The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

Editor Lake Charles Eeh0s
What have been considering only
as medium Of mutual Improvement
which all should be glad to enjoy,
| Mr.. Funchess seems to view il an in
tirely different light. the cause oi
which ! am unable to understand, as
have certainly meant no injustice to.
ward him, and hope have done none.
l proposed to cease criticism in that
Tease, If such were his preference, %
| which proposition no reply WAS made.
| / called for criticism in return, criti-
cism I got, and don't you forget il.
IL | have not acted fairly in every par
ticular, my error came through ignor-
ance. Whoever is convinced Of hav-
ing committed injustice against an
other, will certainly make satisfactory
explanation for the same.
As regards the subject Of criticism,
viewed in general sense, | am unac-
quainted with The decision of public
sentiments; bnt nothing Is more rea-
sonable to my mind than that il is one
Of the most effectual exponents Of de-
velopment. What would be the char
acter Of public literatare without il, IL
it had never been adoptedl Decidedly
inferior, of course. Yet we might say
of this, as any other principle ranging
under tho head Of sociability, that II
II be actuatea in the wrong spirit, II
will be accompanied by evil resultsi
but the fact that thing may be util-
lied to d bad purpose, diminishes its
real value none whatever If wage
arrogant criticism, my intention Is
wrong, therefore ! violate the laws Of
gentility.
When Columbus, after all his bold
adventures and exploits Of renown, was
doomed TO die at an advanced age, IN
overwhelming obscurity, despised BY
the very people whom he had bene-
fited, and for whom he had suffered
the most bitter priyations Of life, we
may truly say that he had fallen vic
tim to such suspicion as he never de-
served, which no doubt came from the
excitement Of jealousy. II is evidently
impossible, Or nearly so, In certain
cases, for persons to clear themselves
Of suspicion, although correspondent
of the EoHo, during the last guber-
material contest, referring to certain
candidate, quoted Caesar 10 prove that
a man should evade all suspicion,
Mr., Funchess retires from our little
controversy because he thinks we are
intruding upon valuable space, per
haps very correct idea; as the darky
was by sowing the salt, | was just
thinking of that myself Yet do not
think that any controversy between
correspondents has ever injured the
Eoao in the least degree, nor will they
ever do it, 80 long as they are properly
conducted. | would consider them an
advantage rather than a drawback,
Some have subscribed in order to SEQ
the final termination, while others
seem to read with interest, No ego
tism, reference to others.
AS it is natural consequence with
everybody, / will attempt to say lit-
tie in defence Of my position; but
wishing to draw out none against their
will, will be as congenlal as possible.
Not having preserved any Of the pa
pers containing our articles, cannot
refer for further consideration. On
one occasion, | succeeded in obtaining
q certain copy, bnt found Il at q neigh
boris house, he having borrowed u
for perusal, Concerning the word
''critic," followed by plural pronouns,
! rather think there might be an ex-
planation produced, although | disre-
how the sentence was con-
structed A pronoun is sometimes
used in the plural TO avoid person-
atty, One Grammar author perhaps
others tool says the English language
is deficient in having no pronoun of
-he third person, to represent either
.he singular or plural number aSuch,
10 says, "has led to tho Improper use
IF the pronoun they" OF course, II
was used to avoid personality This,
n some cases, may be preferable TO
he identical pronoun itself.
If the, subjunctiye mood may be
lsod in the present tense, suppos6
lie VERDE "agree" Is correct. elf he
5 poor, he is respected" In this SEN
enee, we have an example Of tho sub
unctivo mood in tho present tense;
mt to say, "If he be studious, he will
keel" shows an example Of the same
mood in the future tense. In the lat
or example, wc understand there oc-
mrs an ellipsis.
| have made no attempt 10 excite
nwilling criticism, and only ask to he
ightly understood and represented,
With highest regards, AYToH.