The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-18

~. r. s az SSssssss, n4a.srs.
w. TAs Nastsaal Capital.
Tae recent Congress has appropriated
ahsat -four nillions Of dollars for various
parposes ia The District Of Colunbia. . fair
Rspsr,isa Of which will Be exseadsd upoa
de Capitol ssiidise. Tbs DINE 10 to be
splsaaiA s1sir. and The ~iass viii add great
y 10 the palatial appearance Of the already
lasgs s,rsstuse. The new House Of ParIs.
neas on the bank Of the Thames, in Los
~, 10 the only building. We presume. that
viii coapare with oHr own. a. place for
Ne ase,ine Of Legislative bodies. We doas,
aoeh it ], covers greater area. We ds
know, though, that lie close con,iguiy to I
snrbid ssreaa Of water, on land emily slightly
elevated above the highest fo~ Of tide, and
slesely surrounded BY the compact building
Of dense city, nskes its location immeas'
1rahly inferior 70 that OF our own CaPt0! q
Wash;neton, elevated a. the latter 10, on
handsome eninenee. and hating acre upon
scre Of subtle erounds, highly oFnamented,
d every direction arossd. The Compromise
,neasures Of 1850 created great STIR among
de resident population Of Washington -
The cry The, the Union vac on the poip, Of
Association obtained more credenee in that
s,ey than any where else. Property depre.
eiA,sd. citisens looked alarmed, and the
ehapces OF being resolved into mere Ma.
sylssd town, were sericualy calculated
With the passage Of those Acts confidence
vas in part restored. And when an sppro.
priasion was made for the extension OF the
Capitol, come cf the wise ones who bad
bees closely watching the curren, Of
svents, quietly pocke,ed prineels fortunes
by the rise in the value Of town lots. For
time. At least, Congress would continue
to meet in Washington, and pGbhc money
vould be ssuandered ui,hou, siin, upon its
Dasic suildiags, it, streets and its parks AS
In days goss By. Yet, there was linger-
ing idea With certain far seeing ones, tina,
he period would come. When. in spite of the
sseat expenditure 10 the District, the char N
vould be broken which bound the national
mind to the Potomac, and that the rapidly
growing Yves, would claim the sea. Of po.
Hfical power as her own, md appreciate il
aecordineiy. And. upon close eIamina-
tioa. this idea 10 not at oil visionary. Some
vAers on the banks OF the Mississippi, be-
tween the parallels Of thirty eight and for.
ty-svo degrees north-sonewhere between
d. Louie and Dubuaae-muss the eye Of the
kssa specnlator rest, II be would leea,e the
iasure position Of the towering dome, and
he stars and stripes floating iheretrom, in.
Gca,ias the presence OF the assembled ~is
dom Of the Republic in session. Six States.
fally organised. are already between our ma
iss,ie river and the sstting sun. Five more
have their western borders lsved BY its va.
tsrs. Three more are elesel. idesiif4d With
q western interest. Hal dozen Terrific
rice viii soon be knocking for admission in
10 the federsi snilr, al Of y hieh will e
irbued with the same feeling. Ere long
sons,i,uenis will begin 10 vcie for sueh as.
will pledge themselves TO removal Of the
National Capital TO = more central location
irrespective Of political sshnitles. When
this occurs, the sentiment viii grow strong
o. and stronger. Resistance will come from
beyond the Alleshanies and along the sea.
board, and, the FaiAer Of Waters with his
thousand tributaries vii gather power BY
opposition, overcome ali By his resistles.
strength. snd carry the capitoa, dome and
eli, within Inc sound Of bic own dashings.
We suppose II we should adj that Rock
Isiaad belorg. chiefly TO Goserament-shat
there Is ample room upon j, s9- the largest
building that ever WAS conceived ot-snd
ths, il would be highly appropriate place
sef cengressmen to squabbls, (inelading
space for . dwelling ground,) our motives
would be impugsed at once by our 81.
Lows contemporaries, if for no other reason
than ,hs, we were endeasorins 70 bring Ia.
aonal influence to bear upon Psrpetuatinz
the Bridge II they will present o-.se.
location in Missouri, We shall bet seriously
object, seeing that the State Is likely 10
become eonvert to the bless ngs resulting
from q gradual sys,em Of Emancipation
and provided their mouths shatl hereafter be
closed respecting the rights o. railroads in
crossing rivers having bridges sith vide
draws IN them.