“Cheered and encouraged by your noble speech at Worcester
yesterday, which causes a thrill of joy to run through
the hearts of the friends of Emancipation in this city,
warned by the action of the President in regard to General
Fremont’s proclamation, and seeing a disposition in various
quarters to put down Rebellion without wiping out its
cause, we have come to the conclusion that there is no time
to be lost in organizing our committees and inaugurating a
movement in the direction indicated above.”