New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-08
as public, and at the same time tsains Louis NJ
poleon to task for setting himself up - the rspn
sentative ofdemocratcal principles.

Writing for the Press-thst is, for the Publ.
has become so common, that some general ulss
obvious propriety with regard to it should DO ss.e
rally understood.
There are circumstances under which aay On.
NAV write. irrespective of all considerations Of ,ba
ity. Whoever witnesses tornado, an earthquAis
. porder. mill explosion, railroad accident stssu.
boat confederation, or any kindred incident, doe ~
a ,ppal favor by writing US an account Of il % "
instant and forwarding it by the readiest ooapv.
apce. If be has no paper but an old letter, and ay
dull pencil to write WITH so be it, and If be ca.
not make bis verbs agree with their nominativos d
number and person, we are very glad to take them
in a state of disagreement. Let us have the essen.
t;.l facts at the earliest moment, even though il
.bould REQUIRE hours to aecipher and civize the
manuscript, even outnumsering the moments De-
voted to its composition. 1t may be written %
both sides and then crossed slough we greatly pro
fer that it should not be; but if it be al sl esb
we shall gladly undertake to deepher it.
But when one sits down deliberately to set tAs
Press or the Public right on some question OF psh-
lie or private interest, the case is bravely altered
Tn such case, we feel insulted by an ntnaton tat
the author wrote in great haste and will thank o.
oraciouslv permit us to revise his grammar aOd
spelling. What right has he to impose upon us
this laborf Does he suppose bis own time Of "
much greater consequence, or his leisure so much
more limited. than ours 7 Does be imagine comms-
nications such rarity with US that we are glad to
welcome any crude production, and it lick patiently
into shape Doeshe fancy that he confers favor
on us by sending something that will serve TO FL
I'D column! In either case, he is previously 10
error. We beg all writers for our columns but
those who send us ne,cs to take the following plain
rules TO heart:
I. Write legibly with little interlineation, and
on one side of the paper only.
II. If you do not understand the rules OF En-
glish Grammar, or know how to spell according
to some dictionary, you should postpone writing
for the Press until you shall have learned. Or
general standard of photography is Websters die.
tionary, which seems to conform more nearly to tho
genius of the English language than any Other.
johnson and Walker were never able to constaa
scholars to write eritiei, polaieks, &c, and tho
u in honour, La6ou-, 'Iendesr, &C., was always
superAuous and upjust6ed by the derivation Of The
class of words. As to such blanders az eaSeslki
lereling trareller. &C., we hold them the resultd
sheer thoughtlessness, which an hours impartial
consideration would have corrected at any Tina
DR.. Webster did not entirely avoid mistakes, but
no rival photographer approaches him in logical
perception and general accuracy. We wish 700
would spell as he does when you write for The
TRIBUNE; but we only insist on conformity 10
some recognized authority.
III. Try to be direct and concise, remembering
that we are every day compelled by sheer lack Of
room to postpone or reject much that We woah
gladly publish, and that q communication covering
less than two foOlscap pages stands four chances u
appearing where one of thrice that length stands
hardly any chance at all. Sink psefaces and 90 d
the heart of the matter forthwith. Above all, 4
your impulse to write is some personal grief o.
fancied misrepresentation, make it brief as pessib
If you copy paragraph or so from our columns
with the hope of inducing to print it over again.
be very sure that we shall cut this out to save ROOM
In short, be short.
w. Understand that we are more than willing to
be instructed, counseled, admonisbed, rebuked by
our readers or others, provided this be done with
due respect to chrOgraphy, brerity directnea
photography and grammar. Otherwise, the chances
are that very much good advice is wasted on US for
want of being read