New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-08

of doIars--quite one half the cost
The following delegates from Georgia who arrived yes
terday, were appointed on Committees
Committee on Waps and Medns-bctcf Conrcj Jr j. W
Stanton. H. s. Slater
COmniiitee Resoiutions-Joln Slidcll W C. Micou I
Brander.
COMMITTEE on Romes-J. Btander J. " Stanton ". c.
Micou
EVENING SESSION
The President called the Convention to order at half
past six p. NJ
The President a communication from j. b Walton
on the part of committee Of the ty Concils inviting
the Convention to take part in the celebration of sth
The resolutions presented last evening by c. G. Lathrop
of N o. read, and Mr.. Lahrop offered others as n
substitute therefor lie enforced tho views of the sust
tute with remarks and moved to refer It to the on
mittee on Resolutions
Colonel Tarpey. Of Mississippi then took the stand
He congratulated the Convention the State md his be-
loved country the happy change TINT has come over
the views of the citizens Of NcwOreans within the last
twenty months. twenty months ago lie here adj
yncatea views similar those that now ca these dele
gates here. and found bat Good reception Even his old
friends. those who eloJucnty advocating these
enterprises threw cold water upon his efforts There
then only one word mountaineering else heard
1t was Tehuantepcr. He passed eloquent ctogy upon
the mercantile character Of NcwOreans knew much
by experience lie had found great bcrality among her
merchants in his dealings With them and showed the adj
yanAges of shipping cot ION NrwOrcans rather than
| to Boston direct.
lie referred at length to the position Of NcsOr
leans and her condition with respect the of the
great West stating that though she was losing yearly
100000 tons OF her commerce tile productions of the
West went on increasing
| Twenty months ago he had told the citizens OF New
Orleans in this hall that their city decline unless
they attended to the interests which they advocate
and he answered by pointing to the Mississippi pass
ing by their doors Cut off your for day and
thousands starve cut it off for week. and your
chants go by the board cut it off for month, and
let will be chalked your doors from of the
| city to the other
In referring the absence of manufactures ami their
Importance in a community he stated that we pay $50
for manufacturing every bale of cotton The
value of cotton in its raw state So per bale; when
manufactured it worth SIS to 800 1t is then brought
back to us, and we pay the great difference.
In the matter of shoe factories he remarked that the
hides brought from Rio de Jancro, in ships built
from materials obtained from Aroostook in the turthes
part of Maine. They carried into the ports of Mas
saclusets there tanned and manufactured and thence
sent to uswe paying for all the labor all the costs
| of transportation. manufacture etc.
The speaker showed how all this could be done by our
selves and how the four millions of dollars that
pay annually for the necessaries of life and which
sent up the rivers and lost may be returned us with
interest, by the means at doors
lie referred to the systcm adopted in Mississippi to
aid Internal Improvements by issuing bonds for short
periods and making them transferable denounced
abscncc.nl showing that the abscnees could only he
reached by the proposed plan of taxation which would
however cnure vastly to their benefit lie closed
with eloquent comparison Of the condition NewOr-
leans with that of the city This night 81 years ago
Mr. Robb Of Louisiana, forward at the conclusion
of Colonel Tarpcy address part Of the Com
mtee of Ways and Means made verbal report statin.
he tee had hnlt INN 10,
ten report lie would say that the report embraced three
points of recommendation
First. application to Congress for grants Of land
Second, application for voluntary subscriptions and
Third. application to the Legislature for tax ON landed
property.
Resord That the completion of the great system of in
teral communication by railroads through the Southern
and Southwestern States object of such Importance
as to Justify and require liberal application of the
sources Of the States interested in these works
Resored That the voluntary subscriptions Of private in
dyiduas are Inadequate to the accomplishment works
of such magnitude.
Reso'ref. That the public lands of the Western and
southwestern states of this Union ought be literally
appropriated the objects now IrIn..d and that hi
appropriation ought made by general law uur,ica
bic within proper restriction all railroad enterprises
in which the people Of the West and Southwest inter
ested
Resord That the great additional value given to public
lands by railroads passing in their neghborlood and the
augmented revenues derived from the increased popua-
tion and wealth which result directly from such works
render 1t peculiarly proper and equitable that the Gen
eI Government which shares in the benefit should
tribute by grants of land the cost of such works
heSorL mat II Is the right of the people whenever
nici,,oi Ind NJ iI t ~ 'iIo'hh tnolT wv
ros calculated to advance their Interests and tbat thc
Legislatures Of the different States ought by author
i tir cts' parishes ana counties to make such sub
R,soJed THAT the r.so,ircns for rho ,o,'t W. ,,
subscriptions when made ought to be derived from taxes
teN"a on landed property lnasmuch that species of
IN yn5' ~, ~, ts' iei nehcnteu an" enhanced
RcSOfrH. That whenever Inv I'll
ties counties or parishes it is inexpcdcnt that
i ., ~ We '.tN nus HulSSripea should remain
OUGHT to hc istriIutui an,nnt 1T anu .,'t II
been taxed for its payment in proportion to the amount
pad by each to the end that each individual may be
,h ,1 t ~ - H. , ' W 'iei'he supervision OF
ResDlred That committee of thrcn l. l h,, tho
Chair to address to the Congress the United States and
70 inc LEGISLATURES OF the separate states memorials III
- W r''i "i III 1i'e t'''l"'ioiS'
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" go" way ~ 'oiAe'ns anu io"S"M'-"hy
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my i'"" an l''ie" ior tiie same reasons
~ VIVA" " ,, 'sOhs i'e "'' come forward TO
S''tc l'o'S an" w 'Sc MS o"'y III the premises
lie h"a recently appeared peore the Senate and House
Vi REPRESENTATIVES, ieheSSce anu ne was proud OF his
i'el'"' 'h's NJ "eh' WIN mummy as citlzch OF