The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-07-23
A Letter From Mr.. sicEIes.

The New York Herald of the 10th inst,
contaiuS letter to the editor, from Daniel
E. SickleS, i'll which he corrects a statement
made in that paper, on the 10th instant, re-
garding the recent event in his domestic re-
! lations:
"The reconciliation was my own act,
without any consultation with any relative,
connexion, friend, or adviser. Whatever
| blame, if any, belongs to the step, should
fall upon me- am prepared to defend what
have done, before the only tribunals 1
recognize as having the slightest claim to
jurisdiction over the subject, my own con-
science and the bar of heaven
am not aware of any statute or code Of
morals which makes it infamous to forgive
a woman, nor is it usual to make our do
nestle life a subject of consultation with
| friends, no matter how near and dear TO us,
and cannot allow even all the world COM
bined to dictate to me the reputation of my
wife, when Think it right to forgive her and
restore her TO my confidence and protection.
II ever failed to comprehend the utter des-
olate position OF an offending, though peni-
tent woman. the hapless future, with all its
dark possibilities Of danger to which she is
doomed when prescribed as an outcast,
can now see plainly enough in the almost
universal howl of denunciation with which
she is followed TO my threshold, the misery
and perils from which have rescued the
mother OF my child; and although it is
very sad for me TO incur the blame of friends
and the reproaches of many wise and good
people, shall strive to prove to all who feel
any interest in me, that If | am the first
man who has ventured to say to the world
an erring wife and mother may be forgiven
and redeemed, that in spite of all the obsta-
cles in my path, the good results Of this ex-
ample shall entitle il the imitation of the
| generous, and the commentator of the
| just.
There are many who think that an act of
duty proceeding solely from affections,
| which can only be comprehended in the
| heart of a husband and father is TO be fatal
to my professional, political, and social
standing if this be so, so be it.
| Political station, professional success, So
| cial recognition, are not the only prizes OF
ambition, and so long as do nothing worse
than to re-unite my family under the roof
where they may find shelter from contuIne-
ly and persecution, do not fear the noisy
but fleeting voice of public clamor.
The multitude accept their first impress
ions from few, but in the end men think
for themselves and if knew the human
heart, and sometimes think that in a ca
reer of mingled sunshine and storm, have
sounded nearly all its depths, then may
assure those who look with reluctant fore
bodings upon my future to be of good cheer,
for / will not cease to vindicate just claim
TO the respect of my fellows.
| While to these motley groups here and
there, who look upon my misfortunes only
as weapons to be employed for my destruc-
ton, to these say, once for all, if man
make good use of his enemies, they will
be as serviceable to him as his friends
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 all their arrows at my
breast, and, for the sake of my innocent
child, to spare her yet youthful mother,
while she seeks, in sorrow and contrition,
mercy and pardon of Him to whom, SOON
er or later, we must all appeal.