The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-22

Il
Der OF BacktooOds Magazine recalls their testimony
n ri says '1 even na
ness, which, though containing nothing but what
wife ought 10 write and Is the better for writing,
was Thought almost TOO good TO show" Moore
describes II as full Of playfulness and anectlon."
Captain Medwin states that It began "Dear Duck"
s few days afterward Lord Byron received another
letter from his wifes mother inviting him to Knkby
mallory. Inc very next letter he received was one
| lett him forever. Let ii be remembered that Lady
Byron parted from her husband on good terms, that
she wrote To hun in a very a1ectonate manner and
tLAt WthOut seeing MIN again she suddenly cast him
on These are facts which have never been disputed.
NOW listen TO the romance which Lady Byron APP
| pears To have foisted on Mrs. otowe:-
On the day departure she passed by the door Of his
sn1 s.a A., to his was
feeling Willingness even 70 be soen% as ua suws ~ bs
poor little creature nigh. abe only be allowed to remain and
partner Of his sins were sns ana
Lord Byron pa. his hands Sehad him. etreasd T. the
ana % ss as .s Is 2s there
ssan 2" Lady Byron Oman " Nm ssavsn and
We have no hesitation in asserting that W henever
and wherever this story was Invented 1t Is entirely
without foundation, and we believe that 1t now
makes Its appearance for the first time If, however
Il has been published before 1t must be one OF those
tales which Lord Macaulay refers to as 'loathsome
alandersr on Lord Byrons character and Macau.
lays comment upon them Ia sngularly appropriate
to this particular speclmen:-'Gt is not every day
that the savage envy OF aspiring ounces Is gratihed
by the agonies Of such spirit and the degradation
But the baseness of the present SANDER upon the
memory OF the great poet cannot be conveyed except
In the words which we must assume were put into
Mrs. St0we's mouth. We decline 70 do more than
condense the statements Tor which she has made her
self respOnsible:--
From the height =. which he M h,ys been as the
ndteoas intrigue with blood relation near In censan-
n. Ss whose s
en. VIZ had ss2 ayns sn s latter
uenees her last sickness and dsng
.n upos w.o % whOss
s A ss the
OF else failed and though her task dcalt
object LAZY syfsn
Mrs. Stowe declares that Lady Byron told her this
| story. II Mrs. StOwes memory has not deceived
her the only explanation Of 1t can be that Lady By
rons jealousy and anger had overturned her reason
Lord Byron never saw his sister after he LEFT Eng
land. But we cannot discuss the monstrous cal.
umny piece by piece. We submit that before we
can be expected to receive such statement 1t must
| be supported by proof. Why is it that Lady Byron
never brought this charge against her husband I'M
| I'll an American lady happened to visit herr MRS.
Stowe says 1t because she was careful for Lord
Byrons reputation. In reality she sought by every
means, and all through her life, to injure it. Once
and tried to get MIN shut up In mad.
house. she obstinately refused to explain to MIN
| why she had left him. Sne sent her mother to a
| lawyer tDr. Lushington) with statement OF her
grievances and he advised her to return to her hus
oand. Afterwards she told him something under
| opinion. Lord Byron, as is well KNOWN wrote q
sketch OF his life, which Moore DESTROYED thereby
mourning heavy responsibility: put Lord Russell
bears this testimony-that there was nothing in the
journal OF particular importance and no Interesting
details OF his nfe.' To the last moment OF his ex-
istence he solemnly declared that he was
Ignorant Of the cause Of Lady Byrons con- con-
his death that Lady Byron ventured 10 heap
fresh insults upon his memory. We have no 1ncll-
! In IN nnAnrf aln 10 nf
general moral character. Probably Mrs. stoves ed
Innate OF that would not materially differ from our
! own. But we may believe him to have been guilty
OF many faults without credting the Disgusting
| story now made public. And we are quite sure that
be removed from the field Of public discussion, tbs
| to be regretted that Mrs. Stowe has again invited
attention 10 IT,. We must repeat that we are sorry
for the part she has taken In the affair." 1t has rem
dered service to literature 1t reflects no credit on
Lady Byron, and it will not enhance the debt which
the present generation owes 10 Mrs. Stowe's uSeiui
| and amusing pen.
From the Albany On. " Journal, August 1871
Mrs Stowe gives no corroborative proofs but hints
thus mine Of prurient scandal should have been re-
opened.
| From the Troy IN, ". Wing, August 2o.l
*.f* 1t, does not look reasonable that guilty
laison which could not be concealed from the
physician, from nurses and attendants, should never
as nn,ea r 70 !Se es
! explanation OF the fraily OF Byron's sister. The
prurient curiosity OF hundreds Of literary Bohemi-
ans, who could have earned dinner or perhaps a
guinea by the sale OF such story, would have dis-
| covered and given It to the public long ago.
from the worcester tMass.l Spy. August 9o.l
| can now be produced, and there are many circum-
stances that make it seem highly improbable.
| From the Philadelphia Post August col
The eject OF the scandal Will be to convince those
| who hitherto have thought Lady Byron an injured
| woman to believe her crazy, and her husband,
| whatever his faults, wronged and slandered man.
From the Philadelphia Press, August COL
[ No pecunlary temptation Sn0ulu nave induced
Mrs. Stowe to publish a grave accusation against
one of her own sex-even If she believed it true
Resting as 1t does upon the mere assertion Of Lady
| Byron, few will credit IT.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer. August 1871
| What Is new in the revolving public Ion concern
ing Lord Byron for which the world Is indebted TO
Mrs. Beecher stowe, bears intrinsic evidence OF ui
truth. Whether the falsehood originated with that
| lady or with the unfortunate woman from whom
| she claims 70 have received II Is question which
we are unable to solve. stripping the statement Of
its verblage, it amounts t0lthis:-That Byron was
guilty OF incest with his sister; that his wife knew
1t, YET continued to live with him Tor two years.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, August 1871
Is it NOT better that the truth should be told 10 vim
dictate the memory OF a good woman than that It
should be suppressed TO save from reproach the
memory OF this compound OF hypocrisy, lechery and
| lunacyY
From the Rochester tN. " Chronicle August 1871
The brute, In fact, overwhelmed the poet, and he
Byron lived and died accursed in his own heart
shOwered upon him. Its. altogether, very, very
! sorry chapter.
From the Rochester tN ~ Union, August 1e.
| the chief revelation concerning Lord Byron,
! whose lecnery was sufficiently established before
Mrs. stowe began to revel in It, is that he lived
ncestuOus Intercourse with his sister before his
| riage and afterwards under Ms own roof. Whether
this be true or not OF Byron, Is very certain that
Mrs. Harriet Beecher stowe Will moi add to the evil
| denCe of her own purity OF mind and purpose by
telling 1t to the world after having obtained she
did and after the death OF all the parties involved.
from the Hartford Times, August 1871
| Mrs. Stowe reveals the horrible story because OF
| the recent publication Of the Countess Guicciolrs
! impudent book.
[from the Pittsburg Commercial August 10.
| Mrs. stowe is said to have In her possession
further facts substantiating her extraordinary mar
| rative, and If 80, having started 80 improbable
story, II Is her duty 10 give them TO the public Mrs.
| Leigh has always borne an excellent reputation,
and up to this time not even shadow has been cast
| upon It.
From the ST. Louis tMo.) Republican, August ISL
| Augusta died a number or years since,