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The following paragraph appeared in the
Washington National Journal of Saturday
last


"Anniuersary Dinner.--Te understand
that General John P. Van Ness, acting in the
name OF the committee, appointed by the
citizens TO make arrangements for the cele-
bration of the approaching anniversary Of
our Independence, has called at the book
store of Mcssrs. Davis * Force and Pishey
Thompson, where subscription papers were
left, and has given directions that Mr.. Min
ian Edwards should not be permitted to sub
scribe to the Dinner"


In consequence of the foregoing there ap-
peared in the Washington Republican of the
same day letter signed by the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of War, and the Post
Master General, in which they withdrew
their subscriptions for attendance at the din
ner; at the same time stating that "if the
Attorney General had received a similar i'll
vitation, and had subscribed he would have
joined in the letter" and withdrawn his name.
The following is an extract.


"Our attendance at the dinner, after this
notice, would justly be considered as equiva-
lent to an assent, on ourpart, to this conclu-
sion.


The character and conduct of Mr.. Ed
wards being before the nation, upon the re-
port of a committee of the House Of Repre-
sentatives yet to be acted upon by the House,
we should consider it incompatible with our
duties as public servants, as well as with the
principles of common justice, to participate
in an act which we think would in no event,
be justiiiablc before a final decision upon the
investigation. We request you, therefore,
to consider this as notice that we have with
drawn our subscriptions for attendance at
that dinner"