, 1866-02-21
NUMBER 262.

aii,sisslppi. md We bellsse that what they canno
[ accomplish, cannot ba done.' The member lrotE
this dittr,ci, Mr.. Ta.hhuEne, had already takel
the Enzties IN hand. aud IA nrgEs the improvement
ofRcck River BY the Genessl 6oferunosnt- It r.
n4ned foS the people 10 give tesof his support BY
nanerous petitions md Constant astiadou. lle was
| msn after the style oi his fffeE1- Gen. Grant,
Fhst hs undertakes nd be III petleEaa
| able speech. which was Hstaned to will careful At
tenffon snd warmly aprhaded,
Committee On Resolutions made lie ioEoElns r.
I port:
WuEnEAs, The Eood-pzoducin1 valley OF Rock
thc t no.t % eea@al and fertile PORTION. oI
! and Illinois, has shown q capacity H{ pfoducttn
s5ich demands greater taciltttes for transportation
aa,eans Of Ia pfod1ets Is annEa'J incssa.Iee ia
rnost tUnezanp!ed RATIO and lfhTa7s> Reek River u
capase by means of It's snEpassed aud ne yet but
g'1 sa., ssp sea e p9ss q a .se
one s.6s to Lake Michigan aud oa the otl.sr 70 the
Mississippi, and at the tsma time q ado7atny IN
s.sisd ~ ena eontroiled by intrren5 men, 10 s'1s-
| tim a town Of 10000 ins1hilants, md }Fhgeas.
ttegtre:icT .uryeys and practical esEsraenec safe
produce both these sources ofveal,h Is practicable
and Of easy accomplishment, ar very su1ai expense;
Rs'os0sa, TIT II tho op1ntoE ot ths coE.snt10n.
the iEgroremeat ofthe navigation Of Rock RlyeF +,
and should be- The paramount icte!ess of tce hun
dreds Of thouttads Of people wt1tiFe In this val-
ICY: That IT. has eser been secoGtf&ed ~ Euplc
highway oscept Ole Of practicable Hsc al moderate
sss e s1's 's Send
carried our not t1 prejudice The intaests Of owa
ihetr peImanence anf value:
That this improvement will require tts e4peadl-
gf L. ths e sns saassa
On sos alone vonld par the interest On tts ssrst.
tae sass 9Soe ~ ,ne p.Geees, es,9 g.
nest .he river. sEou.h, I'D the unnnahs5es bush.
Gs y. ahna Snt ssb ~ ch3; I -
e1tnet h AZ a.,! ~ =. E.s ~ :.xo o.
require toE their tzsnapottasIoa othsr and l@MEsr @
neans tnan ean possIo'f o aao'uea y any -! E5!-
ep n1S o,e ~ as ,nd n * sua sans ~ &c
cl.sses Of community:
eonsammaisd IL our dsy and ;seneratioa, we deeny
mentss iii, nnie,s messu1es n INV oei6Is Congress.
with reference TO this improvements are brought tc'
ta,otaole, speedy iasue:
That re can do the work ourselves, and that N
eass 70 s.ess i 6 u tas s
/, designated: ;. The Rock River NM1gatio1 Com
pany," and tat ID this corporation ths Inhabitants
saapy 9, hfipqsn If s,s s' I: sef s d
;ihM vii pfsysnt the management Of The atiairs Of
the Company rom passing ons Of The sands of the
"a. JrJik enahfe. Il sner3iIx arfis ecGnTncsItr "a
ovsrcoae the tsw natSiaI obsis:at tnat now slone
non Of aid riyer for stistancc of mor.-than two
hundsed miles: .-~~----1..
p.na nStosa so wo3S ihe cs,acns eeaes is he
gney q Ills r,rcf. IN convention here asscmbied,
p!, dEe- lbetr enezyy, hbcrallty auG.wrath.
At kocsfnri N fha "a inst and Ihat they Be- Ia
strrcsed to ask the ConyentIon TO zppoine com
~.
mem seS frotn eYtTT county Interested, Whoee dufy
Il rh.l be to prepare the detniis of bill tor tuch
ais,S ahs epod' asa @ m tse 1ep
Wss then taken Up snd asted upon 81 section:
olu,ton, it. M unanimously carried without de-
oa1st IT, spcond resolution was in . Iks manner
winnebago. M ssid he came he1e to aclp ssita,e tho
aus.ea as Of Kes mse but
not II tarof. Of having coucessions 10 what wa
asked, bar tecansc be kncw congress woaid not do
he knew II II Has iii ,csCons1rss be gousS O. 10
his QTays before tho wozt would be accomplished.
p islt Congress wosld 1ot gsans 4! ard hs dig pot
T"s'e az no ' piccc.ieat by whteG they could
t. tase The actson urIrd BY By this ~ resolution.
1hers na re S as
tsana,rss won5 riyr rrant Of lsud. and that Ms
he most they sonia Isl. Be wsatca lis Improve
na ne aan y rs 1n ,ns s
Lid HOWL br1efy IN what manner he would have
~ i,nnnnyrn1rnt ma1a by the people E,erynoir
nns,'ca sni ihr nniv th{n for M IN tr, n tn INV
rtx11en Va viii comnrrcct ttls work and whon va
MI nrtsh r. ~03--'S ~S@4 '' "
XII. Lonke. or Dixon. sa, 1t but remained for an
Wv en tat vii Sr1n. iae Wboe mater bciose tie
csDltnIIsta and jncItc tber co oouefatou It wus an
imnrnTrmeut which uonld nay Everybody knew
th1s salnaSi cn1esyrisc to enT nnthnu nt tae Tpck
and tIrnber On Rock River II this enterprise ia
eon,ucted with proper ere ths7e Is no doubt abont
oacbt 10 20 IN tof thIs 1mpSo1cnent ~ viii Vii. M
On motion tho uord 9i1n,pspycucot,'' after the
word s'nav,:atioD," was added 10 the little Of The
p1ego.sd e, so@psny ss9.r o,cd a, ,,,.,,tn,e fl, N,
resolution urtier disc ussio,,- the following:
lstfo}rftf, That the delegates to tho Rockford
Convention be inetruetea; 10 1eqpet. that conven-
cun be Immediately had: tc. the end that the in
ifmmedta;e1y commenced and prosecu1ed 10 sue
s. JAMES si' psnsmoor moved .ub.ttu,e 10 Colonel
Shat!er's resolution. lie In favor OF The state
OF illinois Carrying through the improvement II
DONG b{ thc statc, 1nonopoii.ts could not set hold
Rock River Valley ought to do i. He did not be-
lieyc In the plan proposed. to hare Rock county
make lhs improvement within ~ oMn
10 deteat. the whole hing. He: was in
favor Of chartered con pany mich "onld embodJ
The nIited tntc5ssta q ~ M. Dinsnoof Gosed ~
ae,n sSms m H. RyeT t. %
which would be sure to folio" the consunmsflon Of
this improvement, but a. they have III! hesn E3Tsn
TO ihe public nt pieqtons egnNenuons: "! not iE.
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