Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-02
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THE DINNER TO MIR. WISE.

sa Conn House, on the 10th instant has been re
eeived. regret TO say, that the necessary atren-
ton 10 my professional aud private business ptcph-
ratory To my departure for Washington, 10 enter
upon the discharge Of those interesting and mpof-
tant duues to which the parliolty and confidence ol
my constituents have called me, forbid my accep-
! tauce OF your invitation.
can, with pforrety. say thai there is man
/ more entitled 10 the confidence aud admiration al
] the Wing parry. ihau Nh. Wise. lie IS able adj
yocate OF liz principles, ard ardent and faithful
supporter fits cauae Taabty, fidelity pndinleGrl-
~, Inc adds the most indeGaigahle zeal aud untiting
labor His boldness aud leatlrsucss all know. II is
tue, have differed, and still diilei, with MI Wise
upon some prominent questions al natlonal policy !;
bat that difference does in the slightest degree,
induce me to Withhold hom him a tribute which he
50 eminently deserves. Ever sloee my irsl aequant=
ancc, have is | now regard Mr. Wise, a true
mend TO the republican institutions Of his county,
and ever ready 10 promote It's happiness aud pros
perity.
1t would be an act of supercroeaton in me to
peat, what have So often declared In your hearing
the political teatls which maintain, and The course
Of policy which, as Representative OF the people.
feel II my duty To pursue. Suffice II To say. that
lhove been tonstanr aud uniform advocate Of the
doctrines 20 taught in tie Republican sexual Of
." 90 and have undergone not the slightest change.
Indeed, 50 thoroughly am / mdofhirsltcd with the
principles of tbs school. fhnt change Is umpos-
sib". Tho mutations ct patly aud Of parry PUN
eiples, Of winch the present day is SO prolific,
have not. and cannot, Tor a moment dsefI me
from that path which duty to NY country, her
institutions, her Liberty aud her prosperity require
me to uead. The rto eflPtlon OF the one, nor the
reputation OF the other p9fly, would not fora mo-
meut, taymy principles alter my course, To what
ever opposed | will ncrct be the advocate VI error
IN the one, or the opponent ol truth III the other SO
lar Is may be able To discriminate between truth
and etot III HE short political experience through
which II has been my lot Ia pass, have several
~ 4 4 a a.
I'd Roman historian Poi,bius. in which lie says,
=" II we ray proper regard 10 Truth we shall ind II
necessary, not only to condemn our hends upon
some occasions, at Cumsrad our enemies, but at
50 to commend and condemn the same Pefaons, rs
different circumstances my require as n IS not 10
be imagined Tint those WHO are engaged IN great al
fairs, should always be pursuing iase or mistaken
measures, so neither IS probable that tbet, con
duet tan al all times be exempt HON cuoi' To
expect from The same man o. the same party uniform
ruth constant error, "a more than the cap4ellcs
oil human ualule will justify.
went INTO Congress decided supporter Of the
late Administrations, and WIS decided advocate Il
the accession lie present. Had the present Ad-
muisttatien pursued those leading principles ol
the late, which, when 1t came into power II probes
scd It would do, although differing on some points,
itwoud have still had my dccided support. But,
So far nom the \ administration fulfilling these pro-
ms cs Is vesy first prominent AL was tie recon-.
mcndaliun rl q measure. which General JHekson's
unparalleled uuanimily. not only rerudated and re-
pcicd rs unwlse and lneYpedIenl, but denoRRccd,
10 terms Of the suongest hostility, rs not only cor
ripping the purity tthe Government, bat DANCE
rous Ia iibfiiy tse1. | reler to tie Sub-Iteasury
scheme. Accompanying the recommendation Of
this measure was ihat OF Bankrupt Inv, over
State corporations which regard rs not only not
authorized bN the Constitution, but directly lnva-
ding the constitutional power Of The States aud inn
pairing tie exercise Of The unquestIonable power Of
The States. aud lmparIng the exercise Of their nn-
questionable rights. The recommendation Of an
authority to traffic IN Suite Stocks. which regard
rs moi only not warlned by the CohslIlntinn, Dul
nl,sag INTO the very bosom Of the Sintos DANCE
rous and co rtptib2 consolidating Influence. 1he
recommendation of sysfem Of Treasury issues,
winch regard rs The commencement oi a real paper
moaey circulation, the result oi Which may he
we'll anticipated Ly the fate oi the French Asstenas,
and the continental dollars OF the Revolution and
the ,ecommc ndatIon Of such graduation OF the
minimum prices Of The Public Lands, rs would
throw the whole OF The immense Pubic DOMAIN M
10 the hands of he Adventures aud Spectators Of the
West. the great deitlmfnt Of the public revenue,
and the III justice and oppression o The old states,
BY whose lbcralay blood aud treasures, they were
acquired. Bong opposed To all these m"asnIes'
i when opposed, with the exception oil the bfadua-
ton Bill, by General Jackson's Administration. | see
no good reason for supporting them now, when sup
ported By Mr. Y an Buren's Administration. The re-
/ commentator Of these measures by MI. Van Bn-
rem, and the eIrnestBess aud solienudc with which
they were pressed, necessarily, so lar as they were
concerned. threw me into opposition 10 the Admin
/ istration. This difference OF opinion between The
Administration aud myself, upon questions so vital
and important 10 the existence Of our free iGsllu-
TONS and the best Interests ii the country, lett me
no alternative but to abandon my principles and ad-
here to my party, or to adhere to my principles aud
encounter that torrent oil misrepresentation and de-
nunciafon winch | Jaw was in store for me, and
which since received in very copons shower, with