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James K. Polk's Third State of the Union Address
Since 1847
The 1847 State of the Union Address was delivered by the 11th president of the United States James K. Polk to the 30th United States Congress on December 7, 1847. President Polk addressed issues of national prosperity, the ongoing Mexican-American War, and the growth of American territorial interests.
Highlighting the nation's prosperity, Polk noted, "There has been no period since the Government was founded when all the industrial pursuits of our people have been more successful or when labor...has received a fairer or better reward." He celebrated the nation's strength, linking its industrial success to the increased freedoms and rights upheld by a democratic government, and lauded the self-governance achieved since the nation's founding nearly seventy years earlier.
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