The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-26
KNosHA July 23-lS60
Electors Telegraph.

| hB4OsHA July Zo--lcOO
Electors Telegraph.
| Perhaps the combined talents Of
your editorial corps shown with conspicuous
luster than in your last issue Those annotatons dis
played to admirable advantage almost every variety Of
genus and style OF compositions the light, literary, criti-
cal and ddacc, all nicely shaded with just enough yul-
gar scruility to tempt the ly pledged uniors" from
the parent nest" Dazzlei with the many beauties of
your combined splendors, forgetting a de-
served compliment your logical powers as displayed
in your sixth remark And here me saw if do not
do your many merits Justice be assured once for all
that it will be from want Of appreciation inclination
IL reading those enumerated notes dscoved that the
extensive reading and long experience the "senior
had given him an almost unlimeted command of nterro
cation points" This is strong powerful style of
writing, ADMIRABLY adopted to intimating falsood
or conceang the truth. But perhaps should not init
mate any approval Of your style of composition, you
undoubtedly scholars. The great familiarity you
eynce with the classics demonstrates this However if
you nave ever written anything particularly brilliant,
arguVentateYe original before those annotations it
has been done by stealth, and WILL fear be left to your
Nature has sometimes intended
ma for for emieabe disciple of -commtalism-
echo of other mems thoughts and openions after
he has found them out. But moderate education and
some practice, frequently converts him into hypocrte
aud the world will take the liberty of measuring his in
tegry by his conduct and not by his professions how
The fifth
annexation undoubtedly "showeth forth the handywork
and the acute creteca powers of the mild and astute
ander II marks mind sensitive to literary accuracy,
and laden with the lore of learning. 1t is thought by
some scholastic gentlemen, however that a good deal
"meXed" would have been more in accordonce with the
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however, these nice questions, that may well devde the
learned in settlement, without intematng any opinion
with simple remark. Be content Mr.. Junior Fdetor,
with the purity OF your own style of composition, and be
not too hasty in cretcisng the product Others till
age and experience shall have bestowed upon you know
edge equal to your coincidence Have the meekne5s to
believe that there may be something in the
ing that may not have pen etrated your understanding
And please remember that when you exhibit scrpulous
regard for good t2ste it does not become you beray
vulgarity.
must be permeted to make one extract from your
We copdI itfIa Nel,o,
in this place Cassus dagger through This gem of
beauty has been snacted" from the realm of fancy and
embalned in the Kenosha TELEGRAPH. Perhaps there
never one line of prose, that excited so much
warm disputaton among the erdti certainly not since
nosha TELEGRAPH.
The precise point of dispute seems to be this; whether
mad its Oregon before or since the introduction of
OArsonety On the one hand 1t is earnestly contended
that the poythc site of the word "gods evidently in
decaes an orgen anterior to the chrison era On the
other hands is as earnestly and perhaps reasonably
commended, that the words "te fishes" proves that ii
had its Oregon aimee that goreous period they contend
that these words connection with
Of bread" an not "gods" would humbly suggest to
these learned despuents that the truth may lie between
them and that the classic uniorn with his Iannv
Of combination, may have united the beauties of pagon
and christon literature thereby producing most
association Of "god and little fshes Be this it may
person with an understanding pa rcularly endow.
ed by nature nor cultivated by education can safely in
duge of genius for rbodry without being accountable
any OF the rules of taste honor commend YOU all to
an economecal husbandry of all your critical powers and
Literary genius.
AS public journalist 1t becomes you to be
candid To record passing events with impartial accu-
racy or let them alone On public days to magnefy
boys into men nor dimine sh into boys Not to in
roduce titles for the purpose of giving point carcasm
Not to allow partyzan prejudice to conflict with personal
ameneties To respect the right ofmanores To incu-
cate proprety public days If you have these prnc
pies utter them boldly, and defend them manuly by ar
gUnlent.
Laugh when you must, be canded when you can, and
vindercate the ways of God to man."
BE assured that hope the bright of many Thursday
mornings will rise" upon you happy and prosperous and
that our young friend Baldwins health will conenue
good and that be will "grOw and in wisdom. That
our 4th of jules will abound in bouncing religious bows
for many long long years. close with the assurance
that cheresh "no personal i'll will towards any of you
on ais unpretending pereod. l. W. WEBSTER
NOTE Since the foregoing communication
appears as a sort of literary criticism, our COM
positors have been careful to put it in type
strictly according to copy.