The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-30
Leveeing Of the Mississippi.


We are plsa-ed that Congress hd- taken up
thls measure, so important n the property Of
The Spnth. The bill proposing an appropriation Of
swamp lands IN Arkansas 10 Construct levee along
the boundary line Of that State has been discussed
in a most sensible and satisfactory manner. This
Is measure IN which the aid Of the Federal Gov
eminent ia invoked for the pr0tection Of most i'm
portant interest. # is emphaticaIly one Of these
cases where the common means should be applied
to protect particular interest.
We approve. Of the construction Of a public dyke
upon the banks of the Mississippi as a measure Of
substantial protection 10 the South, because it il
necessary. Its construction will prove that the
hsneicent influences Of the Union are not Partial
buJ are bestowed upon every member Of the Con-
federaCy that will apply for or accept them.
To construct this Ievre will require the co or era
ton Of all The uvial proprisror- propably The as
sIstance of the States. 1t IL plain that, IT, ,hrcIg
want Of means or Of interest, any portion o. his
extended line shall be left open, the general int rest
must suffer. Upon this state Of things the swamp
drainage bill is founded. The theory OF this bill
is, that inasmuch as the Federal Government is the
proprietor Of much unsaeable swamp land, she
would aid the State o. Arkansas and other States
TO protect and reclaim these lands, by the construc
tlon OF the proposed Ievee. his principle Of the
OH Is identical with that Of the bill recently passed,
granting alternate sections of the public lands to
construct railroads through the public domain.
When 1t Is remembered that the agricultural in
tefesis OF Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas,
arc oIHually suN1Cl 70 Inc raNages OF lnundatOr-
that lives and property are swept off-that these
very swamps are the home of the wild beast ard
| the source Of ds-a.e-when, in a word the con
sruction of this levees will protect the pror rfv of
| our citizens and promote their happiness-ipen
every consideration Of interest falls into insiguif.
canCe. 1t becomes the duty Of the Government to
give its aid. Her patry interest as a landholder
is unworthy consideration. 1t is the cultiyator of
| The soil, the merchant tre mechanic, every vessel
that enters the Mississippi, every faboat that floats
upon its waters, that she is protecting. The sue.
cess of the cotton and sugar crops promotes alike
commerce and production.
The completion Of this important breakwalel
will be another triumph of American enterprise
We shall see the mighty Nile Of the United State
restrained in his turbulent progress, bearing up)r
his broad bosom the varied products of dstan
| clImps. We shall see beneath the protection o
this noble levee-and Of moderate duty on foreigI
| sugars-the important staples Of the South will b.
cultivated in profit and safety. This will be wor
| Of internal improvement important, in our opln
ion, as any that Congress has been called on t.
construct We shall, in a spirit OF trio'ism which
knows no &c 30, advocate its success as anothe
| great measure Of national protection Of Southern
interests Washington ReDublic