The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-18
Written for the TELEGRAPH.
Should q Wife Publish her
Husbands Shame I?


de in the 4Attantse Konthlys A scsndai,
) the very emormity Of which proves it al
luntruth.
/ 1t is hard to imagine what could have
Ebeen Mrs. Stoves motive in dragging
from the quiet scclnsian of the grave q
theme SO Improbable and injudclous !;
Iinjudcious from the fact that Mrs. Stowe
can bring no proof Of what she relstes
anil Improbable because discussion O.
the mmoralities of Lord Byron's lie has
. tendency to exert an Injurious influence
on tne morals of the youth of the pres
ent day, = q - So
How often do we hear q certain class oi
young men quoting the short comings in
! the lives Of Byron and Burns, as authori-
| ty for, or, at least, IN excuse and paifia.
ton Of their own excuses How often
we hear them exclaiming in that DISCUS.
ingly NAV klsh-mock.sen.im tone,
All, poor sBurnsi poor Burns /" usual!y
adding sad dog" with sly leer that
makes one.ong to box their puppyish ears
They seem blis>faly unconscious OF the
fact that a man may be-destitate of every
particle Of moral principle, AMI yet be 4
root. 1t takes something more than mere
trakish propensIties to constitute either a
Byron or Burns. so. a'5a ,sasaa-
For the sake Of the youth of the pres
ent and future generations it We're better
to let the unappy history of this stormy
heart sink INTO Oblivion---a heart which
after all, beat its last in the great cause of
| freedon. S7 - -~
Inregard to MrsStowe's motive in relat
ing this infamous scandal, it is impo sible
to suppose it was merely to crafty love
of idle gossip-stll less for want of
more wholesome food for her gifted pen
Consequently we can only Infer that she
| intended to. enlist the sympathy of the
public in behalf Of Lady Byron. If this
really was her design. she has displayed
| rather poor taste in trying to elevate one
woman's name by dragging another name
and an inoffensive one-down into
the filth and slime of degradation
Tee unsupp ,rted word of a wife, known
t. be almost insanely jealous. of her hus-
band, should be- taken with some allow
ance.
Had Lady Byron been the noble, high
minded woman and loving wife she is
represented, she never could, and never
would have torn aside the sacred veil,
and proclaimed to the greedy curiosity
Of the world d grief whose depth should
haveistIcken her dumb 81
1T is not wife's place TO publish her.
husbands shame, and in doing so Lady
Byron proves herself wanting both inIwife
~ and motherIy love No really tender
mother would have told such tale about
| he father of her children ~
NJ person an. or wishes to defend
Lord Byron's morals still one cannot
help wondering whatsort of man he
would haye been and what his lif
would have been; if he had married SOM,
gen IL, loving, forgiving woman instead
o til el n'lentless, jealous, unforgivirg
one he evidently did marry. 9ElfL
TIN re was recently published in the ST
Joseph, Mo. Herald, story to this effect :
The writer in the fall of 1861 beca me
-cqualnted in StaLouis with Maj. George
Gordon de Luna Byron. an English Gen
/ rlemalhadraneed In years, AMI ut the time
N 'fficer i'll Frcmont's army. During 1
! pl asant intimacy with him theMajor told
4 Ism hat the true cause of the separation
NJ Lord and lady Byron was this:
On the OCCASION Of Byron's first visit t,
1 Spain helmet, loved and married a ca,ho
IL lady Of good Spanish family Tht
marriage was secret upon the pledge ,ha
it should be revealed ON his return r
| England. The first Grecian beauty i,
met on his arrival in Greece made hin,
'niaithful to his Spanish bride. Absence
aad forgetfulness followed, and af err his
return to England, he declared his inten-
ton OF disavowing marriage, void at
! the time under both the existing penal
laws of England, and the laws of Snain
ihe marriage was kept secret by the de
t serted wife whom pride would not alIo,,
8 topro'ecute an unavailing suit. Of thi.
marriage ason was born. Lady Byron
e aware ofT her husbands many infdelties