Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-09-04
The Jersey Girls and The Jersev Rlues.
To the Editor of tbs n>r>lx

The Jersey Girls and The Jersey blues.
70 the Editor q The nersld.
Sn:-I am Of opinion that have been made the
subject Of two three very unjust attacks in your
paper The first Of these, IN your paper Of Tuesday
last, signed Lingo" 10 closely followed by the Sc
| cond from the editor Of the Herald! When "Lnxo''
made the STAB at my person prepared to defend my
| self-but when found your most unkiRdest cut of
all" muffied up my face, exclaimng, ct tn Brute.
In considering on the subject, persuaded to let
the first pop gun and your own great canner, blaze
away unanswered; but, by your paper Of Friday
morning | see that sharp shooter has entered into
the lists-has mounted his charger and blown his swn
trumpet and couched his spear and IN the genuine
spr OF knight errantry, has tired to break lance
with me, and has blown upon his trumpet, saying
shew me a man, that May fight with HIM.
Alas sir the age OF chivalry has gone by or some
OF the dirty corners OF the Jerseys might be filled with
the sound of cashng STEEL and the groans of the dy-
ing and bleeding victims might respond in melancho-
Y concomtancy TO the shrll treble Of the Jersey
| Blues rejoicing.
| This last hero delights in the cognomen of Roy of
CA**e strect'-whal this same Case street might
mean, presume Is canine, or some such name, sig
nifylng something AKIN TO hydr0phosa-for he seems
to have great dread of cold water at least some
thing like the lock jaw, the name ola New Haven
beauty. But Lingo versus Jngo," Ego II"
| think your correspondent Lingo is something of
candid gentleman and the trembling tone in which
he speaks seems 10 beray his Consciousness OF the in
fcrorty OF his fair clients Be this as IT may If am
not already covered with ghastly wounds, have
enough OF Jersey epithet blooming on my brow
de very unoseomns
liant and grossly false ungaant warrior'-epi.
lhets like the above Ell hoe genus oune adorn my
crown, and compel me to own my inability enter
| The lists with such chivarous champions who seem
1 TO have stolen all the "weeds ever pucked from
Yankee onicn bed, to serve up in the Herald as
past for Their lovely dulcnas of Jersey.
Let me nrst, However, say 10 your correspondent
Lingo that did not make the attack on the Jer.
A saw fran pu,ar
| son, made the attack on me and on the New Haven
ladies IN communication signed -. Now, be
II known, that think il no way imp0lite or unbe-
coming a,student of Yale 10 step forth when the
gauntlet Is thus thrown down. and defend the fair
gels who light ny his path with such radieni beauty
There are some pretty girls l know in Newark; bat
know none 10 be put IN comparison with ours of the
"city 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 mos, assuredly will be- very sceptical on 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
| beauteous beings there How then you say New
ark "cant be come up TOT" although they may have
"the bloom of peach on their cheek"
come now to dof my cap to your correspondent
Roy" of canine notcrlety and TO parry some of his
chrusts at one "Ringo" Of New Haven. He asks,
have you ever been here, Mr. Editor, and witnessed
the graces incident girls2" Mark that word in
4
liant IN Roy" TO charge the ladies' Of New Jersey
with mere incidental beauty. From townsmar,
DR.. Webster, whose dictionary lies before me, learn
that the word incident means happsning OCCASION
ally" Now, if It be 80, though would net make
the sngaliant charge, that beauty 10 incidental or
what is much the same accidental in Newark,
assure your correspondent that beauty ID no inei-
dent accident in New Haven-all are beautiful,
no accident about IT, He need not step forth from
the peet boys of Jersey into the OF gaantry 10
refue my assertions; first take the beam Of POUR
own eye, Mr.. "Roy" before YET ransack mine sos,
little mote All, well might the Jersey girls wish TO
be delivered from their friends who publish 10 the
world the mere incident accident 10 meet a beaa-
ful grl in, New Jersey. Roy meni ions two names
| in Newark, and then says yoa. Rust take Trip t.
Morrstown before you can see any more. 1t seems
as II, after mentioning the Misses C.. and Miss b.
their incidental beauties were oil gone. and if you
wish 10 see any more you must take trip to Morris-
town, and then BY mere incident you may meet with
Miss H . a = sAn, and If your fcytune be
| good, yos may see some tconfed beauty there
according 10 Roy beauty 10 merely incsde ntal in
| Newark and unteS~ted in Morristown. AS he has
enteres the arena of CALAMITY, will pass by the
sertoa about :" the Yankee girls palhng weeds from
an o~son bed" l would only say that suppose
| when he was IN New Haven the girls there mlsoek
him for weed, and plueked him out too with other
weeds, ana sent him home from the garden Of
Eden" 10 the Jersey clam beds to show his galanry
| IN opening oysters for his fair Ducinia We have
clans and oysters TOO, in New Haven, but no Jersey
! Blue. among them. "Roy" appeals TO your sub
scrpton list prove that the ladies Of Jersey are
beautiful, and charges me with calling the Jersey
| girls "unrefned and undressing" never said any
| such thing. know that there some of them re-
fined, and many OF them interesting. will let them
wear the palms which they have won. I will not de.
nv that there are nnc girls with whom the jersey
Blues feel interested enough. They are good enough
IN their way. To 90 bundiing they may 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 G.. Mr..
| Editor, | will not name them IL honors a lady a
good deal 10 have her appear in the Herald and
the Jersey fellows know that their Ducineas need all
the adventurous aid they can obtain, but ours carry
their own praise in their beauty. Were inclined TO
| mention names, you might clear out your Weekly
Herald for the st. A. and b. may exhaust his Incl.
dental stock OF far but TO select two or ten or
| twenty or q hundred from our city, wosd make me
az ridiculous the pedant in Hlerocles who when be
offered his house for sale, carried brick in his pocket
| as specimen. gu must them all, not in tens
OF hundreds, but in thousands; look On and admire
and wonder that so much beauty can be found in an
state in the Union crowd our churches and ll our
avenues with beings pure the virgin snow--leyelv
as the lily OF the valley Take into aceoupt thar in
tellectuel refinement and add this to their pecuisr
their acknowledged beauty, and we will come also 10
"Roy's' CONCLUSION, that "their bcwtchinQ smile.
ever radiant with beauty the silver inc the podenl
tones Of their voice, and vvacy OF manners renders
C) them the adored Of every one or this Other CON
i cusion, whose lovely features and commnpdinu
form 10 m TIE theme fcvcry person whose eyes req,
| upon Their majestic figure or the contour Of the;r
az Truf~ NJ