, 1859-12-30

familiar proverb which forcibly presented itself
to our mind upon reading the recently delivered
message Of the chief magistrate Of our Terri
tory.
Showing, as Il does throughout spirit Of pa
triOtism, Of 6OR-hOmmie, and general regard for
truth, which meets our appreciation in every re-
spect we are nevertheless unwilling to close our
eyes to faults in style and composition, which al
though evidently the result Of haste, and perhaps
in many instances, Of typographical andcOPyists
errors, are nevertheless faulty in the extreme,
and will evidently afford much delight to our
iaultRnding brethren Of the Press on Vancouver's
Island and in other directions
A Governors message, in our opinion, may
properly enough contain any amount Of "spread-
eagle" patriotism and political bOmbast, because
we are used to such nowadays, and think Il al
right The time was when the mastery produc-
tons Of the older governors, such as Monroe,
jefferson, Marcy, Oliver WolcOt, Wright, and 4
host Of others, were models in their way, and Of
totally different stamp. But now we have TO
put up with the oyster messages Of Gov Wise,
the Indan-corn messages Of more western Gov.
ernoFs, messages prO-slavery and messages anti
slavery, each filed with slang phrases, buncombc,
clap trap and Fourth Of July elOquence" sup
posed to be suited TO the times and their eonstt.
uents This being the fashion in the older states,
Is not surprising that our Governor, in his FIRST
message 10 the Legislature Of this Territory,
should have allen into the same ways We,
therefore, will not find fault with such, but--and
we do 50 in all kindness-will simply allude to
certain Objectionable sentences, the repetition Of
which, or Of similar passages, should be care
fully avoided in the Governors future public com
municaiions.
We notice many errors in syntax, prosody &C.,
which should not occur in any written communi-
cation, more especially in a Governors messagel
Quotations from foreign or q dead language,
ifmade at al, should certainly be given correctly.
As an example Of an error In this respect, We
find on the eleventh page the words viss
sasa."
Bone paragraphs seem 70 be unexceptionable
in style, are wOrded CORRECTLY, and cOncisely pre-
sent % the mind ihs IDEAS they wish 10 convey.
0thers, on the contrary, 70 use common expires
sion, are Is clear Is mud" The few sentences
in The commencement Of the message touching
upon the death Of the lamented and well-beloyed,
aye Well-rsspecied Mason. were wen said, u Ian.
guago ounexespdonabls,a and show good heart and
. awnrmapprcci stion fthoss qualities which shone
20 brightly IN she character and acts Of that ex.
esllent man snd high-toned officer. Assn of.
set 70 this however, We have the following:
Upon prinsiplss spck a. fke.e. 4 Il beliesed
fhis great irork q likslv eoer % bs commsacei
and thus and ttp only can aks paramount n.
iercsts er ehe nation 30 subssrucd and tkus alone
can tAegreat Amsriean Heart b satisfed.n
We have read the foregoing extract some fif
teen or twenty times, but We are as much in the
dark concerning is meaning as We were at tirst
Again. On The flilh page we end the following:
Su0tetIn0 al zsr77l0fidL and asnypino 4,
4 does slPrsme authority, it L n elscf. 20 Ear
a. uiolations ef cur Ians tv British subieet, ars
concelned not only q de6iagationQf ftnarsial
iag' gpon that leland, bat usaspation Of our
Sights ef prseissly ths sams character ef tkoss
ausgsd agailst ~ By the British autkoritie,
rhich Ae PfQleased % Be restoring 70 them t; and
Z a reversal ef ne .hndameniai orirciDies II
or oorerlmelt and ne gnnins q. our instit,,.
tiens uhicA require that tie nilila,w shaH epeyy.
.hsrs, and az az times % suIorSinass q tss
e'sn Porer"
Wesill synoshing about he general sleo.nce
Of the sentence commencing with ssubvertinru
and ending with apower,n but We would IKE q
know u plain English what q revcrsalr of tbe
genius Of our institutions really means. NJ.
We IKE The Governors advocacy Of the South
fAs. haiiroad Route The hand Of the Great
Creator made me valleys Of the Platte River and
.ne SNAKE m such relations with each other
that no seasible man would hesitate 70 pronounce
ne location q .he railroad route As being beyond