, 1869-08-16

tie capitd shall come to Chicngo, We can
only say that the capital, like the Presidcn-
cy, i6too exalted gift to be sought By tho
unworthy or to be declined by any who
1nay be found worthy. But we do not e1-
pect it, anl so definitely are our e1pecta-
tions ceutred in other directions that We
Co not desire it.
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BYRoH's PURGAToR1AL FAME,
Mrs. Stoves deeply interesting and get
repellent article on Lord Byron, put forth
in the -dfl41lic Monthly Us defence Of
Lady Byron from the attacks Of tho Conn
tess Guiocioli, will chnllenge tbs Intention
Of the civilized world, mud will elicit much
diverse comment 1t is written with ali
wnmanly fervor, and with thorough fulness
Of conviction Of its truth, yet the absence
IT testimony relative to the chief point of
the story, provokes an in-
voluntary sm,Ie in the mind of overy
render whose Judgment, though not
judicial, seeks some evidence on which to
rest m improbable md easily invented nar-
ration. That Lord Byron was, during ces-
tIin ycars Of his life, ibertine, be and his
friends have taken 50 much pains to adyer-
,ise tha+ The mh,;c i,n,,ees;on nroha1,lv
does full Justice to the fact. That Lady
BVron uas n ,,erson t,v ,nuch T,ord :
sn,er;o, in general intellect and in learn.
ing; that she WIS fully his equal in personal
accomplishments and social position nnd
grnces, End that her purity Of leort aud
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! ssna .as' A4oia o!1oa soi1ii'''teo q soi@ u
fas1soment III 4eHains 70 tue AllAs Ao}
reputable woman.
And yet We doubt whether puhAc optnlon
even thus prepared, and moulded into this
form as 1nuch bJ Byron himself as bS oil
others combined, viii accept implicitly the
new revelation which Mrs. stowe now
ln1:kea, that Lord Byrons datk abyss o. IN
faan5 iaa hs1i1 d iosefand hitherto une1Pos'
Cd depth, whose hor1ots drove INTO IN IN
sanity of anguish and remorse 6onl steeled
nga1rst every lesser terror OF conscience.
A1rs. Stowe asks us, on the strength Of
communications Made to her by Lady
BYron some four years before her death,
bat when she Vas In lnmedlate apprehen'
I sloo q dying, to beheye thAt byron had
ne~'ne the father d chnd
- ~ lncestuous h't9n with
pls o"n fster, and that it was Byron
consciousness a,st his wife Ind discovered
'i',s CRIME winch e.ove him so near to mad
| nees, and inspired IL his mind hatred Of
I her, that caused him 10 drive her FROM his
house. That the chief OF thtae events could
bave occurred, that the child could
| hive. lived four years and at last have died
under the nu,uetliate c1afgo and nurture O!
| Lady byron lersnH, aud no whisper Of such
IN infamy hare gone 10 the public, seenas
Incredible IN the case OF mnn with whose
name the pubic were SO busy as With
tLat ot Lord Byron. It is
| trno that it would, perhaps. have
been Us easy to keep this
fact from the puhlic rs to impose upon tho
Inauguration Of SO unimngiuative = person
as Lady Dyrun. Since Indy Byron is wit
ness who, upon Dyron's own testimony, had
no fault. except that Of being faulsless,
which he esteemed tho worst fault Of MI
her character for vcracit5, re1atiTe to any
facts which ever became nctualIy known to
her. wor1d be ample to convict her husband
Of suy extent Of bestiality. Mrs. Stoves
narrative is pzoyo1ingly silent, both
mon the means by which Lady
r,ron discovered tLs fnct, and the
reasons wAv the world ut 1aree did not. 1t
is not stated th1s- Byron himself rerealed it,
though it is intimat>d that, within fow
hours afte1 their mar1.sE., shs learnod TINT
his soul Wis narrowed ty some deep selaao
Of Eui1t. 1t ID not affirmed TINT his sister
1nnde the rovclAtios'' shongh the reader IL
left to itner from the fAct that the SISTER
'ticd IN Lady byron arnaS' thar her sources
OF correct khoEleoge we're ..ner77ns, ihe
Feveta1oas oi Ats. o%oae VIII uoa".oEss re-
etlSe so'ne saaog NJ e1o hanas Oh Los'
hsh critics, and tnrsne1 htase'
nente, cat7o"osa''Se u ooa."ne'ofS,
can1l"t I'LL " Hppta1. Aae Pul'A.Halon VI