New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-26

Out-Of.t heway WORD chn buhn US 70 goou thouBht
and take the charm from Iathos. What should we
say to these lines If they were written now
bat when she fel.
Herself down sog,t she walked out Of dread
Straight into grief
Or thesei
Seven months lie 90 Ter KEEP, in bitter mart
Until such time noble Bnonar
Released her that c,se was hAe 70 siafye
Through cruel knife tina. her dear heart did eaFe'
we arc obliged to put up with the old poets but
let word which has become strange, or 70 employed
now only in trivial sense. be used as they would
have used it, and we offended or cLildisbly
amused.
az am not taking the part OF eccenrieiy Aman
who understands these conyentionahies and advis-
edly shocks itcm 4 as far from the simplicity which
alone gives force end dignity as the uncsltivated
man who attempts phraso0logy finer than IL natural
10 him Whatl mean TO cay Is, that are dlsquall-
fed BY this iastidiouEess for judging OF men who
have MOI been trained in the same fashions and prelu
dices. We find them ridiculous because their ex-
pressiOns are so TO our carr. There are those TO
whom, by traditional use, certain words TO us Ob.o-
lete have the same force they Lad t. Speneer we
misjudle Of our own race, OF ad!erent enltiva-
ton; how Inuch the blacks, who have etill less
opportunity of learning fashionable ufe Of words
"'But 10 hIss speech be aa,wsftd no Whit
NJ ,igu Of sense did show o. common Wit
A. one with rriefe ard ansui.h ovrIcsm.
And unto thing I'D answer num-
(" II this were brought forward specimen Of
negro verse; believe IL would excite no Little merri-
ncnt; but imagine the respectful change Of counte
nance. when it should be announced that u belongs
Whose deep oone-l, e ,uch
A. passing ~ conceii leeds no ce.elic'
elf we come to the peeuisrities Of the negro FRO
rapidly wearing out with
the higher class Of blacks-Why should We Ina IN
the inability or neglect OF thls recently foreign TAes
10 pronounce oar language as we 90 something an,
sGrd and comic, and regard u as sign Of lnieioi'y
frt It.. f'.ftrf AL
are OF the same nature with those which distin-
guished the various dialects which flowed tof eiher
h. form our motheronguc-0t the same nature with
those that are found AZ The present day IN Tie pro-
nuucation Of the sure word by different nations OF
the Gothic stock II our dark oountrymsn, In oiIer-
ug the prayer whlsh 10 sends up with more ieryoT
and perfape with more real faith than most Of us do,
Give us this day orr daily bread, tays gi9 where
we say gre, be pronouuees this word no olbeF"lse
than Luther did; IL he calls father Jader, 20 did
the great Swede tire champion Of Pfotesian,
Chrisendom. In our own language we have, IN
more than one Gaze, authority for two forms Of the
same word. DO We venture TO smile as Milton when
he CALI leopard hLbGrdl
The llbb.rd and tie Tiger, and tle mole.
Rising, the crumbled earth shove them threw
spen,er tells MS that the river scren takes s name
from the fair SaJrina; and that Debons shaire was
that is DeronsbIre.' We take pleasure m traclnB
these mutations and diyergences, where our squalls
in blood are concerned IL il only IN the case oil The
Yet be has often only gone forward In the path our
ancestors travelled before bin, and yet more often
uneonsciously retraced IL. When he Gays hab Tor
1 hare, he goes back to the Anglo.Saxon (h9ibsb
comedies with the ancient Roman (ha6eo) ana with
the modern German (habf/.
az we come to real mutilstions OF the language,
we shall lind we keep him IN cOuntenance better
than we allow We smile when he calls bis mistres 40
his missisj but the oignihed mag inrtssa, having
been fret reduced to mistress, has suffered this fur.
Their degradation with us too, though we Disguise II
from ourselves by writing the word IN this case with
three letter. Ms, one Of which is no longer heard
in it. We write /: Theoretically, when wo wouid
represent negro'talk.
OF the real nature Of Slavery in Africa, and
its influence upon the character Of the slaves
in America, the writer gives AN account By no
means favorable to tho boast that is often
made Of Southern bondage as an e!flcacious
"means Of grace"
"On the subject Of Slavery among the Africans !
win add few particulars which believe torgott 10
give you. The law which, in Africa, prohibits the
sale of domestic slaves admits OF certain EXCEPTIONS
in time OF famine The master M permitted TO cell one
Of his slaves in order to buy food and the insolvency
VI the master subjects the saye 10 seizure. The
bankrupt-laws Of Africa are severe. The debtor, |
even if man of rank and consequence, must him |
sclf become tho slave Oh tho creditor whom he has
no other means OF satisfying IL this creditor be a
he be an African, passing into bis employment does
not necessarily imp any greater change o! condition
han often folowe loss of fortune in other cOunriea
Domestic service in Africa does not inspire any pecu
Iinr dread. IL is not UNCOMMON when family Is III
pscuniary embarrassment, for one member Of i TO |
ievote himseli TO seryitude for the benefit OF tho
rest. The family receives IA certain sum Of money |
on lis account, aud he remains in the eervioe OF the
person who advances il until 1t is repaid IL Is IN
sulnbent his family TO release him soon AS pos
sible. 1t il also point Of honor with the master
whose domestic slave has been seized for bis deb0 70
tedeem him when it IL ia lis power But, again, |
yhed the claimant is foreigner even the integnty
nd affection Of the master can afford tho poor victim
o hope.
81 believe the cases have mentioned are tie only
Jnes in which African domestic, not convicted Vi
rine. can be legally sold. The master Is not him
elf tho Judge OF accused slave he cannot sell him
OF ans oiense without calling paaver on his con-
luct Or IN other words, bringing hun TO pubic
rial This appears TO be tho common law OF Negro
frica for it is reported by different travellers as ex
sting in different regions. Is rot this oontlouec
ecogition OF laws restricting the power OF the mas
er oven the flaye enough in teei TO show u INC
lscriesa Of on prevailing notions III regard 10 ma
i've African civilization Can we refuse q admire
G rsciitude and stability Of the negro eharac1e'
li,h las ihtt maniaed tie ancient .ns,itutions Oh
re country, aSstiIcd sad undsrraed 10 tIeY baye