New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-21

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Of the evee st-sfar onriied by tseIf uo,a r,,1i
proved. For the nresnnt he would afyioa
combination of the outlet and leyee system
The present organization or rather efF1cfizo,.s
of our engineering department il lamentab1,
deficient In 1e45 he wrote 40 folloye
90 As the UNDERSIGNED intends ras;gn:r,, l.;
commission as State Enrineer soon after the nv
piration Of the present quarter. be wonld !,
this. his final ref,ort. resnertfullv recommend !.
the Legislature n continuation and yirnron
prosecution Of the internal improvements of III,
State. In no State is it more necesgarv ~,
whole country. from, o,,r Northern he,,ndorv =,
the Gull. ia a complete network of streanns ol1
subject to being made nayiqable. and wetnp;,t
lands uneaualled in the world for fertility Shall
we refuse so deyelop the immense resourca,
placed by nature at our DISPOSAL, Shall ",
neglect the means Of making Louisiana what 4
should be-the wealtaiest State in the Union
The present system ofinternal Improvement
ohore :, In, ~ :, y, ee,,;r,, d s'i NJ, u
State Engineer has no discretion whatever as II
the improvements to be first accomplished M,
as to the time to be employed on anv narticnlo,
work. Too many works Of a local naturn .ra
ordered without preliminary surveys or eyan;
nations: each work is considered fhe most i'm
portant byits particular advocate. and If corrs,
expected to be accompljs she'd it1taefliatclv TTrn
many, the time is limited without r.eer1f ~
the magnitude of the work or its;necessity: work.
are left unfinished to fly to Others of more or less
Importance: and the final result is that the State
hands, after passing from BAYOU to bavo,, and
oscillatinr from point to point, leave at the end
of the year no tangible traces or permanent i'm
provement behind them 1t is q positive fact
and the result Of accurate estimates that tn
finish properly and effectually the Improvements
already ordered by the Legislature and now On
! record, would with the present force and 1nenne
at the disposal Of the department. ernnlov the
best part of quarter of a century. There is,
therefore, no reputation to make in the State
Engineer Department when Il s ayneo+ad ~ :.
all these works shall be accomplished in one or
two seasons, and for no other reason but that
they arc obviously necessary. The Leoislature
will it is hoped, adopt a remedy for this. In
provements should always be based upon correct
meneed first and permanently completed mo
vious to passing to the others of minor inpor-
tance.
| During recent sessions of the Legislature.
committees were appointed by both Houses to
| take this matter into consideration. The opin-
| ions Of scientific and practical men were taken.
authorities consulted end no means neglected to
collect information. The result was that lonr
and elaborate reports were made pood enounb
in themselves, but no permanent plan or svsfem
was recommended or adopted Sir. pe au,lgt
hare some system, and this should come imma.
diately into action and be followed nm with nov
severance and energy. Any system is better
than none. Let US tTy sometbing Wa co1,no+
remain as we are now, We arc certain Of cat-
ting right and falling lpon the nronor rnatbod
of protection in course of time. LEGISLATION IN
the part Of the Convention in this matter ia not
wanted 1t is desired simply that the attention
Of the Convention be dirccted tn IL in q oe,,era1
manner, and that some article he introdnnod
into the Constitution noal;,, -
the Legislature to fix and adopt a system Fba
ways and means NAV be left I'd their GO acae;t,,
and wisdom.
Mn. SANDIDGH said that but Yesterday the
Convention seemed wild to lop off ali rastr;c.
tions. To-day we seem disposed to do something
He would ask if the proposed action by tbo Con.
vention would not be a restriction He moved
to lay the whole subject on the table
Mr. CONRAD eould pot soo how, ,.o,,4,o,,.o,,
could call the subject Of tis n'.eii,eh
striction. 1t was anything but a restriction.
1t was II fact the removal Of a restriction. He
hoped that the magic word &c srestric ton would
not he potent to prevent the Convention from
doing its duty on the subject now brought be-
fore them lie had listened with interest to the
r Cesotutiohs Whlch had been presented to the
oofTentian by various gentlemen; but among
% an lhe projects that had been submitted he ap-
proves most cordially OF that OF Mr.. Simmes.
lie came at once TO the grand subject, the
LeTees-a SUBJECT which Delegates seemed afraid
10 approach. Inc others contented themselves
win recommending attention to internal i'm
T., llla0 wora ne deciaediy objected
f.o ,.' 9at Gu VI llethh Inc gentleman
oot of H. nav. 1oie ior ara on the sub
Of n,o,o ;,1',,ataao 4peniy au tlat SUBJECT was
- ,.,o4 li ,enths OF the ques-
notio '"' '44s CONVENTION Will orlng under its
4 a,oo4
+l;s I',I1y ls 10 ps performed IN regard to
.his Sa!uaole donation ana the LeYees. Why
viii npUn 'no i.esislatuTe; me Leglsla-
si;oo+ 7. y; eo:le iolWafo h,ahIuily on this
viii ,oro =. s l,.a ol secsiohal influences 1t
pt an ili?le tal narrow view OF the
uv nefe Is tne place ior an enlightened
os+ w - lo VI ~ T." ilaS Ieiates 10 the inter
tha rnIa pylli9ii VI the state must AFFECT
ra,+;a,, III, ;opIu, 'neie,ore, ehat the Con-
hu ,-o1s go, 10 anu not De frightened
- ", " "OiN' oNA 0o.iis H.
=, we "ah0 10 make no Legislative action here.
but we want TO show our sense Of the perilous
cohailloh oi the alluvlal country. And what
10 We ask 10 we ask IN the proposition of the
4 IRON FONT Coupee for any taxation
10 We ask the convention to pledge the faith of
.he o'als TO carry out the purposes of the dona
,loh: NoThlng OF the KIND. We ask that the
l"IIs l silali oe appropriated as they were in
'enoeo 10 pe appropriated All the delegates
seem ANXIOUS that the Legislature should act on
'n's great question why not now avail our
serves OF TINS only golden opportunity to make
acuon certain: