The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-11

TnE CUBAN JUNTA AND Our TRASsLAroR--A
| CORRECTION CoRREcTED.--We published on
| Tuesday last an editorial paragraph stating
| that there was an error in the translation Of
| the address of the Cuban Junta, which appeared
| the previous day in our columns and which
| made them complain Of the GOODNESS and OPP
position of the American people, The a,nende
was made at the request Of the Secretary of
the Junta, and in the absence from town OF
our translator. He has since returned, and re-
spectfully insists on the fidelity and correct
ness with which the document in question was
rendered. The only paragraph about which
there is any question is the following, which
we give in the original, with the translation
of it, as published
| 81 ninguna pudieron encontrar los poderes
pasados sus antecedentes politcos los principles
vadores que representation para la hostidad que
desplegaron contra los ntenos de revouconaros
Cuba; debe concedersea In actual admins
TRACTION, que fue deudora de election los eementos
mas democratcos progresivos, los compromises
schemes en- favor de In causa de nuestra patria
81 ueran sofas estas m4has las que verera sobre Ell
de cobardia neptitHM Otras responsibilities lie
tai Ell gran dia de las revecione que 10
denen entonces Ia animadversion de todos los pechos
| senerosos del mundo .n4
1 TRANSLATION AZ PrBIIsuED.1
And past ADMINISTRATORS find excuse in their
political antecedents and the conservative principles
which they represented for the hostility which they dis
played against the ebrts Of the Cuban revoutonss,
still less any be formed for the present admin
straon which owed its election TO the most democratic
and progressive elements and to the most solemn engage
| ments in favor of the cause Of our country. =
And If these stigmas the only which the ad-
minsraton cast upon the national character they might
perhaps be washed away in the bath of It's own cowardce
| and inapttude. But there other responsibilities,
which perhaps reserved for the great day of revea
tons which may then condemn the national character 10
oE Tho hanr nff
1t will be seen by any person having gram
NAUTICAL knowledge of the Spanish language,
that the point in dispute consists in the proper
rendering of the little pronoun 10 in the last
section. 1t is the accusative masculine for Il.
The Junta say that they intended it to apply to
the administration: our translator made it APP
| ply to the national character. Which is the
correct rendering? Our translator contends
that his is the only proper grammatical con-
struction that can be given to the sentence, and
! gives the following reason. The phrase la
actual administration in the same paragraph, is
feminine, and if the application as to the ami
madversion Of the world was intended to apply
| to the administration, the word la (the accusa-
tive feminine) should have been used instead
/
| ter de su nacion, in the preceding sentence, is
masculine and the pronoun 10, in the following
one, can only grammatically apply to it. And
that is the Interpretation, it will be seen, which
our translator has given it, and which is in
perfect harmony, we think, with the succeed
ing and other paragraphs.
The Cuban Junta will see, and doubtless ac-
Inc y1o1rr hat hair have hmm
construed, it was their own, not our transla-
tors fault, and that in all such cases, where
there might possibly be doubt Of the meaning
Of sentence, precision of language and clear
ness Of expression are most desirable. Where
| the error is their own, they should certainly
not seek to shift the responsibility.
| NEWSPAPER IMPOsToRs.-We have been shown
another letter from our soidisan associate, Mr.
J. +. Carman, in the same terms as the last. 1t
runs as follows
] New York, August 0, 1855
MY DEAR SIR-My new book Of the . Biographies Of
! Leading New York Citizens and Meechants will appear
next Monday and being rather pressed for paper wish
fund again that day together with few copies of the
books wherein you may how highly esteemed among
them you stand and t. sonyenen you cG% III can at my
may see the proofs and make any addition alteration
necessary BY answering per bearer ~ oblige yours,
respectfully, j. 7. CAU4AN,
Assistant Editor New YORK HERALD
Mr.. Carman, it appears, has been going pref
ty extensively into the business. When he
wrote to the Mcthodists or the piously inclined,
he called himself an assistant editor of the
Commercial Adcetiser; to the merchants and the
public at large he assumed the title of assist
ant editor of the HERALD. In both cases the
modest creature only asked for ten dollars,
which he was to repay, and give books into the
bargain.
| Once for ALL the attaches Of the HERALD ex-
pect and want neither loans, favors, nor gra-
tuties of any kind from the public, or the
! people with whom they come into contact in
| the way of business. Any one who, pretending
! to belong to the HERALD, writes letters like Mr.
Carlnan's is an impostor. Any one who under
the like pretence, seeks to travel free on a
railroad, is an impostor. Any one who, under
| cover Of the HERALD's name, endeavors to pass
as a deadhead at hotels, or any where else, is
an impostor, and will we hope be treated as
such. No one connected with this establish
ment is authorized or desires to avail himself
of the old fashioned immunities of the press
in order to practise economies which are not
open to the rest Of mankind. The public is
fairly warned; it must now take care Of itself.
THuRLow WEED ON THE AMERICAN PARTY
The Albany Journal has made the astonishing
discovery that while the platforms of the Know
! Nothing State Councils North OF Mason and
Dixon's line are of the anti-slavery stripe,
those on the South side are Of the most decided
pro-slavery character. This is old news. We
had supposed that the split in the Philadelphia
Council had left the party in each section and
in each State to take its own course on the
slavery question, and that they have been act
ing independently Of each other, in pursuance
of the Philadelphia plan of agreeing to disa-