It is particularly pleasing to me to be able to announce to you that the revenues which have been established promise to be adequate to their objects, and may be permitted, if no unforeseen exigency occurs, to supersede for the present the necessity of any new burthens upon our constituents.
Washington shares his satisfaction that the established revenues are sufficient to meet governmental needs without imposing new taxes on citizens.
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