Sir,

Please to accept The Thanks of His Majesty's ever Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Members of His Council for your Speech at the commencement of this Session. We are highly sensible of the Divine favour so Eminently manifested by the Success of His Majesty's Arms, during the last Campaign which we hope will be further extended to us so as to be soon productive of that greatest of Blessings a safe and Honorable Peace, securing to us & our Posterity, our Holy Religion, Liberties & Properties.

His Majesty's Wise and Paternal Care of his American Dominions, and the prodigious exertion of the Power of our Mother Country in their Defence, appears in a very conspicuous Light to us.

We shou'd therefore make but an ungrateful return, did we not at this important Period, Do all that lay in our Power to co-operate with those Measures, calculated to secure our future Safety and Happiness.

We shall therefore Cheerfully join with the other House, in doing whatever we are able to procure those desirable Ends.

His Majesty's gracious assurances signified By his Great and Wise Minister The Right Honorable Mr Secretary Pitt of recommending to His Parliament, a compensation for the Expences went over at the Last and shall be this Campaign is a further instance, of his Royal Goodness and Claims our gratefullest Acknowledgments.

As we well know your Excellency's Sentiments regarding His Majesty's Rights, and the invaluable Blessings of British Liberty, We shall only say, that to the Extent of our Ability's we shall ever Endeavour to procure those Advantages we are sensible You so ardently Wish to this, and all the other British Colonies.

North Carolina.
Address of the Council to the Govr.

Read July 25. 1759.

D.54.