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 We copy fromsthe Alecklcnburg IN. Ca Jeliersonian the following letters, in reply to invitations 10 attend the late barbecue of the Democratic party on the 23d ult. in that county;

 WASHINGTON, June 30, lSl4

 GENTLEMEN :-l am bonorod by your note ol the 10th inst tenderine to me, in the name ofthe Republican party Of Hecklenburq conn ty, an invitation 10 . barbacue at Charlotte. on the 23d of July next. reqret that my official duties here compel me 10 decline ifs acceptance, as strong as Is the inducement which the occasion and the place hold ont to accept. | am highly Aattered by the cor diality of your invitation, and the grounds on which you placed t. There is nothinc which have more at heart, than to see re- stored and placed i'll the ascendency, in their full Vigor, the.old principles of the Repebli- can party My conviction is decp and of long standing, that on it the duration of ouI glorious political system depends. It is that alone which can resist the fatal tendency to which, for many wears, has marked the progress of our Government. and winch has been accomplished by increasnu corruption, and loss of confidence, as t approaches nearer and nearer to it's con summation. It has been my destiny to stand m opposition to this fatal tendency Iarao portion of my political life, often under the most trying circumstances. If it is ever To be arrested itmust be speedily done. twill soon De too strong 10 be resisted Much will depend on the approaching contest. should they in good faith earnestly and carly com menee the great work of bringing back the Government to the original principles and polcy ol the party, the hopes of the founders oi our political system may still be realized, our liberties preserved, and our free, popular. edeal institutions bo ever the admiration of he world. But if not, it is to De feared the opposite will be our doom

 in. in conclusion, offer the following scnt-