ABSTRACT
In presenting this address to the public, I might, with great propriety, make many, observations, to palliate its imperfections. The shortness of time allotted for its preparation; the many avocations which were suffered to divert my attention from it, and the impression under which it was written, that it would never be heard beyond the walls of the Wigwam, are considerations that will have their due weight in the estimation of candid minds: but I would never be guilty of delivering opinions in private, that I would not vindicate in public.
