The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-03
,c,,er from the Author oil "'exfao~er


...r.yo>r. REpfoSD COUNTY. NA.,}
.Iuls so. 1915.
,.t..~s Liyro',n: Dear Slrs,-Seques-
'. am N the midst of the mountains
,.,r,,nia and remote from immediate
e., r,nnectiou with your city, your paper
49,. ooh Of .Iil!y. containing the art'cie
..,.5.tI.ndowrr." for Which received
..rtr.r,'.lf II the recent commencement
,l-.. Io,yer,i.v Of Virginia, together with
,r ..,.n,,u.uts on that ari!cle, Is just 10
p, mi, me, SrrS. through the columns OF
INFER TO say Il lew words explanatory
-, lr,ly,c and concerning your COM
Irr,,. ,,,,.o,.o,,
l., ,ir. frs, instance. il IS to be regretted
l', ~ ,o.r publication of the piece you
49,. soon III 10 follow the version OF IL rs
,,,,,r ~ ,1, lyuchhurg Republican OF the
-,n.r .I.ly, winch is toll OF Typographical
,rr,,r. in p,rirrcuce 10 that (the only true
...rr,r. ousl which is found in the No.
,.n,,.r No. OF the JaipeTSity Magazine.
~ 80 doing YOU have done bon myself snd
,i.. ,l.t, Am .Diusticc "a well rs the honor
.If.. committee who awarded the medal.
b-.}pu vii. therefore, st once note the
,.lIowrr. ,rro.s, made by the printers OF the
u.,aL,ic1n. aud consequently OF the DiS.
,eich aud Petersburg appeal. in their re-
.,,.r,y,. rrpublcltious vi The essay:
Tr the sentence The best Of blood was IN
his veins, the highest Of resolves was IN his
heart. aud the Uroadc>t benevoieDce in his
hf,.." the last clause, ~ il appears IN the
N,,r,g.,. reads. "snd the broadest OF be-
rryuI-Hc. IN h> life.
A.,in. in the sentence Glow the young
,ai,h,. old, the hign and the low. OF our day
and generation, of future days and genera
INNS, >a"uld cherish and practice 1t as the
one l9,n. which Of all others Is at least worthy
10 blud Us 20 tue past-the dead, dear past
O. ourgIoyiol> land they have omitted The
cause - OF iutuIr days and generations en-
uTrIy.
Next they !uasa III" say: "At such an
holr | would leave the compensatory with
the calves and cimb the fence, and listen 10
the nlrlody, ana watch the harvest hands as
The, came up The pah towards the cabins
III the UHg1@ me you will find cowpen-boy"
Instead Oi 'COWprU>.hOy. TO The next
Typographical error would call your par
,cilar attention, in tEa. you have charged 1t
to lns account. ard in your comments on
luy artIcI, proceed 10 tell me wiiat It ought
/" ne" wien il vou had aiken the trouble 10
rrad Tia, arrc. in the KGgGzine before you
started lO critIclsc "a tnlng which you most
;.>>Urcaiy shouli have done) YOU would
has" found i: lust rs you say II ought to be
"A frH cnarlrl r,lnlins mark the spot in
S;r-d ot, - Your paper has ii, "DldrheG the
Spot"
Ag,lu: in the sentence " And when we
SPOKE o. his old master and mistress he wep;
proU-cly and blessed their memories, you
s.ouII have. rs the Original has it. 4" memo
ry" tor "mrmnrieS.' OF course i. was ds>
"mcmory ccolect!on-oi them, aud moi
thJr memories"
nr last Of these errors which shall cal
attention 10. though by 10 m"aDs the least
occurs in the closing paragraph (Which, by
tn Nay, begins with Oh the past, the
.otdtu Ia-t,' and not, as you have II, be-
ginning with '!Tne war has come, &c.'
ilrl,. Instead of But still my heart goes
back to the days when the grand Old STATE
'-rs k,r.~t1' lAGe,d 1chen the old, old Gus
iou,; The old, old ways; the old, old folks
were al! in vogue: TO the halcyon days when
I,arc and prosperity were in toe land and
ihr irar'> oi the people were happy ndeed,'
Eou have. wAen The grand old, old Gus
toms. e." omittiug the entire end OF one
clause aud the beginning OF another.
! have been thus particular in noting the
tYDg74IGtCGi errors because nv reviewers
Gnrc been 20 punctilious in their mode ol
criticism. An Unto" for an Gin " in their
eyes Is prodigiou>. and must be dealt with
str!rIy. ptrbips il would not be wrong
fpr III" 10 say that | think that before the
Itr-:t>i and AppedL begun to eXcoriate my
huMbie effort il was The least thing that they
could have done 10 give to the public through
their columns i correct imprint of the article
IL 'tue>l!oa.
N|th reference 10 the essay, will say that
II vas conceived and written within the
sau3" hour. The author was At that time one
Of iar editors OF the t'nire.slty Magazine,
aud }Lv printers were mevting hun on every
c"li'': begging for more copy. Again and
asaih hc bad attempted in almost every por-
ii"h 81 the University 10 get an original COM
position. hut every here he was met by the
lvlt' thai Tie person r,Questet! TO wlite had
not the time.
Just ~ that moment some one q know not
10" HE0l made remark which suggested
|" The soTc'I I4ccplcXtd editor the train Of
thought wnich Is followed out in "Gien-
d""'r.~ he repaired at once to his room
ann lHit"d down on q piece OF yellow note
Paper tAc thoughts rs they came: and with
out 'voS transferring them or giving after
"H"> ooc stroke q! thc pen in the way of
I'tlNl"n tst hastebcd to the printiug.off &c,
and iEunsnS IN the piece (at the same time
Ict!l'rhlr@ thGtit would seIp 10 till up and also
hcip 10 k,~p the printers employed t;lntil he
-'ugcrtucd III 9eiiiu,: something else for them)
= hurried t,a.N 10 o.hcraRd, as he conceived,
y. 1T iMpurtant'Gu,leS. i,ver once during
IL session did he think OF this piece as Il
e''iletttor Tor the medal. II he hud a,pira
'i"is III that direction theT were basea on
"''Ar more cattfa!ty prepased and, IN his
"NADu, better written articles. The <alc.
cess q! " "Gleuu1Her was surprise Of tae
n'st an"Apected kind, and Hhen first s1-
n"Ht'nSi oy irlsnd Nas received rs jest.
A''" not seen witt the A62eat bad tc
s'S "botE Glenduwrr1. but Judging from
"Htt i"t say III The coGr.c of vour remarks
"oh1d suppose 1t was soRethipg quite severe.
.""' II m1E"e little difference 10 meHny way
"h'i The Petersburg Appe&l has 10 stS in the
'1a'lef. The desire 10 critlcise seems 20 be q
Characteristic OF Mr. Grrgery's mind. lie
'-'.Ht cflticIse something Or be could not well
esh. As ~ whether Or not this is a Draise-
"ofrly Trait Of character, when 30 cen serious.
y cHeIciscu. viii ieaye others 10 sx. All
a>H u th" AGpeat Is that it will do me the |
JHs'Ice TO notice ID its columns the various |
Hp"Sfaphlcil errors it has published in my |
.''elr' and that IL Will give the circumstances |
a. / nave detailed tbem above under which |
That article @as written.
~ regard 10 your own comments / have |
ohs 10 Say that while some OF them are cor
"a lhcy are In the maiu harsh and upcall-
~ 'gf' When you term my language "gush.
"e. ,'% "h'n you sprsk Of my trying to
rVa1 up sympathy with a rhetorical lever"
''' quo" That you do me an open injustice. !