The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1876-04-01
Address to the People of
the Districts of LOuisi
ana Subject to
Overflow.


OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL Elk
ecltive Committee of the
Section Of Louisiana Sub
ject to Overflow, rs Caron {
delet street,
New ORLEANS, Mar. 25, rs
10 the people o. the Districts
Of Louisiana Subject to Over
flow
Nearly a year ago a conpen-
ton was held in New Orleans
composed of delegates from the
everfOwed sections of Louisiana,
for the purpose of devising some
means OF protecting II larger por
ton OF this State from destruc-
ton by the crevasses III the le-
wees of the Mississippi River,
and for the further purpose of
uniting our efforts with those of
other States subject to the same
disasters, as well as to obtain the
joint efforts of these States and
communities interested and doing
business in the Valley of the Mis-
siss'ppi, and desillng Its imme-
date material prosperity, and
with the view Of urging the Con
gress of the United States to take
the matter into consideration,
and to make the locating, build
ing, repairing and maintaining
the levees. a national work, indie
pendent of all State concerns, an
Inter State Convention was cal
led and held at Vlcksburg, Missis
slppi, composed of delegates
from many of the States of the
Mississippi Valley. At that con
vention a committee was appoint
ed to proceed to Washington, and
in CONJUNCTION with our delegates
to Congress, to lay the result of
the deliberations of convention
before the representatives of the
people of this whole nation. Both
the committee and our represent
tative in Congress have discharg
Ell their duty to their constituency
we'll and faithfully. A bill has
been introduced for our relief.
and a special committee from the
National Congress has been ap-
pointed to visit our country and
report the result of their investi.
cations. The committee will in a
short time he amongst us, and
will DOUBTLESS be glad to have
presented to them the grievances
OF viii III we complain, aud if i'm
pressed f%avorably with our repre-
Sentatlons OF the facts, be instru
meutal in securing to us the re
lief we stand so much in need of,
All should not he left to your
committee, nor it is. meet that
we should arrogate to ourselves
the province of suggesting what
Should or should not be done. or
OF lmparting the information ne
cessary for Congress to act. The
information, and the petition for
relief, we think. should come iii
rect from the people who have
SO much and still suffer
from the repeated oveIfows of
the Mississippi River.. This suffer
does not cOnfine itself to any
particular class of society, bnt it
appears III all branches of busl-
ness-in the workshop, in the
commercial circles OF the city, in
the ordinary walks of the labor :
lng CLASSES, and all are made to J;
[eel the severe results of the com J
non disaster which clamors for :
'edress and which they are DOW
to avert. ,
The committee, approaching 8
Importance of action, and :.
With Il sincere desire to discharge =
her full duty to their coustitu-
'ncy, Issue this, their call tor a
convention of the people of the c
districts of the State a
II Louisiana, to be composed of l
wo delegates troa each parish o
Or every member of the Legisla II
nre from snch parish, and to be p"
ED in the city of New Orleans. t.
n Wednesday, the 10Th day of "a
april, 1876. n
The magnitude of the interests q
lvolved in the ievees of the Mis- i
!ssippi River must be appreciat al
Il by every citizen Of our State.
pom the successful termination
t our labors, we conceive, de la
ends the prosperity or ruin of ca
country. Nothing but the per e'
ct protection of the State from re
TerHow can re-iustate our Ian. y
nlshlng commerce, our depleted
easury,oqr expiring agriculture.
e must cultivate our fields, re,
ore our trade at home and JOY
develop our resources s"i
I'd render our once beautiful its
nd inviting to tue strangers an an
capital and industry. and an