Whereas it is ascertained, to the satisfaction of this General Assembly, that, at certain seasons of the year, a great number of the largest boats that navigate the Ohio and Mississippi rivers are compelled to remain at the mouth of the Ohio on account of the ice in the Mississippi and the low water in the Ohio; and whereas it is also true that the country in the southern part of the State is fast populating and improving, and is as deserving of the favorable consideration of the General Government, in relation to mail facilities, as other sections of the State where stages are running: Therefore,

Resolved by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly , That the said General Assembly do respectfully petition the Government of the United States to establish a mail route in the said State of Illinois, commencing at Carlyle, passing Nashville, Pinckneyville, Brownsville, Jonesboro and Unity, to the mouth of the Ohio river; and to have on the said route stages to run as frequently as the public good may require, and to be drawn by two or four horses, as may be necessary; and that the abovenamed improvement of mail facilities is no more than other sections of the State enjoy.

Resolved, That the Governor of the State transmit copies of this preamble and resolutions to each of our members in Congress; and that they be requested to use their best exertions to have the same carried into effect.