04/19/1818
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"The auspicious circumstances under which you will commence the duties of the present session will lighten the burdens inseparable from the high trust committed to you."
"By extending our Government on the principles of our Constitution over the vast territory within our limits, on the Lakes and the Mississippi and its numerous streams, new life and vigor are infused i..."
"It is gratifying to know that although the annual expenditure has been increased by the act of the last session of Congress providing for Revolutionary pensions to an amount about equal to the proceed..."
"The receipts into the Treasury during the three first quarters of the year have exceeded $17M."