, 1855-01-06

Frtle Pioneer and DEN N"rt.
Mr.. EDroR Please permit mo. through
the columns Of your paper. 10 call the at-
tention Of the people 10 the location Of the
public buildings, rs proposed by the leg!s-
lature and as advocated by an article in
your paper The reasons yon give, nre
about the same aS those given by It's friends
In other places. You say" a d:spos.
toa appears to be manifested by members
Of bo.h houses, TO compromise the matter
Ito the end that all sections Of the terr :
tory be mutually benefited thereby, and
that they msy, as near as practicable.
equally share the benefits and profits to he
derived from the expenditure Of pnll;c
money in the erection and maintenance of
the different public works.
Now. Mr.. Editor, II il was the design Of
Congress to grant that money to the terri
tory Of Washington to he distributed by
the legislature to certain localities for their
special benefit. then are they faithfully car
1ihg out the design Of the grlnts-ihen.
q q matter Of course. compromise must
lake place, or there could be no distribu.
ton. But II it was the design of Congress
to make the grant for the benefit of the
whole peopls Of the territory by distr;bu-
ton, then each one should have an equIl
share. end no compromise could take place
but TO defraud some Of their rights. Bu
u, q ] suppose, the grant was made TO
erect certain buildings, and TO promote the
\ usefulness Of certain institutions for he fr-
tdrs benefit Of the territory. or the people
Of the territory. Then cannot see how
any compromise eau rightfully take place,
for they only have to decide Oh the spot
where they will best promote that object.
and no compromise can al er thai opinion !;
aud I suppose IL their views were directed
10 the one object, there would be little df-
ference Of opinion.
will consider them one at time. The
capital should be as near the centre Of the
territory Is q suitable site eau he found ;
because 1t will there be most convenient
fdf the whole people--requiring the least
amount oftravel for them to reach it, Sncll
aplace we have,-very little difference Of
opinion exists about it-all agreeing that
Il should be at or near the head Of the
Sound. ''.
The penitentiary SHOULD be where it Will
best promote the object Of the insti ut.on
sud the greatest good Of the people. The
object Of punishment. is not to kill, bu. to
reform therefore it should I've in healthy
place. .Aprisoner shut up in sickly place
has no remedy but to die. and therefore il
would be cruel and unjust il it cali be
avoided The greatest goo. Of the people
iswhere It will be least expensive and most
productive. Now, We will inquire if VAN
eouVer is that place In the first place il
issckly. .--.that violates the first principle
Of The institution--;t wonld be unjust and
cruel to confne men there, ana is sufficient
ground to reject il if a healthy one eau be
i0und In the next place, it is situated
sithin eight miles Ly land, and eighteen
y water, Of the penitentiary in Oregon
and a the extreme south par OF the ter
ntory. near the corner Of what pro1a6l.
viii be the state of Washington. 1t Il
esiden, the expense Of Transporting priso
nets to this point, will be greater. than tc
one more central, and this item Of expens,
avery large. We will instance three
ensnOrth, one centre and one south. Sup
poss the distance Of the first to be 800
miles, the second $50, aud the last none
making $50 miles there, and back maxi
VOC. To take then the centre. woald Il
iso ~ tive and. noae 70. the other--ma