The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-30
7HE BYRON SCANDAL.
The Introductory Chapter to Mrs.
Stoves Defence.
She Reaflirms Her Charges Against Lord
Dyron-Expresses Surprise at the
Course OF the Press and Pro-
misses to Substantlate
ALI Her Assertions.

beiow VIC publish tne Introductory chapter to
Mrs Stowe's forthcoming work on Lord and Lady
Byron. The book win appear in few days when
we shall learn what further evidence Mrs. stowe
has to offer in substantiation OF her horrible
story
The interval since my publication OF "The True
st0ry OF Lady Byr0ns Liier has been one or stormy
discussion and Of much inyeciive. have not
,ShOuXht IL necessary 10 disturb my spirit and
fuse my sense OF right by even an attempt at read
Ing the many abusive articles that both here ana In
England have followed tnat disclosure. Friends
have undertaken The task FOR me, giving me from
time to time tine substance OF anything really
tumult. --i,s..s
1t appeared to me essential that this first excite
ment should IN measure spens Itself before there
would De q possibility OF SPEAKING TO any purpose.
Now, when all woui0 seem 10 nave spoken who can
SPEAK ana, tis te y hoicd, have said the utmost
shey can say, tp1re seems proprety IN listening
Caliniy, pat 10 possible 10 wnat have TO say IN
AND, 1lrst, why have made this disclosure at all
TO .lis answer, briefly, because | considered it
NY uuy 10 make IT, made 1t In defence OF q be-
,esea revered friend whose memory STOOD forth in
sue eyes u the civilized world charged with most
!epulsive crimes, OF winch certainly knew her
Iclalm, and shall prove that Lady Byrop,s repu.
.a.Ion mas Deen the vlctm OF concerNd attack,
begun ~ her husband during her lifetime and com.
lns 70 US climax over her grave. Claim anu shall
prove that ii was not VINO strrea up this contro-
Versy in this year 1869. Shalt Show who did do 10
and VINO is responsible for oulgmg on me that hard
duty OF making these disclosures which, IL appears
TO me, ought TO nave been maze by others.
claim that these tacts were gwen to me I'M
guarded by any promise or seal OF secrecy ex.
pressed OF implied; that they were lodged with ne
as one sister rests ner story with another for sy,a
patty for counsel, Tor delcuee Never dld antici.
pate the day would come .nat should be Obliged IN
experience 60 crus. anguish as this use Of them
.as oeen to Inc. heser0id suppose that-when
thoso End hands that had shed nothing bur bless
lnes were lying IN the Delpiessness OF DEATH when
that gentle heart so sore. tiled to the last so
tuil VI love- was lying cold tn the tomb-a country
man in England codd DO found TO cast the louiest
slaodeIs on her grave, and not one in all England
10 raise an effective soioS Ia her defence.
ladmit the feepiepess OF my pea Ia point OF exc
cntion. 1t was Written in q state OF exhausted
heath. when no aoor OF The Kind was safe for me,
Wnen my hand had not strength TO hold the pen and
was forced TO dictate TO another.
have been told tDat have no reason to congratr.
late myself ON 1t as h.erury effort. my br0.bers
and sisters Is there chen nothing IN the world to
think of put literary eifoftsY ask any man with a
heart In his bosom II he mad been Obliged to tell q
story 30 cruel because his mothers grave gave no
rest from SANDER; ask any woman who had been
forced to such disclosure to free dead SISTERS
name from grossest insults whether she would have
thought OF making this work Of bitterness literary
dying, the last prayers OF lnotners-are any words
wfqng IKE drops Of bIool from the human heart TO
yaf fed " ooaul;ynsa America q ia
press, l have done you one act OF Justice
Of oil your bitter articles l have read not one
remembrance OF any unAind word you have said or
me, for at this moment / recoliect not one. had
such faith in you, prize in my countrynlen as
men with whom, above all others, the cause OF
woman was sale am sacred, that / was at FIRST
astonisned and lncreduous ut what heard OF the
course OF the American press and was SILENT not
merely from the impossiplty OF being heard but
from grief and shame. But reflection convinces me
That you were, In many cases. acting from mlsun-
Outstanding OF facts ana through misguided honor
able feeling; and still feel courage therefore, to
ask from you fair hearing. Now, as have done
you this justice VIII also do lne the justice to
hear me seriously and candldly?
what interest haze you or l, my brother and my
sister, tins life of ours TO utter thing but
the TRUTH Is not truth between man and man and
al. Things rests Have you not, every innviduai OF
you, who must hereafter give an account yourself
TINS matter, and duty to perform as respects rha.
TRUTH Hear me- thea, While tell you the position
IN which stood, and what was my course In rea-
shameless attack on my friends memory had
appeared IN the BGcffcOOd OF July, 1859, branding
Lady Byron as tho yiest Of criminals. aud recon-.
mendtng the Gulccl0 book to Christian public as
.n.eresnng from the ve,y TACT o ina. II was ne
efficient protest was made against this outrage in
England, ana Lnteips Laving Age reprinted the
BtdcE,rood article, and the Harpers, the largest
publishing house In America, perhaps IN the world,
repuDlished the book.
Its statciuents--with those Of the BacE,cood Pail
Mall Gazette, and other English pertodicals-were
being propagated through all the young reading
and writing World OF America. l was meeting them
advertised In dailes ana made up into articles In
magazines and thus The generation OF to-day, VINO
had no means OF Judging Lady Byron but by these
fables OF her slanderers, we're beng fouy deceived
the friends who knew her personally were small
Urcc h IN "nG death every daS
the great world, and silent. ! saw these foul
ISLANDERS crysaizing into history uncOntradicted by
friends who knew her personally, who, firm In their
own knowledge OF her virtues and limited In view
arstoorac circles generally are had no idea Of the
EFFICIENCY OF the crisis When time passed on and no
voice was raised, SPOKE. gave ct first a simple
story, Tor knew instnCtlvey That whoever put the
st steel point OF truth INTO tals dark cloud or
der must wait for the storm To spend itself. must
say the storm exceeded my EXPECTATIONS, and mas
ragged loud ana long. but now thai there Is o oom-
paratve stiffness shall proceed, rst to prove what
have just been asserting. ald, second, 10 add to
my true story such facts ind incidents ~ / did NOT
nt frat IN atotp