"It is," said he, "the general wish that you should attend.

It is conceived to be highly important to the success of the propositions which may be made by the convention.
"The mass of the people feel the inconvenience of the present government, and ardently wish for such alterations as would remedy them.

These must be effected by reason and by agreement, or by force.
The convention appears to be the only mean by which to effect them peaceably.

If it should not be attended by a proper weight of wisdom and character to carry into execution its propositions, we are to look to events, and to force, for a remedy.

Were you not then to attend the convention, slander and malice might suggest that force would be the most agreeable mode of reform to you.