Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-11-17
"DECLINED WITH THANKS. -


This brief and kindly notice 60 thos.
ambitious Of laying their thoughts. or a.
least their words before the public. ~ IL q.
suitable TO this latitude "a 90 that Of Lon.
don, where u has recently appeared.
We don't begfudge the time devoted 20
reading. far from IL for we are unite
willing TO receive contributions from all
quarters, aud give them or undivided pa
tent attention, The only regret we feel
Ia. that 80 few Of the articles sent &C. ne are
suitable for our columns
The hrst grestrtum bling block IL length.
Everybody who wishe. TO hsve' his or
het particular say fancies ~ necessary 60
take NJ an entire number IN doing go
Now, we act on the principle that there
must be "room enough for all ut IL mani
iest that any paper extending beyond three
90 four pages has double ordeal TO under
Ro-not merely asto literary merit. but al
90 "a 10 length We rejoice that in the
majority Of eases the latter IL the caus.
why so many of our contributors learn
that their papers are " declined with
thanks"
lfawtiter has anything TO say, n, ost read
era will consider that three pages are sufIi
cient for him " he will kindly adopt the
great rule we would lay down for his spe-
ciHl guidance. Rs'odrs u erpiefires. So
soon "a "eopy appears charmingly written
out vnd ready for the printer, let the ANA
teur run through it-pen in hand and
knock out every sentence which does not
relate TO the subject matter The result
vii astoniah him for he fnds-we hope
to his delight, that his style has vastly
improved in vigor ahd terseness. " the
writer hR. any settled tendency TO dirraa
pion, ha had better cut out all such passa-
ges and airing them together for q sepa
rate article. which. Of course. will 10 70
iec,ed but it may prove relief to his
mind
Another great fault peculiar TO amateurs
10 the want Of con antration. We aim TO
amuse aud to instruct. but In impartiug
any instruction, to he particularly careful |
to gid the pill, or to exhibit the dose in |
capsules Of pleasant flavor Unhappily. |
amateurs have propensity for essay wri- |
ting the most difficult thing Co achieve
and they unsconsciously initiate "Rasss-
lsa' II may be hetesy. but we consider
that work not the most cheerful reading
In the world but, Rassslas aud water
such "a reaches us by every post-is, TO
say the least Of u. nauaenus
There IN one class Of papers alwavain-
toreating 60 the reader. which, strangely
enough, rarely reaches ia we mean. Incl
dent o. personsl adventure aud travel. Ev
cry one muHt once on time have met with
some amusing or exciting adventure he
" only chase by mad bull-end these
adventures, II described In simple modeat
language. sre sure TO lee attractive. II we
venture to suggest that our sectional col
umna are amply supplied for several mum
hera TO come. perhaps our kidd con'ribu
tore will take the hint, and turn their at
'ention to the style Of paper TO which we
Illude.
Against one thing we protest, and that
IL the weak. wsshy, everlasting food Of
30 termed poetry, under which our library
groans, "a " sharing our sufferings. II
our smateurs would be 90 kind "a TO con
tribute their poetical illusions 60 the al
huma OF the ladies' Of their heart. Il would
DO benefit TO all parties concerned. THep
would he assured Of q kindly audience,
while 'cs hut the very thought compela
- to perform war dance Of delight round
he Editorial saacfum.
still, we are glad 10 concedc that the
'reaeut state Of amateur literature is, gen
rally, tho most encouraging, We offer
contributors "a fair stsge and no favor !"
md in the worda Of the Ring, "let the beet
vim"
We think, then, that 10 rests with our
contributors whether catsrss pdrSjus. their
rticle will appear In our columns. or
curse. reasons will occur when prrers are
o exceptionally good that length cannot I,
% taken into consideration but we do
ot recommend the majority TO Judge the Z
ule by the exception. Our great object
cling variety, Il Ia evident that We phall 9
rant space to tho shorter articles, aud
hat those will he excluded which ain 9
gainst the precepts we have laid down. !,