The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-20
Burn lOur Lave LETTERS

Aaron Burr, who was the greatest bIackruard
toi gentleman recorded IN American history,
kept bushels OF womens letters all bundled and
ear marked, 80 that many reputation Was M
the mercy of his executor who behaved how
ever, extremely well: some men have wicked way
OF entrappng woman into a correspondence Of
securing from her nnsuspectlng friendship
phrases which unexplained or read ont of their
connection are somewhat ambiguous and unnn
which 1t will be easy for the censorious to put 4
wrong construction. Such base fellows newer
burn letters they are much more likely to ex-
hlblt them IN convlvial companies or in strict
confidence to dozen associates A man of
honor knows what letters to DESTROY and he will
without fail destroy or return them to the writer
We Know That We are recommending what to
an ahectionatc person viii seem Ike 4 sacrifice
almost too great TO he made. In this city tlis
morning there i many package of letters dear
er to the holder than untold wealth letters
~hich have been read and re read until they are
known ~ heart which have soothed the sham
est OF pans and have illuminated ne darkest IF
hours which have strengthened a Waycrpo
faIth Or restored lost ONE which were I,In
gry looked for ana rapturously received ana
upon fVtrR page of which is the record of nm
hinchlnE hdtilty aud Of love kept bright AMI
un"ayering, though tie praise Of Tho world lad
changed = blame and ITS smile darkenel to a
lfo"n We know that 1t would ~ hard to burn
these tear-bl"tted she cts but it NAV lie best Ia
90 70. Think Of them read by one LAWYER and
commented upon by another! Think ot tha
grave man OF the bench bordering over them ,
trying to comprehend their meaning, Cf tln
gioatIng gallery pntting upon them its own nm,
rent interpretation Save them from sucl dese-
Grafton by giving their secret to the keeping OF
the elements. 20 "a
Again, We should remember that thnra !. y,
higher appeal to honor than that which a conf
dental letter implies The winged word may Ln
iost forever, but the written word remains II il
the most unquestlcnng love which puts itself at
The mc,cy OF q correspondent, which writes what
would hardly whisper, and takes its chances If
DelnS advertised and trumpcted to the four cor
hers OF the earth. Docs not such tender frank
mess dtin ana even nervous care and canton
upon the other slde2 A blow for kiss il LoJ
enough lnGratitudc is the opprobrium Of or
nature, Va '1i
bu' what blow can be bitterer to a sensitive
.oinah lhan to ma confidence misplaced trust
"isrt gaided, and the sanctum sanctorum of her
SOU thrown wide open for the curious TO stare at
its hoarded and hallowed treasure? Such mock :
cry OF good faith IS lntolerahie between man and ,
niah y tragedy pure and simple when it !
polsohs the peace of woman. Did She write this :
loving sentence for the whole world To read Did |
she flreai out all the tenderness NJ her SOM mon
lhe clustered page, that coarse testers MIGHT
translate 4 INTO their own foul dialects and con-
'uue II according 10 the uucleanllncss Of their 4
own bCsottcd na,uros2 !;
Yes il il certainly better to burn letters af !,
'iicetlon than to hoard them in tins most IN II
i'lh World. Bum, # You would not have the
ltepest secrets Of your soul made the snort NJ a
orneys. Burn, If You would not have ynnr i
acrtdest AT arr discussed by strangers after Won
'e gone Burn, II Yen would not have your o
! reno Pth'd by even an accidental disclosure. Of
lindnoss Burn, if You would have your cnstIi .,
81 secrets continue undivided "
buih Tor Your own sake and for the sake of -
thers ave trembling hopes and gentle as-
urahces' the hrst fa.terIng promise the last "
'olcome observation, the golden and tho siI,r T.
enltnces, the record Of dreams and Of d0ubt. OF
Ne llnes traced when all bright, the scnrch M
x phrases written whcnal was benightod give XII