Excerpt from Public Documents of the General Assembly of North Carolina: Session 1879 In compliance With the Constitution and the time honored custom of my predecessors, I have the honor to greet you as the representatives of the people and to con fer With you in regard to the state of our commonwealth. 'to an executive desirous of serving well his State, the meeting of the General Assembly is always the occasion of rejoicing, as it not only brings to his aid the Wise coun sels of legislators fresh from their constituents, but re lieves him of much embarrassing responsibility; I there fore gladly welcome you to the Capitol, and promise to co-operate most heartily With you in devising means to promote the public good. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.