The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
The Stanley Controversy
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IOH1 tHS 4sCH / YIN
Ii Henry Stanley has really found
DR.. Livingstone in the interior of
Africa; if all the letters and docu-
ments which have appeared as eom
ing from Livingstone are genuine,
and not the production of Stanley's
own mind, it is exceedingly unfortu-
nate that he has not brought Living
stone back with him, or at least
brought some token, some tangible
proof that he has really been with
Livingstone, sufficient to settle all
dispute on the subject.
As sliSe case now stands the fellow
ing points are clearly settled.
/. Stanley is q reckless adyenturer
and rascal, a man of unusual talent
aud resource. He travelled in Asia
Minor with two companions, one of
whom was Louis H.. Noe was arrest
ed there on the charge of attempting
to rob and murder Turk turned the
tables upon the Turk went to Con-
stantinople; borrowed money Of the
Hon. E. Joy Morris, then United
States Minister there, giving him %
draft for the amount on his {Stanley's)
pretended father in New York, when
there was no such father; passed
himself off fraudulently as a Turkish
naval officer; and among other
schemes of his fertile fancy proposed
to make q great sensation in the world
by discovering DR.. Livingstone.
II. Stanley has been in Africa, Mr..
Bennett, proprietor of the Herald,
paying the expenses to the amount OF
about 100000.
III. He has brought back with him
Il mass of manuscript papers address
ed to various persons, which are either
i'll DR.. Livingstones own handwriting
or in close imitation of it.
". This handwriting, when COM
pared with the undisguised handwri-
ting of Stanley himself, presents many
features of startling similarity, such as
would be likely to appear in any at
tempt by Staniey-who is described
as an extraordinary penman-to imi-
tate the handwriting of Liyinstone.
Y. These letters exhibit consid-
cradle familiarity with Liyingetone's
personal relations and anteeedents,
such as would be expected in letters
from Livingstone, and such as might
be acquired by smart adyenturer
like Stanley preparing himself for
such an imposture.
VI. The geographical statements OF
these letters are so much i'll discofd
with known and unquestionable facts,
and in many respects are so absurd,
that some of the most eminent geo
graphers of the world, French, En-
glish, and German, pronounce them
fraudulent, and say that they scogld
never have proceeded ftom Living
stone.
VII. In other respects these letters
are unlike Dir. Ligingstone's aclnowl-
edged writings, while they strongly
resemble the usual work of the sensa-
tional Bohemian Stanley. They
abound in slang phrases with a strong
American flavor, aud piquant allu-
sions and references. There Is q
strong dash of immoral suggestion III
them; and they are couehe.l in a
slap-dash, loese-geing style such as
Stanley naturally employees, and such
as Livingstone in his right mind
would abhor.
| Viii. These letters also abound ia
such surprising ideas and statements
that they have procured among the
majority of sensible readers the i'm
preston that if they are really the
work of the man they are attributed
| to, Livingstone Is crazy.
*. stanley's conduct at the Iigll-