Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-25
MISCELL ANEOUS.
From nc Southern Literary Ue1snger.
ETYMOLOGY.

Mr.. Uhue IL an odd old fellow and fo,,d ol
leiymoloey, snd frequently emuse mysflf with ira
cling TO their zoos. words in familiar use. Having
been eonfouodedly puzzled of la'e by tho term cAu.
cts, which il IN every bodys mouth, and not being
able 10 satisfy myself as TO It's origin, have deter
mined 10 have recourse To YOU md will be infinite
~ obliged 10 you any of your reaJcfs for solu-
ton ofhe difficulty Ift be true as DIsfheli says
tina, the inventor OF new woid cannot be secure OF
its adoption by the public, for he mus, lie in tn,
grave before he enter the Electromagnetic man
who made the aforesaid word must bc sill living,
though al vtry advanced nge. ! rather suppose
however that D'lsrae is mistake n, and that the
inventor has been dead long tune, md lived 10
see the general adoption Of his word notwlthstand-
ing 1t has yet no place in any Dictionary that ]
have seen SUI posing il to be English word !
consulted Walker, md mortified to fnd TINT
he took notice OF it. | then mndc sundiy com
bnntions Of other terms bui could light upon more
that seemed Mt all plausible, except he words CoH
us, which, united into caucus may produce kind
ofononatopaia, descriptive Of the nssemblage in
question tor to calk, is, according to the above
mentioned photographer, to stop the leak Of a
vessel !" and Innsmuch as n caucus is urged by the
admirers Of Mr.. Van Buren,, to b the means of
stopping all leaks in our political vessel there
seems 10 he some show Of reason IN hls derivation.
Upon further ref, crion, however. concluded that
the wor1 must be Greek, aud having recourse To
Schrcvol,us, found the puronymous term Aakos,
malns. This presently rejected, Il ough nppa-
renlly descriptive oftho rernlcious tendency of
caucus, because the nsiliuiors OF that pcs'ent oil
garchy would hardly have selected so bnrefaccd an
epiheton, such cacophony. II may so speak.
On further search, upon meeting with knukis, |
was so much delighted with the nca, resemblance
Of sound, as 10 Jump up and cry out eureka; but
ted M on disco
caiocamenh, the explanatory terms in Latin, could
not be tortured to any manner Of application unless
indeed II was intended 10 indicate that the members
OF n caucus would be wiling to stand IN the pco-
ptcS 1tocs upon the OCCASION Of eleclag President
Of the United States OF unless observe further
the alter bankos JncundnS for il is literally very
pleasant and right merry way Of getting rid of the
difficulty Of choice by the people So for the
Greek Es for the Latin, have consulted every
dictionary III my possession from Ainsworth and
oohg, mp 10 of@ fho~n IhomdanS, printed %
reHf'" Septimo nus, februnit 1850, and can
md nothing resembling our caucus, but the three
''""o' '"o'.' '"@''i WV" ~ P"'""o"'"s'", "S"
DC co"''oofco as ,'c efahu pio'o'yPc OF 'ha' hoo
1'n monster wh'cn mas s'oen' 10. Inc e""e, III
eas' 'no property Oh 'he e'ea' American iiercu'es'
ana w''' Keep H. unless ne rise IN his might, ond
''osh''g "s Po''',c"' .n,e', resumes ms "r,g'-
""' ''sos' No~' VIZ "h'o am d'sPosed 10
81 "''" '"o's" "o' 'l''e 30 we" s"'S,'a DIS Jon
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''o,'' ,'o9e 10y '',''o,' ""io" 'ne "s
'0's ,'''' Wv "'','1' 'o "'u"toy ""o'Pae'.o "
"'"", az" ,'"'9 ""s ,""'e' ana "o' "s'1
,"'' "'''o" ''o'"S '"0'"S' US ''o""o"t"S wou'o
'''' "'' w o''e''o' 81, '"c s'"S"'"' eo."ci
''"I'S '''"e'" C'''s ""o Caucu' 'he one 'h,ec
w '''u '"7'e '' ',''' s''' u, Po'"ico' Neoe'
' VIC NO ''.'y '""'s """y VIC '"'"c VI ""o'"e'
"'o ''eo"' ''',"o"'y coJo''"g we people o'
'',' 's'''' VIC ,o''"e' "'o"S u'c'h w c"'c
""e'e '"o, "c'c u'soo'o'eo Cy 'ne'r oe'owing-
,'o '"'''' o'""you ny oc''o"'ns from M'"'"e 10
:" "''' ""''y o"eu' py 'ie'e"eS'
- r,,',. 20, " '"' 'i''' "'""'""
NY " p'p''I sentiment
.,;ac, "o"o,.', '''. "'' "o' e'''''eV
-, ,.,1l I,, ,,. ..u VIZ -, "'''','
,c,,l,yi,v Of Va, ,,,aa, o,a,,;a'., Wv
- = =
'''"' '''o''o'S'y suggests III" caucus
Is nothing more than corrupton,-Cnucus, quasi
co'k US mat Is, smut close the doors, that nobody
may near US
REMARK
we WIN 20 all IN our power to assist our es-
lcemfn friend Nusaor IN his chronological research
es.- we remember OF having read ma work of
New England author, some years since, an c.
iapofa'e inquiry ln'o the origin OF tho word
which much puzzles our cores pondeni If our
memory serve Ms faithfully, tina, writer fixes the
nativity o; the term in the city of Boston, and the
date OF It's birth previous to the revolution The cir
cumsancos ont cf which it sprang he asserts to be
these. In that stormy period when eye,v ,loss If
citizens was agitatcd by the sruri ncnrs which "
podcd shortly afterwards in the thunders of revolu
ton, public meetings were frequently held Inv tho
different trades and profcs sous For reosons u,b;.,