Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-02-02
For the vfndfc.tor

Msssas. EDs Through the medium of IN. .ol-
umns Of your estimable Journal, am honored Win
second introduction to your learned, modest face
tious correspondent, "Orthography." 1t is. / g.
sure you, with thrilling emotions Of delight hs,.
make TO him the most profound obeissnce oon.r.t
Iatory OF his frank admission that he ad inprepsr
~ used the .adjeetsre shy perbolical." Nevsrthc
less, the admission convicts him. fast friend tbou"k
he vaunts himself being to the tx ipes Enrl;.b;
no. only OF high oflense against his peculiar Ian
guage but of laying aside unworthy of hi, con
sideration, our late erudite vocabulist, N Webstsr
lie doubtless learned that tho fact contained IN nv
nrss article could De sustained and that consequent
ess should he attempt to justify the use he had
made of the adjective alluded to and then with :
remote hope q deliysrance from his error. reck-
by the litcrary-world and returned dashed by vio
lent internal convssions with features depicting mn
a5saraDe aorrSr alternating in pl.ntve TONGA
threatened me with immediate humiliation for not
having coined his sscript-or;euiaive- ssnbod,
me me, tnnsiutin, and superceding "hyperbolio-
al with IL as thereby he would have eseaped the
painful exposure that has overtaken him. How
much more appropriate would it have been, and in
s.rucve, too, especially to the young, for whom he
acknowledgment that he had intended to use either
the one or the other Of the adjectyes sbombast or
o~ndsd them S wish nas ne had unfortunately
sent forth the fact of my condemnation. and ha !.
determined that it shall De executed. The fns Dc
joia must be Immediately kindled and nv dem,.s
annotated in peals SO loud as to be Reproduced IN
the bosom of the earth and echoed in the ear OF The
late distinguished grammarian, Lindley Murray.
awakening him from his death-sumber with the a.
founding news that the .possessiye case" az laid
down in his grammar, had been sluced AZ by =
srasasss. "Orthography," however, in order TO
m sosaet to change Ian
as suited his Tell purpose, and therefore dashed he
pen through the indefn te ''a' and inserted the
will bear in mind the fact that Mr.. TAYLOR has az
era sons-in-law. Consequently, if had expYeased
myself in the language be has attributed to me, viz
the impression that Mr. Taylor had but ons
law, thereby creating false impression in the minds
OF the otherwise uniformed. Ny language was -
clearly conveying the fact that he Mr Taylor1 had
more than one son-in-law. If "Orthoeraphy" had
been in cool frame of mind he would have .ugeest
ed instead Of that which he has furnished the fol-
lowing language, viz: Gone of Mr. Taylor's sons
inlaw,' not "Orthogrsphy would have H.
lone Of Mr.. Taylor sons n-aw." And the conss-
q.ence would have been to me the saving Of sheet
Of paper, But to illustrate more fully. Did not
Messrs Editors IN our conversation the other day,
speak of Gone Of Mr. 7aylor's sons-in-lsw 7''-(rs-
ferrng to one Of the number of his sons. n-law)-
or did speak of "a son-in-law of Mr. Taylor'sf~
again referring to one of the number Of his sons in
law; y or did not speak OF Zone cf MT. Tsylor's
esso5Ig 70 ons q the book. Of hi: r
definite as to which Of Mr. Tayiors sonssin-i.w or
books. is referred to. Now, if any one of these 4
COED EXPRESSION BY parity Of a.on the res.
ciitcfsI garrole e viii perceive bis utter IL, ami.
hilation, as yauntng critic, in the fact that the
proposition "of' and possessive "Mr. Taylors,"
are alike used in all of the foregoing expressions.
Ha-ha.ha,open that piercingIy critic like-sye
Of yours, friend "Orthography." Be ofgood cheer.
DO NOT sink into the slough Of despond under Jour
second discontinue; for we certainly shall 1.-Two till
| we die, do as may.
admire "Orthography's" zeal as the advocate Of
| bis departed friend, Lindley Murray but If the
deceased has successful defender, his meme-
| ~ is inevitably doomed to early obviousness.
! With this additional language ony-recalcitra-
ton: cum cui que tributo--I conclude, acknowlede
Ing myself "Orthography's
obi servant and friend,
sTAUNYON.
I NIB. am critic; nor has the idea even, for a
moment, ever catered my mind to become one.
STAUNTON
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