The New York herald., 1870-01-04

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Itod her that would take the subject INTO CON
+ slderauon and give nv opinion IN few days.
THAT night, after my SISTER and myselI nsa retlrcd
to our own apartment, related 60 her the whole
OF IT, was powerfully impressed with the justice
and propriety OF an immediate disclosure wnie sne
Saences zee. that Would proSany come upon Lady Byron
from taking such q step.
Before we parted cue next day requested Lady
Byron 10 give me some memoranda ol Sucn uateb
and outlines OF the general story would enable
me better 20 Keep 4 in It's connect,on, which she
did. On giving me the paper Lady Byron requested
me to return Il 70 her wnen II had ceased to be Of
use 70 me Tor the purpose indicated.
This Mrs. Stowe did. She also wrote hasty note
to Lady Byron expressing her astonshment at the
facts narrated, and inquiring II she had ever sub
Jected them Ito the judgment OF medical man
learned In nervous pathology" subsequently she
saying that considering the peculiar circum-
stances OF the case could wish that the sacred veil
OF silence, so bravely thrown over the past. should
never be Withdrawn during The time that you remain
with u.s." Tnen follows o letter written by g. II.
Arid 10 the editor OF Macmih1f's Magazine IN
September last relative the conduct OF Lord Byron
immediately after his marriage. And this ii really
oil That Mrs. stowe has to say In substantiauon Of
her charges 1t is true that she takes forty pages
with chronological Summary or Events" but
In usese sue further wcakens an already weak
case. Mrs. stowe asserts that Lady Byron told her
Lord Byron had been guilty Of incest with nis sister,
She further said that Byron had taken shocking ber
ties with Mrs. Leigh In presence rnat In re-
ply 20 her remonsrancc ne had told her to leave the
room she was not wanted. In oil this Mrs. Leigh
made 10 appear at least passive II not IN active
partner III the offcnce. la the summary reelrcd
To Mrs. Stowe endeavOrs to explain away the iet-
tcrs from Lady Byron to Mrs. Leigh, wne the sepa-
ration was pending, published In the LO!uLJn quar-
teYD aud given In these columns. 1t will be remen-
bered that they are most anectionately wordel MIS-.
Leigh is addressed as "My dearest Augusta" and Is
to the best OF friends aud SISTERS. Mrs.
stowe cannot get over these letters. she quotes
them IN luil and explains them away as ioloWs:-
are consider that Mrs Leigh has stood Lady
Byron IN all his long agony her only condan.e and
friend that sne has denied the shArsss her sr9her h.
tept upon herself Waieh she has been 9osea 70 wa,en
Thai Augusta Is mistaken to INSANITY; that there
r wicked 5 p"poss I ssevss Sal as'Is m 1g % s ns r M
ter she The sister who though deceived and
90 aays 10 herr S Yoa @ be o. my opinion
She says, You haze considered ms more than Thousand
most abused and innocent woman who TO spare her sister 10
whole chargs Of man,scai bro.asr. aithon1h
suffering from him Language ana actions Of tue most n.a
under such circumstances and wholly decline The MANAGE,
SELF srIseo greater Than she can acknowledge Tie
LEDGE Of the truth Lady Byrons
TINS Ia The very essence OF absurditv. We repeat
that Mrs Stowe asserts thac Lady Byron told Der
she mad Witnessed Lord Byron's improper actions
with them-more abe was ordered 10 leave Inc
room because ner presence was not wanted. What
was Mrs. Leigh dOlng a this time? Was she rebuk-
ing her brother or Was she p0ssivey submitting TO
the improper lDeltes, or was sue achveiy partcl-
pating in hls gulltY Mrs. Stowe must explain away
her Inconsistency In this respect. As II stands her
explanation OI tine letters IL unsatisfactory We are
Compelled 10 absolutely ana Unquailnedly rejecl u
As regards what Dr. Lushlngton said tlerc III moth
Ing 70 prove incest. lie declared, after nearing
Lady Byron's STORY, that reconciliation was ln'-
possible. .'Unly this and nothing more" WHAT Inc
O1gnce was he left to conjecture
We shall no. take up the Time Of the reader great
characters Lord and Lady Byron, and aims the
conclusion tnat the story or tue WIFE Is tile most
argument TO prove Inc crime,n winch she bases on
wnat snc claims 10 be iacts-tilat there - direct
cvidcnce thar Lord Byron was guilty Of some un-
usual lmmoraty.n Where Is itf Next, that he agreed
10 the separation rather IMAM consent 10 puDuc ln
vestgaton. THIRD tnat he uid not return to England
suit. Fourth, that aL the time the charge
OF incest was made To Which Shelley refers IN et-
dated Bath. september %, 1916, wDen he stases
that Lady Byron was thea living with Mrs.
Leigh. Fnth, IN Manfred. Sixth, III letter oi
Lord Byron, III which he says 'besdes my
little legitimate, have made unto myself an He
gtlmate since, to say nothing oi one beiore'-tnis
s'one Defore' being Medora Leigi. We nave neither
| the space the incnaLion 10 furtner suinnarHc
| tais ..oirect argument,n which merely collects a
number ui facts ana lancies and wcaves OF them
theories tending 10 snow incest. The pny sio
logical arguIaent' Is really lauehable. Granting
that lord Byron was constituted as 10 be capable
OF the CRIME he Is charged wit IL does not oiioW
by any means that lie was guilty ., incest. Tns
connecting Ills lie Win
! new. He has before been charged with being the
reality of every male character he ever conceived
Wnen Mrs. stowe writes grayely about the .ieariii
unnatural stae" oil his mind, and about nis suerina
singular and eXplicaDle agonics of remorse, We
cannot resisI the Ieptatl0n To sinie. All VINO knew
| Byron well were aware now ne delighted TO make
hlnscd appear mysterious and ineAplcibie we sna
however, refer further To what Is Already SO wei
known. IL mas been our parpose rather 10 SUNNI 4
Mrs. stoves Dook than 10 review II. From W hal
u gwen here tue reader can form just estimate u
the value OF tue work. FOR our part we do not nesi
tate to pronounce IL lame ana lnloOC euL AS Vin
ascaLon oi Lazy Byron II Is poor; as vinacaIioI
oi Mrs. stowe 1T IL Loorer But, Notwithstanding
this TACT, We agree with Mrs. stowe ia WnaJ she say
III the following sentence. Ii Sae writes Lle tiutl, 81
Byron did cOniiDiJ the crime OF incest, and II tlt
proof OF has gut exists, it Is the uuty VI those wt
mold evidence to clear up the dOuDJs and uncer
taintie3 tnaL hang around the lame OF Lord Byron
0nd the memory VI his wife, In concluding ner mar
| rative Mrs. stowe says
And have word say to those in England who
with All the facts and documents their hands wnch cou
have cleared Lady Byions faic aowed the
ous ass". o. The seoa 70 90 % Der The n1sa as go
speaking the truth stand sten to those who have now TN
cause might Instantly se,tled and do produc
them do not Judge them but remind them that day
coming they BY the grea
judgment seat 70 account for speaking, he
Tor their silence.
Others may be able to fasten the crime of inces
upon Lord Byron; but certainly MIS- Stowe has no
succeeded here. Aside from the subject, ner work
is very poor As literary production 1t B verbost
and tiresome. Her principal object III view seems
| To have been tho writing Of volume sulflcentll
bulky sell. To this end she dwellS upon littl,
point OF immense length and repeats the same thtns
many times over Altogether, whether consldcre,
Tor It's bearing npon upon the Byron controversy o
regarded literary production, Lady byroi
NindIcated" must be held complete and Wrctchet
| failure.
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