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spoke at our Amphitheatre meeting. He was a very retiring man, but lie 

 was roused to vehemence when the mob tried to howl him down. I can 

 never forget tlie close of his speech. He said that in the old anti-slavery 

 agitations he had stood in the same place and had to face a similar hostile 

 multitude ; and then rising to his full height, his face aglow, and lifting 

 his right hand towards heaven, he said, ' We conquered then and we will 

 conquer now.' He touched a chord that vibrated throughout the vast as- 

 sembly. 



"A word or two about Charles Wilson, and T have done. He was a 

 veritable 'Fighting Quaker,' if ever there was one. 



"He was Chairman of our Executive Committee, and to him was largely 

 owing the aggressive attitude assumed at the beginning and continued 

 till peace was proclaimed. With all this never man could be more reck- 

 oned upon to keep his temper. His services to the cause were beyond 

 praise, 



"Perhaps it looks a little insidious to pick out a few, out of many 

 friends, for special mention ; but these were serviceable above measure. 



"Of the twenty-five members of the committee as already given in list, 

 I believe twenty-two have gone to their rest — their work done. I believe 

 I am right in stating that Messrs. Jones, Muspratt and I, are the last sur- 

 vivors ; and of Mr. Jones, I am not quite sure as it is a dozen years since I 

 have heard of him. 



" I remain, my dear Miss Matlack, 



" Yours sincerely, 



"Robert Trimble. 

 "Miss Matlack, The Grange, 

 Camden, N. J." 



