Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-03-02

otreS 10 the state, that the evils here com.
PINNED VI, npd mere serious ones, which il i,
expected viii, hereafter, be- Complained
oil, are counterbs!ancea ey these circum.tap
ce' Such declaration i, too absurd to be
hazarded ny any one. Iii, not pretended
that the situation /. mrre -althv than mapy
other more central positions. Indeed il must
oe admitted that, though healthy, compar,d
with many other situations in TIE lower coun.
try, " must be considered unhes THY when
COMPARED with many more central Positions
IN he upper country Nor is il relied on as
place OF greater security, in times, either Of
peace or war. The establishments and SUP.
port OF guard, at the pubic expepce Of SIS.
600 i year (asd this by the oye, is another
cvi of which We might complain, arising
from the local situation Of Richmond) shews
tie opinion If the state, as to its safety in
time at peace; and pact events, in the recol
lection oil all, evince the general feeling re.
speeding it, safety in time of war Its want
OF centra'ity must be tted.-What than
has been urged a. reason tor retaining the
seat of government there /? have heard of
bat one and that is the expence thar would
attend its removal This is certainty an arsu-
ment worthy of considerations. lf its removal
will be attended with more general evil than
good, /, ought not to be removed. But am
not OF the noU5er OF those who seem to think.
that no public expence ought to be encoun.
tered, for the sake OF obtaining a public be.
neft.
Had this doctrine formerly, prevailed, the
seat OF government would never have been
removed fson the palace at William sburc
30 near the SPOT where our ancestor, mads
thei frat landing on our chores, the i'm ,Depse
distance at % miles, to what was then called
the Wild. Barren. Rugged Hills of Rich
mond. Had it prevailed in more modern
days, the immense sums of public money. of
which We have heard so much, would never
have been expended on the buildings and i'm
Provements on the Pubiic Square in Rich.
mOnd. And but for these last mentioned ex.
psnditurs., the pubic loss to be occa.ioned,
as some suppose, by the removal of the seat
OF government, would be much lessened.-
But il is not admitted thar any public lo,.
would accrue, by the removal.-And fair
Calculation, on a full! viaw Of the subject, NAV
prove that more would accrue. have not
mentioned the expenditures on the public
square, by way OF ceosnre on any oue On
th' contrary. think the state Of Virginia
can afford not only convenient. but elegant
public bulldogs; and l sincarely hope that,
whether the seat OF government shell remain
where il Is, or be removed elsewhere she
will never disgrace herself by mean and
niggardiy parsmony, IN that respect But
this objection 20 It's removal lie, to me, no,
well founded unless it can be shewn that
the public eXPence attending that removal,
would br, to ths pubic, greater evil than
that which they experience from it, present
want of ceHtraiity, aud other considerations
of soil much greater Importance, which may
hereafter be noticed. But having endea vo, ed,
IN this essay, 10 confne myself to the mere
justice OF the removal of the seat of govern-
.nent from Richmond 10 some more central
point of the stat, on the simple ground of
she Inconvenience attending its presen, want
OF GENERALITY | am Obliged to omit many
weishy arguments 10 favor of the MEASURE.
arising from motives Of policy, and ex pedien
cy, including economy, Sc. &c. &c. These
sabjec's, as well the present, it is hoped.
will be investigated by those more CAPABLE
OF doing them justice And as they are SUB
.jects in which the interests Of the whole state
are deeply concerned, may i, not be expected
thi. they will b. examined wiki GOODNESS and
candoI and that ali sections of the stale, and
every member OF the commani.y. laying
aside all local and party fesiinss, will unite
N acting for the ,,nb'Ec gondp
A WESTERN VIRGlNiAN.