The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-22


works, and probably the whole washed away
Competent engineers have declared tia
such would be the result, and we know tha
many gentlemen residing onthe Wabash an,
deeply interested in its improvement, hav1
admitted the correctness of these predic
lions.
/ Compare the Wabash with any of the ri
vers of the West where the slackwater prin
eiple has been applied, and the un6tness O
the stream for such improvements is at once
made apparent. The Kentucky and Green
rivers IN neighboring State have been sue
cesslully lmprovedby locks and dams. Both
are narrow, deep streams, with well defined
unchanging banks, rising up boldly from the
surface of the water, and in many places
flanked by continuous and towering walls OF
rock. The current is fixed in IFS bed. and
the dams, founded on rock and chained to
rocky shores, defy the action of the most an
cry floods. The same is true of the Lckinp
and Monongahela rivers. In all, the chan
nels are unchanging, narrow and deep. the
banks bluff and lined with stone. Nature
made them natural canals and art has only
fulfilled their destiny. Yet with these
streams, the broad, shallow channel of the
Wabash, winding its way through sands and
alluval flats and changing its current with
each successive flood is compared, and be-
cause the slackwater principle has been sue
cessfully applied TO them, IL is declared sus-
ceptible of similar Moderation.
We shall in our next present the claims
OF the Canal for the consideration Of our
Delegation in Congress and the people
of Indiana generally.
Below will be found the proceeding of the
meeting at Washington alluded to above.
OHIO AND WABASH CANAL.
GREAT MEETING OF THE PEOPLE.
Pursuant to previous notice, large and
powerful meeting of the citizens of Daviess
County assembled in the court house in
Washington, Feb. lst, 1914, in order to
make more united effort to instruct their
Representative in Congress to use more yig-
orous and energetic measures in support of
the claims of the friends of the Wabash and
Ohio Canal 10 grant of land from the Gen
eral GoVernment,to complete the same from
Terre-Haute on the Wabash, to Evansville
on the Ohio River, although the evening
was disagreeable, a large number of respec-
table citizens attended from all parts of the
county. On motion of Abner Davies, P. M.
Brett was called to the chair; the President
on taking the chair made some compliment
iarQ relnaks TO the maetina for the Hnaar-
conferred on him.
On motion ofCol. g. Roddick, Micheal
Murphy was appointed secretary, assisted BY
Alfred Dayiess, Esq, which prevailed.
Capt. Joseph Warner being called on,arose
and explained the object ofthe meeting in
few short and pertinent remarks, well timed,
s. to the point, proving the fallacy of the ar
guments advanced in meeting held in Vim
cennes sometime previous, styled voice
from the Wabash, where the argument went
on to show the propriety of improving the
Wabash in preference to the completion of
the canal, impressiDg on the minds of every
individual who who had the good of Daviess
county and the community generally at
heart, to be up and doing, for now is the
time for action. On conclusion our senator,
A. Davis, arose and made powerful appeal
stating that our Representative in Congress
would perform his duty, and he had every
confidence in his integrity, believing that he
would not oppose the interest of majority
of his constituents. r. A. Clemonts, ex-
Representative, also made an address full OF
fire and good argument, in support of the
claims of the Wabash and Ohio canal
On motion of J. Warner, a committee Of
six was appointed to draft resolutions express
sive the wishes of the meeting.-viz:
]. Warner, Abner Davis, R. A. Clements
John Van Trees, Alfred Davis, A. S. Trow
bridge.
The meeting then adopted the following
resolution, to-wit:
ResolUed, That the committee are in
structed to draft letter TO our Representa-
tive in Congress instructing him to use his
speedy and energetic action in behalf 9th,