The Yazoo Democrat., 1845-11-26

The following resolutions re baymeg
the committee of one from ea % 9.o9 q
represented through Gov. Jones, Chan b,
is the result of the labors of that body. +
Vicksburg Wing.
lst. Resolved, That the report Of the
various committees presented to the Con-
vention be printed, together with such doc.
uments accompanying them as the commit.
tee appointed to supervise the printing Of
the proceedings ofthe convention shall deem
necessary.
I'd. Resolved, That safe communication
between the Gulf of Mexico and the inte-
rior, afforded by the navigation Of the Mis-.
sissippi and Ohio rivers and their principal
tributaries, is indispensable to the defence
of the country in time of war, and essen
tal also to its commerce.
Sd. Resolved, That the improvement and
preservation Of the navigation Of those
great rivers, are objects as strictly national
as any other preparation for the defence Of
the country, and that such improvements
are deemed by this Convention impractical
BILE by the States, or individual enterprise,
and call for the appropriations Of money for
the same by the General Government.
4th. Resolped, That the deepening 0
the mouth of the Mississippi, so as to pass
ships of the largest class, cost what it may
is a work worthy of the nation, and will
greatly promote the general prosperity.
5th. Resolved, That if the policy Of re.
inforcing our navy with war steamers be
adopted, the western waters are proper
sources of supply, as they abound in iron,
the best material for their construction, and
in lead and copper, important materials for
munitions of war, provisions also being
cheap, and the skill requisite for their con-
struction and navigation being ample in
this region, which already possesses the
largest steam commercial marine of the
world.
9th. ResoIped, That the project of con-
Meeting the Mississippi river with the lakes
of the North, by a ship canal, and thus
with the Atlantic ocean is a measure wOr-
thy of the enlightened consideration of Con-
gress.
7th. Resolved, That the intercourse be.
tween the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic
coast ought to be preserved unimpaired,
and that ample military and naval defence
and additional light houses and beacOns
should be established along the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico, and al the most eligible
points.
sth. Resolved, That the Gulf and Lake
coasts are greater in extent than the Allan.
tic seaboard; that the interests to be de.
Tended in one quarter are quite as imPor'
tant and altogether as national as those IN
the other; and that the expenditures re.
quired for the proper defences Of the Gull
and lakes will fall far short of what has
been as freely voted for the coast deiences
of the Atlantic.
9th. ResoEred, That Congress should es-,
tablish a national armory and foundry.
some point on the western waters, at as
ly a period as practicable.
10th. Resolued, That the marine no
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the construction Of which has been, con-
menced or authorized by Congress ought %
be prosecuted to completion with the lea''
practicable delay. -.
Iltb. Resolusd, That the mail service
of the west and south requires great I'M
provement in speed and regularity and par
ticularlV onthe western waters. That meas
ures ought to be taken for the prompt eI'
tension by government Of the Magnetic tel
erraph into or through the Valley Of The
Mississippi.
10Th. Resolved; That millions Of acres
Of the public domain lying on, the Missls-
sippi river and its tributaries, now worm
less for purposes Of cultivation, might Ds
reclaimed by throwing up embankme1lla
80 as to prevent overflow and that thl'
Convention recommend such measures e
may be deemed eKpedient TO accomplish
that object, by grant Of said lands or an aP-
preparation Of money.