss objection We have to this sen.
tence ia It's redundancy; which Willis a.
bundan,sy evident if we express the same
iLeas wish simplicity and precision, thus:
8 Add # -,his ssoss OF duty wae!d have
3 bonod bin 20 devote his siaae &c the public
hnsiaess, this viusiicaiioo mu.t 10 fringe
Gpoa the more &c Soisf ano proper employ
usns If hrs hours
What DO we miss here bntaboa. one half
IKE words empl. yed by the pIofessors
10 the same paragraph ". find,
s Nor can fcrbear TO REMARK the tenden-
cy OF such aiataggenizing appeals to~distrac,,"
SC.
This sbcnld be 70 remark oss or e'sento
NOTICE. :. Ansaguoiziog appeals! "Thst's
vile word, 6sau'ifea 3 4 vile word. -
HheR Our professor shall attain 10 the au.