, 1869-09-05
TlIK nrAon CONTROVERSY IN EMO
LAND

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I2n London I'ssa nacIn 10 look npnn
the statement Of l.a,ly llyron'n sol!n!t,rs NJ
substantial asllnlsaIon If thu truth al Mra.
htowo'A hrtiulo iu tho -4f'anffs -Mnnfhiy co.,
corning tho caukos nf tho separation of
Lord and Lady llyron. ~ fur ~ II goes,
anl IN a further admission lhat there wu1o
nsheF causes which have not yet hcon dis
closed. Farioua opinions nro held ,onoo.n.
ing the propriaty Of Mrs. 6towo's publication;
but in tho midst Of this discussion the I'dU
NlQ Gn-tffe states that the grandchildren
OF Lord add Lady Byron contemplated pub
IlxhinE the ssn,e facts at BONO future time,
md we1c only hcsitating as to the proper
tme to carry thei. intention into effect.
This is not the lcast surprising roye!,hon in
tho category, md Is to be accounted for
only BY the reverence which they baar for
Lady Byron, whose reputation as a warm
heartod and duiful wife has been assailed
BY Thousand writer's, from Lord Macaulay
down to the Countess Guiccioli. These
grandchildren, who hsEo arrived at years
Of maturity, owe to Lord Byron nothing
but the mere fact OF ancestry,
which, in their case, is much The
same kind Of debt that Beatrice Cenci owed
to her father. II, when Byron drove his
wife AWAY, tho act had consigned her and
her newborn babe to poverty as we'll as
deso}atiou, it would have been all the seuo
to him. In spending other peoples money
he was Asreckless and shame1oss rs CAtline;
and, not content with doing all in his power
to squanief bis w1feis estate, while he
lived with her, he WAS meau-apinted, /,
enough to subsist upon her bounty niter
his departure for Italy and his alliance with
the Countess Guiccioli.. In the light Of
recent revelations. the hypocrisy which
prompted him to write the lines beginning
-FAre-theeeWel and If forever"
Is positively shocking, md must inspire his
own posterity with almost rs t1eep disenst
ss the crime which led to his separation
from his wife. It is ccrtain that tho5 ore
to Lady, Byron everything they pos
sess IN tha world which makes life pleasant
to the1n-wealth, education, social distinc-
ton, md a-goo3 name. Lord Byron did
everything he could to deprive them Of all
these things, md, in addition, insinuatod to
the world that Lady Byron wGa cold, puri-
tauical WOMAN, who left him without ns-
signing my reason for her act, although be
had repeatedly nsked her to do 10.
The world will be less concerned with the
rropricty Of Mrs. Stoves narrative than
with it's trathfulucss. Tho statement Of
Lady Dyron's solicitors leares no doubt in
tho mind Of any one that the alleged cause
oi the separation was the truo one. Nor is
it easy to believe that Lady Byron was mis-.
taken as to the facts- There is scarcely
anE presence nnong the English Journals
that she was mistaken. Thcro must ba
either cozroborative or contradictory tcsti-
monY in abundance in England to confirm
OF rcfute the da1nning story, and it will
now undoubtedly come to the light. We
fully expect that tho truth of AIs4.
Stoves narrative will bo established. As
to the consequences to Lord Byzon's rrpu-
tahon, let Mrs. 6towo's aEsailants answer
tho question whether person guilty of tho
crime Of incest, in addition to MI the other
outzages which byron committed, has my
clains upon other the sympathy or tho 81
(ence Of mankind, They hAvo with ono
accord united in pronouncing it n cri,nc 10
4ideous ~ to be Incredible. Let them now
Fay whether their hero in likely to suffer un-
Justly at tho hands Of his historians.