Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-02

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DIr. Eduor- While looking over your paper Of
last week, observed production pretending TO
be disayuwal Of the authorship Of the short
sketch Of 'rwilish,,' published one week since.
Had HAT production been what it pretended TO he.
10 NEEDLE with it had been concern Of mine
but rs the fact is otherwise, ! deem it due TO
Justice, and 10 lse, TO give il "A passing notice.
would premise however Il; the outset, that am
not about 10 enter the lists of newspaper contro.
yersy with your sensitive correspondent, and Of
course shall no, notice reply which, in the
plenudr Of his som, bona file ID may here
after be pleased to make.
confess am little curious to know the au-
hor's motive in giving such piece to the public.
He says he did ii eta disclaim piccn>ions 10 poe.
my," and how cleart, he kept his end in view, is
sufficiently evident. " hat he SAYS OF ''De Now.
bray" ani "DolIbs," and "Aucicn Pistol" and
the merits AMI domerils Of the '',enrimenrs' and
'hnguagC' OF HE poetry Incidentally TO he sure,
rs he would have it seem looks very like 'di,.
claiming meIen>ions to poetry. But his pur-
pose is a hidden one, shall only glance at what
concerns myself. He come upon me sonewh,
severely for appendng the first letter Of his name
to few lines OF hat was published in the form
Of poetry. That there could be any thing criminal
in that, | certainly WAS not aware; and were
brought to actual trial, might win perfect sin.
ceriv say with Cicero, - THIS is a new accusation
aud brlu,e unhcald Of" | had IN the honesty Of
my heart supposed that possessed IA moral and
legal rghl 10 pat any single letter The bottom Of
any piece ! might wish to publish, ] was moreo-
yer about 10 think that ANONYMOUS writer's were in
The h,bil OF using some little latitude in This respect
! Neither did know before that any one Of the LEI.
lers ofhe English alphabet was the exclusive rep.
resentati,e Of any particular name. should there
fore plead not gully, on the of ignorance,
which in tbs instance ought to he Of some avail if
ID were not in reality the inili, Of my own name
And how does your correspondent know but il is
Is he quite sure that aier all, the poor ID may not
have acted honestly in this business in signing his
own inilml, SINCE instead Of three according to
bona ii 'e Us ari hmet'c there eight or
ten in the ''lncal habltation' he speaks of, who
have names hoginning with ina, letter.
Now Mr.. Editor, unli this matter be settled,
| leave II 10 your own aud The good sense Of YOUR
readers to decide, If it be not unjust, well as
unseemly, in him Illus wanonly to accuse any
one Of pltiing his initial, and TO berav 40
much concern therefor, as if not only his whole
name had been plundcred, but himself also kid
mapped. II is possible, however, that we are to
account for his extreme scnstiyei on this head
| from lhr fact that he concenes some peculiar sane.
my attached to the lerleI d, since il is, in common
with that of his own, the initial of the name Of
one other important per snuage, and ergo not 10 be
r'ied with. II 80, perhaps some apology is due
to the feelings Of bona tide ID.
OF the crltI'iS ism lrset, have iUle to say but
the manner of IT'S appearing deserve. u little auen-
ton. We iind our isclaimcr, protesting not to
critIcise coming forth in much OF the circumstance
and luerar, consequence fan Edinburgh re, lever,
and in garb Of snrahng irony, making sort of
pantOmnlic display of his critical powers. This is
to be sure a new mclhod Of LAYING sucrmes and
ii may not he amiSs for 10 propose that lis IN
venlor obtain for it IA patent, that thus his
mind may be IN some degree al least, be relieved OF
the fear OF those iurtNe tricks, which he seems
much 10 dread, Ills laundering however, here as
well as elsewhere, is unpardnnable for like a good
critic, he should know what he is correct, before
he commences his attack. But in this case he
seems not to have done Ibis, and consequently,
instead Of shooting to effect, it is quite impossible
| in most instances, to discover that he has done
! execution ANY where. will not lire the patience
OF your readers by pointing out all his errors. Let
one suffice. lie says, "Ihe Introduction ofmemory
also, just after that Of love. &C." Now MS there
is no mention whatever, made Of love prev ious 10
what Is sad OF memory, We are compelled 10 con-
cude. mat ellher wllluly o, carclessly, he has
msrepreSencd, & charity bids Us decide The latter.
In conclusion, ! cannot ioI bear cUngraualing
your correspondent on his success in his desperate
attempts at vii and as he TO be lad parts,
in the main, would Just advise him, when next he
sha Il WELD The dread dagger OF criticism, to come
out openly in his own appropriate character, in
stead of hiking about in search of opportunities
to give Us side and back Ihrusts, which according
| to our notion is manly mode Of warfare. And
since as YET find no good reason for doing other
wise, shal again use my I'D signature, albeit my
good lend seems TO have aparIcular disrelish for
a "hmilaIiN" SO "close." ID.
Nv. NJ, May 81, 1887.