Excerpt from An Address Delivered at the Dinner of the Committee and Stockholders of the "National Club," October 8, 1874 This address was delivered at a private dinner of the Committee and Stockholders of the National Club. But some who were not present wishing to see it, it was published in the Toronto Nation. The limited number printed, however, having 'failed to meet the demand, it is now printed in a separate form. Its republication will be the best answer to the account of its contents which has been given by a hostile journal for the purpose of exciting public feeling against its author. 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.