The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03
THE. REPUBLIC
Corresponding Of the RspubIir.
Hull, August 81, lS49.

HULL, August 81, lS49.
DEAR REPUBLIC: The following letter. which
find ON my table, my return here from the city,
requires some little explanation The tenor of my
last communication 10 you from this place brought
up at the dinner table of our "mes5" discussion
as TO the Unions qualifications to sit in Judgment
upon General TAYLoR's grammar One gentle
man remarked, that the grammatical violations
attributed TO the General were venial, compared
with the barbarous misuse of the English language
OF which his assailants were guilty. ! disputed
this assertion, and pointed To the paragraph OF the
'senior, in which hc gives his readers 10 under
stand that he is assisted in his editorial labors by
'two vigorous minds.''
The only reply which my friend vouchsafed TO
this was laugh. He then said, that If General
TAYLOR occasionally tripped in his grammar and
his speech, to the extent charged in the Union,
1t was no more than Chancellor Kent, and many
great writers, had been in the habit of doing II
was even pardonabe for editor, often writing,
he must, with the speed OF extemporaneous utter
ance, TO infringe the rules of grammar IN his print
ed articles occasionally; but for that editor to
make the trivial slips OF an old soldier IN his spo-
Ken addresses the subject of blackguard sncers at
his 'imbecilty," his "scorn of grammar" his
IGNORANCE" and his 'lack of education" is dirty
business. Such iInpostors should be exposed.
"fou see that boy continued my friend, point
ing to a lad of ten years of age, who torment
ing poor old COW, the lawn before US, by riding
ON her back-"you see that boy? He Is my eldest
and, though say it, the most mschevous idle
graceless, dare devil little scamp in Plymouth
county Well here is a copy of the Union-we
must leave for Boston, in the boat, in ten minutes
to return at ski will promise Bob sail and
primer, if he will pick us out eOf the grammat
lcal plumbers in the editorial articles, and state
them In a letter to your address,"
could not but laugh at my friends proposition.
AT his call, Bob descended from the distracted COW
and came shyly towards US, if in expectation of
sound cutting But on learning what his father
wanted, he readily agreed to his terms only stipu-
lating, that when the sail came off, he should steer
and that we would not abandon the expedition be
cause it might happen to be squaly. These pre-
liminariss being arranged, Bob went to his fathers
desk with the Union; and we started for the May
flower. On my return to Hull, the following letter,
written in sprawling school boy hand, was pro-
duced, and trust that the gentlemen who got up
the s'indignation" for the 'ssole organ" will pom
der it well, and proftby its suggestions.
Yours, TOM COD.
DEAR Ma. THOMAS: take my pen in hand to
write you according to promise There are so
many plumbers in the paper father gave me, that !
hardly know where to begin in showing them up.
have looked at nothing but the editorials. They
would be firstrate if it weren't for the grammar.
who Is the fast man of the concern? He does things
up in style, and mistake But wouldn't old
Cheever give it TO him if he had to read and correct
his exercises
Here goes. In an article, proving very conclu-
sively to my mind that the Wings in this country
and the enemies of the Hungarians in Europe are
one and the same party, the writer says &c The
'P WI ioei " may yct rcdHliLdte TIC Peo-
pie of France, them to contemplation Of the
degradation and disgrace to which her reactiOndry
conservatives have brought upon her, and stimulate
them to arrest the treason of her betrayers." The
to- after :" disgrace is a toe too much and dis
graceful IN toto, as old Cheever would say. do
hope that those Magyars will give the Russians and
Austrians, "a laundering thrashing
This is emo 60" Again: General Taylor has
shown his incapacity for the great Office which he
noninally fills, by his inability to check and con-
troll the acts of the Cabinet, which has brought
both it and him into disrepute with the people.
lie has made pledges and promises which they, in
his name, have grossly and shamefully violated
This last hey' refers, by all the laws Of grammar
10 people, the writer makes " Cdbiret' singu-
lar IN the sentence preceding. A "gross and
shameful violation of grammar, any how you can
fix it, guess the cove who does the abuse of Old
Zach never felt what il was to have whaling at
school for not minding his Ps and Qs.
Another deuced bad violation of grammar is
this: 'The Cabinet, finding that such conduct was
about TO recoi upon them, authorized its organ TO
publicly disavow Humans operations, and to dis
card his services in their behalf" "Hs" organ
"aieir behaf,'' Old Zach isn't the only one, Pm
thinking, who shows ''scorn of grammar
'No; our policy is not one of truculent and cow
ardly peace. II is not one of timid trembling,
and craven fear" Pop Emmons never said any
thing better than this. But what does the cove man
mean by ''t1ictient'' peace? He has got the wrong
word there, that's plain, he will by looking
| in his dictionary. "Timid, trembling, and craven
! fear" is frstrate-what call strong writing.
Curse me if there isn't old Brindle up TO her mid
die IN the salt water. Whata chance Tor fun, III
finish my letter when come back Mr.. Thomas
! bob found the sport too exharating TO come back
| to his task But send il, incomplete as il is foI
| the benefit of those concerned.