The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-01 00:00:00

THE WEST AND THE CAPITAL.

The West is decidedly earnest in its effort to have the
national capital removed from Washington to some point
nearer the geographical centre of the country. It is now
proposed to hold a convention at Cincinnati on the 25th
of October, to be composed of delegates from all the States
and Territories, in the proportion of three delegates to
each Congressional District, together with six delegates at
large from each State, and three from each Territory—all
to be appointed by the Governors thereof. So large a body
could not fail to possess considerable influence, although it
is questionable if it could be brought to any harmonious
expression, unless it should be packed in ;the interest
of a removal. It is hardly to be expected that a project
involving so large an expenditure will be adopted in the
present financial condition of the country. It will be
many years before we shall be in a position to try the ex-
periment, and then it is probable we shall have made s°
many additional outlays that the capital will be regarded
as a permanency at Washington. The mere question of
convenience of access is a matter of minor importance 111
this age of railroads, and we doubt if the project will ever
be successful on that plea alone. Still, there can be n°
objection to giving the subject a full and fair discussion,
if that be the wish of a large proportion of the people.
Such a discussion will probably strengthen the conviction
that the proposed undertaking is quite impracticable.--
New York Times.

SEWARD ON MANIFEST DESTINY.
The distinguished sage of Auburn on Monday mad;
the first speech since his return from his Arctic and
tropical tour that may be construed in any way to reflect
the views he now entertains on the possibilities of the
nation he was so long and so ably engaged in engineering
through its greatest crisis. He especially dwelt upon
the mission of the United States to harmonise all the
civilisations on this Continent, and to advance steadily
to higher notions, carrying our neighbours with us, of the
social and political rights of man. It may be 3
feather in the cap of the woman suffrage advocates t°
know that this speech was delivered on the
occasion of the visit of a ladies' college ; but,
owing to the barberous and mediaeval • notions
that prevail in our provinces these same ladies were
all turned out of 'the dining hall when the cloth wi's
removed, and, therefore, before the speech was made'
A number of male visitors, by reason of being
physically better fitted to drink wine and smoke, alone
composed the audience to whom he addressed his words.
Mr. Seward has always had great, broad ideas of the
future of the nation, and we are glad to see that his sixtY'
ninth birthday finds him fully as broad and grand in his
ideas as ever. .He says that the Continent is becoming
every day more American; that the practices and opinion
of the people of the United States are becoming the,
common practices and opinions of the other States, and
that the Christian religion and the influence of republican
Government are destined ere long to blend all the Govern;
ments of the American Continent into one. Mr. Seward
is the very best authority from whom these sentiments
could emanate. He demonstrated years ago his trust in
our manifest destiny, and much later has helped along the
desirable consummation by the purchase of Alaska and
the treaty for the purchase of St. Thomas. It is pleasant
to note that the present administration share in the grand
old statesman's ideas of a united Continent.--New York
Herald.

THE LADY BROKERS OF WALL STREET'
While the two hostile divisions of woman's rightersA
under, the•belligerent lead respectively of Henry WO"
Beecher and Theodore Tilton, are passing all their thii°
in refusing to coalesce with each other and in flooding the
country with resolutions and chatter, there are, at least,
two advocates of the women movement that endeavour to
shew by example and precept that their sex with ocdi
itself.
nary fair play and industry, can take care of lice
refer to the lady brokers who recently created a stir
among the bulls and bears of Wall-street by setting IT'
so to speak, a china shop right in the midst of that disci
orderly locality, and who have more recently opened
the eyes of the slow old fogies who thili,
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woman not fit for much, by starting an exe''
lent weekly newspaper, under the, business-like
title of Woodhull and Clajlin's R eddy, right 1°
the midst of the periodicals of Park-row. The
paper itself, of which the first number only has been
issued, already gives evidence of talent and aptness 14
that most difficult of all arts, the art of journalism. -"f
is a neat sixteen page paper, about the size and shape
the usual literary hebdomadal ; but, in addition to the
stories, essays, and poetry, inseparable from these papers'
it launches boldly into politics, finances, outdoor sport
and fashions, and even thus early rejoices in a cheeriq
amount of advertisements. The Weekly, bearing for it!
motto "Upward and onward," strongly advocates
woman's rights, and even nominates and supports f‘
woman for the next Presidency. There can, therefore,
be no reasonable doubt of its devotion to the woman
cause, and we would suggest to the female agitators, who
waste their breath and their hearers' patience at convert'
tions and mass meetings, that, while the press is not s°
noisy an organ as the tongue, it is heard much further.
The example of Messrs. Woodhull and Claflin, if we can
prefix that title to the firm name, is therefore a highl
commendable one, as they do more and talk less than
the two divisions of females put together.—New Yo14:
Herald.

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carriage at Preston with a drunken man, and 't
boy with a wire cage full of rats. He did
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