Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-04
The Jersey Girls and the jersey Hlues.
To the Editor Of The nernA

Inc Jersey Girls and the jersey Blues.
To the Editor Of The heIald
Sin IL am of opineR that have been made the
subject OF two or three very unjust attacks in your
paper. The first OF these your paper Of Tuesday
last, signed Lingo, Is closely followed by the Sc
cond from the editor of the Herald! When "Linyon
made the STAB at my person prepared to defend my
self-but when found your most unkndest cut Of
all, mufied up my face, exclaimlng, ct tn Brute
In considering on the subject, was persuaded TO let
the first pop gun and your own great cannon blaze
away unanswered; but, by your paper OF Friday
morning, see that SHARP shooter has entered into
the lsts-has mounted his charger, and blown his ewn
trumpet and couched his spear and IN the genuine
spirit OF knight errantry has tired TO break lance
with me, and has blown upon his trumpet saying
shew me man. that May fight with HIM.
Alas, sir! the age OF chvalry has gone by, or some
OF the dirty corners OF the Jerseys might be filled with
the sound of clashng STEEL and the grOans OF the dy
ing and bleeding Victims might respond in melancho-
" concomltancy TO the shrlll treble of the Jersey
Blues reloicing.
This last hero delights in the cognomen of "Roy of
C+++e street what this same Case street might
mean, presume IS canine, some such NAME sig
nryng something AKIN TO h ydropho sia-for he seems
TO have great dread of cold water at least some
thing like the lock Jaw, at the name of New Haven
beauty But Lingo versus Jingo" ego IL"
think your correspondent Lingo is something of
candid gentleman, and the trembling tone in which
he speaks seems 10 betray his consciousness of the in
fcrorty OF his fair clients. BE this II may, ifl am
not already covered with ghasty wounds l have
eHouRH VI Jersey epitHel blooming on my DTOW-
"very iRpolite' very unbecomins ." certainly
deficient in galantry" grossly ignorant" ungal-
liant and grossly false ungaliant warrior'-epi.
Ihets like the above ct hoe genus opane adorn my
crown, and compel me TO own my inability to enter
The lists with such chIvalrous champions, who seem
TO have stolen all the weeds ever plucked from
Yankee onion bed, to serve up in the Herald
past for Their lovely duclnas of Jersey
Let me first, however, say 10 your correspondent
Lingo that did not make the attack on the Jer-
sey adies-but some Jerseyman, think from Pater
son. made the attack on me and on the New Haven
ladies' IN communication signed -. Now, be
II known, that think it way mpolite or unbe-
coming asudent Of ale 10 step forth when the
gauntlet Is thus thrown down. and defend the fair an
gels who light ap his path with such radieni beauty
There are some pretty girls know IN Newark; bst
know none TO be put in comparison with ours of the
"cty Of gardens" Perhaps II Lingo would only
give me an opportunity OF seeing those whom he has
seen, he might convince me of my error-at present
am, and most assuredly will be- very scepcal the
subject.
To your remarks, Mr.. Editor | would say, suspend
your judgment till You have an opportunity. You
have never been in New Haven-have never seen the
beauteeus beings there. How then you say New
ark "cant be come up to-" although they may have
the bloom OF peach on their cheek.
come now TO dof my cap to your correspondent
Troy" Of canine notorety, and 10 parry Some of his
.hrusts at one Rngo" Of New Haven. He asks,
have you ever been here, Mr.. Editor and witnessed
the graces nclden, TO our grls" Mark that word in
cfdenf. Mr. Editor and say, is not TINS most ungal-
liant in Roy" TO charge the ladies' of New Jersey
with mere incidental beauty. From oar townsmaG,
Dr. Webster whose dictionary lies before me. | learn
that the word incident means happening OCCASION
ally" Now, If 1t be 50, though | would net make
the angalant charge. that beauty is incidental or
what is much the same, accidental! in Newark, 4
assure your correspondent that beauty is no insi-
dent accident in New Haven-al are beautiful,
no accident about il. He need not step forth from
the peet boys of Jersey into the arena of gaantry
refute my assertions; first take the beam of your
own eye, MIR. Troy" before YET ransack mine soS
little mote. All, well might the Jersey girls wish To
be delivered from their friends who publish TO the
world the mere incident accident 10 beaati.
ful girl In New Jersey. :" Roy mentions two names
in Newark. and then says yoa. must take trip II
Motrisown before you can see any more. Ii seems
as If after mentioning the Misses c. and Miss b.,
their incidental beauties all gone, and SO if you
wish 10 gee any more y0u must take trip to Morris
town, ana then by more incident you may meet with
Miss . =. a X :" y = n, and If your fcsiune be
good, yos may some Sonfed beauty there
according 10 Roy" beauty 10 merely incsdc rtdI in
Newark and untrg~ted IN Morrstown. As he has
entered the arena of CALAMITY will pass BY the as
sertloa about the Yankee girls p2llng weeds from
oaion bed" l would only say that suppose
when he in New Haven the girls there mistosk
hiEa for weed, and plueked him out too with other
weeds, ana sent HIM home from the garden Of
Eden" TO the Jersey clam beds to show his gaantry
IN opening oysters for his fair Dulcina. We have
CLANS and oysters too in New Haven but no Jersey
Blues among them. Roy" appeals TO your sub
Scrpuon list 10 prove that the ladies CT jersey
beautiful, ana charges me with calling the Jersey
girls "uurefned and undressing" never said any
such thing know that there are seine Of them re-
fined, and many OF them Interesting. will let them
wear the palms which they have won | will not de-
nv that there are fine girls with whom the jersey
Blues feel interested enough They are good enough
| IN their way. To 90 buaaiing they NAV erceL but
| in other respects they cannot compare with ours
| And, lastly, he challenges me 10 name some of our
city girls to compare with his A. Il. and C.. Mr.
Editor, will not name them. IL honors a lady
good deal TO have her name appear in the Herald and
| the Jersey fellows know that their DulcHeas need all
| the adventurous aid they can obtain, but ours carry
their own praise in their beauty Were I inclined TO
| mention names, you might clear out your Weekly
| Herald for the list A. and B. may exhaust his Incl
dental stock OF fair oncs but to select two or en or
twenty or q hundred from our city, wosld make me
as ridiculous as the pedant IN Hierocles who when be
offered his house for sale carried brick in his pocket
| az specimen. You must see them all not in tens
or hundreds but in thousands; look on and admire
and wonder that so much beauty can be found in am
state in the Unon crowd our churches and fl our
avenues with beings pure as the virgin snew-leyely
as the lily OF the valley. Take into account their in
teecual refinement, and add this to their peculiar
their acknowledged beauty, and we will come also TO
| "Roys' conclusion, that "their bcwitchinp smile.
ever radiant with beauty the silver inc the podenl
tones Of their voice. and vvaciy Of manners renders
ca them the adored Of every one or this other con
| clusion, "whose lovely features and commanding
form is ~ the theme Of every person whose eyes rest
upon Their majestic figure or the contour of Their
| sweet cotn,cna Trulv Mr. Ed,o- ,b,. -. :