The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-04-29

ing, In the Court House. at $50
o'clock, with your proof, IL any, that
We may settle the matter publiclyl
Third - When and where can ] see
the paper to which you refer Ia your
second srtiolei--requesting direct
and immediate reply to each. To
the first, he replied:
III did not charge you with plagiarism,
but gave truthful copy Of the stanza1 pub
lished by you and those in the sGems for
Children,' t6at the decision might be made
by the public II is not my principle
to retraot what I BELIEVE TO be true; there
fore do not retrsct anything ! have said"
To the second interrogatory, he
replied:
"The ourt-house, or any other house, is
not the place TO settle a controversy com
menced and carried on through the press.
| have copy of Gems for Child
rem containing the poem referred TO in ,uy
article, which you MIGHT have seen, had
you called on me previous to sending your
note. You can ascertain that there is such
book, by calling on DR.. Langworthy. 81"
To the third question. his answer
was, virtually, that he mailed the
paper referred to. on Saturday even
ing, to Miss Beebe; but does not give
title or date of said paper.
These, sir, are the answers | got
from Mr.. Harritt whethur they are
satisfactory or not, l leave your
readers to judge.
Now, | do not disputo that there
10 such q book as Gems for Child
rem nor do deny that there is q
poem on the primrose, as know
there are many; but | deny the exist
ence Of poem or other effusion on
this subject, in the words given by
A. Ii. Harritt, in his beautiful (!)
specimen OF poetic contOrtion and
martyrdom; and | sincerely regret
that, in justice to myself, ! have to
charge him with will.ul, deliberate,
premeditated and malicious false.
hood, in patching up that counter.
felt on my 'Blighted Rose and as.
serting that it was taken from Gems
Tor Children His utter ignorance
of Botany or Floraculture will have
betrayed him to those who happen
to know the wide difference which
exists between a rose and a prim.
rose, and he would represent A. j.
White Gf there is such an author, }
to be as great an ignoramus as him.
self. Who would have thought a
poet would attribute to the primrose
the odoriferous properties of the
rose'-or what being but A. II. Har-
ritt, would coniound one with the
other, and address the mild, timid,
fragile, pale primrose, with the title
of'blushing beauty, &c.l Why, sir.
you might as well commence to
write an article on the horse, and af-
terwards style him a goat you
would still have a quadruped, and
one not unlike the high-minded(D
Pedagogue, A. IL. Harritt, and that
is all; As in the other case, a flower,
bnt not the one intended.
Who, except A. Ii. Harritt, or q
similar bogus poet, would speak of
"-teardrop gems on childhood's curls"i
and have the presumption to assert
that so senseless a line was ever per.
mitted by an Editor Of even a toy
book to be published for children
Who, besides A. ii. Harritt, would
suppose for an instant that a poem
like the 'Blighted Rose would be at
all appropriate for a toy book or
be appreciated by children? In short,
who. except base bastard, would
act in the promises rs A. II. Harritt
has done in disfisuring my compost.
tion?
And now, in taking leave Of this
subject, permit me to say, that ]
shall not confine A. II. uarritt, or
any person in his behalf, to Gems
for Children or adults either; but
will give him and them free scope to
raneack all the literature in the world
published prior to the 18th instant,
and defy them to produce a tac sim
'Ie OF the spurious composition given
by A. H. Harritt, or Of the 'Blighted
Rose or single line thereof. Mr..
Harritt has repeatedly been asked
by others beside myself, for the work
sntitled Gems for Children con.
the poem referred to; but he
cannot produce it. w.
With regard to Miss Beebe's a.
fair, indorse all she has said on the
subject. The stanzas which charged
him with having stolen, are the first,
fourth, and fifth, in poem entitled
My Sister, published in the Han.
sock Jsfsrsonian Of September 10th.
1858, number thirteen, volume five,