dependent on the other, we shall bind the Union more closely together.
Nature has done so much for us by intersecting the country with so many
great rivers, bays, and lakes, approaching from distant points so near
to each other, that the inducement to complete the work seems to be
peculiarly strong. A more interesting spectacle was perhaps never seen
than is exhibited within the limits of the United States - a territory
so vast and advantageously situated, containing objects so grand, so
useful, so happily connected in all their parts!

Our manufacturers will likewise require the systematic and fostering
care of the Government. Possessing as we do all the raw materials, the
fruit of our own soil and industry, we ought not to depend in the
degree we have done on supplies from other countries. While we are thus
dependent the sudden event of war, unsought and unexpected, can not
fail to plunge us into the most serious difficulties. It is important,
too, that the capital which nourishes our manufacturers should be
domestic, as its influence in that case instead of exhausting, as it
may do in foreign hands, would be felt advantageously on agriculture
and every other branch of industry. Equally important is it to provide
at home a market for our raw materials, as by extending the competition
it will enhance the price and protect the cultivator against the
casualties incident to foreign markets.

With the Indian tribes it is our duty to cultivate friendly relations
and to act with kindness and liberality in all our transactions.
Equally proper is it to persevere in our efforts to extend to them the
advantages of civilization.

The great amount of our revenue and the flourishing state of the
Treasury are a full proof of the competency of the national resources