▁mere ▁routine ▁duties , ▁and ▁of ▁his ▁large - heart ed ▁liber ality , ▁where ▁his ▁sympathy ▁was ▁en list ed , ▁would ▁be ▁reg rett able . ▁Many ▁a ▁Mayor , ▁in ▁the ▁earlier ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁City , ▁had ▁reason ▁to ▁rejo ice ▁that ▁one ▁better ▁educated ▁and ▁better ▁qualified ▁for ▁literary ▁work ▁than ▁the ▁occup ant ▁of ▁the ▁Chair ▁was ▁at ▁hand ▁when ▁the ▁address , ▁motion ▁or ▁mem orial ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁p enn ed . ▁The ▁City ▁C ler k ▁had ▁read ▁extens ively ▁and ▁was ▁possessed ▁of ▁a ▁memory ▁reliable ▁to ▁the ▁last ▁degree . ▁Give ▁him ▁the ▁subject ▁to ▁be ▁spoken ▁of ▁and ▁in ▁half ▁an ▁hour ▁the ▁document ▁would ▁be ▁produced ▁that ▁would ▁stand ▁the ▁test ▁of ▁the ▁ref ined ▁and ▁the ▁educated . ▁So ▁well ▁was ▁this ▁understood , ▁that ▁no ▁anx iety ▁was ▁manif ested ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁words ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁on ▁any ▁public ▁occasion ▁for ▁the ▁par ch ment ▁was ▁ready ▁when ▁required ▁and ▁met ▁the ▁occasion ▁accept ably ". ▁ ▁L ett ▁co - signed ▁with ▁Mayor ▁J . ▁B ▁Lewis , ▁the ▁address ▁to ▁Queen ▁Victoria ▁of ▁ 4 ▁May ▁ 1 8 5 7 , ▁prepared ▁by ▁R . ▁W . ▁Scott , ▁pet ition ing ▁for ▁Ott awa ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁Canada . ▁ ▁He ▁likely ▁wrote ▁and ▁he ▁co - signed ▁the ▁address ▁by ▁Mayor ▁Francis ▁Mc D oug al ▁( 1 8 2 6 ▁– 1 9 1 0 )