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and loss of an enterprise, they are generous with eountenance and 

 pocket to iliose who show a square wish to get on. I think the way 

 the citizens of Sacramento have acted in connection witli the State 

 Fair of eigliteen hundred and seventy-eight can be called nothing 

 short of noble. Noble hearts, actuated by noble motives, have 

 effected the prosperous issue of this undertaking. Their owners 

 liave kept uj) that reputation for generous assistance which will be 

 forever associated with the name of Sacramento ! 



Ere we separate, let me most earnestly thank you all for the honor 

 of an election that gives me the opportunity of being face to face 

 with so many friends, co-workers, acquaintances, and comparative 

 strangers; that enables me, I trust, to contribute somewhat to the 

 advancement of my fellows; that has afforded me, more completely 

 than any other position could, the opportunity of seeing how glorious 

 a stand California is taking in this nation; that brings me in closer 

 communion with the best and worthiest of a State who.se past has 

 been wonderful as a romance, whose present is calm prosperity, and 

 in whose future there will surely be 



" Peace and plenty 

 Wherever the bright sun of heaven may shine; 

 Whilst the honor and the greatness of its name 

 Shall still be high amongst New Nations! 

 It shall flourish, and, like a mountain cedar, 

 Reach its branches to all the j)lains about, and 

 Our childrens' children, shall see this 



And bless Heaven !" 



