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From the New York Journal of Commerce, Jan. 4. !
The Byron scaHda1-mEs. stoves New |
hook.
The StoWe-Byron controversy is one of |
those widely discussed, notorious things, |
some aliusion 10 which can hardly be avoid !
ed in q newspaper. In performing our
unpleasant duty of referring to this sub
iect agaip, we shall not withhold from Mrs.
Stowe the censure which is hers for OBJ
trc1ing the ugly topic once more upon
public notice. All that Mrs Stowe Gays in
the new book, whose prOof-sheets are now
before us, she could have said aud should
have said, when she spoke at all, In her
first -4Ua1tttc paper, SO that her entire
charge against the memory OF Lord Byron
might have been before the world at one
time, and in a brief compass. and prompt
| ly confirmed, or refuted, or relegated to
the limbo Of forgotten sensations. Her
present venture looks like q piece Of pro-
| fessional book-msking, OF which tho 1t
! hI,lfic Article was but the cheap and sue
ces~fnl advertisement IL advance PRO
fessional book making Is the exact phrase
! fox his piece of literary patchwork and
padding. 1t bears every appearance Of
/ having been written to sell-to take ad-
vantage, We mean, OF the still lingering
desire to hear more of the shocking story
which rang through the papers months
ago, and to profit by that love Of indecent
scandal which the prurlent Iterateu7S OF the
day find SO much gain in catering to. 1t
consists OF 4S2 lGmO. pages, and proves,
upon analysis, to be only Il hammer
ing out Of the scanty data con-
al f-,lOS ~ ont1T
reappeared IN fuu), reprint and exam1-
nation of some of the facts and arguments
offered in defence of Lord byron, pro-
diGionsly tiresome effort to prove from
uassages in his works that he was too good
to commit incest, few Of Byron's poems
Il bearing on his unhappy marriage, and
Q about fire pages Of matter that may be
;. called new, though 1t is only an elapora
ton, still vague and unsatisfactory, OF Mrs
Stoves previous report OF Lady Byron
statement to her.
Not a particle OF direct prOGf of the al
- legged crime is adduced The gist Of the
matter as newly dressed up, Is this Tina
Lady Byron told Mrs. Stowe that cone
night in her presence, he lord Byron
treated his sister with liberty which botf
shocked and astonished her," and that IL
j. conversations with his wife subsequently
:, Lord Byron ''boldly avowed the connec
ia ton with his sister as having existed II
10 time past and as one that was to continue
w in time to come, and implied that she mus
i submit to it," Lady Byron did not sa.
g. that she was q witness of any actual gull
between them, nor that any one else say
evidences OF it, nor that she had scrap o
4, writing or any testimony whatever (Othe
than ByrOn's ipSe diriQ going to confrn
Il it. She does not allege that Mrs. Leigl
confessed her participation in the impute'
he crime. SO much for the ''hOur OF revela
ton" which Mrs. Stowe limited at SO melo
p dramatically in her Atlantic paper. Th
;! ''child born with the curse of sin on it
Ss ao- marks an equally shadowy figure IN thl
,bt book. Here is all that Mrs. Stowe has
lg say on this important topic, and we ca
the readers particular attention to th
evident desire OF Lady Byron and Mrs
Stowe to shirk the responsibility of chare
- ing that there was an offspring OF the
" legged lncest:
r. r. been told by Mrs. -- that there was
ON CS daughter who had lived some years.
She said there was one, daughter, WI
SG made her friends much trouble, being
III. q very difficult nature to manage. L ha
understood that at one time this daught'
aid had escaped from her friends to the Cor
tinent, and that Lady Byron assisted
bis efforts to recover her. Of Lady Byron
kindness both to Mrs. Leigh and tt
by child, had before heard from Mrs. ---
nal who gave me my first information.
5ly, This is evasive and quibbling. The Is
ON ON that n rs. Stowe lodges the direct accus
nd ton and gives no name to the woman wi
his told her "that there was q daughter, eI
VIII slips away from this branch of the snbJe
int so quickly, shows that she does not full
ost believe her insinuation to be true, thouE
aid she is none the less willing TO make it.
the curious discrepancy drops out into MI
the The Stoves new version Of her conversati'
bed with Lady Byron. It is this: Lady Byr'
SAYS that on one occasion, in her pre-
! OIL ence, before marriage, Lord Byr'
''n tainted away and attributes
emotion to "f9ar Of detection" OF the
J. cest, and yet, few pages further on,
IVY find her declaring that he freely ackno
lodged the crime TO her (of which she
no ocular or other proofs, boasted OF
and justified it ! The whole case, as n
I'VE made out, if we are to believe both M
a. Stowe and her heroine, rests on the ass
ou- ton of Lord Byron of his own guilt. t
arm, there IS an abundance Of testimony
rom record that Lord Byron was addicted
mid mid the habit of pretending to have comm
epl, ted the most monstrous offenses Rga1
hng God and man, of which he was known
els; be perfectly innocent; and his defend
ona Sno NAV we'll insist that his reported confess
, no to Lady Byron was only another 1nsta'
teen of his bantering, quizzical, self accusat
e ,opl R humor.
n q De With these few remarks we drop
c. Stowe Byron controversy, trusting that
ACES shall not be called upon to touch 1t ags
N, From the London News, December !
5n English Report OF the Empress tn Par
plotting" agaEns the Country.
per- The Impress Eugene has returned he
both from new Egypt to new France.
the that Eastern land she personlfled "
tenn, ;Go;+o ,,roca and charm the daint
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