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the use OF the worn uUtS0. sueh SAaDpaes oc
held inapplicable; may still safely rely on
the remainder Of our proofs for our support.
la an edition Of the Able Danees Latin Dc
tionary made for the use Of the Dauphin Of
France, and of which the edition Of 1888 is here
employed : we find as follows;-
From Horace, dirsere tsla to guide
the arrows by the bow:
From Oad, -Yatis opu, dtrigere to guide the
labors of poet:
From Cieero,-Ding~s alqdsn "a sssaas opin.
ios.en to lead another into our oplDiol.
In DR.. Morrcll's edition of Ans @orih's Latin
Dictionary, published in 1873, we have from
Cicero. Conjecture I'd vcriiasem saeptss,nss diri-
glt. This is tle article produced by Mr.. Walsh,
and which he must have known was fatal to the
criticisms This correspondent
From Tryii, Hcshie] esr.o conforqusns d.
r,git tctu Brandishiag his weapon, he guides il
with sure aim.
ones enmity.
From Phny,-.4d siau, pr,ncipis dirigimur;
our views are guided to the life ofthe prince.
From Ctcero,-.1d guam cau,m diTfgstatur oro-
homes to which their speeches are pointed.
The above may be thought sufficient vouchers
FOR good Latnity but As the critic 10 not
tent with profane authorities. hut appeals to the
VulSate Translation Of the bible, we shall follow
him thither without inquiring whether II is to be
held as classical ground
In the Concordance ordered to be made BY
Pope Sextus V and in Fnalesius's edition Of il
printed in 1925. we have in one single chapter
Of Genesis no less than three examples in favor
of our motto !; all founded on the phrase 9jrisere
r,ana to point out the way. Sc. cap. xiv 20,
42 and s..
Il ut 10 proceed t,our mex object of inquiry
Cd. As all admit That aato may signify TO guide,
it only renains for US TO prove, that it times
signifies to esasf.d,a.
la Danet we have these examples
From Piautus, -Dacuntur on,nia dsi nmu:
all things are go,e,ned by the nod OF the deiy.
From Cieery, Duesre aiicutnt an ri1ie oid in
earcersss; to pu, man into letters, or into prs
on.
From Terence, Ducrrs in jus to drag a man
into the law. or before court.
.4insuOrh furnishes similar precedcnts which
therefore need not be expressly cited.
The Concordance also in our single book Of
Genesis, affords three examples. where dsco inn
plies force viz. xxxyii. 20; xxxvii. IS and
xxx. l.
II is confirmation Of the double sense Of dueo,
that its derive alive dur or leader often stands
for a military commander, whose occasional deg
potts "A is well known.
We have thus proved that for the point in ques-
ton ,6sr,gb and dueo to be held as SYNONYMOUS
verbs aud that nothing is to be obtained hy
uShs oAAuei 40 shost'thte " az az aSA'Aaiy ~
the other.
Nor are the terrou even Of the French critics
to deter US froHl the use of our common sense ou
occasion, of this sort though Mr. Nalsh's crit
&c tells U.s. that they treated more csyalierly
for a biunder Of this kind, than even our present
English critics. The motto adopted by tho
Csatiem men ofthe Cincinnati order, 1t seems was,
Omnia reH e.. sereare rempasleans
And this became the subject Of French aai-
madversion since these gentlemen (it was sa,dJ
ought TO have written ~ ss,ta,,t, &c. When
the French critics in future attack us for CLASH
cal incorreo,ness, lot Us re mind them that their
famous Torsot in Tie verse he gave to our great
franklin, made us in part present of stolen
goods. NJ. Condorcet says in his life of Tu-got
We know but Of one latin verse composed by
M. rurgot and this was intended tor a picture
Of DR. Franklin
Eripun eOelo tal'nen mar se,pha tgrannis."
He disarmed the sky Of rs lightning and then
took from tprants their sceptre Now VI. Tur-
got borrowed the hint Of this from Mani,ius who
bad said,
Erips, que Joni jaimen rirssque ionandi.
[ Tie ,eok fsom Jupiter his Dol, and his power of
thundering.
], must be admitted FIAT NJ. Turcot has haapily
extended the id-a found ~ Msuilius, Vet 1T e,,her
VI. Turgot or has liogVapher bed favored as with
the sytTce ol lat nint, TIE pa'lc oiu iAse gwen
NJ. Tu.got ms much eredi; for allu,ioo and ia-
proyemenf, as for inventoht When Mare how
ever keeps an .2eItemg for Higphons, - Lou
is x,. OF France sna his successes have .ione she
viii then be upoa par with ile FIcncb ethics in
The Invention OF motto but TIL then. she IAN al.
ways take safe cogrse either by quoting precise
words from the ancien.s or by employing singie
expressive words nneabariassed with rules OF Con.
sirgctiop.
But our State depends for its modest fame on
proofs more important than Noris 10 any there
fore shall hereafter take the sparkes Of Mr..
Walsh's wi, for something more serious, we shah
by deeds shew, that we are not "ambitious."
First, during near quarter of century / Maine
refused to be independent, hdVgh circumstances
strongly urged her 10 aoccptthe offer. sepa-
rate State Newt mrshire)'was interposed boz
tween herself and Massachusetts,; most ample
territory (the halt Of ~ AiYland )belonged TO us,
We had then large share which has at this mo-
mept risen TO above eighth of the immense
lie (Cincinnatus left all to save the rspab.
lie.
Perhaps 1t is not every reader that knows, that
in the motto
stat nom inis amtra. Ii stands the shadow Of n
name, Which .usius prehxed TO his letters. lie
made provision t1r a posihnmOus addition tn his
fame which We nuw take she b,riy OF producing,
l.. a..