Martin Van Buren actually said...

"Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the favorable circumstances in the condition of our country under which you reassemble for the performance of your off..."

"To this practical operation of our institutions, so evident and successful, we owe that increased attachment to them which is among the most cheering exhibitions of popular sentiment."

"A copy of the proclamation which I have felt it my duty to issue is herewith communicated."

"The present year closes the first half century of our Federal institutions."