42 MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
CHAP T E R III. 
Froceedings and Incidents until the Third Dispatch to Cape Coast 
Castle. 
Coomassie, Mai/ 22nd, 18X7 ' 
To THE Governor and Council, Cape Coast Castle. 
Gentlemen,- 
The important objects of the Mission, and the safety and pros- 
perity of the Settlements, have this day demanded our pubhc 
dissent from our superior officer, Mr. James ; to prove the act 
tutelary to these objects, can be our only justification. 
The Mission has engrossed our thoughts and exertions from the 
moment we were honoured by the appointments ; we have felt that 
the credit of the Committee; the character of the service, and the 
good of our country were associated in the enterprise ; and that 
we were personally responsible for these important objects, to the 
extent of our industry, fortitude, and ability. Our reflections 
naturally associated obstacles commensurate with the importance 
of the objects affected ; and to overcome the former in a manner 
auspicious to the latter, we conceived to be the duty expected 
from us, as composing a Mission originated to remove a portion of 
the formidable barriers to the interior of Africa. We anticipated 
prejudice, intrigue, and difficulty, as inevitable ; as obstacles to 
invigorate and not to sicken our exertions. 
