New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-04
pnnrrsson GouRAup AID HIS DErANkRs.-


pcorrsson GouRAuD AND HIS DEfAaEss'-
Mnemotcehny.-Th following paragraph '''n,
the Courier and Enquirer of last week wou'
before now have been republshed in this paper
brt Gor the crowded state of our columns. Some
of tho ;opr1,ls of Cincinnati and louisville have
stacked Professor Gouraud in manner equally
unrenerors and absurd. We trust the intelligent
and honorable members Of the fraternity who have
becn induced to assail HIM by the ISLANDERS OF The
,orson alluded 10 below, viii not wait for the IN
ternosition OF the Courts, before rendering 'nll
Justice to the injuicd party. Professor @onraud
< gentlemen of the most profound acquire
,o.r,,s IN sln,sst every department Of leaning,
and he is as eminent for his manly integrity as
for his ability. OF this, and OF the value OF his
system nf Mneno,echnv. the cities oi Hew-i ork
and Philadelphia can furnish thousands OF as
S,.rters. ana not one questoner who is not 50 from
t lqnorancc or maiirniiy. Indeed, on this latter
noior no question Is raised By his sandeFcrs, else
they would fail Of their intention, which is SIM
ply to rob him, if ii wsre possible, of the fruits OF
his exertions by successful invasion OF his copy
r;ghts. Bet Professor Gouraud prudently Sc
cnrcd for himself ample protection before conl-
oencing his lectures To every thing he has
copyrighted he had a perfect right; and the
publication Of his advertised work, now IN press.
will put TO resi- entirely the baseless charges OF
pl,~iarism. made b. Interested and unprincipled
persons. and proPagaicd witrtoo little cors;'era-
ton on thcir authority by some OF our Western
and Boston colcrporarics, in whose irankness
and good ceiling We have too much confidence t"
Doubt ,llat they Will regard with deep regret The
assaults they have been lhl;s led to rsake upon
stranger whom they have hut To know 10 treat
with tire mos! friendly respect.
We are pleased, however, 10 see that many OF
the most respectable OF the Western papers more
ind;ciorsy than the others, have not ventured to
condemn gentleman about whom they could
l,oow nothing excepting from his enemies.
PsoF. GouRAup AND THE QuAcH BRAScit-
We answered tew; DAYS since II letter addressed
by fellow named Brunch, at Louisville ny TO his
/ classmates in NeW-ioik, absolutely cinimnS
rs his o,rn Prof C;orRAUp'> S:Stem oi Mnemotech-
pv. of which lac had only hear! TWO lectures He
has written another ep-jlc equally knavSh and still
more stupid Than the first. He now pretenGs 10
have been raised up by special Providence, for the
express purpose oi proving that Prot GoHraud stole
h. svsIe,ntrom some one usNlruailyconirssng
Lii1selra thief and seeking consolation III Tie insane
attempt 10 convict the man he robbed oi similar
I offence.
We have already stated. what every member ot
his class knew tha, Prot. Gcurnud. at his nroduc-
tory lecture said the r0ot o his ~ stc o. AnemO-
tcchny was discovered by telnagle; that French
man. named lime Paris, in connection with HIM
self had cons rucie,i from ii method OF remember
inc fgHres that the result OF their labor was pub
Ii-hed in French thirty years since that he
himself had subsequently, perfected the system, and
invented in addition several Lew bases. and an en-
tirrIy orrnaI and still more wonderful system for
l.orn the nomenclature oull the sciences, the
pete vocabulary OF several languages, an immense
! amount of facts concerning astronomy, ana finally,
prose and poetry TO an unlimited extent lie ex
hbited 10 his class the work of FdrtS: IN the pre-
f,cc "a his Dictionary repeated his acknowledgements
! ~ that person and in is principles, in press
enters nto full comparison OF the TWO systems
rointing out what is due 10 Paris, and what he
| claims as original. Tie Courier deS Etnts CaiS
| some weeks since made Il Sr;lllarcOmp mparsonaward
ed 10 Prot. GouraGd the highest Prlise for having
/ done for the English language, what Par8 had cone
/ o, The French 50 ir as the simple elements
concerned. ard spoke IN the highest terms OF The
sriII more brilliant and beautiful parts of the system
OF which Paris hiaSey ncrer drcdmcd. These facts
! Prof GouraUd has never Tor Il moment attempted 10
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and through the Press. He has himself brogghi
forward the books ana stated the discoveries Of Pa
! riS Nobody ever thought oi accusing him of pia.
! ginri-m III the Elalter. uuu n fellow named Hdr-
diaSe, thus lhntish 10 revenge himself o Boston for
having been foIrd IN an attempt 10 rob. Prof tiou
raud of the fruits OF his labor He oalycxpuSed his
own .aulienIy and want of honesty. And now lis
attempt Is initiated by tins man Branch, who knows
/ no,hing Whatever Of Gouragds system beyond the
first two lectures, and who has been still more tho
rouohl, punished for his unprncipied attempt al
robbery We would copy his address al length il
~c had room: we must content ourselves, however
with one or two extracts: the Whole thing is
riosiiy.
! tn iur iMERfct; PEopLr.-Proyidcnlinlly am now en-
sbed To- expose aud stamp with ctena infmy the most
,un,nte inpo,ic ofancen fncdern TIMES Let the follow
ins be plcardc every American forum where the bright
qt lea'cn can blaze upon H. ana whsren can meet e
startled gazes Of every woman nn enid IN our beloved
gnrt the nssr ana the wholesale c1umniator u olr worthy
iacaR Isaebsrs, wherever ne goes receive the thorough
lenre and universal condemnation ri the great tmenrHn
nion. Let the the name Of the pure the wqnsed and the
pnar,Iy ecipseL by VILE CiiARLATAN. ngain shine
Ikea glorious con.tele"n and fins ngmphanty throjser
s,r nj lie most beautiful aud perfect system of acquisition
ri human knowledge evercysed by the man Head the
fn"se keep y6Gr clflled blood from freezing in your,e
Translation ot the 5Es page ot work written aud pub,hed
! by Mr. iIYE PARIS. IS.5.
He rhen gives, with a great flourish, the title oi
the book shown by Prot. Gouraud, 10 his class the
fundamental basis ten letters representing the ten
|
Fenagle aud partly by Paris and himself, aud three
or four OF the phrases used by both. The likeness
between the two as shown by Branch, is certainly
much less than were led by Prof q. : decIaru-
ton 10 Expect; and the idea UI charging him with
DLrgiaris1 on the strength OF them Is prcposierous
and absurd. The statement made BY Branch, that
Prof c. processes 10 have recently discovered this
fundamental basis" a simple ialsehO0d. We have
onlv room for The closing paragraph nj this address
! but it will serve Il specimen OF the whole;
omit the capitals, Italics and exclamation points,
with wiiich il is garnished:
Finally Proi Coufnu has absolutely stolen from the wur;
Of Par verbatim ietain e pnnctuaiin. .N entire lunda
mental basis. incmonc phrse &c. The OHly difference be-
tween tolraud system and that o. A;r iar;s IS, that tou
raud has created few verbose and lneegunt nrmUHS.
Nnefnonc pIrl,es which any stupid hGckhea 0 twelve
could do while those n Mr. iuris condensed and classical
lyond description. Gournu too give, only fifteen points Oi
remembrance, whose model he stole from The WORK OF Fgs
,yhe Par himself gives Infinite number of S And
vet tins the man made wonderful d,c0very-yyiJ
Rs ri.tej every of his syteuwo brands
'nunrk ,Sin accuses me 'pecidy whom the Tribune
Courier and Enquirer New World. and kindred prints. putt
the very the eloquent frencmnn. the most
lnarknle oi the age, &c Judge my euded cnun