Bradford, who instinctively felt that he had placed himself beyond the pale of pardon, and to whom there was no alternative to revolution but flight, pressed an instant decision and rejection of the written terms of the commissioners.

In the presence of personal danger, the conferrees only dared to move that part of their report which advised acceptance of the proffered terms.

The question of submission they left untouched.

An adjournment was obtained.
The next day, to quote the words of Brackenridge, "the committee having convened, Gallatin addressed the chair in a speech of some hours.

It was a piece of perfect eloquence, and was heard with attention and without disturbance." Never was there a more striking instance of intellectual control over a popular assemblage.