The friendship thus formed continued until Smilie's death in 1816.

From the adviser he became the ardent supporter of Mr.Gallatin.
Blair McClanachan, of Philadelphia County, was elected chairman of the conference.

The result of this deliberation was a report in the form of a series of resolutions, of which two drafts, both in Mr.Gallatin's handwriting, are among his papers now in the keeping of the New York Historical Society.

The original resolutions were broad in scope, and suggested a plan of action of a dual nature; the one of which failing, resort could be had to the other without compromising the movement by delay.

In a word, it proposed an opposition by a party organization.