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he had heard of it. He himself could not sympathize either with such fears or such caution. And even should the | he had heard of it. He himself could not sympathize either with such fears or such caution. And even should the Guard intrude, as the gentlemen apprehended they might, he believed it was doing the people injustice to suppose they would not be influenced to act discreetly. Besides, suppose the members should be arrested. What then? - Can they not give bail and return; and when driven from the place of constitutional meeting, they will have the strong plea fora change that it was by face and not to be avoided. "But the subject is one of vital importance "added Mr. Rofs "and must not be dismissed light. As mine is but a single opinion, and I am now only one against three, I will do this, gentlemen. I will ask all the members here. We will meet at my house as private persons and then discuss the expediency of assembling at New Echota or elsewhere in our public capacities. I know that it is desireable to avoid excitement; and in the way I mention we shall best discover how best it can be avoided. | ||
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he had heard of it. He himself could not sympathize either with such fears or such caution. And even should the Guard intrude, as the gentlemen apprehended they might, he believed it was doing the people injustice to suppose they would not be influenced to act discreetly. Besides, suppose the members should be arrested. What then? - Can they not give bail and return; and when driven from the place of constitutional meeting, they will have the strong plea fora change that it was by face and not to be avoided. "But the subject is one of vital importance "added Mr. Rofs "and must not be dismissed light. As mine is but a single opinion, and I am now only one against three, I will do this, gentlemen. I will ask all the members here. We will meet at my house as private persons and then discuss the expediency of assembling at New Echota or elsewhere in our public capacities. I know that it is desireable to avoid excitement; and in the way I mention we shall best discover how best it can be avoided. The arrangement was made. The constitutional day of assembling the Council was the second Monday in October, which would fall