The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-08
MIR. WICKLIFFE's LETTER.

We copy the following correspondence from
the Bardstown (Ky.) Gazette. The honoraoie
Postmaster Generals letter, like his ofhciai con-
duct, is UPRIGHT and INDEPENDENT; yet we
presume he will hardly escape an ultra Wing
scotching 9, since such is the fashion, when any
of the Cabinet Ministers have the temerlty TO
write any thing
HON. CHARLES A. WICKLIFFE.
We have been furnished with the following cor
respondence which took place between Hon. Z. A.
Wicklife and committee Of his friends, during ms
recent visit 10 this place:
BARpsTows, Oct. 9th, 1912
DEAR Sir Your friends and feow-ci liens OF
Bardstown and vicinity being DESTROYS of expressing
their good feelings towards you former citizen
and neighbor and their gratitude to you for the pub
lie services you have rendered them, have appointed
us as committee to invite you to partake OF pub
lie dinner with them at the Lafayette Hotel IN
Bardstown, at some convenient day before your de-
parture for Washington city.
Please say to at what day it will best suit your
convenience to be in attendance and oblige your
friends, &c.
Very respectfully,
JESSE MCDONALD,
JAMES SLAUGHTER, Jr.
THOMAS HlTE,
c. w. HITE,
T.. b. SMITH,
CHARLES NOURsE,
JOSEPH BROWN
To the Hon. c. A. WIcKLirFE.
WIcKLANp Oct. 7, 1912.
GENrLEMEN l have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your note Of the 9th nsant, in which
YOU say my friends and felow-citizens of Pardstown
and vicinity, being DESTROYS to express their gpod
| feelings towards a former citizen and neigh
bor and their gratitude to me as their state ,oi
4 Al. \ I'D
you as committee to invite me to partake OF pub
lie dinner with them at the Lafayette Hotel in Bards
| town.
This tender of public manifestation of the con.
tnued confidence and friendship of my friends and
| neighbors who have sustained through good
| and evil report, is most gratifying to me at thu:
| time.
| You have known me in public and private life fol-
upwards of thirty years. and while | am conscious
| enjoy the good opinion of the people to whom an
/ so much indebted for whatever of public character
have, shall continue in the honest discharge OF my
| public duty, consulting only the public good
My VISIT to my home, for regard this spot by tina
endearing name, and claim to be a citizen of Nelson
county, has been alone on private business, the ma
ture of which allows no time for the enjoymen
of your proposed hospitality
| The moment am able to close the affairs Of pri
vate nature, which now engross my whole time,
shall leave for Washington. | must therefore, mos
respectfully decline your invitation.
would prove recreant to my own heart, If l d'
| not avail myself of the present occasion to maxi
through you public acknowledgment of the pleasure
which the warm greetings of old and long trle'
friendship have afforded me since my return amoD
you.
| You will tender to the friends for whom you act
my Acknowledgements for their Kindness and accep
yourselves my thanks for the favorable manner il
which you have been pleased to make known thei
wishes.
faithful and Jealous discharge Of my private an
public duties heretofore has for me their goo
opinion, il is by similar course | can hope or wis
| to retain it
With sentiments of respect
| Your friend and tellow-citizen,
c. A. WICKLlFFE.
Messrs J. Mcdonald James Slaughter, Thoma
Hite, q. W. Hile, f. b. Smith, Charles Nourse, Jo
seph Brown.