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

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Exclusively on her article We should have Adoptede
much more succ1nct and summary mode Of dealing
a. 10 H0 nsv eqs m
~ literary curiosity that VIC now propose 70 deal
with it-tho problem being no longer wnetaeI u y
was supplied 10 her, and BY what mental process "
was worked up.
She starls with the preposterous assumption that
tated Lord Byron into guilt
Prom tho height which might have mads him happy A. the
sscrs, adatsrops intrigue With blood relation 10
that must have been utter ruin and
sS secret as
uon yet nlny him with rsnor.s aud anguish ed isnns
@ ysoa. at os s's
vreschsd. pressed . marriage upon him..
There r..on doubt tina: Byron hs relates 10
a viii he as So
whom he was leading 70 fate 10 awfny tragic bat eas
"a ss III %s "y Aas G@sas do G S S44's' ana more
room S II. Of ana
fepsnsn remorss and angry desPa-oroks forth upon hs
"You might have saved from this madame yon had al
You have mads as now
will lnd that you have married adevil"
We have seen that they got on very well together
for some months; and iat ne first refusal had any
marked effect upon nm or was yehementy resented
Is dlsproyed by his Journal
Yesterday = very pretty letter from Aunabela which
snswsred What an odd situation and friendship is ours
which side and
s sposa when s
hpeeress that % TO DC m her own right an only shd and
matht and yet wiha kind, generous and
letter from Bella which answered shall BE- in love
With her again II don't take care. a.
The manner In which the second proposal was
made implies that q second refusal would not have
much morilei him. for The letter containing 10 was
despatched principally because 1t was too pretty a
N "A nj n an.
other had been declined.
Not one woman out OF twenty would be deferred
Knowing MN 10 be rake. she would trust lmpli-
city to her own sweet influence for reforming him.
But when Miss Mlibanke Is set up as o model OF
saintike purity when we are told that she was en-
lowed With can almost supernatural power OF moral
dtvna,ion,n 1t seems odd that she should have kept
up sustained correspondence with Byron with full
knowledge Of his character and marry him with full
knowledge that he continued unroclained. she mad
read "Cnilde Harold" where ne gives romantic
young ladies who were signing for him fair warning
Of the sort OF husband they must bargain for:--
For he through s,ns long labyrinth had run,
Nor made etdnement when be did amiss,
Ha as s a d9,a hSufS ne Gvs but
An, happy she 70 'scape from him whose kiss
bad besu pollution unto sught so chase;
And And Apoil'd her goodly lands TO gid his waste,
Nor calm domestic peace hadyever dcigncd to tasts
During the two years preceding his marriage (be-
sides passing fancles and lfdts0sl he had two noto
riOus love AFFAIRS on his hands; and the dates show
that lie was referring to these IN the letters which
autumn or 1sIa inst before the second proposal 10
Mss Miihanke That he was thrown over by Lady !.
". w. IN favor OF illustrous warrior, ana wrote
the verses never printedl beginning
Soa Sas sssssn ss ss eo SS
But never again shall thou be to this heart
What thou vert what fear at this moment thou srt CO
of Lady Byron's first COUSIN, created an unusual
amount Of scandal and caused him great annoyance
through her pertinacity. He complained to Lady
cousin, that he was pursued by s'mad skeleton.n
The scene At Lady Heatncotes, where she stabbed
spring OF 1873 after the nrst proposal Did no sound
Of these strange dongs ever penetrate the sanctuary
q In Which Aurora Eab alias
ever swayed his destiny (which we doubp, it was
Mary chaworth; and we should be content
10 rest the whole question, involving Mrs. Beechcr
Stoves critical capacity and crediblity, on this;
whether It vas or was not the memory OF Mary Cha
worth that haunted him In 'The Dream ~ a Ques.
ton which must be decided by the poem, not by the
dogmatlc assertion Of Mrs. BeecheI Stowe. After the
beautiful description OF the BOYS feelings these
lines
But she IN these fond feelings had no share:
Her siGbs we're not for him TO her he
Even as broth6g-bui no more; twas much,
RSr sSns.s ss was s ssss ~ s name
Herself the solitary scion left
OF tme-honored 1t a
rime taught him deep she loved
And on the summit Of that hin she stood
Looking afar II vet her lovers seed
Kept pace With her expectancy ana nsw
Mary Chaworth was an only child. the solitary
scion OF her race, and ehe loved another, Mr.. Mus
ters, who became her husband. After her marriage
the poet saw, or thought he saw sad expression IN
her fEce--
What coala her grief ee'.she had loved him not,
Nor could he BIO part Of that which preyed
Upon her mind-a spectre of the psst
The localities "a Mil, gentle hill, "the old man:
sion and the accustomed hail." are oil redolent Of
Annesley. Mrs. Beecher Stowe will next tell us that
the lines Oh the Rhine were really written on the
Danube and that when ne spoke OF the castled crag
OF Drachenfels he thinking OF the castled nat or
Belgrade: or under the insane dread OF detection,
may he not have been acting like the lover who on
engaging 70 paint the portrait Of his mistress,
married woman, directed that 1t should not be made
like her for fear Of Its leading TO suspicion or dis
covery.
According to this lady not only must his poems
be interpreted by the rule OF contrares but, to ex
action must be reversed. We are actually required
TO believe THAR under that same insane dread OF de-
cn 9ae aavs ne ru saa e%
woman when he would as lief have married another,
treats her brutay, forthwith conndes to her the
dread secret Of his life for no imaginable purpose
but to increase the risk Of detection and with fun
knowledge OF her character, endeavoFs to make her
step man absorbed BY guilty intrigue. and NOR
bidly afraid of detection, would venture upon;
thereby creating an additional responsibility FOR MIS-
actions, as well ~ legitimate spy on them:-
A rib . thorn gaants side,
nssq od sS and s what p wor M trouble
Let who can reconcile Mrs. Beccher Stoves ac-
e0unta Of the carriage scene with the one given to
Lady Anne DaTnard-thc rambling incOherence with
the utter confusion OF times and periods renders IL
impossible to reconcile any two consecutive para
graphs OF Mrs. Beecher Stoves narrative with any
any other two.
Only r dags before shs lot hin, orsser Lord Byron
Murray manuscripts, Lady nvrois Handwriting, Of the
"Siegs Of Cornth - and "Parsina," and wrote;-
the morale OF the piece; but you must
thst for copyist would write out snyhng DESIRED all
dc sgnora.es q '."oee"c.'
Blu, there came an hour rsvcson-an hour when !.
thich it Kind lor doubt, Lady Byron
the full depth OF the abyss Of nfsy which marriage
expected cover, that she expected to
Be the cloak and accom.pice Of his intsms.
She would neither him betray him. yet would
abe for moment justify his SIN And hence
The good angel seemed gain the ground and then the evil
returned with sevonfod vehemence.
Lord Byron argued his with himself and with her
With AL tho sophres OF his powerful mind He rcpudatod
Christianity authority and asserted the right OF every
human being TO follow out what he called hs impulses q
che reasoning by which he justified himself In
40 only a few DAYS hcfnra che Inft him forarar