Mr Smiths Review Of The Letter Of Leonard Jarvis To His Constituents Of The Hancock And Washington District In Maine

Author : Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365971665
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Smith's Review of the Letter of Leonard Jarvis, to His Constituents of the Hancock and Washington District, in Maine (Classic Reprint) written by Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mr. Smith's Review of the "Letter of Leonard Jarvis, to His Constituents of the Hancock and Washington District, in Maine" Such is his exposition of himself. And does it not betray a species of dishonesty at heart which few men would nurture, that pretended any respect for honorable intercourse with men? I ask every one who feels an interest to read this controversy, to analyze in his own mind the principles ofaction thus avowed. The first position is, that even though a man obtains the contents of a confidential letter by mistake, he is not bound thereafter to respect that letter, orits contents, as confidential! The second is, that if one by mistake communicates to another a confidential letter from athird person, it is the duty of the first to request the second to keep the information thus disclosed secret, or he is at liberty to make what use ofit he pleases; The third is, that in either of the supposed cases, if the person thus possessed of a confidential letter by mistake makes use of its contents to the prejudice of the writer ofthe letter, the writer ofit has no reason to complain of it, or hold the guilty one secountable, but it is the exclusive privilege of the one to whom it was written to do so! Such is Leonard Jarvis's code of honor and honesty, promulgated by himself! Could such absurd and piratical principles ever have found an advocate in any man Ymg! Ifhe had the slightest chance of defending himself, by recognizing principles more just and consistent With fair dealing? Is not the avowal of such principles of palliation and defence of his conduct, in all respects tantamount to an admission, that his conduct to be palliated and defended has been that ofa base, unprincipled man? But mark still further the odious inconsistency of the man. When my confidential letter to Mr. Anderson fell into Mr. Jarvis's hands, and its contents were violated by him, Mr. Ahderson, the recipient of it, was the only person to complain rightfully ofite abuse. I, the writer of it, could have no right to complain of it. When Mr. Dunlap's confidential letter to me fell into the same hands, Mr. Jarvi's's, and its contents were violated by him in a like manner, Mr. Dunlap, the writer afit, and not myselfthe recipient of it, was the right person to be in. Formed of it at once by this same honorable Mr. Jarvis, and the person having the most aggravating cause of complaint! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.