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322 no more to mingle in such associations. Although he is dead, Providence through him yet speaketh. Since we assembled we have formed acquaintances with one another long to be remembered with pleasure. We have passed upon a mass of business involving different interest local and general and although we have had different opinions and sometimes indulged a little humor upon the opinions and reasonings of one another yet the personal feeling has been such as to evince to all, as I apprehend that this humor and difference of opinion did not spring from nor result in ill will. No, Sir, such has been and such now is the personal feelings growing out of this acquaintance, that while the parting hand shall perform the ceremony of friendship, the heart will respond a language that ceremony cannot feel. But, Sir, whether our well meant acts will meet the hearty approbation of our constituents and increase their interests time and experience must show. But, one of our first acts in the organization of this Board for the regulation of the rights of its Members and the progress of business has been fully tested and I am happy to say that I believe the results have been completely equal to the just anticipations, and believing that my