35th Cong.
This "missing link," no less than the remaining portion of the journal printed in the proceedings of the investigating committee, is itself strong circumstantial proof of the imposture underlying the whole transaction.

Many sections of the completed constitution are not even mentioned in the journal; it does not contain the submission clause of the schedule, and the authenticity of the document rests upon the signature and the certificate of John Calhoun without other verification.
[10] "Dr.Tebbs and General Whitfield a month since left very strong letters for publication with the editor of the 'Union' which he promised to publish.

His breach of this promise is a gross outrage.

If not published immediately our success in convention materially depends on my getting an immediate copy at Lecompton.

My friends here all regard now the 'Union' as an enemy and encouraging by its neutrality the fire-eaters not to submit the constitution.