Upon this committee were Cook, the chairman, Bradford, Marshall, Gallatin, Brackenridge, and Edgar.

The meeting then adjourned.
Upon this representative body there seems to have been no outside pressure.

The proclamation of the President, which arrived while it was in session, showed the determination, while the appointment of the commission showed the moderation, of the government.

Gallatin availed of each circumstance with consummate adroitness, pointing out to the desperate the folly of resistance, and to the moderate an issue for honorable retreat.
Meanwhile, the commissioners reached Pittsburgh, where on August 20 the committee of conference was received by them, and an informal understanding arrived at, which was put in writing.

The laws were to be enforced with as little inconvenience to the people as possible.