“Entertaining the hope that you may find it convenient to comply with this request of our constituents and ourselves, we beg leave, with sentiments of the most profound respect and regard, to subscribe ourselves,
“Your fellow-citizens,
W. Lyle,
W. J. McClure,
Wm. F. Collum,
A. W. Pitcher,
Jas. E. Lewis,
D. L. McClure,
} Committee.”