The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-06-09

people who have, as a consequence, been
ruined with IL, are not only now, rs they
were previous 10 the grant Of the Federal
Government, face 70 face with the impOssi-
BILE task of building new lcyees without
money or credit. bat are excluded from the
execution OF these works still more absolute
ly by formidable debt.
! That, unprotected by leYees now. AZ n
was originally, the cotton planting of the
tract lying between the Mississippi and the
! azoo. j. now, as Il was then. reduced with
4 Ia the dimensions OF those small areas of An
exceptional elevation which presents rea-
| sonable hope of saving the capital invested
( in the crop from the destruction OF mid
summer floods. And because of these
further considerations. viz:
That apart from the loss consequent on
! the stoppage of the rapid rate otthe increase
of production due 10 the leyee. the actual
| loss incident 10 it, destruction. will amount
this year as compared with lSGO 10 $1,000
bales.
That this deficit consequent on.t'e want
OF leNees in the state Of Mississippi. repre-
sents AT prices a deficit in the income OF the
country ~ the amount OF SS.OOO.O0O in gold
That the work or Improvement which will
place the people of the tract bounded by the
Mississippi and Nazoo I'm position IL ada
millions of dollars to the gold income of the
country Will, If carried out, now that it Is
impossible of execution otherwise. by the
assistance ofthe General Government. prove
still more than IL did In the past. "A sound
That this great immediate result Of the
construction of the leyee, is but the initial
term of Il lopg progression of results Of the
same Importance, that this progression will
not have reached its final term until threa-
fourth of that Delta OF incompatible pro-
ductiveness given 10 the plough. the wis
dom of the construction of the levee by the |
aid OF the General Government shan have
been put in proof by an addition To the an |
nual SURPRISES of the nation 10 the extent of |
between one and two millions OF bales sof
cotton.
Therefore, BE it resolved by the Legisla- |
ture of the state of Mississippi. That adhcr-
ing TO the national policy which gave such |
great results of the wealth of the Nation by |
the construction of the levees of the Missis- !
sippi azoo Delta. that policy, now that no |
other means remains for the rc-accomplish- |
ment OF those lost results, demands that the |
Congress of the United States, in tender oaro |
for this great enterprise, in the spirit of |
comprehensive craftsmanship. shall appro-
pirate two millions of dollars from the pub |
lie treasury, and five millions acres OF land |
from the public domain, TO and by the res /
toration of those levees ia the coversation Of /
the immense resources OF that Delta into |
national supplies of gold.
Resolved, That the Governor forward a |
copy of this preamble and these resolutions |
To his EXcellency the President of the Unit |
ed States, To each of our Senators and Rep \
rcsentatiYes in Congress, and that he urge J
said Senators and Representatives. Ia an adj (
dress 10 bring the same 10 the attention of |
Congress at the earliest period.
Approved, May %, 1870.