New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-03

.o,ro. s,,ed m awaken: that sentiment OF s1mpf |
esteem which il became me TO oestow upon YOU
was one which from the very hrst aa"n OF ou ~
ouaintance, you yourself were con1inuaiy ren'e'
ing impossible. Ill.,. n ,base nroS
LESSONS of regard. the reason why have again
and again renewed my confidence III you Hl'S
having been again and again compelled 10 ooooe
their sincerity the reason, and the only reason was
that Won eit me 10 alternstveIboto Tor whicn Iny
experience Of human nature had MOI prepsreu 'ne,
one which involved such utter moral "of'hIe.sngsss
IA I could by no struggle Of imagination conceive
Now that | know how wholly insincere those
professions were now that my knoWleoge u ~
relations 10 others removes the last lingering uouo
with regard 70 the motives Of your conduct Ic"alu
roe-a doubt which the pecuiarty OF your relation
IN noe suffered me still to cherish and one TOR wch
now despise myEelf--nOw thetyour present penn.
,,;or betrsvs 80 nsnifestly not merely an utter
want offriendEhip for me, but the absence Oh ina
common humanity with which even strangers io
gard each other now that KNOW, pas fh
What vour sentiments toward me have oeeh, l Pc
oin m ascertain what sort of regard u u.s. wnleh
| fove 40 long cherished toward you. Thank 0Od'
tLere IL no faintest lingering shadow OF my former
feelings toward you, which survives these alscoys'
res Take entrent you, the foil beneht OF tnIs az
s1rance. desire you 70 place youtsen as' ~.
van would have been, if you had never kno"a me-
/ have 10 wish 70 interfere WITH any happiness
which YOU may find yourself capable OF attaining
RI send you these manuscripts because DO
not know but they may have some value 10 y0~'-
The men. too return because it would be waste
H. me- 10 keen il indeed should be sorry TO have
YOU believe that would preserUe any memorial
However slight, Of acquaintance which WIZ al
WAYS be to me the most disagreeable recollection
ofmy life. -, 49,.
Please attend to the request with winch TINS
letter commences, as shall leave town carry on
Monday.
THE paragraphs included in brackets were in
serted after the original draft of the letter (which
vss retained) was made, and may be slightly dit
ferent from the letter as sent but the discrepancy
| las the book clearly shows cannot be material
We cannot take space TO detail the ctrcum'
stances which constrained the lady soon after to
| address Mr.. A. once more and for the iast time
Tho hook before us satisfactorily explains them,
| .nd IN that we refer the reader. Suffice 1t that
Mas ID having for q short time been induced to be-
lieve his solemn asseverstons lin his reply to the
foregoine) that the calumnes to which she had
been subjected were not originated nor counte-
nanced by him, had addressed tohlm abrlei noteln'
plying belief or hope that she had done him In
Justice But she was soon undeceived on that
pont New developments compelled her to be-
lieve-pav. TO know-that her character had been
trHed with as recklessly and as wantony after
their intimacy had been for ever closed as her feel
ipes had previously been In the strength of this
complete and abiding conviction, she addressed her
Last Letter 10 Mr.. II.
| I could not have supposed that any emergency
could arise which would make it possible for me TO
| address you again. My brother has strictly and
| solemny enjoined me never 70 write yon another
| xryba
| that cannot intrust to him the message which
| find myself constrained to communicate to you
The object of this note is 10 request you, once
more to restore my letters to me. Mr. w. declares
that he has read them Miss j. claims to be IN pos
session of their contents. She gives y0u as her au-
| tLoritv for the erossest Misrepresentation Of my
relations 10 you and refers to these letters as evl-
dence for her assertion assertions which, II Seems,
are too injurious to be repeated to me in detail
The fact that the very existence Of N. CORES
poadence' is known TO these persons, VINO as yo~
are arelI aqcd,e have long distinguished themselves
as NV most inveterate enemies, IS suhiclent AFTER
The statement in your last letter, to account 70 you
for my often repeated requests Tor, OF course u
renders that statement no longer OF any value 70
! me- know the capacity for adaptation which
/ characterzes your great theological principle; you
! NAV have esteemed it pious act to alay my anX'
iety by conceang the truth from me BE this as It
NAV, nothing now will satisfy me that this cores
/ pondence is not still IN existence
nents TO which have referred and that the repre-
tentations which are generally made here, With re-
enrd TO NV relations 10 you, are wholly ana oasey
untrue You certainly kD0sc that the only wrong
which can be charged upon me In this matter Is
that Of permitting you 10 renew your strange a.'eh'
! tons 10 me- after had, for reasons most potent,
! again and again declined them. You know that
nv regard for you was one, which such devotion
as YOURS could hardly fail TO inspire, 10 heart not
wholly insensible TO kindness. Need remind you
of that devotion2 Is 1t in the power OF language
10 EXPRESS a sentiment deeper, stronger, or more
exclusive, than that which you have, again aud
again in every variety OF form aud expression pro-
fessed for me The whole vocabulary OF poetic
feeling has been exhausted to convey it to me not
IN writing, indeed for you have been quite careful
lot TO commit yourself ia this way.
AS for me- / have taken 10 precautions against
treacherv The letters which have written you
taken apart from the circumstances which occa-
stoned them and which could be known wholly 10
ourselves alone, and taken without allowance Tor
the scruples " hch forbade illusions to some things
which might have alluded to, might perhaps, IN
he hands of ny enemies, become dangerous wea-
pons seainst me. Do you think, if l could have be.
fieyed il possible that any eye but yours would
ever read them, that would not have been most
careful to guard myself against the possibility oil
misunderstanding SO dreadful to me How you
must have smiled at my simplicity How you
must have wondered, you and your iiiends that
years had brought me no more wisdom.
1t was you who placed me in the position which
made this correspondence necessary. The hrst
line wrote you but formal reply TO your
request for an Introduction to me. was asked by
Mrs. +. to appoint evening to see you, and yoi
kEoc rery rel why answered 1t as did But
| even this may be used against me, and has been,
know already. But ! would no. have made or
tolerated the acquaintance OF any one against
, whom esteemed 1t necessary to take precautions
I Of this sort
= 1t was you who gave occasion for all the cor
respondence which has since ensued. For il hsC
: become an imperous necessity with me, as wo
. man Of honor, 10 understand your behavior to me
: Those expressions Of regard which yoa had dareC