, 1869-09-19
BYRON.
MRS. stowe and MIS-. Grundy,

whites Of her eyes The OCCASION Is IBIS: Mrs
Stove has written an article In which she sup-
nits the hypothesis that Lady Byron LETT her hus
band because lie orleEed hsr to leaFc, and that
she 1eIused to return, not because Of hts otiiua-
r. adulterief, but because OF Adultery with near
refatlSe.
since the nsst appearance OF Asiat!c cholera
do not remember Ehen 80 much pubic har7ur has
been manifested. But the horror Is caused, not By
the idea thst the poet should hare committed such
a crime, but at the idea that Mrs. stowe should
hare told ofif. Mr.. Stove s bold wonan, If she
te1la OF anything sKaln before she obtains per.
mission Of the public to 10 50.
When. many years ago, 4 Representative nom
South Carolina beat down Massachusetts Sena-
tor in tho Senate Chamber, his district thought 1t
an act OF such transcendent excellence as to hare
unanimously voietl for hls reelection
1t u, perhaps, the onl5 political act ca record 80
heartily approved Mrs SsoweB late achlere-
ucnt IL tho onls one ! remember as universally
condemned. hare not Jet seen q slnyle news
paper which jus'nes that publication.
Even the Ettofut!on, Ehose vocation ]: Is 10 de-
ienA the rtxhis OF women, aui which would seenl.
therefore, 10 be the uatnral champion, both III
Mrs. Stowe aud Of llais D,rou, meexIJ says: As
tn the merits good taste Of M1s Stoves article
We exprgEa no artn!on.''
In tke hnnc Of the .itlatIIc .n"Hth{u We Know
UPON the nuthonty Of The Boston correspondent Of
the Chicago Journal. that society Is utterly de-
1lt ralizcd. "Tho Boston PRESS" eaJa this cnirc-
bpousleut, ""ttn0ut exception. unite 3l saylng
thai Mira Stuwc has male MlssAkn In bringing
a1atu TO tho public hutlre, ID the form Ut Khnnl-
like attack ,hc tntiterftttA OF thu dead poet -
HIT cAanut rraIse The fearful t1rrth. 10 which
| the ruuruls Of ltoston hnye sunk until rra'f,
from tht hatnc authority. that al Innocent little
rrl daughter of Clergy man!! nrke's irr |nthrr
tue TIE atlluK Ut the wut,t tncs.ttf and asked II,
ino, flst,I u, The tahts!N The preclsc date Ut
which ihIs huFfIbte Inquiry wna prupouued Ia mot
atrn; but tie Inference Il stFy H'ronx TINT Il rms
pnt aitrr the publication Of Mrs. Htt1wgs afttrlr,
although thai particular Nuru "a nut given Ii tho
| AstlcIe,
We arc encouraged IL hnre That New Tosk has
exeapcd l!tc C1ntsu.lnNl.un.
Thu inttt,9utthe.l publisher of lI1s New iusk
Irisrr ttu lltusv Bcxter, tAc ulher day. iuItt
III gYii4 Ia ft,At HRAun RA WI are toll 1IT H1l
tho newspapers nja o ',ls EArH1ets tn A't"rs lIx,
usrr his uwn *IapAtnre, that he woultl not hare
pufilsHrh Mrh BtuNea erticit lgf "uHb ntlliaA VI
dollars"
| And ho u1hhcA TIM hbscrt1Dn with 10 tnurfi rrl.
ptlAsla ~ IL rcHler II sntnewhat doubtful whether
hr would hRsb t,lLia1el tho article crnt alt,7t
| st ten hun'lIrt krfl uue lhouaauI ,lniIaFh rrti
| Il ptubals that, With onJ Z Hn9ts million In
taiI, Sir. iottner runht ppaaeas hnact OF ali Tho
| faslrtt ho1tsn In yanherhItk RtatcA ilapry
1
| t"sn Under tho Eut'fancr Ut r1tHs M ,nmarcG.
| I2lr.
] 7lIr newspapers asn nns HKrert ~ II whrthrr
Mrs HlUwr'k 1ytHshests II The TIM 0ns " mi.
nnln" r, kI,ntly Think II II. tthrrs tlnns Of 'rny.
lfut n agree That, whrshrt fftlH ur falsr. II ~aA
l.nrt,t,srr fur Mrs. hlnwr IN Ri,r publicity snl
Nnv. I do MT personally Annw rlt're Mrs,
NIuw~ nt laty i,Tap. ali't I s'" not wtah ~ In
lhtn,ant suHirlnIs. hul nt tho siak VI datast'Iua
III. .wp1l xr.aF.i s,n, N ,lrHHnsns ut II s. spI!.
tafr 10 haY that MIk rluwo MUutt !iRya leun fatsn
to t,n u4assoR4 0f tlsn!.hip II 1hn .Ial w1tA!a",
t.pE Inn il!bliu u.a material sIaaHIrI.la II thas
| Artirp.
Il wns I'M Tho pusroan as Mr.. alown IA Rtsnsl
L&ri litIot1, In, IN ,r!Et,l his VITA. Tho lHrttltt
hr!urn her MAJ, mt what HAa Lard bsfoh, ha
| why lid IA,tJ Isr0h Ieass HIM The pGhle In
hati that llra,nn unttr ,tlmuaa,nn for ,aa!s thai
hnl! h cxntusy. Tnt EupllAr untlrr
ttantInE tntusNIrt cxclustFey ~ ihe poet Ht.t
his tainll5, haa borH, that Ahe !tl1 him 10 pay
visit and lhat Aft refused 10 Return, to grntf5
su'tden caprice. say tho popular nnaeFttanitnr
pax been AesrtofoFe tntolmc't upon thu sah1cc
onIY b5 Lord liyron anil hIA friends His londes
complaint against biz wifu waa th4t ahe retuset1 t.
explain. II now appears, however, Tint to ont
| pefhon An American, friend and . woman, she
| dhl explain. Mr.. stowc has given that exrtana-
patton 10 thc public "MIs- Grundy" lifts both
hanbs and excIatms pathet!caly. " How could
Mrs. Store, q Noman make such statement
after the death Of all parties affected ey II: Ard
| ELL more paihet1catly "1lrs- GfunGy" asks,
| "Why didn't Lady HIrpn, who Tas also WOMAN
make Tint statement while those parties we're yet
lyfna:" -....
! Arc 10th these cfltlc.3ms jnste II this senst
tive ruhlc cannot bear 10 bear Mrs stowe make
thi4 statement, nov, 24ajnst one who was
! stranger "a her, how could 1t hare endured tu
hear Lady BJron, heIself, make the aAuc susie
| uent neslnst her own husband and the fasaer d
Ae. child, wht1e they beth nSed.
Ii the great American althnrcsa ID to hAFe the
taurcls III stripped from her brow for breathing
thls chsrEc ore1 the skeleton Of Byron, Ii unsel'
hsn ylpniratiou Of ner friend, What unhealu ol
auathemas would not have h+en forget aSainat
iadY BYRON, ha1 she Eentufed to utter the salns
charge aSa:rat the pet poet Of England and I
Peer OF the res1u, In selfish Vladleauou o.
| netself:
BIT i.ls c!smosou4ly objected to Ars. stowol
; I statement, that 1t To wholly ulaccompanted b.
proofs. And, 1t Is demanded ths1, nartng mads
the charge, she should proceed 10 pspFe It. Wher
Byron an41 return from the world to which ht
has gone to thta which he outraged, and wheE
| the Queen shall sppont Mrs. Stowe her Attorue,
General + think 1t Will become the duty OF th
latter TO prua ecute him upon this charge and has
him either Convicted or acquitted Of 1t. But eye
then She w.s HAVE to a1rasgn hin before his PEER
l ~
I ThomAsea-
But untn then Insist It ts not the dnfy Of Mn
: | Stowe 10 attempt 10 prove the Charge. Nj!
S | Stowe does not make the charge Lsay BJru
! made IL Evidently the former believed It. Bf
+: she repeats II, not becanso she beEtTed but b
] cause her friend believed If. she does no, III
mand Judgment against Lord Byron. But ehe d
! Dsnd4 the Acqu.ttA Of LadJ Byron from Gu!ec1o
! aspersious and all otne1s.
The material aTer1nent tn Mr. Stoves sst1cl
. Il not that Bfron waa Eotlsy IN naauper and tofu
q etc. but that Lady Byron assigned that guilt .
c the reason why she refused to lire witt bin IN
e vorld mar conclude thss Lady Bvfon was ut
: | taken Is to her husband1 guilt But the "of1t
with all i,s eceentr!c.ues Of fattn, will be slow
F. believe ,nat.a vile, against whom no other fan
], rss ever whispered, has wtlfauy Uttered 10 foul
e | r,tnnnq asalost her bnshand- Whatever We ua
tu1k Of this story, We arc boand 70 conclude tns
d the unh,ppy VIE believed II And II she b
b ueyed it, her eonducs must have been e1osl
:; | guided br II, whether ttuc OF false. ....-
4 Mrs Stove Ii accused Of hastng maae m atsac
mon the grate and E1olAtin1 tss sanct'ty THIS -
~ rrsa,ton i, uuxarransed. On the contrary,
have ZONE reaaou to hope that AEst Stove b
rendered tne epe service which will hesta1tef pf,
q tect the xancttty Of the gTAFr. Dotn Byron AZ
Il hIs wtte hare been committed to the gfaTe- B.
IT rnn hlute1f Is probably the most disgusting objet
,e eycr :cous,aped 10 n. His Afe WAS one pr
= feature n The dcfoFnlsy Of his character.
d | ,,r-t1afei On At& debaxtAeTieA Other men nc
,r hare been a. ucenSons Is be, bus no man, dix
IL Dytd hos Ike BJrpn, fehesE5ed the STORES q
,e amnrrs In oasceos rhymes and bartered them II
II brandy. And no MN befofe or etnce OF1da tin
pf txs, ike Byron, after trading on bis deprsvtae
.. gone about Ia society whining over them, sad q
ID pc4,tng to pasc sympathy oecause Of them.
II Al length the grave snaiched him k7un the ei
1e brace pf the tast Of hia nlzrresaea-
In that Ky1ye he 4houId hare beeu left But /
te admirer. hare pe.1tsteutJ kept the memory Of
se | ,ns.condncs before us By constant Attempts
l. gloss It. We have been dlltgnnty instructed sh
cf liz c1inea we're "tpdiscret1ans" and thAt his %
= defiance Of III lkw, human and distEa, Has hat
be eccentz1euy Of Ecntus. OsheIs hint vaguely as
be foEmtdabls nature Of hi Temptations, but wttnt
.lr uaminR Them And old Sam Rogers. writing, pr
~ sbly, atter having dl1ed wlsh Fox and Sheridan
q those sooms Which Sidney Smith called "T|
1g place Of aafkuess where Wa gn2shtnS Of teet
er neetiJ iolnuases that any Of the rest Of ~ NO
es bare behaved much Woi1e, Il Wc had been
b. sorcly tt1ed.
rr- And Thlle N this apo1oRy or eacomlun haA b
Of lasished upon Byron, everybody has been N
~ familiar with his g1eeF1 II his Hlfth "petl
;" tion1," Hhn hts tAmpoon upou her eharstts
nj and with hta Amensattons ofef her !uatIflt1
10 '.foFHtvc." 50 now, Il u difficult to det
lis hether the world ls more reso,Tcd