The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-09
The stowe Scandal.

s;5s,.s.sss a.. The stowe Scandal.
George, the EonlE JoIisnnes,,of the
Supreme Court OF, NSw You. I" pnblishsss
|aiiong article retatipg Mrs. Stoves
charge against Byrbh. Wsmakethis ex
fraet: fgs III M "a. d
soLKsfN DENTAL BY LORD BYRON ON HIS
Saf-, S>sstS.t' DEATH-BED.
B., Iu'a conversation had with the late
Field Marshal, the Duke Of wellington
.the1 warrior of Waterloo--and having
read my "Biography Of General Presi-
dent Harrison; he was pleased to say
that he wished such a pen would do him
justice after his death, in regard to the
only event OF his life in which justice
had not been done, viz: ut is snid that
I could have saved the life of the brave
Marshal Ney. / could not. I tried.
But King Louis XVIII was inexorable. I"
The Duke OF Wellington then told me
circumstances of proof, which are now
in my manuscript, autobiography. In q
similar manner Lord Byron wished jus.
to his sister, and he besought friend,
merited censure to rest upon his name
after death" To tho Countess Guiccioli,
the Countess of Blessingsbn, Viscount
Canterbury formerly Speaker of the
House of Commons the Count D 'Orsay,
and the Cornwall ,Trelawney, he solemn
ly denied the truth of the imputation,
and from chose personagesI I received that
denial Ill solemn conversation.
There is, however, another proof more
solemn. When a man is assassiuated,
and in his dying moments he proclaims
his murderer, it is proof Of the criminal,
and all other dying confessions are re-
ceived with equal reVerential solemnity
1 now transfer the reader to the death
bed of Lord Byron at Missolonghi, on
April 19, A. D. 1924. There were pre-
sent, among others, Count Pietro GAMBIA,
the brother Of the Countess Guiccioli;
Trelawney, of Oornwall; William Fletch-
er, the valet, and Colonel the Hon.
Leicester Stanhope. afterwards the Earl
of Harrington. This gentleman honored
me with his friendship to the day of his
death, extending over o period from 1884
for more than twenty years. was init
mate with him and in his confidence, and
often was his invited guest in London
and at Ashburnham House, his country
residence. This was the democratic no.
bleman who introduced the free press in
India, and was the patriotic champion,
with his friend and democrat Lord By.
ron, for the freedom of the classic land
Of Marathon and Miltiados, and towards
TINT noble cause advanced from his own
purse the sum of f16,000 $3.50, ,OO0)
Within the dying hour of the great poet,
Lord Byron requested all to leave the
chamber, except Colonel the Hon. Lei
cester Stanhope. The poet then knew
thok hn Il wi - l., G..
"Stanhope, I wish you to take charge of
my dead body to England. See that it
is buried in the grave of my mother"
[Doth these dying wishes we're fulfilled
by the friend. "Stanhope, declare to
you, at this solemn moment, that the
former accusation by Lady Byron against
mo and my faithful sister was
lie, an odious, damned liel
Upon my SOUL a wicked lie!
and so defend us when assailed."
Col. Stanhope took the hand of this
dying friend, and said
byron, the name of Augusta being
added to that Of Ada at the baptism Of
your daughter, and at the request of
Lady Byron, as told me by your sister,
dispersed that SANDER forever; but if you
would be happier, send your dying de-
claration by your confidential valet,
Fletcher, and order him to see Lady By
ron. with your death denial"
'I will do so," said the dying poet.
''Send Fletcher to me. God bless you,
Stanhope. OF all men you I best love.
You will live to see the freedom of this
classic land when I shall be no more.
Adieur'
With manly tears Col. Stanhope bade
adieu to his friend forever, and within
half on hour thereafter Fletcher was ut
the bedside of his dying master. Then
took place the oft-repeated broken SEN
tences cited by Mrs. Stowe and others,
but now explained by the previous inter
view with Col. Stanhope:
$50 to my sister-tell her-go to Lady
Byron-you will see her, and say"
Here his voice failed from exhaustion.
But had he power, who can doubt but
the dying man would have repeated to
his faithful valet what he had already
declared to his faithful friend?
ReQuiescat in pace.
REPUBLICAN, MEETING AT GADsDEN.
AT call from the Republicans of Gads-
den, Columbia sent down some twenty
or fhirfv Rovou1,Ii kIok ia, .oo