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fall- this year on the 10th. On the 5th, the Wednesday preceding all the members of the Committee & Council being at the house of Mr Ross; at the head of Coosa, he met them with the following Address: "My friends, It affords me great pleasure to see you here, previous to the time for the meeting of the next General Council. You have been invited hither, not for the object of legislation, but merely for the purpose of a consultation: the Executive does not posses the power of convening the General Council at any other place than at the seat of government, established by our constitution; but understanding that a difference in opinion prevails among you, strikeout on the subject of holding the next general council at that place, it was deemed proper to invite you together previous to the time fixed by the constitution for convening the General Council, that you may have a friendly interchange of sentiments with each other on the subject, and to act with a unison & harmony of feeling on so important an occasion. The constitution under which we have been elected, and which we have sworn to