The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-01-19
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Iowa CirY, Jan 5th.

JOHN y. JESSisos, Esq
IN me SENATE, they have been considering ia
committee Of the Whol- fer the last three days,
bill for the removal of the Seat Of Govern-
| n,en,t 10 Forbes Me,nes The question las
| eliei'ed '1uch feeling and discussion. beth for,
md against the Ysmnval The Sou hern and
South Western members favored tie renewal,
| "il ]. The Northern and centrsi members went
decidedly sgains. 1t at present. Among .he
most pronin4n, debates on the occasion were
Messrs. Leisngwel, Browning, Lowe, John
son, Nuil and Harris. Mrssrs Letting well and
Lowe takin. yreund against the removnl and
| the other gentleman la favor vi it. The sub
ject was ably discussed, upon motion TO indcf.
fhn;taly postpone the further consideration ofthe
bill, and il was lost By vote Of "a TO IS The
| question was then taken npon engrossing and
reading The bill a third time morrow, which
| was carried by one maturity. When the bill
comes up upon ITS anal passage, .k;ps it viii
be defeated by two votes. And If we
have The right ideas abou, it, nothing should
save it from defeat. 1st 1t is premature. The
present location has been selected and the cap-
tai buildings erected at heavy expense. It is
extremely doubtful, whether, by any arrange
men, the state might make with men at Fort
Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Tools Point, Pela, or
any other point desrous of the location, no good
buildings as we now hope, could be had for the
accommodation Of the Legislative and Exrcu-
tive departments Of the state, for some years 10
come. Admitting that they could, there is no
necessity at present requiring the change. The
present location is nearer the center Of popula.
tion, than either Of the above named points and
in matter so essential to the present interests
of the people, we cannot think it advantageous
to legislate prospectively.
An other question here arises which IS worthy
of consideration, and that is, has the state any
right to divert grant made by the General Gov.
eminent for specific purpose rhe location Of
the Seat Of Government and the erection Of thu
capital buildings) TO any other purpose, without
first obtaining the consent OF The party making
the grant to divert the same We do not think
it has and in this opinion we believe we are sus-
tanned by the uniform policy and past history Of
the government. Any other policy would work
great injustice to those who might invest their
capita! in property adjacent to such improve
ments
The distinguished editor Of tae Dubuque He..
aid and Democrat-two distinct heads with one
body-arrived in the last stage and took lodgings
at the Capitol Hotel. The gentleman is ma.
nouvering for the State Printing and in order
we suppose to advance his claims for this Office
(an Office which he stands about as much chance
for as we for being made Secretary Of State un.
der Pierce) he is laboring for those who are IN.
terested in the removal Of the Capital 10 attein
that object 1t is not enough, that this false
friend of Dubuque, should have labored when
here before, to defeat the North from having
the Senator and from carrying forward such
railroad policy as the great mass of the people
believe best calculated to advance their interests
and for which hangs the only hope Of grant,
without coming forward now, and for sinister
purposes, misrepresent and attempt to barter
away the interests oi the North
Who in the North desires the removal Of the
Capital at this time to Fort Desmoines Who
authorized Mr.. Mahony to come here as citi.
zen of Dubuque to advocate the removal Of the
seat Of Government TO Fort Deemoines, Can
he point to man North Of the Iowa river, who
is in favor Of any such proposition, Not one in
our humble judgment. aside from himself We
shall not detract from the character Of any Of
our representatives., by s9pposing then, guilty
of coincidlng with him in opinion.
Yours,