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If from the satisfactory view of our agriculture, manufactures, and internal improvements we turn to the state of our navigation and trade with foreign nations and between the States, we shall scarcely find less cause for gratulation.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson expresses optimism about the state of agriculture and trade in the United States.

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