Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-02
BYRON.
The Horrible Lady syr n Story to be Cen.
tinned.
The Stowe Vino Gates HsrsslF---WHlf She
Is o Prlve.

The Stowe Vino Gates htrssiF--Hhlf She
Is to Prove.
The publishers Of Mrs. Stoves re
iOinder To her criticS can now see dav-
light through the book, and announce
that it wiz be published on Saturday.
the Sth of January. They have kept
the book very secret, and allow none
Of it to be given cut, excepJthe flea
bite which IS ~vOuchsaied % c-0rresu0n-
dents this evening. 1t viii be seen by
IA perusai Of this INTRODUCTION 10 the
volume, that she intends 20 make
good all that she has said. bel0re-thaC
she can aud will prove u3t her origi-
nal story Wa ali true, and that Il was
almost forced from her by the attacks
upon the character Of L4dy Byron
that began before the death OF her
husband, having been started Oy him
~ the author. All Of personal vindi-
cation that she has to make probably
appears in this brief introduction,
which 1 send you entire, as follows:
"The interval since my publication
of The True Story Of Lady ByrOn's
Life has been one Of stormy discus
sion and Of much i~nvective. I nave
not thought it necessary 70 disturb
my spirit and confuse my sense Of
right by wen an attempr az reading
the many abusive articles that both
here and in England have followed
that disclosure. Friends have under
taken the task for me, giving me from
time to time the substance of any
thing really worthy OF attention when
came to view in the tumult.
" Il appeared to me essential that
this first excitementshOuid ia meas
ure spend itself before there would be
a possibility Of Speaking 10 any pUr-
pose. Now, when al would seem TO
nave spoken who al speak, and, it r.
to be. hoped, have said the utmost
they can say, there seems a prOpriety
in listening calmly, If that be POSSE
bic, to what / have 10 say In reply.
"And, first, why have I made this
disclosure at all?
!" TO this L GIs1reT briefly, because I
considered u neg duty TO HQke It..
a made it IN defense Of beloved,
revered friend, whose memory stood
forth in the eyes Of the civilized wOrld
charged with most Tepulsive crimes,
of which L certainly knew her limo
cent.
81 claim and shall prove, that Lady
ByFOn's reputation has been the vie
tim of a concerted attack, begun By
her husband during her lifetime, and
coming TO It's climax over her grave.
l claim, and shall prove, thar il was
not l Who stirred up this controversy
10 this year 1863. l shall show who
did do 1t, and who is responsible Tor
bringing on me that hard duty Of
rFHlEFnar rhn-a aHzaf--Hwa-L w-Hrah 81
appears To me ought u have Been
made by others.
i claim that these facts were given
70 ne unguarded by any PROMISE OF
seal OF sccTp-y~, expressed or Implied;
that they were lodged with ue a. %
sister rests her sjory with auu,hrr Tor
sympathy. for counsel, 10r de- en~e.
Never did / suppose thu day Weuld
come that 1 should b. Obiged t. 80
cruel an anguish as this Use of them
has been to ne. Never did 1 suppose
that-When those kind hands, thaG
mad shed nothing but blessings, were
lying in the helple%ness OF death,
when that gentle heart, so s0rely uTied
and 70 the l-st 80 iuli o. love, was y
ing cold in the tomb, a cUaatryman ~
England could be I8und "a cas5 che
lUulest ISLANDERS on her grave, aud aOJ
one in all England to raise al effective
voice in her defense.
"Iadmit the f~eebleneSs OF NV plea,
in point of execution IE was written
IN a state Of exhausted health, when
no labor OF the kind was safe tor me
when my hand had n0t strength to
hOld-the pen, and was f0rce& to die
tate to another.
81 have been told that have 10
reason to Congratulate myself on e as
a literary effort. ., my brothers and
sisteFsi IS laere then nothing in tine
world 20 think of Dat literary edIrts2
L AK any man with a heart ia his
bosom, II he had been obliged 10 tell
a story so cruel, because ms Mothers
grave gave no rest rom si&nder-E
ask any woman vino had been forced
to such a disclosure to free z dead SIS
teT's name from gTOssesC insults,
whether she would nave thought Of
making this work of bitterness a lite
rary success?
Are the cries Of the oppressed, the
gasps OF the dying, the last PRAYERS OF
mOtheFs-are any words, WTURg ike
drops OF blood from the human heart,
70 be judged As literary eti0rts?
MY feIlOW-cOuntryme OF Ameri-
ca, men OF the YrS~.I have done sou
n act OF Justiee-Of al your bitter
articles, l have read moi one. 1 shall
never be troubled IN the future time
by the remembrance Of any unkiud
word you have said Of NE, tOr at this
moment 1 recOllect not one. / had
Faith IN you, such prize in my
cUuntrymen, as men with whom.
above all others, the cause Of woman
was safe and sacred, THAI L was at ursB
astOnished and incredulOus at whaBT
heard OF the course of the American
press and ,sas silent, not merely
rom the ImpOsSiOiiE 1f being heard,
but from grief and sha1ao. But re-
Election eOnvinces me thst you were,
in many cases, acting irOln a misnu-
derstanding of facts and through mis-
honorable feeling; aHd / still
feel courage, therefore, g ask from
you a fair hearing. Now, as I have
done you this Justice, viii you also do
me the Justice to hear me seriously
and eandidly2
What interest lave you OF I, my
brother and my sister, in this short
life OF ours, to utter anything bGJ the
truthf Is not trutn between man and
man and between man and woman
the foundation on which all things
rest? Have you not, every individual
of you who must hereafter give an ac
count yourself alone to God, an iateI
est to know the exact truth Al th
matter, and a duty TO perform
sroets that truth? Hear me, {
while I tell yen the posIuua "
/ stood, and what was ms e0uEs
relation to it.
"A shameless attack on NY frie,
memory had appeared ia Bocka
July, 1869, branding Lady Is
is the vilest of criminals, aud r.,
mending the Guiccioli BOOK 60
ian puDlie Is interesting nun
TACT that it was the avOWvG
luctiOn of Lord RyrOn's HIi>Cf
efficient protest was made aga
MS outrage ia Eegh[81, ami Lite D..
Ags reprinted che 2asaA
and the HQTpers, tae lar
publishing house IN America, perm
u the world, republished tie bO0a
Its statements-With thO.e OF
St0cklUOOd, Pail Nail Gazgffe-
'ther English pefiOdicals-xere bss
'rOpagated through all tn f.
'eading and writing world Of Anne
i was meeting them ADVERSE
a dailies, and made up into artirle
n magazines, and thus the generate
4 to-day, Who had no mean Of iudg