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| M. EUStOIs see u pieCC III Jul l'iot paper
which | am informed was intended to be criti-
cism on communication of mine, which was
published in the preceding paper. Which, if
it were not for some reasons, which arise from
circumstances not Immediately connected with
its author l would pass by with its deserved de-
gree of contempt (unnoticed). But in as much
as am satisfied of the whcreabout from whence
it took its origin; have concluded to give it
short investigation. Then in the first place
this hired pigmy, began his criticism, by com
hitting plagiarism. He repeats verse from
Mr.. Burns without giving the author or even the
marks of probationary which according to the
rules of writing we are driven to the conclusion,
that he offers it TO the public as his own produc-
ton, which presumption upon public intelh-
gence is not very strange, since he had already
informed US verbally in this town, that there
were not man here who could write an english
sentence correctly bat himself But after pas
sing over some of the fighty, fimsey fam ard
hawble of this Amanuensis:--hes says he thinks
it VIII ''puzzle" me to find I'm the Standard En-
glish Lexicons or writers such q word rs out
compare" Now l viii hereby inform the big
compare, both taken and used IN the sense and
meaning in which they are understood in nv
communication. If he will search Mr. Web
ster's Standered of English language, he will
! find many analogous terms with the one he
complains. Some Of which are,-out flash,
out go, out leap, out act, out name, out run, out
| spread out rival, and these three last ones I
| know he viii recOect, without the trouble of
reference to the Lexicon, to-wit, out drink, out
sin, and out lie. And now every man who can
read good english will see from the above ana
logy that the term out compare is correct in the
sense in which used it.
Next in rotation he calls for little light on
the word force, which was typographical er-
Tor, and which too, could not have been mis-
| construed by liberal critic. 1t could not well
be misunderstood, that intended "free and in
dependent institutions" but by this small mis-
take in the printing, free changed to force; this
friendly little critic seems to have been thrown
upon the Stormy Sea- But this is not very
strange, when we learn that he only pretended
to know a thing as he sees it: which principal
of reason and originality we see most clearly
developed in a Jackass. Again he says, "what
resemblance is there between Calhoun, Clay or
Webster and wheel" He has heard States
men called pillars. luminaries, champions &C."
but never before "heard them called Wheels
10, -
| admit that if the government is standing still,
it may safely repose on q pillar, but when it
moves off in rapid progression, if there were no
wheels to carry along its mighty load, it might
slip off the pillar and get a fall
But to be serious. Think if this hasty crit
ic, will examine the books which he preteuds to
teach he will find comparisons, which are much
broader than the one about which he expresses
so much concern. Salon compared the people
to the Sea, and orators and counselors to the
winds; "for' said he Nthc sea would be calm
and quiet if the winds did not trouble il
Again The precious sons of Zion, were co,npar-
ed to fine gold. But again, my little critic
speaks of tautolagy, in the language, Suitable
men with the necessary talents" Now what
does the term suitable mean? fitting: ACCORDING
with; agreeable to. The term necessary. means
indispensable. And now for an illustration, IF
we have man amongst Us who does not hold
with the constitution and laws of the United
States, although he might possess all the nee
essary talents and qualifications yet he would
not make US a suitable member in CONGRESS.
because his principles with regard to public pol
icy, were not according or agreeable to our form
OF Government; therefore it is at once seen that
there is clear distinction, between the mean
ing of the two words. And now l will ask the
critic by what rule of language he IS governed
when he says "all the world and the rest of
mankind Now this is the most palpable tau
talosy have ever seen. The most thick head
ed ignOramus would know that mankind were
all included, in the words "all the world" OF
ne, shame on such a criticism. 1t forciblyrc-
minds me of the words of the poet:
The mountain labOred and brought forth mouse"
But in as much as Mr.. critic has recited once
without asking, | suppose he will not be insul-
ted when we ask him to parse the following SEN
fences, to-wlt: 1t man were a graduate of the
high schools of Virginia, and he were after
wards to escape to strange town, should've
say the people there were all fools but himself?
And is it not reasonable that he should be
good judge of. Brandy?
If body meet body,
And feel sorty horney;
Should not, a body ask body,
To go to California
Now suppose this futile quiddler thought,
that IN his logomachy and splutter about words,
he would defeat all the arts of writing, that he
would fairly confound the intrigues of opposi-
ton and silence the clamros of faction; but in
this, his untimely desires to be noticed have
probably lead him beyond the depths of his
And now l say in conclusion, that if this
manikin should again shake his puny sheath at
any of my productions, win give the partcu-
lars more at length, also names.
JAMES r. BUCHANAN. g
ouIOy TaDu Marob