Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-09-17

events really happened, in order that she
might be helped by such q persons views
1 in making up an opinion ss to her oSn duty,
| Tue Interview had almost the sOlemnity OF
q deAth-bed avOwal. Lady Byron stated
factS which have been embodied IN this ar
ticle, and gave to the writer paper CON
tanning brief M ;morandA Of the whole with
the dates sftlxsf.
went over, with a clear aualy sis, the history
OH whole life as she had thong ut Il on du.
ring the lonely musings Of her wiiowhOod.
She dwelt on tbs ancestral causes which
gave him a nature Of exceptional aud dan-
gerOus Susceptibility. She went through the
n arrangements Of his chi dbl Cd, tbs his
tory Of his seh,Ol-days, the influence OF the
| ordinary school course OF classical reading
| on such a mind as his. She ske,ched bold
IL ana clearly the internal life Of the young
men of the time, as she with her purer eyes
had looked through II and showed how hi5
its, which with less susceptible dber and
coarser strength Of nature we're tOlerable
for his companions, we're deadly 20 h,rl, IN
Ringing bis nervous system, and intensity
ing the dangers Of ancestral p o ;liyities.
Lady Byron expressed the feeling, too, that
the Calyinistic theology, as heard II Scot
land, had proved 10 his case, as IL often
does IN certain minds, subtitle poison. IL
never could either disbelieye or become rec
onciled to it, and the sore problems II pro-
posed embitteree his spirit az ,inst Christi
auity. "The worst OF it is 1 do belieUe,
he would often say with violence, When be
! had been employing all bis powers OF rea-
| son, Wit and ridicule upon these subjects.
Through al this sorrowful history was TO
| DO seen, no: tn, care of slandered woman
to make her story good, but the pathetic
| anxiety OF a mother who treasures every
particle Of hope, every intimItiol Of geod,
IN the son whom she cannot cease To love.
With it'd ssciibi able resignation she dxelt ON
those last hours, those words address to
her never to hs uuderst' o l ill repeated IN
eternity.
The wriier was 50 impressed and excited
by the whols scene and recital that she beg
ged for two or three days TO deliberate, be-
fore forming any OIiLiDn. She took toe
memoranda with her, returned to l. 'ndon,
| aud gave a day or two g the con Sideratiqu
Of the subject. The decision viii ID she
made was chiefly Influenced by her reyer-
ense aud affection for Ltdy Byron. She
seemed so frail, aud hal suffered 30 much,
she stood al such a hight above the o apre-
hension OF the coarse and cOmmcn world
that the author had a feeling that il would
almost be like violating q shrine, TO ask her
" OhMO lOibu NuO oehNNuoiy ".
silence where she had so long abode and
plead her cause. She wrote TO Lady Byron
that while this act Of justice did seem to be
called for, and to in some respects most de.
sirable, yet, as it would involve 30 much
tnat was painful to her, the writer Consider
ed that l. ,dy Byron woul be entirely justi-
| G able 10 leaving the truth to be disclosed
after her death, and recommended that all
facts necessary should be put 10 the hands
0: some person to be published.
Years passed on. Lady Byron fingered
| four years after this Interview, to the won
der Of her physicians ani ell her friends
AZ er Lady By roh's death the writer 10 ked
anxiously, hoping TO see a memoir Of the
person whom she considered the INST re-
mark able woman that England had proiu-
| crd 10 the century No such mcmiUr has
| appeared 90 the part OF her friends aud
the mistress of L ird Byron has the ear OF
the public, and is sowing far and wide IN
worthy ISLANDERS which are eagerly gathered
4 up ami read by an undiscriminating commu-
pity. There may be family reasons in Eng
land wisch prevent Lady Byron's friends
from speaking but Lady Byron has al
American n me end an American exi,tencr,
aud RIVER, nee for pure wOmanhOOd is, We
think, q national characteristic Of the
American and so far as this ciuntry IL
Concerned, We feel that the public should
have this refutation Of the SANDERS Of the
Countess Guiecioll's b"os.