The purpose of this study is to examine the stylistic characteristics of Korean editorials from the 1890`s to the 1950`s. The beginning of Korean literary composition was characterized by the annotation of Chinese classics. The length of sentence is very long, the usual ending of description is "-la" type and classical structure, possessive modifier clause, "-m" noun phrase, inversive sentence. Then these traditional aspects had an important effect upon Korean editorials. But there is consciousness about intertextuality. The writer of these texts selected a special ending type to fit the genre. The early Korean editorials was characterized by writer`s conclusive remark. Usual endings of these are `-ira`, `-jira`, `-nira`. Somewhat the early editorials had some premodern characteristics. These are the deficiency of neutral viewpoint, objective statement, pithy style. And modern style of editorials was established after the 1920`s.