Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-02-24

swamps-boh Of which have been found TO DC dctrjment
: to the planters its borders.
1t Is believed by everv nprsou or sc.,;6 -
o ie'ees cannot be extended farther - the Ms,issipp
''"ou manifest danger New O.lcaus and te uo
""uy ana every one must be convinced, that they ar
W '',h'ai siuic"s OF canals, that would conve
me supeTabundan sea by other routes Tina
'e river 1t will be seen in Cuvics essay on the tror
" o EARN, mat the learned NJ dc Proxy had connnuni
Gated important facts to explain the chances which lou,
pSce on the shores of hs A,iatic having been apote
10 examine into the causes of the tev,sttio,s
e oVerhowngs of the Pc, he asceraiued that this river
' was confined by dykes, had, 10y detoses, raiseC
e eVe OF ito bottom, that its wa, higher than ii,
fooIs OF the houses ia Ferfara
The Adise aud the Pc, like the Nils ,pi n . ,ln
'ne adjacent country; and the remedy against The disaster
OF annual ovPrhuwn-s is IN, or,.or, ma, .,
10 discharge the waters.
Deg leave TO make from work of tie mos
learned and philosophical writer that have seen of ai
VINO have written upon subject OF tile Aisssspui
oe' casal ought to be current from the river
ar 81 seasons and above and below its ufux, stron.
iorined from the river, whatever lake made
VIC opposite we are far from expecting that This inn
VIII be carried into effect though beneficial
consequences obvious demand lemous,, tiou
"o causes oppose themselves to all human
c "hcuIty 81 convincing the public utility and
"cticaolity ana the greater difficulty withdra wing
men from their habitua course When the waters of the
main stream How out through the valley, meet 18th 10
opposite or outlet such lakes they rest on the back
!'hoS' and produce rrfux towards river BY form
E niS communication, all these evils inhabitants
ara oOviacd and tie a crcvasse in Il Icvec will
Its consequent destruction, avoided.
II Is not incumbent upon discuss this subject here
I'itf IMAM to EXHIBIT such view l.
70 the Committee, he OIL at ST. survev that
Co'eSS may be enabled to upon the certain imorna-
''on and Official responsibility own engineers There
are several points, below Afahcac at which co,u,u
hlcati"hs might be formed with Lake Pontchartrain hy
cutting less Than i've miles. One at Bcnn., ouarIe where
J.. sHl liz tie river at low higher tina
t'e lake the greatest elevation river AT that mint
during the spring foods is estimated at twcnty-th feet;
"'iS quantity expanding such surface as the lax
would produce but slight effect, whilst ii would greatly
| river - N 49,
should either Of those points found too difficult
OF lmprhcticabe canal has projected and
al or near New Orleans fon liver into the lake: eli
ther OF which will -h the object of commence
cht OF an INLAND Navigation, om the Mississippi around
on southern coast, the Atlantic. Through the lakes and
behind tie island, which along the coast of the
u' there is safe interior passage Mobile Bay dis
lance OF i7omiles, free for vessels any might De
empoyed IN that trade without any nrednelts, except
The slight distractions between the river ana lakes Re
tween the baysof Mobile and Pensacola, distance of so
''S' t"ele are h"' two interruptions To The
",cnn"ns-a portage from Bon Seeours Bay Pc dido
OF n"F and hail miles, aGd bali mile from the latter
TO the grand Lagoon which commune ,s with Pensacola
Bay near the po, lately selected by the United States f
navy yard and naval depot; king an inland ma
toi'r tha distance, by cutting FIVE miles omy> alIaost
direct line, through level country, It sod mixed
cavation.
But Sir, to show that herself INTENDED this route
30 De continued beg leave point the g The
Committee the facilities embraces Santa Rosa Sound
makes om tom the Bay Of Pensacola 10 miles Ia Chocta
hafche Bay, of about the eugth; from the end @!
which, few miles up East river, viii reach point within
Ave miles OF the cnd St Andrews BAY ;hiouch a
soil and surface presenting difficulties lr continua-
ton ot the work. fum pont cas-, end of the
Bay in line with tine whole route twenty lour
miles, ffom thence 10 TIE Chpola tvcr at uont ncai
which there large, open, natural con,muuca tom from
me Hpaach'c"', Is about tv" miles Thus, with the
siderable INSTRUCTIONS the Misss the removal OF snail
impednnents at few points, and tie getting Of y miles
an INLAND navigation be effected, of jj3 miles,
the Mississippi the Appa}achicola the place at which
the survey IS TO terminate, ~ the bill referred your
mitter.
I &c sold that
those OF the Southern and Western States; bountiil ii
the luxuriauce of soil and in the and variety
products, and bountiful in of com
j mefce The rivers that flow to the Mississippi counec
together the Western States, whilst the con
nected by the sounds lakes and bayous, which form
and the rivers which flow into 4 is great infant channel
extending around Southern coast The body anc
branches OF this mighty river and canal will hold then
united by the indissouble link of trade interest and
tecourse, whilst the ship channel viii will
the East, at every hatbor lort, and point Of
from the Allegheny to the Gulf aud from the Sabine
All, nc.
To eject inland Navigation Of unbroLen continuit,
for $50 miles by cutting IL mos-such is the labor
performed: so cheap natural. and essential unin
errupted communication from the North and East to tin
West and from the West tie extreme South iror
thence to the Atlantic Moreover, States of Ten
nesscc aud Alabama contemplate canal from the Tennrs
to the Alabama river; Of which the Bay of Mobile vii
be the ouct thus rendering this cannl important to hos
States, and valuable the Union. The people
the West have long had to contend against difficulties
dangers III transporting their produce 10 foreign market
Though nature has given them outlet, it is far reno
we'd from the European trade; piun1ng
Gulf Of Mcxico, they many pprils to brave man
leagues 10 before HEY reach the Atlantic. Th
dangers of the navigation subject them their
passage to sAipwIeck aud plGnde should they he ortu
nate enough to escape, their return home with the pro
duce Of their entcPrizc, they retarded by the Cul
Stream Florida Cape and the still more appalling danger
Of pirates
Nature given to the West the finest river in the world
and If the Government will remedy defects lis dis
taut dscmboguemen they with ;hcir Atlantic nrcs
in the equal of wealth prosperity ON the a,cu
Df and I.f,,