Breaux, M.D., Robert, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1842 August 19

Breaux has been taught to never put his own pride in the way of repairing the wrong of any act of his against a man who is a total stranger to him. Born under the tropical sun, when he loves, he loves deeply; when he hates, he hates deeply. Blanc performed Breaux's marriage ceremony and at that time Breaux felt a sincere friendship toward him; more than once, he defended Blanc when someone attacked him. But there is another man whom Breaux loves more than Blanc; it is Father Louis Moni. When Blanc became bishop he showed hostility toward Moni; from that time on Breaux ceased to be one of Blanc's friends. Breaux attacked Blanc, thinking it to be his right. He is in the habit of visiting Father Matthew Bernard Anduze but he swears that Anduze never advised or approved of any attack on Blanc. Breaux alone wrote the article is last Sunday's Gazette, he alone commented on Blanc's letter in the August 17th Gazette. He did it, not with the intention of desecrating religion, but with the desire to combat what he thought to be unjust. This is not an apology but an act of justice toward a calumniated man. :: V-4-m A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.