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By James Monroe
At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.
- Source
- First Annual Message, December 2, 1817
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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The opening sentence of President Monroe's First Annual Message to Congress, December 2, 1817, in the calm of the "Era of Good Feelings" after the War of 1812. He went on to list a good harvest, growing trade and rising public credit.