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The author of this pamphlet, having had the honour to be elected President of the late Wesleyan Conference, held in Manchester, by the suffrages of his brethren, feels himself called upon to explain and vindicate some of its proceedings, concerning which much misapprehension prevails, and no small amount of misrepresentation and censure has been advanced; but which he conceives to be in full accordance with the rules and usages of the Wesleyan body, and defensible upon principles that are generally recognised and acted upon in social life, as well as upon Scripture grounds.

Richmond, September 12th, 1849.