Our agriculture, commerce, and manufactures prosper beyond former example, the molestations of our trade (to prevent a continuance of which, however, very pointed remonstrances have been made) being overbalanced by the aggregate benefits which it derives from a neutral position.
Washington highlights the prosperity of the nation's agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing, attributing it to a neutral stance in international affairs.
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