The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-26

The different relations of life require
more OF less CT privacy. Should the daily
life of single household be exposed TO The
public gaze, although every act. thought
and word might be perfectly harmless and
proper, yet it would give rise TO a world of
gossip, misrepresentation and injury. not
only to that particular household but TO
others. The privacy Of the family circle
is generally, but not always, respected.
But woe be to the mans reputation who in
sinuates himself into the seclusion of
home and publishes TO the world, or to a
community Of gossip-mongcrs, that which
is spoken in Il thoughtlcss and unguardcd
moment. This same slnctty and privacy
around the family circle, also attaches to
private conversation, correspondence, and
communications by telegraph. a public
conversation is different. If an individual
talks to half dozen, more or less. persons
in the street, or other public place, it is not
private conversation. If an oicc-scekcr
makes representations 20 different persons.
for the purpose OF securing. their support,
ii is no! private. These are, public utter
tnces, belong to the public, are, or ought
to be intended for the public ear, and are
matters OF public discussion, as much as is
stump speech or any other address Dolly
cred to the public This distinction is, of
course, well understood. and honorable men
act thereon. We have thought proper to
call attention thereto, as Introductory 10
another matter, because it is understood
that distinguished Massachusetts, states
man save us from many such holds
EWfoote conversations with individuals who
call upon him, and whose influence he sup
poses that he has reason 10 fear, while
shorthand reporter is seated behind q
screen taking verbatim reports thereof,
Scraps of this private conversation, I'M
guarded statements separated from their
context, arc, ii is SAID, used, from time to
time, to work the defeat of those who, re-
lying upon this statcsman's honor, saw tit
to converse with him or, perhaps, nj other
times ii is held in terrorism over their heads
10 cocrce them to pursue some course
against which their manhood protests.
Whether a stenographcr is employed for
this object or not certain it Is that scraps
OF this private conversation finds lis way TO
the public. Still further, it is understood
that spies are stationed in other places for
the same parpose and that whether such
belief is well or i'll founded, such private
conversation finds its way to the public ear
to the establishment of those participating
therein.
When, however, we come 10 letters and
kilograms it seems, whether it is or not,
altogether worse. We have known men
open and read private correspondence
sometimes, even, before it has been delv-
cred to its rghtful owner We have known
men take from the post Office letters belong
ing TO another open and read them and
then destroy them, leaving the person to
whom they were addressed to discover by
mere accident that such letters had ever
been written. We have known of private
letters being carefully opened and read and
then sealed up and delivered, or pu. in the
way of delivery, to the person for whom
it was intended. We have known of the
contents of such letters being retailcd on
the streets. We have known of the nfor-
nation therein contained being used to the
disadvantage of the writer and of the indi-
vidual thus communicated with. We have
known of the contents being used in the
endeayor to help the individuals 30 doing
or their friends. All this is constantly TAX
ing place in Washington. We knew, or,