The Rector in his address affectionally warned the society, especially the female members, against extravagance in dress.
The Archdeacon exhorted them to domestic and conjugal faithfulness.

He alluded to the prevalence of inconstancy during past years, and to the great improvement in this particular lately; and concluded by wishing them all "a happy new-year and _many_ of them, and a blessed immortality in the end." For this kind wish they returned a loud and general "thankee, massa." The Governor then said, that he rose merely to remark, that this society might aid in the emancipation of millions of slaves, now in bondage in other countries.

A people who are capable of forming such societies as this among themselves, deserve to be free, and ought no longer to be held in bondage.

You, said he, are showing to the world what the negro race are capable of doing.

The Governor's remarks were received with applause.