Lo meeL I have drawn up resoluLions which will be submitted Lo the consideration of the people Loday. IL is unnecessary Lo explain themselves; the object is not, ( as I understand iL) Lo oppose the acts of Lhe former Convention, buL to ascertain the sense of the communiLy as to Lhe comparaLive expediency of electing new delcgaLes and sending them back fresh from the people, with positive insLructions s Lo the objects of their appointment, or of returning the same members without a new elecLion; This submission to Lhe will of the People is evidently adjesLed by the 16th ArLicle of the plan of the provisional government, viz, Arl. 16. The Governor and Council shall continue to exist as a provisional government, until the establishing of this consulLalion; or until other Delegates are elected by the People, and other government established. I repeal it is not (if J am noL deceived) the object lo raise an opposiLion Lo the former Convention I, as an individual go for supporting the governmenL which we have, until a more regular one can be organized. If the People determine Lhal a new election is unnessary, thaL decision will be tentamount lo a new election of the former delegate: I, as an individual shall vote for a new elecLion, lsL because a frequent reLurn of periodical elecLions is absolutely necessary to the purity of Republican instiLutions, and 2ndly the objects of the first Convention having been accomplished, the matter should again revert lo the original and proper source of all power,-The People. Another important reason for bringing this matter before The People is, the uncertainty in facL the impossibility of ascertaining in any other way the sense of the majority; We have each an undoubted right to our own privaLe opinion, buL the will of the majority once fairly ascerLained, we, as lovers of our country should feel bound to submit to that decision. At the same time as one who considers his interests his interests sic; and prospects identified with Bevels Settlement, I declare my entire willingness to vote for the same delegation which represented us in the last Convention If a new elec-should be decided on, I think it highly important that our neighbors should ascertain amonst themselves who will probably be new as candidates, and advise our Friends in the Army. The resolutions alluded were passed by 51 persons, noL a dcscnting voice. Your friend, Geo. W. SmiLh.
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