Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-08-08

rank of an 'afIetpirce'', WHICH by the com
mon voice of mankind is appropriated. ohings
not erna,kably s~.clever" mud not 'sfineA''.H
cTi~everor,er III wing made, respecting things
outside and AFTER tho debate. what looicians
call IN distinction wi'hou, II difference, ou.h,
I've ,l,ink) to have instructed his renders 10 the
,a"Aus oHpernnh ty which lie ar,iyet al such
nice distinctions aud we think moreover.
since it has pleased him to inform us -,ha,
safer the debate, Sisters of Charity, by ] j..
O'Rorke, was n clever proluc,i"u', he might
have said what il would have been Lyore the
debate
The finest thing OF the evening", "ra,kel'
in The highest specimens Of juvenile essays,
There! Not, it may. ran. will, or might rank
bnt i, did! W. greatly wonder how tina, re-.
porter knew i, did! '%1ndee'l, one would think
it was the proInctinn Of a mature head Of
forty! Indeed Bat VIA, nf a matnrp head
of thirty ? or Of fifty ? Suppose III" production
of n mature head II any epoch before or after
tor,y, should transcend that cmana,ing from
the "head of forty (Which is not impo~sib'c) i;
and suppose illa, 'tI'e higheM specimens OF
Juvenile essays should TivaI or @onrrivai those
p@r"dnce'l by IN. l'rads of Thirty or Of fifty,
(Which also is no, i'npossihfc). then, Gin ,ll",
case male and provided or "hyro'IscateP' !;
%" tia, very probable hypothesis, in short, Ills
clear "ih" finest thing Of 'hr evening conid
NOT rank will, "tnc highest specimens, aud 50
forth. And since this is SIMPLY a d'nia'-a
rational denia'-of even the possibility Of ',hc
finest thing Of the evening TINS rarkina. the
the most o,l'na'y minh can comrr' heud the
ab>nfdilv Of asserting that il lid rauk with n
rank possibly above i. The rhrascoloey, Itself,
is s'rikingly absurd; The affirmation j, ab>nrd {;
ASSUMPTION ,'rai lie ipss h.rit ol an Indifferent,
writer should b" received hv an Intelligent,
community as evidence. of whai is l,ichcs, or
what j. lowest 10 li,cra,y "e>Sav-'.
u would be a curious, and, perhaps, 10, an
embarrassing" question To Investigate how re-.
rort"rS. correspondents, and even editors, 50
eyl lcitly much better adapted 10 urEtet pnf.
suits. iitd j prominent, place in our public
JonrnalS. This investigation may. one Of those
days, serve 70 I'LL M our leisure moments.
Graph Of tile '%tepor,'. There are several
others, The. second paragraph 50 confonnh<
ptonouns with different anrccedrn,-, as 10
render the sense utterly nninielIi.ibIr. W..
have no kimh Of doubt that under u logical
analysis, This second paragraph, would prove
,,,it, ia. 1,,;,r.t,,. J"i ,., ,.,~, la,..- I..
mnte convenient opportunity.
Aud now, IN conclusion, let us tell our
brother journalists thai in fllin. their columns
with specimens surh as that we have under
poor compliment, White they subject 10 grave
doubts, the sincerity Of their own professions
i'll the cause OF southern advancement.
What, for instance land this shall be The
last instance FIR the present. can an inieilt-
crn, reader make Of the following sentence
which, on giarciny alnwn the report, We
find towards Tie bottom ? Thai i, is, and is in.
tended 10 be, a magnilnqneu, irnmpeiin. o.
The college, none can douh, hat. lsking words
at lhe!r value, what does il mean! lle,r il is.
In lis adapfah,i,'y 10 The purpose OF e,'lra.
ton, and in the completeness Of its colieoiare
and commercial departments, We do no, think
there is one educational establishment in The
South can e0nal-rertajniy not crcei-Ihc Pass
Christian COLLEGE" The punctuation and
lauda'iou, and the SET conflencc, are lie
reporters; the italics are ours. We wish 10
direct special attention 10 them. Filling up
the grammatical ellip>rs. the sentence reads
thus ave do no, 1l.tuk there is one rdnca.
lional establishment ia the South thai can
eqnal-cs,1a'nly there is noae that enn not ,acrl
the Pass Christian College" O. Is the re.
porter a way? Who reports Tor the editor
residing '.over the Lake.?
X. Y. z.