penditure of public moneys has been made more effective； the floridas have been peaceably acquired， and our boundary has been extended to the pacific ocean； the independence of the southern nations of this hemisphere has been recognized， and recommended by example and by counsel to the potentates of europe； progress has been made in the defense of the country by fortifications and the increase of the navy， toward the effectual suppression of the african traffic in slaves； in alluring the aboriginal hunters of our land to the cultivation of the soil and of the mind， in exploring the interior regions of the union， and in preparing by scientific researches and surveys for the further application of our national resources to the internal improvement of our country.
in this brief outline of the promise and performance of my immediate predecessor the line of duty for his successor is clearly delineated to pursue to their consummation those purposes of improvement in our common condition instituted or recommended by him will embrace the whole sphere of my obligations. to the topic of internal improvement， emphatically urged by him at his inauguration， i recur with peculiar satisfaction. it is that from which i am convinced that the unborn millions of our posterity who are in future ages to people this continent will derive their most fervent gratitude to the founders of the union； that in which the beneficent action of its government will be most deeply felt and acknowledg
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