, 1860-10-17
Ampr3c f.u1n ~ Dlasluzu aled from
tulEarlt MS and fFssvt"ctAlts ms.
IE,cr, The North merle n Review


What IL IN Americaniemt No. a:y chance
misuse Of Englith OF which Al American vii er,
or even co.e.io Of American writer. NAV 6s
guilty, nor the vu'g-1ism Of particular clique
tr locality. It is u. just % irvess taese oc:s.
hionai aooma'ies anu proviucia'l4ms with the
dignity Of na'i1nal pscu!isri:ies, md to label
list ot them laooriously sestped t"g'ther !rin
all the tra,h std 1ubb:ah ct literature, asd iroE
tn eGct urlufs Of society. "A D c,1ors:y Of
AmaIiesni:na-" Let cur Joel Blrl"Hisp1. t ur
WEBS .afisEs, the siang Of tho bscSa ocda, tie
BA- roor:, a3t the etum, tce dialects Of Msss's
slpui b3EtzaC7; Of bcwery Bays, and r. Yas kee
ped'+rs, bs It, I'D aad deaomlnatrd BY their
specific Lanes; 1T: 10 pa' l'sh them TO the
@orld IS s"4mer'cs-i=ma," il to convey III" in.
speech of re county. 1t tw:uld be equally tar
and ju-t 10 Gull The choice phteees of tbs Lon
dop .Li-ges, aud lhs ucconsh bsrbarisns Of the
ST. .GorGstire miners and Ya1kshfra lAboretf,
and, istSrsparH,ng NTH Iben tho distcrtea and
riuaced t1onst. r. Of TIE Carlyle dic!ior, 6nc
the ya2ar:es Of r tker.or, tc lebel The whole TO
Is TO c1f1s"v ssc .uprpe 8lol that all this Is
psrt cf IT,: cou1.on spte:h Ct England. An
AmericaIi.m is #or- OF phrase, old cr new,
+u,p,cyej b, general End respectable usage IN
this couatry ID 3 way not kacet1ontd d hJ the
beat standards of the Eaglish langusge. We
10 No, xdmlt that every nsw word which hep.
pens to hee the Hight first in THIS c:u1try is
'herefose an Amtricaaisu. Tho Esx ish
larguspe ia no longer the laugusEs # Eng
land merely, sud wbite We a'!ow that
~veryntere there ought to ba de'erencs to
English nr,h1 h1rity, al due to the land which
uurtured the lareusge LON its ia!sacy, AID
which st II, by ner genius. literature and earn
ing, cce- IN II. ta Illustrate and preserve it, wa
still h. II ih.t any legitimate contribution made
to is growth or improvement in any portion IT
its domai1 is entitled 10 be counted part Of the
Eng|7sh laoRusee. So ne hold tia: any new
word. If hone>'ly bcsr, ard aotp'ed IN genera
Leeds a.d usege,, il not American or Austra-
liar, TIT. Eog,isb. O1this pr,pclp:e sath Ho1d.
as frss,d.ntiai s9d Congressional arc l. OF sssls
sigma z:d As Artrseaasms; for, thcuga CT
Anieric1a cr!gia, thy arc trxmet accosut-S TO
the anao y Vi the 1n-gnage. ere cbEiors's ne
cessAry ~6rGs, IL wolld douo:les have b.en
formed nad used Ing ago il The mother coun
irs, If tiers h.d beea equal OCCASION for them.
Tiae sam NAV be seid 1t <mmi3raAt, pro" il,
md many other ue1d7 which will readily sag
Sess III. nl.tlses. A.sin, ~etd MAJ b used
la q seLse ckarxc.cr.-ti; IT tits couu1rJ, aud
yet not be IN Anar;csuism. Far instsIc., il
Eogland, tie rj=eti7e "titk IT, ouah o: tie
ucuo, sieEnts.) Is ecllequla'Iy rts'r:c' ed to
",lckuess ut the st3nach," TO much 3, 'hatthe
t1press;on "sict with cold, or fever , would
M, one us IN 4 am-rtcar-who wnul1 Lever.
.h4less be in TIE r. hs, AID would b. use 10
An,-7icao,sp, bu. good standard E1c.i>h.
A9ai,, the sp=lt:1g Of tu:h words as "cecter,"
and "trATtit5," il lot N AMER caclsm, thouth II
II be fnus IN a few American book, tut u
Wbsitri.1a. net 'ci,:ed aud sauctioE ed ty euch
:eue:al uesg es % eo.,:le 1t 10 the nAtlohl 1p-
t:ii,.tlye.