The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-23
TIE BYRON scAxDA1.
a SOLUTION OF THE. pRoBLEM OF
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Why Lady Byron .er.ra..a nom
| ~1 her Hushend.l Hu-r ~
Inc latest sensation in tho literary world is
tpe publication or IN article in whtoh, Harriet
baecher Stowe tells anew the: storyy of the
separation Of Lord Byron from his wife, and
onarees him With crime almost too monstrous
TO name. The article will. doubtless SON Eroli I
and We believe it to bo as ttue Ia Ills leserpiion
OF the causes Of the Byron soaldaE as Unclsa
Toms CABIN was in It's e f g. ,:iat si jin.ii i!l
y ''fA ard er' .s::ou, +, .'"esip.ion:ot sou!bern
- lsnners; Mrs. stowe, i. must Be ssla.
Lady Byron. ,o;e .:i. =.
!, inc NC" 4ork Tribune, OF Wednesday, pub,
nsnes '.oe essential portions Of Mrr, Stoves
"i' "i' .sie. 1t says 1870 r1i@oF Aitaom aHr
Interesting and graphic as is tie recital, the
new facts positively estabnsled arc not 20
many as might have n,t been % .S eSnse%psSd' % sInst
Thar tho worst any enc could say OF lady
Byron was that she was faultily faultess her
Husband wSs' s'tho frat to admie:o The present
s,Sss Of LADY Bsrsns
| nor eau it do moro than add one, abbott the
| EoulesL shade OF darkness, TO o character which
tho world has already accepted as very black.
tion between tho poet and his vito was n jt due
| to bis brutal treatment, beginning, as ehe
herself tells us, at the FerE ckurth doors, when
ho exclaimed, MADAM, YOU will lind you have
| married devii." and continuing oil the years
or their welded life, but to Lady Byrou's dis
covery OF IN lDcestuous Intrigue between her
| husband ard hls own sister this haltslster
| really,) which began before their smarrIage,
and continued under her roof This horrible
statement rests simply on Lady Byron's asserI
ton that she had discovered evidence ofiit;
knowniu England and leaves il to BE inferred
that tho guilty sister. had herselt made con-
| LESSONS to the aRgrieved wife. a..
1t romans to say that Lady ByFon's feaaPn
| for making 30 friShtfuf revelation against
her'ldeal huebahd Was belief, urged by her
friends. that 1t was necessary toexhibiE bis
| trio character to check .ithe popular and per
nlcous influence ii his writings; and thst Mrs.
| matter before tho world, is a desire, slrSe the
publication OF the Countess Guiccloli's .ius q
moIrs, to yndicate The memory, OF 1.-THE wife
agoinst the slanders ofthe MISTRESS. Resting,
| LadS BYRON TO Mrs. tSt5Fei without ANY men;
tiolf OF particulars, or ptbduoliVIof corfJtorE7
! tory proof it is quito possible That The world
%ay BE- dlsh assd rs geSSly 20 SsSys that
her idoprayed and lcentioqs husband GwaR, q
monster. Both ON this point and on the.pro!
prieuN OF tho publication lns hny evont, wo IRE
| hkey to hayo an abundance OF discussion iD
| literary circles. dGoa - ia,.;. -. - =
According to Mrs. stowes statament; it was
| ut, Lord Byron's own command that the sepn5
ration took place. Lady Bytonimplioitly osey-
| ing him, deeming him mad. Sho asserts nlso
that o child was oorn Under the oiroumsl auces
alleged to have existed, which fortunately died
young, and soon afterwards tho slster passed
away, yielding up her latest breath In Lady
! Byron's arms. Such arc the statements em-
| bodied in Mrs. Stoves apologize for Lady
Byron. This is the fearful mystery which is to
explain her apparent colduess and hor unbro-
| ken silence towards tho man she had loved 80
| dearly, and whose tender farewell, in imper.'
| ishab!o verse, had drawn tears from the sym-
pathizing maidens Of England and America.
It may be doubted, however, whether, in the
| loose and unmethodicai way in which tho 81 ate-
naents have bee1 set forth, they will compcll
belief, OF whether, supposing them to DO ire.
futable, It was necessary for Indy Byrops
farae that thoy ohouid bo brought to light
4 Several journals have commented upon tho
A publication. and generally with great incredu-
lily and positive o e,nviction sof the impolicy
4 and useIes 5ness or the omplshment 81 Mrs,
4 Stoves indeiodte task at this late day. Tie
h New York Post says: F.t-o5 ,rra
Il Manirestlyit soems strange. not to say un-
i accountable, that LoId Byron, knowing his
wife TO be 10 possession OF tnis dsmning SO.
ence. whioh was in all probability the surest
mears OF bring ging about its disclosuro5a We
are Hiso without any Information as TO the
a% IL p sa Sh.sn tesy ; gsg Si s Il
psoted merely dnrlng their mirrled life, and
Enot positively known by her I'LL the slster. dy-
4 ing, confessed It: We say this, is Inference,
Of all, however, is that with the fierce. full light
I bof contemporary criticism poured upon Lord
Byron's whole career, 30 that, every fact and
circumstance or his domestic life was known
to all the world, the child LIVING four years
under Lady ;Byrons charge and nurture. no
whisper OF this dark secret shonid ever have
reached society; No mystery OF our times is
For the vIndicationo OF historic truth, this Il ct
/ publication may be 1udicious aud profitable,
but Lady Byton's reputation had better been
left as It VAS. Gniccioi's ridiculous apotheoss
OF the errirg nobieman. when she loved not
wisely but too well, has utterly failed to change
one line OF the verdict Of posterity upon his
character and hfa fame. In like manner her It
tncks upon Lady Byron have not induced aiy
weil-discpline1 mind to douot that she was
moro sinned against than SHINING $
ThslNew York I lines has criticism of Mrs.
Stoves article. in which It says; g ~ ~.
| Every detail or her story is contradicted by
the crcumstances attending tho separation Of
Lord and Lady Byron, She is wrong in her
Il quotations, wrong IN her dates, wrong. in the
acoount which she gives Of -theimode which
Lady Byron quilted her husbands roof. Bhe
speaks OF Lady Byron as having lived two
years with her husband. N The truth is that
| they were. married on the Sd OF January, 1916,
and = the 18th Of the following January they
Froteia note TO his Sffe, Srdertng her 10 leave
hin,, he could not. and !! would not says
Mrs: stowss :shats.R Der about lblmi and when
iher child Nss. Only, Bye weeks old eicarrted
this threat Of expulsion into eeffect", Thls is
I quite contrary TO- the, actual setsi Il ThA dhiid
was. born on Z tha 10th hot, iDecembe !, Lady
Byron went toiher fathers, houAb at1tifkby
llof her health. 9ie Nrotea lettef. from nfh enpe
to her, ,htsbaudJ (which has aIwsyH bseti
deemed a strong presuhnpt ptiyo proof thae' Lord
Byron was guilty OF no gross offence TO !, ard
her her: Leigh HINT, .Gsptai9? Msdsin add Tout fotl