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lative Councillors. It may be safely affirmed that at the first opening the 

 Governor had not a very full house. This conscientious Governor, like a 

 conscientious actor, was not to be daunted by the slim attendance. 



Governor Simcoe was ever careful to respect the formalities which 

 threw a halo around the British throne. In military uniform, attended 

 by his staff, he proceeded to the Council Chamber, and there met the 

 Council and people's representatives in Parliament assembled. It is not 

 necessary to give the speech here, as it has been elsewhere published. 

 It may, however, be stated that it was a speech abounding in patriotic 

 sentiments and devotion to the Crown and Constitution of England. 



I will not tire my hearers by prolonging this paper to greater length, 

 but will conclude by saying that I join with them in felicitations at the 

 happy circumstance of this meeting at Chautauqua, in the vicinity of the 

 old Town of Newark, Navy Hall and Fort George, all historic spots in a 

 Province, blessed by Providence beyond measure, and which had for its 

 first Governor Major General John Graves Simcoe, whose memory will be 

 perpetuated for all time in the annals of the country. 



