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Joint Memorial to the Congress of the United States asking that the city of Montgomery be made a port of entry, and clearance, and for appropriation for the creation of custom house, United States court room, land office, and post office. 1857 437 (1857)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0492 and id is 1 raw text is: 437 very heart of this region, which may well challenge comparison with any portion of our country for its mineral wealth. From these 'facts, and from the fact that the coast of the gulf of Mex- ico is in a more exposed condition than any portion of the United States coast, and has not received as much attention from the government as we think it deserves, we would respectfully call the attention of Con- gress to the importance of establishing an armory at some point, as above indicated, for manufacturing cannon, and arms, suitable for the equip- ment of troops in the United States service, and from the easy access to Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston, to any arrangement which may be deemed advisab!e, for the establishment of a coal depot for the supply of war and mail steamers. Resolved, That our senators and representatives in Congress be re- quested to urge this tnatter, at least, if possible, to obtain an examina- tion by the government, and that a copy hereof be sent to each of them, by the Governor of this State. ArvnovED, January 19, 1858. JOINT MEXMORIAL To the Conross of the United States, asking that the city of Mont- gomery be made a port of entry and clearance, and for an appropria- ,ion for the crection of custom house, United States court room, land office, and post office. To the Senacte and Iouse of Representat ives of the United States in Congress assembled: The memorial of the Senate and House of Repre- sentativen of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, re- spectfully represents, That one railroad is already under construction from the city of Montgomery, in said State to the city of Pensacola, in the State o Florida, and that several other railroad charters have been granted to continue, or construct, railroads leading from said city of Montgomery. Thcy further rcpresent, That said city is the outlet, and commercial depot of an extensive, fertile, and populous region of country; that it is also the point at which the emigration from Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and a portion of Tennessee, meet, in the transit to lississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; and that large and increasing quan- tities of railroad! iron, as well as considerable amounts of foreign man- ufactured goods, are distributed at this point. That those works of in- ternal improvement would be advanced and facilitated, if the iron re- quired in their construction, which,. imported through the Atlantic and

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