on the side
of the Zurichers, according to ancient custom, was transferred to
the commons-at-war, to whom the Council sent several of its most
influential members as deputies.

Whilst the latter were assembling, the leaders of the Catholics
deliberated over the conditions to be proposed. Their views were
conflicting. Several of the most violent asserted that now the time had
come to compel the city and canton of Zurich to return to the old
faith, and that the restoration of the mass should be made an
indispensable condition of peace.--Zurich, the _schultheiss_ Golder
declared, would never consent to this. He was supported in his opinion
by the _landammen_ Froger and Toss. And they even succeeded in securing
for the inhabitants of the Territories, with the exception of the free
bailiwicks and the burghers of Rapperschweil and Wesen, the privilege
of retaining the Reformation, provided all those, who henceforth might
wish to return to the mass, should be permitted to do so. One solitary
voice objected to this liberality. AEgidius Tschudi deplored the result.
"The counsel was pernicious," said he, "and a great injury to the true
Catholic faith, to which God had given the victory. Accordingly,
neither the _schultheiss_, nor they who followed him, namely, _amman_
Froger of Uri and _amman_ Toss of Zug, and several others, lived many
years afterward."

Meanwhile the consultation was opened in the Zurichan camp by Escher,
with the exhortation neither to be too fearful, nor yet too passionate.
He said that the position of Zurich was critical, but not at all
desperate; and that God would undoubtedly defend his Gospel, in which
we should persevere to the last extremity. So to do was the unanimous
resolution. But then opinions varied as to what should be done in
regard to the Territories. Several persons, and among whom Sergeant
George Mueller was prominent, made strong appeals to the sacred duty,
which bound them to act for the people of the Territories, who had been
summoned to a common resistance and assured of protection and help, as
they would for their own. Others, on the contrary, endeavored to uphold
the right of the Five Cantons to name conditions of peace in this case.
But the following speech of an aged _amman_, Suter of the Horgerberg,
had the greatest influence in bringing matters to a conclusion.

"Our general has spoken for a long time, and exhorted us not to be in a
hurry to make peace. This perhaps might suit ou