time mr committee for leave to present the n of the united lion any foreign or the attempt of the government v an ml of or or th republic of ins being made the resolutions were not i the southern members showing a � as the subject i of pi of persons ing a fixed determination to bring into the union declaring that they had assurances of the and that they prefer a dissolution of the union to the of expressing however at the same time their confidence that if the could be effected the people of the free states would submit to it and the institutions of the slave states would be secured and ourselves however with brief glance at some of the most prominent evidence in relation to the subject we submit to yon whether the project of seems to be abandoned and whether there be not imminent danger of its speedy accomplishment unless the entire mast of the people in w state become aroused to a conviction of danger and oat and act ia reference od either o although perfectly aware that m h which its attempt to th new york in march in that speech after stating that he saw objections to the of that the purchase of and furnished no precedent for it that the cases were not parallel and that na such policy or necessity as led to that required the of i we hold that there is not only no political for it � � no advantages lo be derived from it there is no constitutional power to any department of the national government to it that no act of obligation upon the several states of this union to submit to such an act or to receive into their family and such mu torn ten and wo hesitate not to say that by any act or proceeding of the eminent or any of its � old he a it� and the great entered into its formation of a character so p and and would bo an attempt to an institution and a power of a nature the t but fully the people of free ought mil io it but we say with would hot submit to it we know pro ent temper and spirit on this subject too well to believe for a moment that they would become in any inch subtle contrivance tor the of an institution which tho wisest and best men who formed our constitution as well from the slave ss the free states regarded as an evil and a turn soon to become extinct under the operation of laws to be passed the slave trade and the influence of the principles of the revolution to prevent the success of this project to preserve from such gross the con ot our country adopted expressly to the bless in gi of and not the of slavery � and to prevent the speedy and violent dissolution of the union � we invite von to unite without distinction of in an immediate expression of your views on this subject in such manner as you may deem best calculated to answer the end proposed j b c mr being selected in his stead by a body which bad been supposed pledged to the ex president � excited considerable feeling especially among the of new york a number of their leaders united in a letter termed the secret circular their brethren while they supported and to be careful to vote for for who would set their faces as a flint against here is the circular you wi the late con party at the north difficulty we i� � � l l � � with the of � reasons which had no relation to the principles of the party nor was that all the went beyond the authority to its members and adopted a resolution on the subject of a subject not before the country when they were elected upon which therefore they were not instructed which seeks to into the party creed a new principles and i f u if y r m majority d abandon the c should it support the the tion and taking care that their support should be la o prevent ib i been p the above address was drawn by hon m gates of new york at the suggestion of john and sent to members of at their after the close of the for their many more than the approved heartily of its positions and objects and would have signed it but for its premature publication through mistake mr of mass was one of these with of course i mr declined it the letters of messrs clay and tan taking ground against without the consent of as an act of bad faith and which would necessarily result in war which appeared in the spring of make slight allusions if any to the slavery aspect of the case in a later letter mr clay declared that he did not oppose on account of slavery which he regarded as a temporary institution which therefore ought not to stand in the way of a permanent acquisition and though mr clay s last letter on the subject prior to the election of and all his objections to under the existing circumstances he did not include the existence of slavery the defeat of mr van at the wisely for we c of their opinion will their om and that proper efforts will secure the of such members of as will reject the scheme now pressed upon the country with these views assuming that yon feel on this subject as we do we have been desired to address you and invite the of yourself and other friends throughout tho state i of such persons as in these opinions it your views in this matter with ours please write to some one of ns and a draught of the proposed letter will be forwarded very respectfully p 