The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-09
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We chased from the Chicago Press the
osAsr ID, a suggestion made by another
isursai In that city. that the seat OF govern
.ses shosld be removed to the ssisad o.
asea Islsad The novelty Of the suggestion
a. ee0e striking considerations which 40
ssnpsuy and enforce il, induce US to give
tn whole article in our columns to-day
Sems oae, 80 forget who now, introduced
= nosios ior the removal Of The National
Cs,isal into the last Congress. |, viii un.
sSsssiossbly be renewed in the next
Asre,ofors Cincinnati has been commonly
seeksn Of % the moet suitable and oenus'
siacs. But it 10 fact ceasing 10 be 60
No one can fail TO see that the circumsiah'
Gee Of the country have changed eresus
aimee WAsuIxsrox CiTr wss selected aao
that, If the thing sss to 40 eser AGAIN. sA"'
i. .lmos, the last place thai would be Psscn-
ed upon. 1. 10 daily becoming more 'aoon'
yenisn, 10 the country.
d, there are gravcr reasons tor reno
al. The local influences at Washington
are Of the ve. y worst kind. The West par
ueularly has often been dstranded OF osae-
Scisl public measures because the nauonai
iegislsture discussed and voted in an IN
ir,endly atmosphere and under the pressure
az determined and all-pervsding hostility
10 in interests. No question that touches
freedom and slasery--and what question
soee no, now,-can have Al unemeaEassso
dec;sisu there. Votes OF legislatures and
S>e,.iou, OF courts favoring slavery often
oceur in Tree Siates,--vo,es and decisions
,ssorins freedom in slave statss' never
r. n. Y. Ese.sss Post says
srhe sitsa.ion Of the ca ,i,sl between the
s,.veholsine Staies--yuginis. the great
mother Of masy slavehoidias communities
an the one hand and Maryland on the otaer'
ia unisvora bic to the tree discussion OF
the questions that nov agiase The pubic
rl.d. A bad atmosphere overhangs the
spo,, raephitic influence which snnerses
a. unmsns those representatives OF the
Narth who sre not strong either in virtue
or eourses-ths very same influence which,
IN the s,uye states. siiences ell who Ia
.ent. - aunbers Of them do, the desany
vhieh e.aailsd the curse Of slsyery on their
fair regios.
Il. i ssi,s line that the sess OF govern
.es, q this Republic, 80 soastful Of ~
sree insutusioss, should be 6xed where the
crack OF the slase drivers lsshis not heard
vhere the STAKEHOLDER il not in the ascend
ant. in short besosd the control OF The great
oliesrchical class OF the Souta, and within
the sphere Of proper democratic influences.
A. washington the slsve-driser iees ihs'
b 10 on his own pecuIsr ground. sns Is
nsls iasolsnt BY il.
aNoreoysr, ~ long Is the seat Of gov
eranens 10 fixed smids, slsseho'cias
community. a eorisin degree Of psaus'oilay
\ riyen 10 the doctrine iha, Slavery -
national institution, and that freedom u the
local sxssption. The time ass arrived
vhen eli adsen,itions support should DC
v,thdrawn from this false and nischiesoas
oosit,en, now % vehenently insisted Oh II
serfain quarters.
sWhen the seat Of the federal govern
ners d removed. IL rI aa9ssssio"se.s d
transferred 10 the ssiey Of the Masiss.PYi.-
The powerful and popular West needs but
hint to address itself to The task, and with
the present feeling Of The Northern and
Eastern States their cooperation 10 car
nia."
There 10 gres, force in these remarks
Add the North and West could we'll afford
eyen 70 give swsy to The South their inter-
o, in the present buildings a. Washington
IL necessary 10 secure the removal 70 the
valley OF the Mississippi. Such snoshs'
piscs OF property for the future capital az
fhat pointed out by our Chicago eotemPora-
rIss, d not to be found IN all the valley
LIE. us h.ve the c.pitsl on Rock Island.