The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-05

~ ~ M ~ ., 80 "a d}scussion ""
TO iudge nom her letters Lady Byro-.s religious
ana very lar from ortbodox She oSec,s s 70 crseds
and articles on the ground thar the Christian Scrip
turs q the cnarse, o. mankiad.n ana mat ITO
Even the Christian FIXTURE Is too secrarian 'srhs
revelation through gsture never separates; II Is the
nR Sas raa Sa wn edea review ns
might have adfsitted Peter rs well az Luxe or Bar
| na6as." n fact she was a hroad-bottomed Chris
tian-a very br0ad-bottoned one. She misunder.
stood her husbands religious opinions, as she mis-
understood every other portion OF his mind. They
| were those OF many emnentiy intellectual, consci-
entious aud cultivated men. He did not absolutely
disbeiieye Christianity; but he was never able to
| quite 80 much matter OF voltion as those who,
| happily for them, have attained 1t may suppose.
His main dincnliy arose from bis very exalted con-
| ception Of the Deity
| Neither does Lady Byron appear to have under.
IN proclamation, and ia His own sniuiness had
nothing to do with the inspiration Of the Bible:-
of the ckednsss dcprayity OF nature have
Of society," and under the mask poIsne.s and
as into sr s's you na Ia
.ys q ss @d ,bo wS ThS ss hs
.ejeclsds or did not value, the gi6e.'.
.But" answered hs, Il In fairer already
believe predssination, which know you believe and IN
II psfsisaf thus You points which
s 50 a. Ssss cyssn s
We take It for granted that the following passage
IN the "Conversations' attracted Lady Byron's
attention, II IL did NOT give her quaint
the Bible than AWARE" said Lord
e sSp wa eas sy s n 10
finely bound and showed !, to
s His sa 5 ~ s;:fr ds; s; aissy's 81 dToR
solemn frame OF mInd On another occasion, DR..
Kennedy states, he left the room ito fetch his sis.
The marriage took place on January 2 1885, Lady
Byron left him forever January 10, 1910. They lived
Beecher stowe talks Of TWO years Of struggle after
the complete revelation, and she repeats herself
this essential point
struggling bring her husband back to his better
were a series Of passionate COMMISSIONS.
OF his worldly affairs that there were ten executions for debt
Byron's fortune each dine which settled the account
Lady Byron's fortune did not come into possession
till 1872, and her family refused TO help him. " This
may be collected from letter to Moore March 8,
lbl6, in which lie says
s think, however, that Il had had fair chance by
on n'f fairy '''A 'A'' ''uA''A s"' gone
In conversation reported by Gait he ssid:-
Twas bess BY duns and at length execution levied
Ts asrsease ssts 'e q a no
s ssu y e v III &. AND was
blown over and rome arrangement had been made with my
Moore says:--"He had been even driven by the
necessity OF encounterlng such demands TO the try
ing expedient OF parting with his books, which cir
cunstance coming to sir Murray's ears. that gentle
man Instantly forwarded to him 81 800, with an
assurance That another sum Of the same amount
should be at his service IN few weeks, and that
such assistance should not be sufficient Mr.. Murray
was most ready to dispose OF all his past copyrights
Tor his useD This was two months before the sepa-
ration, appears from The date OF his letter to MIR.
Murray
Your ersssa. efsr favor which from YOU
stances which induce 70 part with my books though sur
ecicntly nor imme dstsly pressing.
He was subsequently compelled to part with them:
and II any account was settled out Of his wife's for
tune II would nave been this. On March g. 1916, in
the third month from the separation, he writes to
Mr.. Murray
semitic you to day for this rcasonthe books
arc so as s. Is had much
abou the tenth execution In many months pretty
forefathers' extravaganza aud my own.
Did 1t ever occur to Mrs Beecher Stowe that very
strong language may be applied to people who,
when reputation is at stake are guilty Of lnaccuracy
upon inacculacy, which moderate attention would
PREVENT there Is an amount Of negligence which
Lady Byron told her that the ten executions nap
pened IN her tine aud were settled out of her
money she should have verified the statement before
The opportunities of Mrs Beecher Stoves drama
thicken with the pot and eliminate in the cntas.
tr0Dhe. After quoting and inls-describIng Lady
Byron's sremarks" OF 1880, which she calls letter,
she goes on:-
to subsiantiae the fact that she did not her husband bun
ont he guilty nratuston the, was consuming him. w,hou,
being orsy her mpOrns face and BY the silent power
For along time before tins she haa little Of him. On
and oSee fsSsr's spaniel wsss Tying gas
] g % * % &
creature nigh, she only be allowed remain watch
81
tsy p 6 b, rss..a to the
manepece and looking around on the two that stood there
wsh sarcastic '"l' '''a' when 'Aai We three mse
we're her last words to hirn earth.
II is wonderful that even a sensational novelist
should risk her reputation upon such mcongruitles.
Intending TO endow her heroine with Oil human and
some superhuman virtues she has forgotten quality
essential to the true dignity OF the sex. she has
forgotten to endow her with self-respect To repre-
sent her living for months on the same foot.
Ing with Lord Byron and Mrs. Leigh, after the dis
closure or discovery. or so much as ioerating MRS.
Leigh under her roof was bad enough In all con-
science but to introduce her seeking them out to
take kndy farewe and give s,d them rendezvous
inspire incredulity. The scene Is moral lmpos-
sblIity.
ton Of society broke up the guilty intrigue; In ano-
Their that Lady Byron made II condition that the
unhappy partner Of his SINS should not follow him
out Of England, aud that the runous intrigue should
be given up The fact IS, nothing existing was
broken up &c an there was never thought OF Mrs:
she remained with him OF Lady Byron's request and
their correspondence sas we have shown) continued
unaered till his death, and his tenderest verses
were addressed 10 her, wnen, according to Mira
Beecber's stoves theory. ooh, no, we never men
ton herr should have been the burden OF hs song
The time for making the one condition (which was
never made) was when the revelation came Gin a
manner which left no kind OF room for doubt.n;
''She had him In her power, and he stood ut her
mercyn Yet II was lie who turned her ont OF doors
refused 10 take her proered hand, kept the greater
part OF her fortune 10 huseif, complained bitterly
Of her not speaking ont, defed her, rdicned her. In
suited her, ano by the frequency OF his domestic re-
veations In prose aud verso provoked Curraa's
sarcasm that che wept for the press ana wiped his
eyes with the public.'
The andscity or Misrepresentation cannot be
pushed farther than in the following passage:--
On hts dsshbsd IL is wen known he called his copfd.n-
tini Eng Ssh servant 90 am and said TO him. "to my wife
and tell her ~
Here followed twenty minutes Of md s,nc mutternrs n
which the OF his wife daughter
occurred. suddenly be turned said lyon her "A
this have written ii down ?"
"My LORD" said bis attendant ~ really have not under
stood word you have been n.y."
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