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London, England, 1858-06-07 00:00:00

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'By Order,

S. S. S3IITII. Sec.

MR. CHARLES DICKENS.

None can escape calumny, but towards people of
note there is generally so much of envy or hatred
in the mind of some enemy, that slander is ready
and strong in its attacks; whilst amongst the world
at large the tone of gossip and a morbid greediness
to believe) evil renders men blind to all fair views,
and indisposed to any candid investigation of the
matter alleged.
The character of a man like Mr. Dickens is public
property. It should be as respected as that of a
bishop or a judge. In his long career of authorship
Mr. Dickens has most prominently insisted upon
and vindicated domestic morality. His tales are
read and cherished by home firesides, and the
families of England have adopted his works as
" household words," filled as the are in every page
with the simplest and loftiest morality, and utterly
free from any taint or stain of vice.
It is unkind and cruel, then, as well as unjust)
to listen with hasty and believing ears to the stories
which—repeated now with a sarcasm, now with a
real or feigned sorrow—have laen circulated (luring
the last few days. A character amiable and blame-
less has proved no shelter, and falsehood has been
busy in doing its worst to destroy a gond reputation.
Under these circumstances Mr. Dickens makes
the following statement, which is to appear in
Household Words on Wednesday next. The accu-
sation against Mr. Dickens has been one of
gross
profligacy. We welcome his authoritative and
touching denial of it. His friends needed no ex-
planation. Those intimate with him knew the truth,
and his general acquaintances scouted the calum-
nies ; but the hundred tongues of Fame had spread
abroad the poison among those who were ignorant
of him, and we are glad he has stepped forward
like a man, at whatever cost to his feelings, to
brush away the web of untruth, and to claim the
belief due to candour and innocence. We are con-
fident that the sympathy felt by the public will be
deep in proportion to the injury; and that from the
moment Mr. Dickens' statement is read, it will be
accepted as a sufficient vindication of the honour
of his untarnished name :