Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-01
DINNER TO MIR. WILDE
.hf. NIUE 10 Ate tih=easat AUgHsta rio inriied
Mn 10 pnblic Dinner

.hf. Htlde 10 he CH@eset Augusta ,cdo inpiiea
MN 10 a Public Dinner.
My ESTEEMED FRlENns
thank You Tor your invitation, md fully an.
4 preeinIc the goodness ofhear from which It springs
Permit mo tn decline IT, however for many reasons,
soine of which you will find hereafter.
u IS doubtless kind eilori To relieve my feelings
ana your own, by letting me drop gently from the
h'lght oil my ambition To n private station
bht as my head was never turned by any elevn
ton above my fellow citizens | do not need an IN.
ehned plane 10 regain my true lcvol. Had been
ever so much hlcd up, 1t is too late To break my
la. The things done. II has been somewhat
sudden, To be sure, bat like II,rlt gun, when he
tomblcd from the soepr, you may conceive, now
is over the mast dsngreable part Of the adven.
'ee was nor between the wealhcrcock and the pase-
ment.
By the why, # had turned wenthercnck thr
| tall might htve been avoided A far Office was
m1de me-, teo-thcrr's no denying il but am too
I'D and SUI % shit my principles with my ones
interests or fesenlmcuts--even my own. | heenn
HE a TRour mno pnd 80 expect to end II. Ihage
| not yet ropented of my steadncss, and should do
the same hlng over again, IN the same way thoush
perfectly sure oil the same consequences
| Let Us see what have beer nay offences This is
os good Il tims as any Tor ponary hearing Beng
CONDEMNED already, 1t cnn do M body any harm 10
listen aud II may help you, my good hords, 10
! digest your disappointment aB well spccch and
dinner am but an indlrrcn, nenchcr-mnn,
not much of a wlne-bbber, and no gront hand 10
sing or say my own praises. you will spare me
the dinner and the wine, will struggle with the
lesser ihhrmly rather than become obnoxious 10 the
pfoverb osainsi preaching IN ones cups, aud you
can read what | have 10 say at your leisure with
Out risk of headache. Only favor me so far az 10
fancy IT all sal1 al the middle of long table, 10.
wards the bottom of the second bottle. THIS will
best excuse he egodsm unavoidable on such oeen.
sloos Thus shall hive had all the ndgan,aee Of
dinner didn't eat, and you of a speech you didn't
/ hear. N lther OF rs wi. lac a hair the wore and
both Will escape part Of the pleasantly -four udyr,.
YefsafIcs~yon, the suspicion of raakins merry 10
your ch'Sfln hhd the rdlenlc oi gelnng dnner
10 console me fot The l,es ef u seat
We shall hive another ndvnntnge--hnt OF rcct-
onns without our host, rs we did before Tho olee
Ton We shall reckon hrif1y too, rs becomes old
friends tho account current can't be of more than
t"o vonrs standing.
II IL only that long ago since was ~ high favor
with Inc people OF G,orgia, least ns far % favor
IS Indicated by large vote As the people car, DO
TO wong, aud arc presumed 10 do every ihirg with
due drberalloai 1t IS notto be supposed they have
done any Thing without 6cnuso, from n wrone
cause. Neither are We pelmitcJ 10 iuluglnc that
there was any mistake IN the matter. The people
never make mistakes. Sui less is allowable 10
CONJECTURE thai they aci under delnsion produced
by those who nbuse their eouf rpcc. In this there
would be two lndccenclos. One IN suppo,ing The
worthy z nliemen who are the peoples friends,
would mDslaal them the ohcr, Tia the people can
be mlsrd, or indeed led u, all Supposltions truly
'nadmis'lble The cause Of lny defeat ,hcu - 10
DC sought Tor IN myself and IN som thing have
snld or done within the last 40 nrg. Because
nj tim, TIM, belng Reelected by a laree nojority
| n moi IA IA
lmqncnti such delinquency implying enor IN the
people rc-eleeling noe, and the people never err.
Here then al least IS point COINED We know
~hefe to begin posting our ho lli. Wbnt j. Object
Ell to me IA the last two yenls Wtho benz
sare ofhaving heard, being n5Ie 10 remember ali
lei us 20 through the areas1nons Ear as possible
beginning with the least important, a5 orators d. IN
r their dIsconrses.
-" They shy you are not rcs1en' Of rhc S,nic .
II not must be very unloeky, having lost my rs
ldcnce hcoe without Gn1ng ooo my where else A
domciI once gained thong nt continued aatl dehih
or removal and It IS certain | bud not rcmopcd
Oh tho frat Monday IN October. We won't say
ny thing nbou, my deaA n, pre- sent one o jecnor
AZ time.
All HE property possess is in Georgia (unes
q she claims narrower llmiis Than sh used 10 do .
h here have passed two aud thirty yenrs Of my life
and seen committed 10 the ear.h the ashes Of NOR,
than halt my fimIly here is my house. my brother
my sisters, my children. How many persons II
f Georgia can give stronger proof Of domic,l o
but you nre neyer at home, and representative VII,
does mo- return to his constituents
T Let US see how this is going back 10 our grnnt
: era Ia the last two yours have been TEN month.
b engaged IN my attendance on the House of Repro
: septativcs HiHc months at home ia tho city Of Au
+ gus'o, or on the Sand Hills, and IRE mouths tray
$ cling recruiting my health or cndeaYonng 10 gair
e useful information. That makes tUeaiB f0u1
: months, If heres no fault in my arithmetic. S,
n that have been at home no,rlY much time as
have been nj Congress, and nttetten months out o
the h0cnV lott have been cth,r ut ono, or engog
e ed IN pubic business, where Il man docs not lost
. his domc,l. The remaining fOc months have ei
passed N going to and from lhe Seat Of Govern
ment or travelling cl.ewhcrr examining public IN
rles, &c sc. venture 10 presume five mon bs alb
sencc on, Of t"cnty-tpur does not deprive man o
his residence therefore, mine IS no. lost; conse-
quenty, continue TO reside here.
1t would be cdsy for me 10 proge | wos alive
on the day Of the election as it is to prove my rest
+ deuco but, luckily, no one has yet thought Of
dsputtngt If they had reported me dead, AS Bicls.
erstad did Partridge, it would he in vain for mo 10
deny it. Any political i1 will serve, provided II
is told only once. | very much obliged 10
them, therefore, for permitting mr to be live To
be sure, the most certain method of being thought
rigH by oil the W nd to-day, IS To have died yes
tefday; yc at last, II may perhaps DC better, TO
hive and be deemed ler0ag, than die and he found
| gigH MeahwhlIc my obituary VIII answer here
after that is-ifi should ever be a candidate az ain
"a thing out Of my mind at presen', YOU may
readily conceive though it is prudent not to affirm