The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-05

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and that mothers bosom that leaned she
Tsa Sr s And y WAS IN. mother Ms9
fahfuness OF guardian angel and il OWING to her nhu
that those WAC yet remain Of the best and
person connection with Lord BYRON
ro.'s aeioas AIT loa.g iaaae,. Sas r.,ms and erno
and 81 her las. and dying hours looked 20 hsr for
There child OF SIM with the
win mohrr's ssnssyasss she was the one who could
ne wSes ,oe 9hs Inc
NAL Propensties to evi the subject OF IL Lady Byron
sigty from her San t q ''s' IN a'-'A
During al this trial. strange to say her belief that 'hs good
re- friend who said aoh how could you love
IN nm'it Ii In US all Ii was in this that sne had
years alter Byron's death) by .'would finally con-
quer,n unless she believed IN purgatory or III the
ManlchRan doctrine, and assumed that the struggle
was still pending between the good angel and the
evil oneY Ine spirit OF evil would appear To have
mad uniformly the best OF IT, 30 lar rs all nearest 10
blood to lin were concerned, unless and until Lady
Byron came TO the rescue with the lthurle spear OF
her purity aud even the memory OF poor Mrs. Leigh
(wno deu. as she had nved, unconscious OF guilt,
with her family ana friends about herr must perI0rce
De stained by the p0sthunous cainnny OF having
been reformed and ennobed by the GRACIOUS and
loving innuenees'' or her caumniator, who, before
she was well cold In her grave indusriously
damning version OF IL to an American novelist to be
dished up seasoned, envenomed and uumpeted TO
the world
their salvation made easy" and their Intrusive.
ness at death beds, must have an odd notion OF
righteousness and loving innuences.n They remind
US OF Isaac Walton ana the frog when they treat
their alleged converts, their sinners saved "len-
dery as II they loved them" They worry you when
dying, and libel You when dead. they believe the
worst OF you Ia this world, and hope the best for
you in the next. They nix Stigma upon your name,
cast reflected disgrace ON your family, and pray
for YOUR soul.
Lady Byron certainly never had occasion to try
her gracious ana LOVING influences on MRS. Leigh;
ana II she gave Mrs. beecher Stowe 70 believe as
much, II was another OF those deluslons which are
most charitably accounted Tor by monomana. 1t Is
because she had many good qualities and did some
good in her generation, that we driven to this
excuse for her. Her mind was not q weak one, but
sue had impaired 1t by religious spccuiatons beyond
her reacn and by long br0odng over her trials In
yolying some real and many imaginary wrongs
mao WORD, my masters Lady byron could o.
hypothesis but insanity, and now, by sort OF Meme
sis there Is no other hypothesis on which the NOR
ast can charItabiy account Tor hers. But there 10
marked difference In their malaoies. He morbidy
exaggerated his vices aud she her virtues; his
monomanla lay IN bong an impossible sinner, and
hers in an impossible SAINT He was the faulty and
she the fautle9s, monster the world meier knew He
IN ns mad moods did ms pest to eiacse1 ms oWn
tended 10 damage the characters OF all that were
nearest and should have been dearest to her. Which
was the more dangerous or less amiaDe dcualon Of
the twof
We are not surprised to learn that Mrs. Beecher
y
has been Indefinitely postponed; for We DO not see
how Independently oil Lady Byrons letters to Mrs.
sne L. e neer 1sr case IN nae very
hers to the entire contentment OF DR.. LnshingtOn-
by bringing up a reserve Her wisest course would
be deep cOntrltion and apology Neither do We see
how any Of The minor or incidental charges are 10
be confirmed. The only remaining sources OF
information, or confirmation, are the paper con-
tanning brief memorandum Of the whole, with tile
dates affXed;' the paper bequeathed TO the three
trustees by Lady Byron the letters ana documents
10 of he 1aat
not ieasD Dr, Washington. Ii they tell different
story, they VIII not help the case; II they tell one
sively on the testimony, oral or written, or one
shifting and mutaDle witness-rdrfuDt ct nautGDile
seflpe'. In an Indian mythology, the elephant sup
ports the eartn, ana the tortoise supports the ee-
plant, but what supports the tortoise? 1t rests on
empty space on vag,eness aud a9llowness. Mitn
ana contend tnat q man is guilty OF given crime
because tnes ns a e9ps6s o q anya x Il
moreover thai TWO persons tone Of stainless reputa
II the editor who played the part OF literary Bar
mum to Mrs. Beecnef stowe IN this country had Aot
been over-eager to certify her originality and au-
tnenticlty he would have been startled by her open
ing sentences
The reading word has lately b. been . presented with
and 10 mes. With favor A's SOUS rapidly
q hs book may ee mus briefly
Of his fame from sAnders and aspesons cast
The trade know better; the book mas not sold
rapidly, and instead OF meeting with universal favor,
has met with mingled censure, indifference and
the saeeSs 81 o byron
not come before the world for the sake OF VIM
dicating hls iame from ISLANDERS and aspersions
cast upon him by his wife, unless Mrs. Beecher
stowe wishes TO imply that all the ISLANDERS and
aspersions cast on him come from that quarter.
tains sl2 pages. A single chapter Of the second vol
umc chapter l2l headed Lord Byron's Marriage
pases deSoiea 70 his vnacaton IN tho Character
OF husband; 1t Ia little more than an ampli1cation
OF Moore,s remarks on me same subject, and com.
pr1ses nothing but what was strictly necessary for
his defence which she rests, with Moore. on incoin
What checked the circulatioe OF her book was It's
proixty. with Its want OF freshness and originality
Though not devoid OF value and interest from the
pubp 81
which we regret, for she has brought together
ample evidence Of Lord Byroa-r pot .ae
was largely endowed with many nne and
noble qualities which 10 has been too much the
fashion to deny to him. He died IN the sustained
conviction that the time would come when full jus
tics would be DONE That time has come suddenly
and unexpsctedls, accelerated by the attempt to
thrust him down into the lowest abyss Of infamy.
There are charges SO damning that they compel In.
curry; so shocking that people inst1nctively lay
aside their partiantes and prejucices to investigate
them; and the public mind RECEIVERS It's balance as
men intoxicated are sometimes stunned into
y Mrs. Beecer Stowe was Of This
aud intensity. Dragged by her from the murky
twilight OF insinuation and suspicion into the broad
ugHt vi udyg ~ pceH tSst0u ullu louuu MuntiHS
IN every element Of probability ana truth. The re-
suit longer admits OF doubt. Let her reiterate IL
II she thinks proper; let her misstate, misquote,
misunderstood, misrepresent - she will; long
before the year closes her true story VIII be almost
universally pronounced false story. and be dung
aside with loathna and contempt
NOTES
(a) These "Eeroaks art printed pamphls Tor
private circulation. They viii 10 found Ia the appendix
The OF tho edition OF Moores 'sIe
Byron" Tho fe originally appeared 80 two volumes
quarto the frat published separately and in the pre-
face to the second Moore aliuie TO the "Renarks"
which made appearance after former
volume and which have snneyed without single line OF
the present." His account Of The separation
was In the lrst volume.
% 7ras B,r hagasns for June 1884, Article headed
"Lord Ryrons Married Idfcn Although Ingenious In a
special pleading way this article sided state
monts and aratrous assumptions that nelthsr tho
public his private letters did he byron,
ignorant Of the charges against bm" In January, 1890
Lord Byron informed Lady Byron OF his having given Moore
bs memoirs the purpose OF their being published after
his aeath and offered Der the peruss Of heu IN case se
might wish TO confute any of hs statements Hor note la