The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-08-06
A Letter from Sickies.

i. We clip the following from the True Delta
Of the 26th.
The reconciliation" he says was my own
act without consultation with any relative,
connection friend or adviser. Whatever blame
it any, belongs to the step, should fall upon
me. l am prepared to defend what l have
done before the only tribunals | recognize as
having the slightest claim to the jnrisdictlo'f
over The subject, my own conscience and the
bar of heaven. .
IL am not aware Of any statute or code OF
morals which makes it Infamous to foEylve a
woman, nor is it usual to make our domestic
te q subject Of consultation with friendship
matter how near aud dear to us, and | cans M
allow even all the world combined to dictate
to me the reputation Of my wife, whenl THINK
it right to forgive her and restore her to my
protection. Ii | ever faied to comprehend tEe
utter desolate position Of All offending, though
penltent woman, the hapless future with all IT'S
dark possibilities OF danger to which she Is
doomed when prescribed as all %outeast, | can
now see plainly enough IN the almost universal
howl Of Pronunciation VIII which she is followed
to my threshold, the misery aud perlls from
which l have the mother Ut my child and
although it is very sad for me to incnr The
blame Of friends and the reprnactles Of many
wise aud good people, | shall strive to prove
to all who If lea,y interest in me, that it | am
The first man Wllo has ventnred to say to the
world an erring wife aud mother may be for
given aud redeemed, that i'll spite of all the nb-
~stacles in my path, the good results of THIS en-
ample shall entllle il to the imitation OF a gene
rous, and the commentator of The just.
There are manYyho think that an act OF
duty proceeding sohy from affections, which
eau only be cumprehended in the heart OF a
husband and father, is to be fatal to my pre-
f~essional, political and social standing il this
be so, SO it be.
8 Political station, professional success, social
recognition. are not the only prizes OF ambi-
ton, aud 50 long as | do nothlng worse than
to reunite my family under the roof where they
may fild shelter from contumeIy and Iersecu
ton. | do not fear the noisy but neetiug voice
Of popular cialner.
The multitude accept their first impressions
from a sew, but in the end nleu think for them.
selves and if | knew the human heart, and
sometimes | think that in Il career OF mingled
sunshine aud storm. | have sounded nearly all
its depths. then ! may reassure those who look
with reluctant toiebuding~ upo, my future. to
be- of guud cheer. for / Will not cease TO vindi
cate u just claim to the respect Of my fellows
rWhile to those motley groups here and
there who look upon my misturtunes only as
weapons to be employed for my DISTINCTION
to those I say, once for all, it a man can make
a good use Of his e%nnetnits they will be as
serviceabIe to him as his friends.
4" In conclusion, let me ask only one favor of
those, who, from whatever motive, may deem it
necessary or agreeable to comment in public Or
private upon this sad history, and that is to
aim their arrows at my breast, aud for the
sake of my innocent child. to spare her yet
youthful uiother, while she seeks in sorrow and
conlrition the mercy and pardon Of Him to
whom, sooner or later, we must all spread"