Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-24
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Our editors said on Saturday:
The pleasure which we have enjoyed in ihe so
ciety of the numerous friends that we have haa tae
good fortune % neet nthc last few DAYS, mas caused
rs b neglect somewhat our editoriat duiies- "
know that the kindness of our readers Wlu readily
excuse us.
Thereupon the CRY PHEss pitches into ousedisors
in this Wises
eWc don't admire the UNIONS style Of grammar
IN this case. u is such grammar the good taste
OF ncithar gods nor men is sad q Permit Oar CO
seInporarr may ask to be excused from the commits
sion of a censurabe act but once having committed
&C. correct taste requires that he should ask 10 be
tlrdoned for IT, but not to be excused These little
Grammatical -ncetes are rather diffcut 70 under
stand especially by the pen of inea-pefieEce; but
y perseverance and close attention to the style Of
the elegant writer they viii eventually be goE the
hang Old Ii we could do so with ANY degree Of
proprietr. whicllit is unnecessary to say, we can't
we would advise Che UNION 20 adopt TlIE CRY PREss
as is model
The rist of which IS that our editors should have
u.sed the word pardon, instead Of the word HeD-
csser As matter Of course il is not to be pre-
stunned that SO erudite scholar as THE CRY Pmss
can be mistaken, but still-i'Ous Ue7oas.
Mr.. CRABB, who, anterior to the days Of TIE CRY
Pass used to be esteemed very good authority, has
tle following, on page ls2 Of his work on English
10 EXCISE PARD0S
We esalss person or thlng hg szsuptng him blame
We pardon b giving up snot insisting the punishment Of
another Cor bis offence.
We soassa small fault W paEoa great sult excuse
that which personally aGas ourselves gaHa0a that which
oEsnds asansimauas may ssuss eqaas We san par
don only sHpors We exercise good nature In e5csiHg
We exercise generosity or mercy IN ar0RiaG Friends escuss
each other Tor tie unntsntonal emission Of iormaes It is
the privilege Of tie prince 70 pardon criminals whose offences
viii admit Of pardon. =
Then, If the CRY Pass be correct Cand who. viii
doubt ITO our editors shouldnot have used 'exease,'
but pardon, because they were not asking eesRp
ton from blame for their neglect Of editorial duties,
but were desiring their readers to giUe Up o. rot Pc
sist on he punis1asIa for their o6enca (Will some
friend tell US what punishment is fixed for the Of
fence committed by our edItors Our editors should
rot have used "exause but pardon because the !
neglect was not s small but a grodt figldt They
should not have used excuse" but pardon be-
sause their neglect did not personally q6eot their
READERS but was an offence agaiHsl morals. They 4
should not have used excuse" but pardon be-
cause equals ezclse stpsrio1s puolL They should
not have used excuse but pardon, because they
were not asking Of their readers TIE exercise Of good
nature, BAT te exercise Of generosity mercy. They
should not have used excuse" but pardon be-
cause some might have regarded them as treating |
their readers as friends and their editorial neglect
as tie ,uliuiNtioaal omission Of Formally, whereas
they were criminals asking Of prince their read
ers) De pardon Of offence Such we take il is the
satisfactory reasoning Of the G. P.
The CITY Press viii not suppose guilty Of at
tempting to convict it of an error. We merely de-
sire to expose the ignorance Of thatold fogy GRADE.
We Nil not injure the reputation Of Mr.. WEBSTER
by speaking Of the difference between him and the
C. p. in spelling nieities." By perseverance and
close attention to the style Of the elegant c. p its
possible the pen Of our editors may understand those
little grammatical niceties. We fear zee never shall
o.,,r,but,ovs 70 ,pe UTouns vernon Fund.