_Influence_ is not _government_.

Let us have a _government_, by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured; or let us know the worst at once.

Under these impressions, my humble opinion is, that there is a call for decision.

Know precisely what the insurgents aim at.

If they have _real_ grievances, redress them if possible; or acknowledge the justice of them, and your inability to do it in the present moment.