The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-11-26
EN- RI Al.
To the Senate, and Representatives
Of the United states,
lCONCLuDED.l

W W "ehitutC, w pioiuOlC anu piOiSe' "'N "'
teres,s Of commerce" 1t seems 10 us that II
would be proper TO apply the same rule when
ever the reason Of II exists, yet these legs-
lative SolomOus, seem TO think otherwise,
and while they would expend "a hal. million
OF dollars in building ght-houses in . uz
yards Bay" or placing buoys in Marila's
Vineyard Sound, would deem 1t uHwl'e, In
expedient aye, unconstitutional. to remove
the snags and sawyers OF the Mississippi
Statesmen OF such acute and Discriminating
minds, as TO deem it perfectly constitutional
and right: as has been justly SAID, Ito hight
up the evening path OF commerce IN the
East-but altogether wrong. 10 prevent the
commerce OF the West from being destroyed
IN open daylight" We ask then or usI on
| ly the Application Of ii rule deemed right ana
proper e!sewhe to give TO the commerce oil
| The West. those aiLis and advantages which
are furnished by the Government 10 that OF
the East. Nay, we do rot ask even III s.
give us but tlthe OF what has been eXien-
ded there within the last ten years, and we
shall be content. The coRStitutiOadiits' OF
such an appropriation by Congress, 10 the
Ohio ana Mississippi rivers. Tor their i'm
provement, ii Is a little too late III this mit.dle
Of the n.neieenth century 10 question. The
consIiutonaliiy OF such grdiL has been ap-
proved OF by every President for the last
twenty years--sahct0ned again and again by
Congress. and the strictesi States right
man, south of Mason and Dixon's line, has
iiop not "a doubt upon tic subject. What ex
cuse then Can Congress furnish the country
Tor further delay in making an approp ra
lion lor an object so Just, 50 expedienl. SO
conslitutional-an object all important 10 the
West-all important TO the country. We
make no bOast-we inmate no threa II
again we are denied this CLAIM, Of right
Again and again we have presented 1t to the
consideration oil CongrVss-agaln and Il; ,tln
ii has been refused we have neither lur
INJURED nor threatened. III what we have ron
ceived such gross and palpable iuIustlct:.-
While millIons have been expended al ong
the Atlantic coast, for purposes precisely nui-
liar 10 those Tor which We ask but conn ara
lively small sum, we nave been silent lar
from denouncing-we have not compla red.
Other sections OF the Union. more scl,s tive
| wih burdens less onerous-ior causes n.ore
irtilng-ior neglect OF their interests les dp-
parent, would have threatened "secrs ion."
Not SD with The West-at all tines and Under
all circumstances, our people have bee con-
lserva'Ivc-sO lar from being either seces-
sionlsIs" or ''dsunonisis "-they have but
''one country, one constitution one de ,liny."
South, is eIual-we view them as brcIlIren-
we arc-llteraIly "boDe OF their bone, flesh OF
their ilesiI, "-,hey are our common anccs-
tors, and whatever differences OF opir Ion may
have sprung UP among them, IN th,i heated
controversies oil the day, Ihey may rest as
sured, from as al least, they are lie separa-
ted, either ia affection or Interest; I,or ever
can be-wc are too firmly united 10 them
by other ties, than those which bind as
States-by the ties OF consanquniiv OF blood
l-oi kindness and mutual benefit and advaI-
tages 10 both, ever 10 withdraw ourselves
from them by any act of ours. To our elder
brethren OF The Coniedcracy: both forth and
South, who have been portloned oui already
To their iuli share OF the paIrimOni' i estate,
we but ASK as your younger slst, IS, In be
placed OF an equality. We have arrived III
that age when we thina we are eltilcd 10
something like "A fair division OF thu common
iund-a iaIr share ~ lis benefits and advan-
tages-rcady now we ever have been To
return il To the common treasury 81 the na-
ton: whenever The Repu bic reqEa.s lis re-
pay mcnl-ibr Wien we would ASA, has this
great rafiey in which we llve been niggardly
, vi It's treasure or its blood, whuiever the com
mon Interests OF the country required their eX-
penditure.
In conclusion let us say-and we say it in
the tue spirit Of jraternoi seiing to our
brethren oi the North and the SouIii-" Our
Union must not be s2udered ;" the golden
cords whcl, have hitherto bouit Us together
must not bc brOhen-Our COMMON interests
require that there should he no secession, lao
di>unon: Tor we mold the terms S, noily mous-
not Il star, no; Il stripe OF our .iOrlous flag
must be dnmed far less erased from that
noble emblem OF our common fame. our com
, mon glory--our common country. We speak
what are teei, we speak what We ho,o.c, Irou
association, as The Jeeiing.ol our uhoie .yeo2ie
. As the Representatives the Western States
; here III convention assembled we speak their
5 united yoce--ihe voice OF all sections, Of al
cTeedS oil all parties, when say that "a
all haZdrdS-regdrdless Of all consequence, IS
" Our Union mast and SkaH be preserved"
In view then OF the facts above set ioI IN
we would respectfully memorialize Congr. St
e at lis ensuing session, to make Us appropri.r
tons Tor tic following objects:
1st-To carry Oh and peri.te thorough,
and minute examination OF The mineral "a
: gl0n OF The West, with view Ia lis capa
. bihty Tor sCpp!ylny The articles oi Coat ain
BOA, So useful ai:d necess iry ior nauliaciui
lug purposcS-iUr the commercial marine L
the couuify-and Tor the naval marine oil TN
n Government aud that Tor that purpose al
! Appropriation be Made ur il scientific al
! geological survey 10 be made by s'ne Unl;,
;. States geologlsl 10 DC hereafter elected.
2ndly-To carry out and perfect lhorous: i
:, Postal arrangement throughout the Wesie..I
;. States. and especially along the OHIO AN
= Mississippi rivers, and Their tributaries, 5
= that duly D,aii may be furnished 10 tn
- towns along the first named streams iro.l
= Pittsburgh 10 New Orleans.
- 3iiy- 10 make IA liberal appropriation 70
= clearing cut The snass and sawyers oil til
Ohio and Mississippi Understanding oh