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and indifference formerly entertained against this institution are 

 rapidly dying out, and a general disposition is now manifested to 

 give it at least a fair trial. With such a sentiment in its favor, in 

 my judgment it has only to be true to itself, to achieve a "brilliant 

 success. 



In conclusion, gentlemen, I have only to couple witn my greet- 

 ing the assurance that you are amongst a people intelligent 

 enough to understand, and generous enough to appreciate your 

 labors in behalf of the great interest you represent. 



Address of Hon. A. Gr. Lebroke. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentleman : — When I heard my name 

 announced by the first speaker with something of a flourish, a-nd 

 the compliment of the next speaker, and then when I ran through 

 my mind the erudite and finished lecture by the first speaker, and 

 the comprehensive, eloquent and forcible discourse of the second 

 gentleman, these compliments reminded me of a horse jockey, 

 who had one or two nice horses, which he exhibited and traded to 

 great advantage ; but it was observed that he always had a very 

 scabby-looking animal in company with the other horses, which 

 he did not trade. At length, somebody asked him the reason. 

 He said, " Everything in this world goes by comparison. My 

 other horses look to be very nice horses. It is by comparison. 

 They look all the better by being compared with the scrub. I keep 

 this scrub that a favorable comparison may be made between it 

 and my other horses which I wish to trade." I concluded I was 

 to be the " scrub " on this occasion. 



I am entirely unprepa,red, and I am out of health, and more 

 than usually so this morning, but, Mr. President, gentlemen and 

 students, we are happy to meet you here. We believe in the 

 progress which you are attempting to effect. In fact, it is a 

 necessity of the world at the present day. Man exists upon the 

 face of the earth in different localities, and wherever he exists he 

 must have sustenance. If not obtained from the plants and grains 

 indigenous to the soil on which he is located, it must come from 

 somewhere ; it must be furnished ; and those who live in one 

 locality, if they cannot furnish all the necessaries that they re- 

 quire in that locality, must have something else which they can 

 exchange for those necessaries, which can be obtained from other 

 localities ; but they must be obtained from somewhere. 



I did not know what I should say at all until my friend Robin- 



