Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-04
From the Philadelphia Evening BuIletin.I
PECK vs. BUTLER.



Hr; ". A. Butler, Of TT nifty Square,
Has published popular poem,
Called Nothing to Wear,'
In which he lays bare
The Donsen-e Of fashion and ladies fair,
Undertaking their folly 20 show 'em.
Now this popular poem had great run,
This poe teal Butler had just began
10 De PuIed and praised and honized,
Vino had Nothing TO Wear"
And their husbands, too, who had nothing to SPARE
When al at once certain young Miss,
Who 1t seems, had once been affected with this
EeW-iashioned complaint of Nothing to Wear
Comes out in print and proceeds to declare
6ntt -. re 1 WrGie the popular poem in question,
VI at least that twas written at her suggestion:
That she penned the first and the fms hing stanzas
vi TINS most successful extravaganzas;
That she lost the MS one day last year
When out in search Of something to wear,
And she lets US infer
That this Mr. Butler
Picked up the fragments when ont for the air
Far away from Trinity Square;
That he added, multiplied and divided
Osed an the arithmetic to extend it -
interest, rule of three AID satisfaction
And even little Of vulgar fraction
and then had the impudence to send it,
with all the lines that just conceded
va h those Of her owr little fugitive poem,
1o an EDITORS room without daring to show 'em
Which were his and which were feT's
but saying that all were his-But-ler's.
Now this Mr. Butler, of Trinity Square,
proceeds most sOlemnly to declare
That the iady Miss Peck) who had dared to make
This charge, which puts his credit at stake,
Is wrong-thatin fact, she lies-under mistake;
mat shes following plainly paraOgV,
~ hch means ''false reasoning see you please,
Your Webster or Walker, among the P's)
That in all the Butler genealogy,
40 one, no matter wha- his station,
Had ere been accused of Peck ulation;
That if his poem reseubled hers,
As she, or rather her father, AYERS,
It isn't plagiarism stealing,
Nay, it cannot be called doubIe-dealing.
But it's only case Of Buffers Analogy.
Now it may be
That B. and Miss P.
Are both in collision to advertise
This poem that caused 50 much surprise;
That Butler sitting near Trinity steepie,
Or rather desires
To sell at once both the poem and the people,
For out Of this row throughout the nation
He has some fortunate expectation,
And may give her share Of the speculation.
But Mr.. Peck most solemny swears-
No, he does not swear, for that would be,
With one who clerical garment wears,
Still persists and still declares
That his daughter fair
Wrote Nothing to Wears"
And really, to read the Iady's verses,
Which her pa in his published letter rehearses,
One cannot but see
That the poet B.
Writes strkingy like the fair Miss P;
Like her in his thought and style and phrase,
Like her in his hits at fashion and pleasure,
Like her in rhythm and various ways,
Nay he even writes in a go,d Peck measured
An things considered, the public will think
That Butler has sadly misuse his ink,
That horse-stealings not any worse nowadays,
man stSdILIB d lauy 3 ifesn young bays
Nay they'll call him jackdaw and plucz from his sides
The plumage that all his deformty hid S,
AND mob him from Madison to Trinity Square,
Crying Nothing to Wear He has Nothing to Wear %
To prevent such dire and distressing exposure,
And avoid any further unpleasant disclosure,
We would offer to B,
AS well Miss P,
sober and friendly piece of advice,
That, If followed, will settle all things in a trice.
Friend B., be wise
And open your eyes
To the wrong you have done both her and you,
Then offer the lady "a compromise"
As your betters have not blushed TO do
For the sake OF your mutual reputation,
As well as to silence this great sensation
This Nothing TO Wear'' most terrible strife,
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