The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-21

y 'he,e are any documents OF which extra copies
penss will be Iiang, and hope the extra number Of
!, Mr.. EWING, | think. Mr. President. il there
y any document that ought 10 be printed for
me purpose OF ntoInation IL 10 this The whole val
Icy OF the Missssippis interested in that Improvement
hs upper portion Of the valley perhaps nearly much
he lower portion. II is matter OF great importance
thai The outlet Of the MISSISSIPPI river should be- 10 so@s
way protected from inundaons which are increasing
yearly and increasing from very obvious and very
tempted 70 be made 10 the navigation. by cutting of
bends IN the ve have tended the flooding OF
the Lower mississippi very much, by making the
saa quantity t
the bottom oi the stream Ut its mouth OF elevang
the surface OF the river, and causing il 10 overflow It's
banks.
The Improvement Of the mouth OF the Mississippi, and
the protection OF that stream, venture TO say, the
greatest work that was ever undertaken BY man. am
aud Importance W. ali know ,hss in every w Country
changes are continually going on near the mouths Of
rivers passing through sluval country The banks
om the accumulation Of slluval depostes at iis mouth
and where the country becomes inhabited and buildings
erected, and towns built that the spot becomes
nxsl and stationary IN eisvaon' TIE Ivsr' constantly
them Now, sir, unless some taken to remove
the difficulty at the mouth OF the Mississippi the spot
Of two hundred years. become utterly uninhabi,a
BILE, and place where city can exist at all The river
constantly pushing its mouth into the Cult BY pressing
forward this suvium. That makes the inclined plane
continually less and constantly eevaes the body of the
whole stream above. This process is going as has
been the with other rivers, since the earliest
records OF history If Homer and the Greeks can be
implicitly relied upon regard TO the geography OF their
country, the island OF Pharos which connected
with the Egyptian coast, and lies fifty or sixty miles
from one OF the mouths OF the Nile. once fronted the
principal mouth OF that river, and was full days sail
from H. Now that river has pressed out al that particu
lar place. fifty sixty miles II has made it's channel
and its banks there, leaving gulf upon each sde That
to totally different place. and there Is nothing but
small canal. instead Of the channel Of the Nile al that
place where the Nile originally flowed
sisspP rver and the great questions the mighty problem
is, to determine how this thing To be remeded II is
matter not for Louisiana alone for any particular
whole nation, and very much desire that the attention
of the nation should be brought the subject As
inhabant Of the mississippi valley am obliged to the
before this proposition to PRINT and circulate this docu
ment which will give information upon the subject
and enable men to reflect upon ~
Now, do not know what can be done 10 remedy this
difficulty in the valley OF the Missssippi. believe the
appropriation we make here to Louisiana is totally in
efficient. have no idea it will approach within one
tenth OF the amount OF the actual cost which will be
necessary to produce the result ! think the channel
will have necessarily TO be opened from some point
the mouth of the Red river. extending to the vemlion
or Atchataays bay-that there will have to be wide
one effected by embankments to carry off the
plus but yet not made deep enough to divert the
from the channel OF the river. Some such mode
that think, will have TO be adopted any some
mode be adopted, the great city OF New Orleans
must have doubt, the Of two three cen
turies be sacrificed Now, suppose The scientific OBJ
at but desire much see, will be able satisfy
what be done, and desire that the public attention
may be particularly called TO the subject,
Mr.. WALKER. 1t 10 far from my intention, il
was 20 understood by the senator from Ohio, TO ex-
press any other opinion than that which he has himself
ably expressed in regard 10 this subject. did no,
intend to say, 10 intimate, that this not an
important enterprise. Far from il. know every man
who takes upon himself the least reflection in regard
the future iee the senator from Ohio does that
something be done in that quarter But, sir is il
to be done by printing copies OF this repor Why
At all. We have the subject under consideration J;
it was introduced attention at the last session, and
we have it under consideration yet Now, sir. for pur
poses Of information we have report OF the Secretary of
War. THAT presume, will be referred 10 q committee,
and the committee will take il under consideration and
in come xion with the information which they get from
him they will report measure. And Then when We
get the light which will Be afforded from the deibera
ton OF the different members OF this body together
WIN the Information Afforded oy .ne Various dsiafmeuls
out that the country; bat let not go duplicating
printing in various iorms and send Them forth in shreds
that cannot os understood By the people Inai no not
ect OF great magnitude and when we DO send forth IN
formation to the county, lei send that upon which
they can deliberate and act aod reflect back their opn,
ions and views to This is the only view | Jake of
the subject and do look upon tins rlng with the
subject, and to me not accomplishing the
great end hich the senators from Ohio and Louisiana
would get at have not for moment thought of Dti-
natng that this WAS subject which concerned Lou
siana alone. Not at all When spoke and said that il
Was for information for us-or the Congress OF the
United Statesf 10 engage in the enterprise or
Tor the purposes OF information tor Louisiana II she WAS
10 engage il, simply mentioned It for the purpose
OF showing that, e,ther for one or the other, 1t vas
only for inorma.ion; and what desire is, that
when YOU come 10 give information 10 the vast number
Of inhabitants of the Mississippi valley. il may be moi
only such information this but that II may consist OF
report from q committee recommending measure and
let 70 forth for the appreciation disapprobaton OF
subject. .
Mr. BADGER desire merely 10 remark, MIR Presi-
dent that ii the opposition to the printing OF these extra
comics springs from consideration OF economy, il will
be well for US feet that the discussions which take
place upon the question printed a the public expense
and tie probability TO- that the discussion Of this question
will the country than the printing OF the ex
ira numbers.
The question being taken on printing the extra num-
bers, il was agreed TO.
REPORTS TRoM COMMITTEES
Mr. NORRIS, from the Committee Of Claims, 10 whom
was referred the House bill for The relief OF the legal
representatives OF Bernard Todd, deceased, reported
back without amendment and recommended II. passage
Mr.. BERRiEN, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
10 whom ives referred Senate bill SAG, TO ascertain and
esttle the private land claims in the Slate OF California
with the amendments proposed thereto reported It back
with m amendment striking out all after the enactnx
clause, and substitutng new bill.
MIR B. said he was instructed by the Committee on The
Judiciary to ask N il was OF some importance TO have
prompt action on the bill that BE- made the special order
for Mond.v nAxt 9th inst which agreed to.