The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-08
roR PRESIDENT,
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=. - Kisssari River
80 ~ tsssis ,Jespxksoss Of the ID inst''
~stese ss= ssiss lachrymose strain con
1s1lkk tass stagaasion ofthe river susinsss
q that point. IL says that never IN the re-
c1oDecsfsh o, the.'oidest inhabitant' has
s<Srkrr ,fsde been ss duh - during the
~ we weeks. that in fact there has been
iSgAinr worth noticing. The Missouri has
S5sIln@d in good boating order, and at the
SShssa ot, The season ali the boats we're
1Sp1oy Ito their utmost capacity, but now,
l11rh. there is plenty OF water and .he
xirSs i. .nIl OF boats, there is little freigh,
plQ > and not much to come down. Hail
t2ooen Aissoari river boat. have been laid
sp,ana those still running have not halt
snsnsh 70 Do. The Republicans goes on TO
specify The particulars of the depression u
leneoss. and ,hough j, seeks ts make the
~ stage Of the Ohio and The Upper Mis-
nkuSippi he Chief cause OF the great decline
ofsade, on the Missouri river, we think the
lkcslIy csa be much better explained.
TIRE Missouri isthe only one Of the rivers
nessioacd where low water has not csused
~ suspension Of business. Under ordinary
Sx1esusas,ssees there would be enough
sgssikhung and travel to employ oil ih'
hssss. isit not the truth that the embarg'
M on that river by the rufhans has de
sroyed the trade which would otherwise
Asys been peculiarly fourishing' The rai
fans may have pretended that it was only
lAe property Sf Free State men which the,
iaaeaaed stealing or confscaiing bu' me''
ehants and traders are no; inclined to trus
iSeirs property 10 the promises or proeiams
ssinps Of such men. Leaving the Free Stat
"a aad their freigh, out Of the question
shsrssld naturally be supposed that MIS-
.11nri isself would furnish enough busines
- hsep the boats employed. According =
49, RPsbtiess the fact 10 otherwise an
- retribution for injustice and raihsnsu
a. psopsriy befallen those who hsve PEI
.eI1sSss ! horde OF rsaians to control the nav
ira,ion Of the river. The disgrseeiui fac
ssiIl exists, that American citizens are nc
sYsvnissed TO travel on one Of the PrinelP'
usvRable streams Of the country, and
~ fact the Repsbliesa may ind the chi
eanpe Of the depressed condition OF bus
.ss- :.
The RepsNican's allusion to the 10
ssAee Of water ia the Ohio and Upper NJ
siesjppL also suggests the fact, OF wh's
bnsiness and travelling people are every d
sheeoming more aware, that railroads are
axssst extent superseding rivers. As II
CAiesso Pres naiysly but sP,ly remark
ssisess viii rot probsbly ever pass into d
-. hst ss railroads are multiplied. the N
svswiii in the end lose large share Of the
ywessus bnsiness. And in regard to tn
.po;nt, we quote from the Press paragraph
~ ~Auc,her question for the Republican,
aWhv should il and It's 81. Louie coiempor'
yies srend their precious time in runnln
til,s al the Rock Island B.idge when for
lnfR6 hc1lEgu "
mississippi is 50 low a. to preclude nsvig'
don w.s h bosts Of any sixes The improve
Snsat Of the Rapids viii help some, but
cxnnot replenish the sources OF The stresu
There is little letter stage oil water no
.tLsp there was last year 81 this lime o
il mus, be expected TO run very low near
s~Sery sumner, and il will be getting low
sbum year TO year. When We take into
seuunt This fact, and the total suspension
.hnsiness upon tbe river during the sints
.uAile the Bridge forms an indispensao
ssa63Siou Of a line Of railway stretching lou
tsSa hundred miles eastward to The Alta
4 IL, and is destined ere long to stretch ives
wSyd 10 the Pacific over which there VI
prove . neyer-ceasing and eyer-inereasir
sstsean of trsyel and ;rafhe--it seems TO
ven clear iha, the right to cross the Miss
sssippi il quite as undoubted as the right
navigate n no ind down."