The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-02-20

I rreli daFal highway in the highest de
eree afsufd. The editors and politicians
uhoaas tsgi ng 10 make the Western people
believe Is tile contrary are acluated by
/ dishonest purposes. They are TOO intelli-
/ gent 10 believe e themselves, and their
I pretended apPrehensions are designed
only 10 keep alive sectional luminosity and
encourage the schemes of Scott. Holt,
I Graeie b Co. 20 plunge us into a civil war.
rs bow how little probability there is
of any attempt being made 70 impede the
/ free use Of the Mississippi IL Is only neces-
/ tary T. point 20 iAe prompt action Of the
Y Conventions Of M.ssis ipri and Louisiana,
m diseiaiming for al time any such pur-
pose. Louisiana. which controls the
mouth It the nrer. passed the following
explicit resolution by unanimous vote
o. her delegate in Convention
Rsnh.R That We. the people Of the
/ State of Louisiana, recognize the right Of
che free nagirati0u Of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries by Ell friendly States
bordering thereon. and we also recognize
the right @. erres8 and inRress TO the
/ mouths of ihc Mississippi By al friendly
D States and Powers. and we do hereby de-
. clare car willingness 10 enter into any
stipulations 70 .euasantee the exercise OF
those rights.
one would suppose that ought TO DO
sufficient toconvince all concerned. Of the
entire Absence ~ any design on the part
Of the lower valley States ever 10 interfere
with the freedom Of commerce on the
great inland sea. which constitutes one Of
,ho elements Of their present greatness
and of f1eir future grandeur and prosper
Ity ln the fEt place. it is a well known
law Of nations that the people living upon
/ tho borders of such n stream as the Mis-
/ fiairpi have % right to uninterrupted
crraa and invress through Il. But fthis
7 we're not 60, could any person, not de-
monted. suppose Chat we should wish to
stand 30 much ia our own light. and work
against our own interests as We should,
beyond all question. do. IF we should show
any disposition 10 obslruet the navigation
of our 9eatriver9 Yeia grave Northern
journal discusses the matter in this earn
ost strain
THE West has the right. and it has a
most vital interest in the free navigation
ofthe Mississippi That valley forms and
uiii ever form in future, the great confer
of our population. and IF n steamboat from
Cincinnati Is not - Ice permitted to reach
New Orleans for fear of being sunk by
hostile cannon planted on the banks OF
fhe Mississippi. the whole Of the West az
one man viii rise aud ovorturn all obsta-
Giles In their way a. whatever cost. The
seizure of the forts at the mouth Of the
Mississippi. if IL means 10 include the
.eiaan ol an those waters protected by
them and their navigation. j. 3 movement
oI auch magnitude, that viewed in the
LIGHT ef future ages. and of the internal
Development of tho Northwest there is
literally no computing is value.
lt would indeed be a line thing for our
Northern railroads. It already proves So
Their Husinc INCREASES as the risks of the
navigation of tho Mississippi increase
Already thc tide las turned, and the
stream 81 commerce and even Of cotton
Cows up tie river instead of down So
.gr lle auif States are the loosers. New
Orleans lrade is diminished and diminish
iEr willie the Worth Is gaining. But
c Losses i'm everv instance. where
the transportation Of a single bale Of cot
CON OF e hushcl of wheat Is turned from
going on for ages and through the whole
Northwest, would dry mp the Mississippi
commercially, and ba about as bad for that
m gitY valley. where a hundred millions
q. ifeemen VIII ba living in less than
century. as H every one Of those streams
anl thee mighty river were TO be dried up
literally
Doso tha writer Of the above suppose
tho people OF Mississippi, Arkansas and
Louisiana % De an pack of fools. ready
90 poison the air they breathe and the
water they drink or 10 cut their own
thronts Instead of obstruoting the navi-
cation Of the Mississippi, or ''seising" any
waters at It's mouth OF anywhere else,
the southern Government viii adopt such
moasurers a. may make il rather desirable
for ships from various ports in Europe,
and vessels So may be. owned in many OF
Che Northern S,ates-if the said States
win please to allow us 10 live and breathe
and nos orcrwheim us as some of them
threaten % Go with many dire calamities.
90 sock the Mississippi and the port Of
Sow Orleans from considerations that are
supposed 10 influence ship owners. mer-
chants and consumers OF goods. tits per
haps jess possible that such arrangements
as we refer % would prevent that alarm
ing diminishing process which the paper
above quoted assures rs Southern Com
mcrcs IS now undertaking
nc 8 further possible that they might
cause the river 10 run down stream. and
cotton bales--uot the rrice-and other
saadries, go run down stream with 1t, in
stead Of up. a. we are gwen 70 under
stand g. uoN the case
The southern States ask only for fair.
--rTgr flrraemt of the dificulties.-
They ask f5ran equitable division Of the
assets, and are willing to share in the
liabilities Of tho late partnership. We
sauuot Is appears, live together in peace
Let us then separate in peace, or adjust
che uoaRles upon a fair. common sense
basis. sssiu 10 us no god 20 burn the
North's portion Of the establishment. and
il VIII 10 the North no good 70 burn ours.
savazes fall cut and woery each other tM
81 parties become exhausted. Easighteu-
"a men eucht 70 have more sense.