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Blessed with genial seasons, the husbandman has his garners filled with abundance, and the necessaries of life, not to speak of its luxuries, abound in every direction.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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Tyler highlights the agricultural abundance and prosperity enjoyed by the nation.

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