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3 the adoption of the address just read & then the appointment of a Committee to convey it to the President- Some discussion arose—A colored man said that "it was evident to him that you were the proper person to whom the action of the meeting. the address &c, should be submitted and moved that it be so directed. He urged that it should be so disposed of 1st because that was the appointed channel 2d because it was due to you as evincing proper respect for your position from them- To this there was manifested a very general assent by the assembly—in the nodding of their heads and the gratified smiles and expressions of countenance [[strikethrough]] as [[/strikethrough]] he took his seat. Mr. Chester followed in a harangue charging that you should have been here weeks ago to attend to these matters, to investigate
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