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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 16
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Excellency our sincere Thanks for your kind Speech at the opening
of this Session.
Altho' we should at all Times have been willing and ready to leave
our Homes to attend our Duty, and communicate our Opinion and
Advice, for the common Interest of our Constituents; yet it is with
the greatest Sense of Gratitude we acknowledge your good Inten-
tions, in saving the Province the Expence, and us the Trouble, of
meeting at an inconvenient Session of the Year, where absolute
Necessity did not require it.
The Concern your Excellency expresses, under the Apprehension
of the Want of Corn, for the Support of the poorer Sort of People,
claims our Acknowledgment. The guarding against a Calamity
which must attend the Scarcity of Grain, together with the several
Matters relating to Indian Affairs, by your Excellency laid before us,
shall in the Course of this Session be taken under our most serious
Consideration; and we shall, in both Cases, do what may be consis-
tent with Prudence and Duty, as well as the Interest and Safety of
those we represent.
We agree with your Excellency, that the Goodness of Roads, and
Conveyance by Water, to render Carriage easy, commodious, and
cheap, must have great Influence on the Commerce of every Country ;
and as Nature has happily given this Province great Share of the
latter, so we shall consider how the former may be further improved,
consistent with the Convenience of the People.
The strong Assurances your Excellency hath given us, of your
hearty Concurrence and Assistance in whatever we undertake for
the Public Good, will encourage us with Chearfulness, to set about
the making such Laws as will necessarily promote it, by advancing
the Trade, and consequently the Riches and Prosperity of the
Province.
The Advantages we receive from the Inspection Law are visible,
and fully sufficient to incite us to endeavour for such proper Am-
mendments, as will bring it to Perfection; and, under a Continuance,
enable us. to become a prosperous and flourishing People.
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The great Opinion we have of your Excellency's humane and be-
nevolent Disposition, will not permit us to suppose you desire any
Increase of Power, but to enable your Excellency to promote the
Happiness of those under your Administration.
Which was read and assented to, and signed by Order of the
House by the Honourable Speaker.
Ordered, That Col. King and Mr. Key do acquaint his Excellency,
that this House hath prepared an Address to him, and desires to
know when and where he will please to receive it: They return, and
acquaint Mr. Speaker, that the Governor was pleased to signify, that
he was ready to receive the Address immediately in the Conference
Chamber.
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