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-itude towards that Almighty Being, to whom we are indebted for the innumerable blessings conferred upon our favored country. It is also highly satisfactory to learn from the recent exposition of our national affairs by the chief Magistrate of the Union, that the other sections of this extensive Republic are likewise rapidly progressing in all those attainments, which render a people virtuous, prosperous and happy. Our nation, throughout its vast domains, is continually improving, the population is increasing with a rapidity unexampled in the annals of the world, and regularly advancing in the arts and sciences, in practical knowledge, intelligence and power; our Agriculture Commence and Manufactures, mutually aiding and supporting each other, are thriving with increased activity; our relations with foreign powers continue generally in a most favorable state; and in the course of another year the United States may exhibit an instance without example in the history of modern times of a powerful nation unencumbered with a public debt.