New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-16
The Grammar O + the new Regent.

The Grammar Of the new ReRent.
A new ingredient has been cast into the boiling
cauldron of Loco.F oco collision and commotion at
Albany, in the shape CT letter from John L. OSul-
livan, ESQ., of this City, accepting the office OF Re
gent Of the University just conferred on him by his
cronies the Barnburners, who bear sway there just
Mt this present Senator Wright mot Cato by
good DEAL fell upon this letter on Its reception ana
ridculed I, as neither Queens English, Dutch nor
good nasal Yankee. Col. Young tried to parry the
attack, but came off limping and even Mr.. Weed oil
the Journal, who is rather shy of Syntax as gene
raj thing. speaks of the Regents letter as follows;
"our Education in respect to grammar, having been
andlv neglected. shall not Of venture to cr
c,se The production of Regent of the University Bat
we must be permitted 10 state (even though WINE oth
era were achieving Grammar, we were dong duty on
board North River soop, burning brush boiling sa'is
and tending sapbush in Cncinnatus tempering SAND
and moulding dogs in the onondssa Furnace! una" SO
far as style and concerned, this 10 most o.
scure involved bunpling affair But we give the Letter
and await the Judgment of those better quahed Tor the
task Of criticism.
Now let us see what all this dust is about:
Nrw-YoRK, Feb s ls46.
The Hon. Addison Gordiner Liet. Coz. of Neto- York
SHIN addressing To- YOU tho prehiding officer OF
the Joint meetings of the Senate and Assembly my &C.
ceutAnce Of the office Of Regent Of the University, to
which receive the notification having been appointed
by the nominations of the two Houses oil the
Legislature the I'd inst beg leave TO express 10 noAc
bodies through YOU my grateful thanks Tor the too
little mered honor thus conferred together Win my
hope by the most faithful attention 10 Its duties in my
power In some degree to compensate IN me iutufe o
the deficiency of past desert.
Very respectfully, .L'oSULLlVAN'
Well, that is rather choker, reminding you IRE.
sistibly of one of Mr. Van Burcns turgid epiatles,
of which Wing rhymeser complained that
You could II tell by secnc his track,
Ifgoing on or coming back.
But allowance must be made for circumstances.
The new Regent can write, when in the humor, In
rather siiltcd selfcomplucent superciious fashion,
to be sure, but n good deal better that this letter.
Yet every position has It's ,rialshose of IN aspirant
lust invested with the bushing honors of an office
we infer are peculiar and severe. The backwoods
boys will understand US when we say that they re
semble the buck fever" which palsies the arm and
destroys the aim Of the eager young hunter when
he first finds the ong-sought deer within range oil
his hHe. II is unfair TO Judge man by the execu-
ton he does while in such tremor. We insist that
Me- O'Sullivan, after the giddiness attendant on his
fest elevation shall have subsidized and the public
sensation created thereby shall have been Gained,
be permitted to signify his acceptance over again.
-Forewarned by this disaster, we have resolved
Fall Election it is quite possible that the Wings
may have mind to maketh Editor Of The Tribune
also Regent Of the Unversity-that being post
usually proiered TO those whom il is deemed meet
to give something other in the way of Office, Yet
who must be turned of with as near respectable
nothing az may be When the honor comes
way, we mean TO answer after this fashion.
"NEw.YoRK, Feb. s. lsl7.
"Lica Gcr-Sir: thank you for your note apprising
me that have been chosen Regent oil the University
but what tho deuce is Regent, and wha, has he to do
Never having found time TO read through those fifteen
volumes OF the Revised Statutes Ono labor of love- in my
way of thnking) don't know exactly what you would
oct about The State has University thar know
Of in the current acceptation the term and you
want me TO become member of the Albany Regency
can't 1t I've tried to keep homes, company and avoid
evil communcaons thus far through life, and see here
no temptation TO change my course. On the whole
6uess you may well pass this along ofthe
Editors of ten.do!sr dailes who always wan,
thing a, Albany when the Wings in power, aud
ready take whatever they think they get, from
Surrogate down 10 Bank Director. believe I'll stand
back and wait awhile.
Yours respectfully. ED. TRB
There-you don't discover any signs of official
trepidaton in atot-and we fancy the schoolmasier
will detect no involved and disjointed senences-no
fractures of the skull of Lindlcy Murray We have
penned it in ave minutes. Keeping as cool IS ice
cream while the new Regents note shows that he
was half an hour concoc,ing and as much longer
numbering it There's nothing like doing of these
tribes in a serene and placid frame of mind, as per
sample.
Meet us Fairly.
The EreniaS Post represents the friends OF Pro
lection as opposing the reduction of the Tariff be-
cause it may conduce to peaceful adjustment of the