American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-03-16
SATU EDAY, MARCH 16, 1872.
Tho Mongrel Edition Of Webster S
Dictionary.

Dictionary.
lFrom the y. Y Day Book
The last. and the Mongrel edition
Of Webster's Dictionary is receiving
the contempt and rejeci ion which it
richly deserves. We are glad to
see that WOrcester's Dictionary,
which in scholarly profnndity and
correctness, is in every way the
superior of Webster's. is being
adopted by boards of education all
over the country. A late number
OF the Atlanta Sun has the followin
GU the subject:
I'VE ARR glad TO chronicle the
fact that the Board of Edu
cation has adopted Worcester's
Dictionary for Public Schools. For
long time W-bster's Dictionary
wars considered the standard, and,
notwithstanding it had some serious
defects, that recognized supremacy
/, might have been retained for the
work for many years, but for the
fact that the publishers in their late
edition, have converted it into a
political text book for the Radical
school Of politicians. The cnmpilers
OF the las; edition of Webstef's have
lnfrOduced into The body of the
work such slang words IA .l.eOfoco,'
aud scOpperlhra.l.' The first is de-
lined az IL member vt the DenO-
cratic and the last a Northern sym
pathisrr with the Southern rebelliom:
while the 'seaIawag' has no politi
cal Significance given to it, aud
CARPET Dagger is not found liz til.
work."
In this Mengrel edition. the def
milton OF '..Cnngress," and all sucl,
words AZ .'State," "Cnnstitution"
and ''cOmpart," have been changed
from all former editions in such a
manner as To make the work II mere
partisan text book. 1t has lost al
claim to being considered az Die
tiOnary of the En.li>i, language. l.
has become "A dictionary of til,
slang language Of the niger party
In the former edition Of the work
Congress is a.. fined as follows:
ssThe Assembly of Senators an,
Repiesentativcs"ft the United State
according to The present Consti,u
ton or political compact. by which
til. v are united in u Fssi val Re
public"
But in this last Mong I, editio,
it has been changed 10 lead as ful
lows:
TIE Assembly of Senators ant.
Representatives, the people of TIL
nation-esprciaIlyO Of a Republic, to
TIN. purpose OF enacti"g laws aD'
matters of National in
terest, and constituting the chic
Legislative body of the na,i"u.'
In This Mongrs.l edition the word
"United States" have been change
to ..Natinn," aud to another I'm
'.Frderal Republic is stricken ou'
and the word .sNatiUn" substitute
in its place.
We have before called attention
to this base partisan trick of trying
to convert a Dictionary into a vii
partisan text book. But fraud ha.
relpounded upon the heels of pull
fishers who have been guilty of il.
f.r Woicestrr'S Dictionary is every
where cr"wdiug Webst-r'S ont OF
use. Even the strongest Radical,
ii he mas any respect tor thu
language of his country, or tor til.
proper education of his children
must desi,iSe this eff;'rt ID prevent
the meaning Of words in the inter
est of a political party. No f"iI
minded scholarly man, certainly
would permit his son or daughter
to go to Il school where the last
edition of WebSter's Dictionary is
in use. Aud, bes:.;es these vile
partisan defects. WebStrr's Die
tionary is far behind WOrceSt-r's
as an authority in pronunciation
and photography. Inderd, in all
respects, Wnrcester's. is immeasur-
ably the best work. AT ans rate.
the DemOcra, Who allows the nigge,
edition OF WcbsferS ii place in his
horse observes ~ finuoirp