Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-13

tespondents. To each of these, or to such
 person as he or she may designate, we will send alcopy of ourpaper regularly in ad. dition to the extra copies mentioned above
 '.sh = Mrs. Stowe and Lord Byron.
 s1From the extracts we see published in the papers, we judge that MrG Stowe's new book adduces little new evidence in sup port of her charge of incest: against Lord Byron and his sister Mrs. Leigh. She gives much fuller account of her interview with Lady Byron than in her 4" True Story 7 ana4eples forcibly to the objections of her eopponents.@ One of these opponents, in ppblishing a, life of Medora Leigh, the supposed. child of that incestuous connec- tion. really brings forward strong proof in favor of Mrs. Stowe. We briefly recapitu- late the evidence as it now stands:
 e1Iady Byron unquestionably believed the charge to be true. She informed Mrs. Stowe that Lord Byron confessed it to her; and thatit was no insane delusion of her later life. is proved by the fact that her reiterations of the statement are proved, reaching backttill near the time of the sep. atation. A contemporary rumor of the crime is also proved That Medora Leigh was told by an elder sister that she was the daughter of Lord Byron, appears from her biography, It also appears from that work that she wrote to her mother about thedmatter, and that she was assisted by Lady Byron upon, the same supposition. It must be evident, therefore, that Lady Byron belief was shared by some, at least, of those nearest concerned, and acted upon by them Ths only evidence of importance in opposition to the charge consists of cer- tain letters. written by Lady Byron to Mrs. Leigh at the time of the separation, show ing strong personal regard and entire good feeling on the part of tho writer. Mrs. Stowe un dertakes to rebut the inference from the tone of these letters by the hy-. potheais that they were written while Lady Byron believed that her husband was in sane and Mrs. Leigh innocent In support of ,Mrs, Stoves theory it is also proper to adduce the singularly and uniformly kind conduct Of Lady Byron not only towards Mrs. Leigh, but towards her daughter Me dorasd In fact any defence based on the supposition that Lady Byron would show resentment for the injuries done her is in- consistent with her course throughout this whole bad ibdsiness. 9A fa9Ha -E ..s fl
 That any such evidence has been as yet adduced as would convict Lord Byron be- fore courtlof justice, or which would be even received in such court cannot be claimed, The lapse of time makes such proof impossible Nevertheless, it is our belief that the chargelis is true. Granting the truth of the charge, was Mrs. Stowe justified in making Lady ,Byron'a confden- tial communication public against the wishes of the trustees to whose discretion she had expressly left the matter Here. we cannot but be of the opinion that Mrs. Stowe has done wrong The N. Y. Evsning Post says with truth that the mistake was of fa generous kind, but thatEis palliation, not ansxcuse. She has had Aher punish. msnt in the fincessant, brutal, and often cowardIy abuse of some of the best as well as somelofthe worst journals inrthis coun- try and England. That she feels it keenly she tdoeE not disguise. but she takes it grandly, lighting her losing battle with the magnificent pluck of her race and charac- sr.uilinnsq Ez95 f<H Sa1s5fs E1es io saa
 One good result we anticipate from Mrs. Stove,s disclosures. -Byron's private char acter will be hereafter better understood Where an hundred have read his poetry, not one has read his life.e Now, the very. bsastlinsss of that life is relied on by the maligners os Mrs. Stowe as great poiat in thsir ease. In the first place. say they, no disclosure of specific crime was neces-s rary'tes establish thesinfamy of character as black $ it can be already; in the next place, they affirm thathe was such shame lsssHar, and so loved the reputation of vice, that po admisslon of the crime charg- cd. on his part, would be of any weight whatever. The simple truth is now con- fesssd on1aH hands: the poet was gel nius; but the man, 2 liar and a hnmbug. This confession is worth all it has cost Mrs Stowe. 1t is awells that every person, est pecAAy ssery ybdSg person. should know the stsp dpoint from which Byror pictured his .msn and women. His piratical male humbbes arc comparatively innocuous l; but his libels of woman are the wickedest ever allowed general circulation. Young ladies wonder at his false rspresen tations of lheif Sex, but iii . kind of lying socie-
 ty teaches them with all its might to M Give--and then, too, the poor soul
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