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Of the General Court of Massachusetts,
PASSED Ar THE SESSION BEGAN AND HELD, AT BOSTON. ON
TIE TWENTY.FIFTI[ DAY OF JANUARY,
IN T11V YER OF OUR LORI), O.VE TJIOS4.'JD BIGII )Ir.V29JE.D
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LIEUT. GOVERNOUR's SPEECH.
PFPRESFNTATIVES' CHAMBER, JANUARY _6.
,1It 12 o'clock, aoqreeaI/I to assignment His ifonour the Lieut.
Go'ernour, preeded y MlIr. Bell, Deput! Sheryl]/ and arcom-
panied by th Council, met the two branches, and deliered the
.1 /lowing SPEECH
GENTLEMEN OF THE SPNATE, AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSt OF REPRBSENTATIVS,
THE peculiar circumstances, under which we have as..
semblcd, call for a serious direction of our thoughts to that Being,
in whose hands are the destinies of men and nations. The aspect
of ov' publick afitirs imposes on all the duty o lpatience and cir-
cumspcction, in their investigations and their actions. Our bcst
exertions, fbr the general welfhre, are now necessary. The known.
patriotism of the People of Massachusetts is a pledge for the dis-
play of these virtues, on every publick emergency. Ilow titr cx-
isting, or threatened, evils may be provided against, or endaingered
rights be secured, by any agency constitutionally confided to their
State Legislature, are, at the present moment, considerations of the
most interesting nature.
That afflicting Providdnce, which has deprived you and your
fiellow citizens of the assistance and experience of him who was se-
lected, by their suifrages, to discharge the important duties ol'Chief
Magistrate, can be felt and lamented by none more sincerely than
by r.yselt This event having constitutionally devolved on me
these duties ; as a substitution to his talents and his experience,
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