Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-04-30

y, Whence 30 long the absence Of that watch
II lu and virtuous jealousy OF tho State mos, ii
s. rectly interested? And whence the Justice AIN,
n policy Of This government, that has expende,
Y on each OF several States upon the Atlantic /,
d marine and naval defences more than is expen
e ded on this section of the seaboard, where dis
q embogues two-ihrds Of the nations exports,
] ms memorial, IN my apprehension of it, ough,
not TO belregarded as the memorial Of The State
s. Of Mississippi. 1t more emphaticaIIy consult.
: the highest interests ofAIabama and Louisiana
. and with them the great and mutual interests
OF Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois
! Missouri, and Arkansas Virginia and PennsvI-
wanna. 10 furnish every permanent protec-
: uon py fortress which this Southern inlet will
: ADMIT OF, and aid those by a proportional as
Segment TO these seas, at all times, OF the ships
, o. war IN commission, and to sustain both by a
naval depot and navy yard, is, in my Judgment.
The paIpablc duty of this government: and
: states most interested should so require it, |
: know exceptions are taken to the insalubrity of
7.ne climate. But we who live there, know.that
: these objections have but slight foundation in
truth' And, true or false, the great and tempt
ing interests always at stake there. whenever
IcanSer assalls our country from foreign foe
cannot dispense with any less continued and
permanent protection, however great the costs.
than is afforded to the most favored of the AT.
lantc cities.
4 While Louisiana was under the dominion of
Spain, from 1895 till 1908, all know with how
much earnest consideration a commercial out
\ let Tor the infant West, by the mississippi was
men regarded. The statesmen of that day.
ouiy estimating the growing Importance ofthe
Great Valley, and the rights Of its citizens,
were sensltIvely alive to the necessity of pos
sesslng commercial emporium at lis southern
extremity The treaty of 1903 consummated
that desirable object. 1t may perhaps give
some additional force 10 this appeal to note
the amount OF exports from New Orleans. of
both Spanish and American growth, in 1908, in |
contrast with that 10 which il has since attained.
present the comparison in round numbers, but
as substantially correct:
Exports in 1903.
Cotton, $4,000 bales, since aug. to 1877 900
Sugar, 1000 hhds. do. d. 30OoOE,
Moasses, 800 do. do. do. 10000
Tobacco, 1900 do. do. do. 44OoOll
Beef and .
Pork, 5000 bills. since equal to 35ooooE1
Flour, $4,000 do. do, do. 436OOOE,
The foregoing were the principal articles
OF export at that time, and such their dis parity
win the present. But the products of the Il
west now pass through this port, in hempstuffs.
whiskey' lard, corn, slaves, copper. lead, &c. t
constitute an immense aggregate almost nm. b
known TO the commerce of that day. And, IN
addition to all this, the export Of ;robile, which b.
was then nothing, and now great, should be &C
AIKEN into the account, SO far as the object odri
ms computation is concerned Ifthen the ac- w
cushion OIL Louisiana, from commercial con- LOT
lueratlons, was desirable object in 8O3. are lit
lot the advanced interests to which il has since liza
ttalned, and the vastly greater TO which
shall attain, worth the protecting care Of Iha
ms government And yet mobile and New ha
,rleans are essentially without an invasion ev
nature has guarded the entrance into the mis-.
sslPpl river against all vessels drawing over sta
lteeh ieet water; and the naval establish. dr.
,eht at PENSACOLA may answer some conve. dy
lent resort to our smaller sized ships when sh
'uisng on that station. But, these matters be
side whilst the bay ofBorgne is without forts,
'Po's, and naval protection, and whilst an de'
iemy's fleet may atany time take undisputed ma
'mmand OF its island and harbors, New Or. wit
ans and Mobile, with their tempting trea. Off
res, can never be reasonably sale against the
oden lntrusIons OF hostile power. Whilst cou
enemy commands this bay, New Orleans sew
~ MoDe are arremote from each other, for be
purposes OF commercial or military inter. eau
urse, as New Orleans and Pittsburc--butI s
IS Interchange is daily, WILTSHIRE command will
the bay is retained to us; and its interruption wit
SO suspends all communication by the great mes
uthern mail route between these cities wit
1ese considerations must sufficiently disclose frie
deep and equal interests which the States {
Alabama and Louisiana have at stake in The la hi
assures proposed be
The State Of mississippi, though less exposed He
INJURY from invasion at this valuable point rem
IN either OF her adjacent sisters, feels never. too
'less lively solicitudc on the subjects Of This ban
mortal. lwh,
There iniervenes between this seashore and n
colton-growing regions OF mississippi a fir
ewoods country ofabout one hundred miles oftl
width. This country, as its forest growth ofnt
Plies, IS generally poor in soil and sparsely d
'uiated, me larger portion Of the territory be
ngyet public lands. The rivers Pearl and tie !
'cagoula have their rise in the margin of tray
cotton-growing districts, course their way and
ough this pine-woods country, and fall into prop
bay Borgne, each about thirty.fye miles lema
on opposite sides) ordinary sized steam salts
Is, up TO the neighborhood Of The cotton the n
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