The Arkansas advocate., 1832-01-11
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 From the PRESIDENT OF TIE IsIrED STATES to both Houses of Congress, at the commencem pt of tie First Session of the 22d Congress.
 IeiIoso- Cttixeus et the Seaaie
 aaa Hsstse of ReRreseAsatlees.
 The representation oi the people has been renewed for the tweHty=secend time since the constitution they formed Aas been in force. For near llasG d cen turr, the chief magistrates, who have been successiveiy chosen chosen hare .s.s made their annual communicatious of the state of the nation to its epresentaiivcs. Generally, these communications have been of the most gratifying nature, tes- ulying an advance in all the improve ments of social, and all the securities of political life. But But frequently, and just Iy, as you have been called 10 be gfate- lul fer the bonnties of Providence, at few periods have they been more abun- dant!y or extensively bestowed than at the present: rarely, if ever, have we. had greater reason to congratulate each other on the continued and increasing prosperity of our beloved country.
 Agriculture, the first and most in- portant occupation of man, has conpen- sated the labors ofthe husbandman with plentiful crops of all the varied pro- ducts of oar extensive country. Man niactures have been established, in which the funds Of the capitalist find q profitable investment, and which give employment and subsistence to a na- merous and increasing body of industri- ousS and dexterous mechanics. I'ae ls.- borer is rewarded by high wages,in the construction of works of internal i'm proyement. which are extending with unprecedented rapidity. Science is steadily penetrating the recesses of ha- ture and disclosing her secrets, while the ingenuity Of free minds is subject ifi- tsse tse elements to the power of man, and making each new. conquest auxilla- ny to his comfort. By our mails, whose speed IS regularly increased, and whose routes are every year extended, the communication of public intelligence and private business is rendered ire auent and safe-the intercourse be- tween distant cities, which 1t formerly required weeks to accomplish, is now effected in few days; and in the con struction of railroads, and the applica- tion of steam power, we have a reason able prospect that the extreme parts of our country viii be SD much much aafp:ssoxiaa- afp ated, and those most isolated by the obstacles of nature, rendered so access slhle as to remove an apprehension sometimes entertained, that the great extent of the Union would endangcr Is permanent existence.
 fl, from the satisfactory view of our agriculture, manufactures. and internal improvements, vet urn to the stale ol our navigation and trade with foreign nations and between the States, we shall scarcely find less cause for gratu. iatlon. X benefcent Providence has provided, for the exercise and ehcour agement. an extensive coast indented by capacious bays, noble rivers, inland seas, with acountry productive of eve " commodity for gainfnl commerce. and filled with a. population, active, in telligent, well informed, and fearless 0 danger. These advantagesase not neg lected:; and an impulse has lately heeI giyen se commercial enterprise. uhicl