Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-11-18

JAMES CLARKE, Baita.
BURLINGTON, NOV. rs, ls4s.
lnPEovenAentef the western NV,
49, ekA 49,
The prospect Of obtaining, 1t The approaching
session Of Congress, aid from the national treas
urT IN the important work Of clearing out The OBJ
stnsetisas u ~ xssut rivers vpon whirh the
easPerce q the Mississippi valley is foated to
asrkst seems generally to Be regarded as better
thsn any ever before presented. II is 90. doubt
less, and for various reasons, prominent among
which i The increased number Of delegates by
which the West win Be Represented ia he ma
t'enA Legislature, and Dc corresponding diminu-
tisn Of strength which the new apportionment
shows must b. felt by the extreme South and
N'rth-the, particular sections of country from
which, on most former occasions, the deadIiest
efposition 10 everything like libsrality to the
Wsst u the0way Of appropriations proceeded.
Ihs statas most imm sdiately intepest ed in the
Assirsa improvement ohio, Kentucky, Indi
~, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Atkansesand Louisiana--wiIl enter the next Con-
SreS with nett gain Of seventeen members,
While that body itself will be diminished, in its
seEregste, like number. This is equivalent to
gain Of thirty-four votes in G vor Of Western
neasures, which cannot but be regarded a. fact
q re greatest importance, inasmuch a. but few
= the aanssoas bills heretofore brought forward
Tor tie improvement Of the Mississippi, Ohio,
end Missouri rivers, were defeated BY ma
jofstiss that could not have been reversed BY
sachfsa additional vote- The time is evidently
q hand when Western interests must cease to
- triaed With; and it ID safe to predict for the
ssfsse . less marrow and more liberal policy.
Asothas ground for INDUCING in favorable an
6esPations for the future il furnished in the fact
that within the last year or two food of ligh,
Relative to tAs wesith, resources and capacities Of
De Mississippi valley, ha. been shed upon the
Pabaic mind, which, while it excites general aston
1hfseat, cannot but forcibly impress upon Con-
gressnsa-even those who in by gone time have
been most strenuous in their opposition-that the
cIains .ofthe West to more equitable distribu.
don Of the appropriations annually made by the
enesI government are founded on strict Justice
Ens ialand commerce Of the Mississippi valley
81 u which i aoated down the Mississippi rive,
70 New Orleans, il ascertained to exceed that q
New York, Philadelphia and Boston, combined
sndthe tonnage employed in conveying this vast
amesat Of produce to market is not less than the
entirs tonnage Of the Hudson river, up IN the
bssea Of which Is borne 10 market all the
freight # The state Of New York, and half o.
thsk q vernont, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Miehi.
gar aea Wiscensin--a region stated to be at leas,
TIVE hundred thousand miles square in extent
The nasifsst injustice Of continuing longer "a
neglect this vast and rapidly increasing inland
trade being once made apparent, it would but
My eomport with the character Of good govern
s'ent to persist in dispensing its favors with q
partial hand; and we apprehend that such viii
not be the result. 1t is fact easy Of demonstra-
ton that the burthens of the government fall
with disproportionate severity upon the inhabi-
tants ofthe Wes; and il seems peculiarly hard tina,
they should be denied, as they unquestionably
have bsens the privilege Of sharing equally in its
benefits and favora. They ask nothing a. a gra-
a.!sx Rat sinpG- claim iaAsastzub Stei TOO Tong
Withheld. The rivers upon which their surplus
produce is borne to market have all, to sgreater
Or, jsss extent, obstsuctions, which render their
navigation 1t certain seasons extremely danger
oas 70 properly, and perilous to life. The re-
ssoval Of these distractions is what they desire,
and what, il consideration Of lis clearly national
importasee, they have right to demand.
= The people ef Iowa have COMMON interest in
the general improvement ofthe Western rivers,
but the removal of the distractions 10 the navi-
CATION Of the Mississippi presented BY the Des
Moises and Rock river rapids is to them a mat
ter Of especial Government These works, we
presume, will be put upon an equal footing with
the other Improvements asked for, and doubtless
will share the same fate. Should an apprcpra-
ton be made towards them-as, for reasons al
ready stated, We incline 10 the opinion will be
the csse-it is ofgreat importance that the sum
ct apart should be liberal in amount. The APP
preparations heretofore made to these rapidshave
been 30 stintcd that they have generally been
consumed in making the necessary prepara-
tioas FOX the prosecution of the work; and it will
Be - again unless the policy is changed and par
simony be lost sight Of. The money already ex-
pended upon these works, at various periods, has
been absolutely thrown away. ~