Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-18
FOR THE EMO lRRR.
THE IND ENISV No 4.
H~'l qtan Arecipi:i mersa pTomndo
Mems hehei IT prupr luce r'Iicta
Tendit in eNternas IL tenehras. Roe,Jy

I'LL gan 'recipri mersa profundo
Gehs hehef 1t prupr luce r'licta
Tendtt In eNternas " tenehras. Boe,ius
49,, iMIrA
Mheh piWng u IN deent 81 shades of mutky doubt.
ana 'eit the i'shI vii N, for rtosui uithout
ars us mind', CELESTIAL fires decay,
ANA, NTspt IN nuter darkness, gropes its way, A. ~
ine reception of the following letter SUI
ReSted some doubts Of the proprietv of lis
pub icatlon. These doubts were founded upon
an un~iiingness to- be considered DIS arunies
cling in certain sentiments ventnte ed i'm the ii 81
part oi ~. In this uItfl Gully, l disclosed the
euer and referred it's contents to The consih-
Grafton of my friend Forestere's circle. NV
FREUD read IL and was silent Miss Lucretia
was indignant at its priuciplps asserted that
Its anthor was as had as the per.on who was
me subject oiit that she cared nothing about
the proofs oi Lord B,roo's being the author of
Don Juan or not but That, lift was any thing
wicked she had 40 doubi il was his az She me-
Yer knew man TO desert his wife who was NOT
quahned TO exhibit any specimen of iniuuity ::
ana mat for her part, she considered Byron
as interior TO Scott, a' SOuthey to Milton Miss
EdreStere observed, that however excellent
the poetry OF Byron might be il was of A cha
Tacier that was unfit for the SYMPATHY and
ieeilng OF wonderland that il was unfair thar
the misery his own faults had caused to result
frsm his relations to women should be reyehp
ell upon them, AID quoted the lines
Maidens, like moths, eyer caught By glare
A"d Namm0" rims his 's0y rhere seraphs might
&c SPulr.
left II then entirely 10 the decision of NV
Iiend whether should publish it, 49," Yes
pnhlish Il you are not bound 10 b. accounta-
ne tor the only Objectionable sentiment which
the writer seems IT, have adopted iu common
win poor RurHS, : hat the existence and
apology of me'al rclinqueucies is cOncomitapt
WIN aud To be found in the possession of se-
DiuS and the writer himself seems uucon.
Srt0aSy, TO invalidate the asser iion when IN
tn end of his letter he paints the misery of
genius, corroded with moral stains. In reia-
tIom TO the erroneous sscriptiou of Don juan
TO Byron and 10 the estimate Of hi, character
II I.apf I'm,
opinion the letter is presented below and the
motto ts this rumber is selected 10 indicate the
nnhappiness OF great mInd surrendered to
effauc impEiscs A. NJ
TO THE INDIGENIST.
SIR-Aware by yOHr q 81 uu ID Der nd an
rToViUa OF SHnr pIct~I. .tt D.. iudi., nons me-
cuidtt AS, and conscious that vOu must wi h
al this early stage Oi your iab1rs not 10 ne in.
,errupted !" Nonr ssarch for and cou,iders
tlon Il Such topic. Va, av,I.e to offer Won
tue tOiicwing remarks, until convinced that il
would he consistent with yHnr objects % no
Se"t hP Virginap pnblic f,om bong deceived
on literary subject AID agreeable TO yonr
feelings OF generosity to do instice 10 injured
germs The deception ] alludf TO is that of
attTbnting the ptem Of Don Juan t. Lord
byron the min .tice, rs that OF the remark
from lakewood Edinhnrgh Magazine, re-
Gently repuDhshed i'll the Richmond Comp or.
Inc publication of the poem. IL england mn
der the name q beiievoJ OF Byron must ex-
empt the American editors from ceRsnrp vino
t"'t if'bdfkeu HIOn DUt VIII not excuse
Tie Detter opportunity of knowing, and the
mode of dignisUg the truth, Of the writer of
tht SAID Magazine the excellence Of whose
earlier iahorS creates surprise at It's sudden
prostitution 10 caRtirS rnalignity.
a certain las Of critics, both IN America
and England nave oug been in the ha bit of
using references to Lord Byron aud MS works
Z" create moral horr2rs iu certain good moral
LeOpie. nearly equal to the cOrporeal tcrrOrs
attached ~ the dread remembrance of BIue-
beard OF the minds of children. The talisnan
they make use OF for this purpose, il the word
morality Iun over in a certain succes sion cf
notes. Bat the quality they dignity with this
Uarle, is not active and enlarged morAlity--not
tic comprehensive morality, which really
cOuVerSant with The manners and traitiCs Cf
men, judges with benevOIence, and acts with
kHowled- e.-NO the quality they bring for
ward i, Kind of autonaton which is made tn
estimate tie useless correctness OF irnbocIliiy
before the active benefits Of frin1 genus--to
prefer The Obscure honesty of "A puritan TO tic
bN Actceni vision If au erTing Bacon-whiCh
casts a FObe Of dignity over correct useless
ness, bat VIII not sIii. The veil e genins even
TO obscure the fauits o. hrm.uitv These
Critics would make ~ believe ilGi they ar
the cnstOdcs InGrum of the age They forget
tbc example ~ -alinSi. VINO Is more ch .ttcy
and deeply indignant 10 crime whose ruriiV
s"sns u shrink more ifelugly from stains
thau his, BBi read his life the honest piurra.
ph adds Non eSsc pInpieTea exI iiman-
dom p'nun qutUq'nm '0issr, qiiot riTtUtrm
r y
possess, though his pen udy dofeng tue
but inry pt"habIy havr iaken aUOthr- rrXt -
and may Uphold tue truth OF an assrT Icn IN
the truth pf Which I hare very Little faith
~ "0a."utancA Vuu; deere t-ies, ptIdri sen.
tire -s.H s. I'VE may aCcuStom ourselves
g. ireiiHg The sPutim.uts We are O. the ha-
biz 9i spraking'-Or they may believe " sllat
ihP lip. ~ parcel Oi tlie mud
But tU return 90 byron 60 not satisfied with
darKcEug his mlud niih Tie guilty. sh dcS
OF hla fctu1us htioes though fhey wouId hy
no me aus cloud the meutdi splsndrr vt Wilton
viii Tie cdmes OF hIsSAtdn not sdii,f Il ,,itli
establishing h,m a " tufbaned iurk'at Myt -
Iene and hi.grdcIng him win Bsppo - ~ i H.
az The win mother Of that child OF IRONY, is
hi also by thc decision Of these Judges
Now ! dissent from this Judgment and
fOnnd ms dissent upon The following evideu-
ccS Ihc measure g. oue which Lord u, 90
ron il moi accustomed & write Ills measure
Is tic SpcuceraD St0uLt Ut pine iuPs a q of
different ipy0iutions e thyme from the Haijan
Otilrs .tar "a, ~hiCh is the verse OF eIght lines
fist a common qnatrain--theu two ,ines
lub ed So ~ with the two last lines of the qua
tiain 20 make aurtber QBattain--and theu a
couli, l.. fhis Is the measure o. Do. Juan aud
BeppO, aud is esse italy different ~ its strnc-
tue tom that of LotI Byfons Piigrimage-i,
is the verse = almost all the italian heroic
pDems, from Boccaccio, who in bis Teseide in.
veuted IL, ana hose hghl ron al manner.
this author sselus 10 copy, down 10 The poe ms
Of MsBu aud AlGeIi--It IL 10 this instance