For myself, I can truly say that my spirit is not yet broken; but I would hear from you what the feeling of the people is." "At this point, however, a difficulty arises.

Some of you, having only received limited powers from your constituencies, appear to think that you would not be justified in exceeding your mandates, while others have been authorized to act as circumstances may seem to require.

But I do not think that this difficulty should be insurmountable.

At least I beg of you not to allow it to cause any dissension among you.

Let us all be of one mind.