New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-01
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Percy Bysshe shelley.

To TIE Editor Of ne " Y. TribRse:
In the October number of The NdfiOra! Magazine
there |. an elaborate article the Literature and Logic
of the Interior, by Rev Mr. Floy. To say know
nothing of the writer will, perchance, argue myself
unknown but such Il the fact and have nothngto say
of him or his communication with the exception OF one
assertion which struck me with surprise and regret
do not know whether Mr. Floy made itignorsnty or
wuIy but i'm either ease think he would incur blame
for should speak positively upon asuhJect un
less they have informed themselves from the best au
thority, have they right 10 withhold the good IN
persons character account Of the errors OF opinion
which they may have held. The sweeping assertion to
which alude is this-that the whole life OF Shelley
was one scene Of iaiqnity" ! would like to know his
authority for saying so for thought it was conceded
by all at the present tme-even those who most blame
or dcplcre his wild athestca opinions-that PRACTICAL
" he was a man OF the purest morality the nooiest
sympathy, and most OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hs geher'
Gus friendship and selfsscrhcng Kindness to he poor
ran parallel with his unnatural belief and we may say
Of him. the pous old female servant said OIL Hume
"My master is not Christian but, Oh he is one Of the
best of unbeAerps" writer in TIE Nsu afoaihy
Magazine OF le32, says OF Shelley He was full oil
zeal for learning, most Jealous in accumulatng KNOW
edge ,yerlowing in kindness indignant against all OPP
Witnessing any cruelty or hearing of any calamity to
stop the one and alleviate the other lie was ready to
cares children, to smile on psies or bcggars to
run for rereshnen for starving people by the
psdng even his fsvorite microscope his daily means OF
recreation 20 sssirt apoor old man. VIM. How1n says;
"he had spite OF his skepticsn clearly and hminousr
starnped on his front the highest mark OF Christian
for the distinction appointed by Christ was love
His delight do good 10 comfort end assist the
poor his seal for truth and for the good OF man
LII to<I In sinlig
oppressed them and imposed upon them to leap too far
in bis attack hose cnsrnies and pass the borders
which divide truth frosn error For his console n'ious
opuiOp he sacrificed ease honor, the worlds esteem,
fortune and friendship For liberty OF every kind be
was ready 10 die For knowledge, and truth and kind
nes he desired only TO live lie was rare instance oil
the union OF the finest moral nature and the inject
genius End never was there 80 generous airiend, so
truly and purely etcal nature. Others are pOe5 IA
their book and cosets the poets soul In him was The
spirit OF oil hours and oil occasions Says Leigh Hunt
"he was pious toward his friend, toward the whos
human race, toward the meenes inject OF the forest
Saws Robert Chambers: That he was sincere In bic
opinions and benevolent in his intentions is now un'
donbted lie looked upon the world with the eyes OF
vislorarv bent on schemes OF nteectusex
ceence and supremacy His de,usOn lei to misery. and
for time made him unjust to others. IL probable tnst
had be lived ripe age he might have modified some
of those extreme specuiatiODs and pernesoas tenets
For the troubled and stormy dawn lsst yielding to
the MONDAY brightness lie had worn out some OF his
fierce sntipathie, and morbid affections; happy DO
me tic circle gathered around hin ana me rees
simplicity Of bis tastes and habits, joined % Juser ana
wider views of human lie, would nIpeEcepuby have
given a new tone TO his thoughts aud stadies &c"
would ak II sueh conduct Constitutes unbroken
'scene ofriqUfy Are such the deeds that should set
the performer outsidete pale Of Chrtsn charity IT. So
le VA nc kno hatansuaze ~ ninomer snd tne
more inquity there s IN the world tue beer Ihat lne
earned ard reverend Juniors Of the University comnn'
ted an egrepos mistake in their treatment Of the lero
s,riplng the second marvellous boy" none acJuaint
ed with the deny and the great day OF sjd
dicston can alone decide how much they stfenghened
and confirmed him in his fatal oeiet ms pfouu spte
writhed In anguish the injustice he et done ana nus
noble nsture reyoed the rude and summary manner
in which lie expelled. II seems passing strange,
that not one effort wa made 70 bring such 59rous
spirit into the rieht way not one kindly hshs out
stretched 10 save the shy refined but bold and fearless
how from rushing heedong upon the snoas ana
auicksand OF sOuldebasing error, and nus nanng
shipwreck OF the divine within hun But no, ne vas
treated ike smsnred and practical offender ana me
oeense which caused his expulsion strangey msfepre
saned 20 the world don't know how 10 effects otners
but contemplation Of ms history, causes ~ me pro
found sadness and melancholy To thilk Of sucn bru
iisr,l, cited one with soui keenly eye 20 all husn
su,ceptibites wandering away IN the cold dreary VI
uersn darkness Of Atheism Oh eueh an erirn seeker
NJ truth psssng the very fountain Of Au'Irfn WIN
oeJ eve and scaled heart refusing taste OF the ee
Ietsl -,rcsnl OF such intense worshpsr Of oean'y
with powers and faculties 30 eSquislteiy ofsinlea "
appreciate enjoy and describe denying INC source iIy
whence al true beauty eu.anated, 10 70 me
ssd From the period when a. gentle, elegant Doy.
HI. for the mrs, time le the society o. nv nsefs 70 g
10 the school where the bostersus, 'yrannca anu
him disgusting manner of the boys made nun ~ 70
retired part Of he playground, add mAAs 'aS r"''1
1 ton; ,.
Aax est, end rec and nsd a n ns -
| 500 r-os,r ff ~ weary 20 sshos
4 .st6sh SHIT zcAxs
Un.oS, rspsossh % eheeA
Oh s bis errafic course % tle tune o. NJ suo
den and tr.aic death feel the highest adinnsu0n'
GenSed Win the deepest emotions OF Pty .nd regret
NJ Eoy nske. il crownng lin Of Shelley, thst he waA
- so.on trend of the hcentioEn Byron II they c0Hd
80 ~ a they did for the frst time in foreign snd
NIoth In exile: beth suffering what they deemed per.
.nr;on from their countrymen; bo.h Notwithstanding
ie.r pecrEsr end grave faults owned by the poetic
Muse and crowned with her sreerest chspaet, without
being strongly attracted 70 each other think would
have BEEN risrvei indeed have seen t asserted that
hefy influenced Byron 20 pJrsr spirit In hs poetry
but heard that the latter Influenced the former TO
eny OF the pfsetees that cast ctcs blight upon
his own reputson. In conclusion wcald say trust
shel be thoroughly understood; for would not on
any account PALATE in the slightest degree, sheeysre
bgious, rather rrehgou<, opnisns leave those 70
be seted between him and bis Creator and speak o
bun prsetiosSy, and have been moysd only by ire
,siibe impulse add my mite in the endessor 70 res
the from the fatss and exempfy die precep'
which says: Az ye would have ssers do for you 20 Dc
| ye for them'-or their memory. LIB