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Tuesday February 26, 1828 On motion by Mr. Cutler, Ordered that when the Senate next adjourn they adjourn without day, and that a message now go to the House of representatives informing thereof. [Order - adjourn without day]

Mr. Cushman rose in his place and submitted the following order " Ordered, that the thanks of the Senate be presented to the Hon. Robert P. Dunlap for the ability, correctness, promptitude and impartiality which has characterized the discharge of his official duties as presiding officer of the Board" which was read by the Secretary and unanimously passed. [Order - Thanks to President of the Senate]

Mr. Dunlap then addressed the Senate as follows -

Gentlemen of the Senate,

Accept my acknowledgement for this very flattering testimonial of your approbations. In the discharge of official duty the countenance you have been pleased to bestow upon my humble efforts has been ample recompense for every exertion, and now as we are about to separate, I receive with impressions of lively sensibility, this additional token of your respect.

In our infant Commonwealth, just rising into existence, with a population connected by a unity of interest, we cannot look forward but with the most pleasing anticipations to the destinies which await us. Our intercourse with others through the medium of commerce, the enterprize and intrepidity of our Citizens, the rapid increase of wealth and our progress in moral and intellectual improvement, press upon us the value of republican institutions and afford cause for honest exultation. As we take a retrospect of the past and look forward to the future, we [Presidents address]