The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-07

This fact alone i, a practical comment on the a
superiority Of MIR Browns system. 4
The general difference between the two v
systems, result in this. Mr.. Browns word
reading is the A. b. {. OF grammar, the sec
siona reading is the putting Of the letters OF
the alphabet into syllables, and the sectional
parsing is the putting of sylables into words.
Mr.. Browns system begins at the a. B. Z.
of grammar; and, the old system puts the
pupil to reading before he has learned his a.
B. C's.
As have been diverted from my contem-
plated plan, will finish this essay by rela-
ting the circumstance, by which my mind
was relieved from the unpleasant sensations
/ had received at the appearance OF the
meeting on Saturday evening. When re-
turned home, laid hold of Hlsops fables for
the purpose of dissipatng my chagrn, by
some light reading. The place at which
opened was the Fable Of the birds, the
beasts, and the bats"
The bats it appears, carefully avoided
through the day, the contest between the
birds and the beasts in their struggle for su-
periority, congratulating each other upon
the wisdom of their policy and certainty OF
: success; and only vcnturcd out i'll the cvc-
: ming twilight, to rcconnotrc the situation of
: the combatants, and to discover il possible
on which side victory was likely to term-
$ nate. They hoped by this policy, to avoid
e tile dangers Incident to war, aud by the am
biruity of their form they expected to be e.
G nabled to impose themselves on the victors
!. as part of their subjects, and consequently
c as entitled to participate in the honours OF
e the victory. When the victory was gained
u by the beasts, the bats focked into their
c camps with great apparent joy: 7vhat Vlc-
tory az hqUc gained 10 day, said the bats
But the beasts spurned them with indiSna-
1t tion---begone You dastards whon had the
y courage to appear amongst us before. though
? outwardly, you have some resemblance to us
vet in principles and actions You arc no bet
ter than Enthusiastically afterwards the birds
recruited their strength, renewed the battle
and obtained complete victory. The bats
upon the birds, flew in amongst thenl, flap
ped their wings with great slcc, and Yocii
rated with all their might, 7ous tAere epc'
such a victory as zee hare gained % day
but the birds soon detected their hypocrisy
YOU, who have not feather on your bodies
nor ever showed yourselves in the day OF dan
ger, pretend to be birds, begone and neve
shcw yourselves amongst us again. 80 tn
birds drove them off, and they remain t
this day, excluded from all society, and hay
he never since vcntured abroad, but in the eve
on ming twilight.
The persons who will be most likely 70 ice
the application Of the fable, arc eremfMr
for their private and religious virtues; Q
ra- this account almost wish had left the fa
BILE where found It; but when conslde
that they are Withholding from the publ
m ,'d their utility, by their ncNtral policy; Whe
of ! know the influence their example has
the public, and thar on subject OF the tlr
cd Importance to the student in grammar the
re- conduct is reprehensible; and the tollowi'
md conclusions irrcsistibly follow: cither, tn
;v- they feel their lack of discernment TO jud'
on correctly, but have the cool prudence attr'
M uted to the bat in the fable; OF they lear tn
v.- a nublic examination would result in an
ncs clipse of their knowledge OF grammar by o
Of Mr.. Browns six weeks students; or, whi'
ISL is more likely, that the old system, (contr
lier ~ to every thing else which wish IS the 0
om lcet of human investigation) has arrived a
on perfection beyond which it cannot SO, b
ght cause it has occupied the genius OF Murra
,g Comfy, Gold, and Brown, &c, In eth
un- concluson, they richly merit the lash OF
lrly tyre
;ant FREE ENQUIRER.
a.
ave For the Wimingtonian.