New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-03
Letter from &. Edwards Lester.

Letter from 4. Edwards Lester.
~ circulated SANDER viii DlUre the character Of me
,,,..f major the refuaion never becomes % "os2
.a a. te spder iisei-thereiOre he sandefer should
b. .gnsily puni,hed-l Lord Chief Justice Denmsn.
Ma. GRrELEY-I am much obliged I. You tor
the publication # ms Letter aud your not" % eN-
rIanation appended have since seen the ~'rk
- which i, referred but should not notice It at
,hi. time. had not some Of tie papers u'ed ex-
tracts from IL unfavorlble 20 my personal charac-
Tor Tho vyhole.ale charges made against me IN
q" rbo GLORY ard Fame Of England N.ndicaied
u .,ly OK cite a smile in those who read also ms
ouerulous complaints Of my sweeping accuse
,ions." The author IS evidently an English Lofty
and seems 10 hate our county and its INSTITUTIONS
with a bitterness becoming ms party. tie draws
tvn parales in order convince me OF plagiarism
Between my account OF Crockiord s. snd
Grants. in his Metropolis. TINS. every one vi"
perceiyc is failure, especially II he VIII turn 10
nv work. where il will be seen l maze u'e ge"''o-
man vhsse conversations relate refer to GRANT A.
tho .ource of a part Of his information. dld not
roC..s 10 convey information entirely unknown BE-
fare. was after facfs aud being satisfied OF their
authenticity did not care from Win, quarter they
c,me. The whole charge on this point i too silly
to merit even passing notice.
II The other paraclism is more serious mat
Ter and requires "A more particular notice. because
10 most hasty readers that portion OF It which APP
reared in the New World, would place me IN an
nnGavorablc light. Having never seen Medwln
Conversations | was surprised myself with the
resemblance between the extracts IRON the two
works az published by Libertas But IN the hrst
,1,cc h.. has treated me uniustlv in not publishing
The two accounts -unmuiilatcd and entire side by
side That part of the conversation which relates
to America aud Irving ! supposed was entirely
.cc and think so still. The gentleman who gave
me these facts said they had, to his knowledge,
never been made public, and il 80, the main part
of nv narrative never could have been taken from
any book, and the charge OF ialsehood which Lib
crias' attempted to fasten upon me hand back 10
him ts whom it properly belongs.
In reference to my work it will be seen that this
cov,cman expressly states hat the utter part Of
his accoDnt ('chich IS the Oniy portion L'6erf"s
Daofcs) He DERIVED FROM FLETCHER From
The time took down that conversation relate,
had nerer iooked into n rorh on INC sutJecf mi"
J,1,c hc oftqck Baadc upon me IN me papers,
S;,ca ,ban have examined several biographies OF
RIO, and | find their authors have al! reatedthc
same facts which 'Liberta>' accuses me OF purion-
inc from Nedwin-and rciated them too as my an
foruou, did. rith the simple reference TO FLETCHER
as thar author
nrov;np me plagiarist. | select from his work
one or two Of his most striking parallels upon
,xh;ch his charge ~ UlaS lui'eHi "i""iF
Thore !. no, room for the whole, and ii the charge
cauno, bc sustained upon these. they cannot be
sustained AT all .,x
w, 1 Fitscr returned ~on returning, a1~i to my ma,
10 his masters room, byron l"ini ms ". - II
y" y, A.. had scnt To have YOU sent. Il
asked nm W. ~ lave done have my Lard my
u, 10 ,as.ereI i'll gul lswcr. upon which he shd,
s" ,b IN know what is you have done right, Tor
If MNl , w. ",e, l,houi like to know what is
uo NAV" the matter with me"
~ ,Lcsc are simiar-rcrV: but the most
,rless reader ought to observe that the reference
"a ~, Fletcher as Tie source Of he Information
state annihilates the charge OF plagiarism forever
I'm, le, Us. in imitation of Liberals, draw
another parallel between these accounts and those
given bv Lake and Moore:
"on returning to my mas. "On coming to himself he
,er. room his first words asked Fletcher when he bad
were have you sent" u returned into the room We
have NV Lord, was my an Their he had sent for Dr.
.,yer.' npon which he said, Thomas a, he desired and
.vou have right Tor the servant answering IN ue
should like know what is affirmative hr replied, you
CIV, ,,,,,ar v,,b me- have done right, for shonld
wv ""'' Ike to know what Is the mat
ter with me "
~ ,bcro docs the charge of Liberals fall
-, T,r Nedwin and Lake ,cord for
,norJ Tho same. and vet neither quotes from the
other. bu, from Fletcher, as hare. Let US take
another parallel; .
LESTER. MrDwiN 49,
=. poo, r.,cber went over Mere told his Lori'h p.
-, 10 o,,,cr and told him m OF the greatest per
he had not understood word pesy thai bad not under
ofwhat he bad been last ,ay STOOD wss SMna ne >aL
ing-,Oh nv God ad BY Oh my God. tten all IS lost,
& ", III !. los Tor il j. for II is late Can IL
a,, 100 late Can n be pos be possible have not
S on have moi understood dersioed me- No. my Lord.
me Fletcher No, but but pray YOU 70 inform we
i",cl, me- arain more clearly, once more How l..
my ,rip How can l. SAID reOned my master, Ill
Byron It's too late and all Is too late and all over
over"
Now take the same from Lake and Moore
LAKE MOORE.
ALL. 81. ~ I Here he sald Ia |
Of the greatest per have told YOU ALL NV Lor
plexy, that had not under replied Fletcher have not
s,nod wor of what lie had understood word Lord
,ad-io which he rep ed'oh ship has been sayng' Not
INV Cod then all is lost lor Understood me- exclaimed
n now too late Can he Lord Byron, with look Of
ppShle Won have under the utmost despair, what
stood No. my Lord, pity then too sIe-all IS
ssd I, but pray you to try over.
aud inform once more -
How can H. reiolned my
master. II IS nov too lateand
all Is over"
Thus might GO through the whole parallcism
but this Is sufficient TO show the folly of - Liber
tas',' charge. If am plagiarist are Med
win, and Lake and Moore, and al but Fletcher
himsclf--on the same principle every author is II
plagiarist who relates facts that have been pub
ished before.
This Keen hunter of plagiarism has started
game than he anticipated and of a isrscr
Siad. Mr Liberals has taken a great deal of
pains 10 prove himself fool Did he not know
that ercry account,of Byrop's last Conversations
wlh Fletcher must be alike or be incorrect -
DID he not know too that he could not justy ac.
cuse me OF plagiarism when referred IA Fl,,cber
the first source of that account: and obtuse Ne
he is, does he not now tina, his charge foll. -
the ground Nay will he not now rc,rac, HI,
shameful accusation Iibeuas is H,k,o,-, .
hence will not his ruBLIsHrRs think it not only
iust but r,sc To make public rsracionl Viii
not the NEw WORLD take back his abusive AID
hbeious language and rencer me that justice which