Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-16
The MOnGreI Edition Of Web
ster's Dictionary.


Frorf the New York Day.Book
The last, and the Mongrel edl-
ton of Wcbster's Dictionary is re-
receiving the contempt and rejec'
ton which it richly deserves We
are. glad to see that Worcester's
Dictionary, which in scholarly pro-
fundity and correctness, is in every
way the superior Of Webster 3, is
being adopted by boards of educa.
ton all over the country. A late
number of the Atlanta Sun has the
following on this subject, r
ave arc glad to chronicle the
fact that they Board. Of Education
has adopted Wofcoster's Dictionary
for Public, Schools. For long
time Webster's Dictionary was con.
sidercd the standard, and, notwilh.
standing it had some serious de-
fects, that recognized supremacy
might have been retained for the
work for many years, but for the
fact that its publishers, in their late
edition, have converted itinto po-
litical textbook for the Radical
School of Politicians. The wompilr
ers of the last edition Of Webster
have, introduced into the body of
tic work, such slang words as 10.
cofoco' and 'copperhcad.' The, first
is defined IA member of the Demo
cratic party and the last IL North
ern sympathizcr with the Southern
rcbellion;' while the 'scallawag' las
no political Significance gi7en to it,
and 'carget Dagger is not found in
the work"
In this last Mongrcl edition, the
definition Of Congress-" and all
such words Us State .Copstitution'
and Compact, have been changed
from all former editionS.fn such u
ma'nner ny TO make the work mere
partisan teEt book. 1t has lost all
claim to being considered as a Die
tionary of the English language. 1t
has become II Dictionary Of the
slang language Of the nigger party.
In the former edition Of the work,
Congress was defined rs follows:
"Thc Assembly of Senators and,
Representativespf the United States
according to tho present Constitu.
ton or political compact, by which
they are united in Federal Re
public" .,.
But in this last Mongrel cditiJn
it has been changed to read As fol
lows ,.
The Assembly of Senators and
Representatives of the people of a
nation--especialIy Of Republic,
for the purpose of enactilg laws
aud considering matters of Nation
al interest, and constituting the
chief legislative body of,eo fati6h.'
In tins Mongrcl edition The words
United States" have been changed
to Nation and in another line
.Fe,rcrri Republic" is stricken out
and the "Nation " substituted in its
place
(" We have before called attention
to this base partisan trick oftrying
to convert dictionary into a vile,
partisan textbook. But fraFd has
rebonnded upon the heels of pub
fishers who have !been guilty of it,
for Worcester's Dictionary is every
where crowding Webster's out of
use. Even the strongest radical, if
he has any respect for the language
of his country, or for the proper
education of his children, must des-
pise this effort 30, preyert the mean
ing of words in the interest of po-
litical party, No fair milded schol-
arly man, certainly, wonld permit
his son or daughter to go TO a school
where the last edition of Webster's
Dictionary is in use. And, besides
these vile partisan defects, Web
ster's Dictionary is far behind Wor-
cester's as an authority in pronun-
citation and orthography. Indeed
in all respects, Worcester's is i'm
ffieasurably the best work. AtaDy
rate, the Democrat who allows the
nigger edition of Webster's 9. place
in his house deserves a fogging."