I'ini: ai t.rv, VatbinKton Co, I tali. f May if.lh. iNi U tun I tat itovtii, Ihe t;riat mil icct ul l.iiiKtti;e wat on my mill. I thought I would te.l ol the mighty tlurgs II had din, stcli nt creating worlds "by th aotd ol III power." rorrc-p 'tiding to xanl) with the old saving, i iod tpake, ( itaot lirard ami uorbls rol rd into r&-l-t HH f. or, us the At o.lle savt. Illloiigll loth we ui derttand ihe worlds weie ina.h-tr,,mr,livtiie W rd of t iod, and ifiei.aerit.c.iesenm in the can- o' l .sitiu(omm.mllltK ihe tut. to Man I still, etc.. d Ihe poter ol the ut.id spoken b Ihe Hal t and bit utl.u:ird s- rv.nits t oinman.tM g i!ioa s, iM-viis and eten ih- th t Upait. mi l thev w r ut'cve.l and many other arijiirneti". that nnht be prtMiucctl nhistrat on ol 1 1 it- p--traortbnary scope and poner it lan-giU);.- Hut 1 vomlutled I would occupy my lime at pieeut more parmuatW en !eavortnN' to Mu.w the rlationli p Ijelweeu laeguage itself and I s optical repr.en.at.vt s letters. Since the cotittiMun ul liugunr .it the RTi.il inarr. we Ue HO dublrt Ci n deprived of a purr lai.giuge. a pine Inn- ortimgraphv, but ihe lark ul a pure Ian- l a l one, t orinogtaiihy to pie Unguag', whatever it nature or charade; in.gbt be. i said i, wlut 1 Consider good authority, that there it noMiwnil without sigmliraiKHi, ami no cioubt every sound and arti ulttu.n the buinan oiRar.t ot tpeecli are canahlr uf pt-rturminit, would he miludeu in sme ionku; r uialect among men ati.l lor u.;ht I know, in uliatuccall the pure language niM tius and igntlH ationt expretted vo- liVmiglit naturally be i'ked how a pure oi perfect orthography ci,utd be adap'.eil loan inipuie or iniperled lau-guag lau-guag ' Answrr: in the first pla. e appeal ap-peal to the organs ul speech, determine eerv sound and arliculaiion they ate capalile ol perlormhig and whatever ol tttese various powers ot esprr nn it found to exut in any word of any Im-guage Im-guage wlaievei . let each trmy ilfliucl tign ur (Hiwer, have its Identical or inib-votu.l inib-votu.l character or let! r, thut an impi rleci language may he pe'lei tiy represenieil ty a torietpciubug ortlu giaphy. 1 am aware much hai been done to set on lo.it a natural orthography to our language and perhaps to rentier It practical, bul It st nit to have In i led. No lar at the intrinsic imperleclions in the syMem which have been piesentnl are concerned, ihcil tadure is no surprise sur-prise to me, nl course the substituting ol any new system of orthography lur our o tl, uld atamiard wouid be bard to do. bill 1 know there is a ruatl out ut this trouble il we would aval ourtcke ot it It would mve millions ol ntoiey ami other expenses, I am pretty sure, alter a correct sylem was nine adopted. With t iiect honesty ul intention su far as I really know. I extend lbee lew thoughts itpc-ti ihe sui uct, il It should meet your mind to insert uton the sub-lert sub-lert al some luture lime- Hut in Hu. us all other truth, finally truth. Una. Ink a:i.