New York Jan. 5. 1856
My dear Sir
I am in receipt of your form of yesterday, and have sent the enclosed letter to Mr. Mitchel, to whom I mentioned your warm feeling towards him. I must tell you not he does not believe in our organisation, that is, he thinks it is not likely to do any good. However not prejudice, I hurt, will be overcome, when he seems now of the fruits of the Supreme Directory's labors. Much now depends on it. But if he does not hope for much from us, his hope in the cause itself never was so strong. I hope you will see him. Proud I know you will, for he intends to lecture in Philadelphia,

where I hope our organisation will assist in every way to give him an overflowing [house]. The sooner measures are taken with this view, the better.
As regards the other newspaper editors I cannot control them. My own dilemma does not prevent them keeping up the fight. Mr. Lynch is skewing the worst possible opinion; but this is only carrying out a conspiracy by [vines] concocted. He is in league with others to do us all the mischief he can. Cummings, in my opinion, is manifestly a traitor, and I think ought to be expelled the body by the Supreme Directory.
I have had several applications for charters: but I believe none are yet pri[v]led. I have written to the secretary

that effect.
The Massachusetts Convention was a sorry affair. The attempt to upset what was done by the general convention is ridiculous. But as for the Committees of Conference proposed by Lynch, they are if possible still more absurd. The best of the joke is that he names on these committees the very ringleaders of the late disturbance. I have felt from the beginning that much depends on you in carrying this organisation to a successful issue. You will have in Lunsden an energetic powerful and upright cooperator. You may depend on him. It is a pity he is so far away. As for Mr. Cracken, I know nothing of him, but voted for him in preferance to Cummings who, I saw at once, was a very unfit man. Dr. McG. of Providence writes me that

you and he & Dr. L. would meet immediately 
in New York. If so, I have many things to 
say to you that I do not wish to commit to 
paper. I think it is important that 
the Directory should meet soon.
Is there any truth in the [?] that John 
McKean has received orders to prosecute the 
"Irish [?]"
I agree with you that the Presidents' 
message is most helpful for the good 
cause in which we are engaged. [?] 
grant that our hope of another [?] with 
[?] may be realised soon!
I  had a letter from Harris the other 
day asking me to tell him who informed 
on that he was a British spy. Of course
I would but tell him. But I think my 
Philadelphia correspondents are [?] mistaken.
With all the good wishes & compliments of the season
Yours faithfully
J. McClenahan