Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-24
THE NATIONAL FOUNDRY.
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4 Rick Article FROM Ihe WeIIspurB AAeE'''N'
Applicants for being the place for the pro-
posed National Foundry (Which, by the way, -
as vet, only in contemplation continue 10 IN
crease in number and opportunity, ana u y Is
not too tate, VIC would like to have our put III
Richmond, Alexandria, Wheeling, Pltts''urg;
Oakland, in the Allegheny mountains, ana
numerous other large and ambitious places have
put forward their claims and appointed cotl'n't'
tees of conference supposed to have influence
with the powers that be, to leg for their feSpec-
tive towns, and why may not Wells6urg, also'
seeing that the gas is cheap. RichmoDu Is 100
far South and liable to be taken by the negroes
some day, which is an insuperabe and unah-
swerable objection to her pretensionS; AleXaH-
iria has tishy reputation, and Is 100 near
Washington City to be trusted with the man
ngement of so much public money as TINS woniu
render necessary, besides being liable to be
taken by the British during the next war )
Oakland we presume, only puts IN claim lor
the fun OF the thing, being VIGOROUSLY pleas
ant place during dog days, but inaccessible only
to EsquimauS dogs, for eleven months OF !he
year. Pittsburg has some pretensionS to neins
n manufacturing city, but the morals OF the sur
rounding country are so abOniinably bad, that
it would be too serious trial for the virtue oil
the U. S. officials, to locate them at Such acej
besides that she is, according to Thomas Swee-
new, ESQ.,, of Wheeling the depot for the Under
the South could not therefore be safely commit
ted to her keeping. She has also always been
Wing city, and Allegheny county IS said to have
subscribed in its corporate capacity for toTney s
paper When he turned tul on Buchanan, which
will be an objectionable sin in the eyes oil penn
sylvanias favorite Son, and ensure n veto, even
should Pittsburg be chosen as the place OF the
Foundry we consider Pittsburg as out of the
ring.
The contest is then narrowed down to Wheel
ing and WelSburg, and it is expected that st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago and other parvenn
cities, will have the courtesy not to interfere
Being situated in Virginia, We arc by birth
right entitled to whatever the government has
to bestow in the way of favors of this kind; and
as these mushroom States have already swallow
ed up all the public lands, she is not disposed
to allow any further niringemeEts on the pub
lie bounty; as between the two places, there is
no kind of comparison, the advantages being all
on our side. In the first place, Wheeling is so
far South that II Northern man ran hardly have
the liberty of speech, without extra guard of
police, which looks badly III phce that desires
the location ola nntionai Foundry; then there are
so many yankees and Black Republicans among
the citizens that there is constant dread of i'll.
surrection; neither is she sound On Lecompton,
although the birthplace of Hon. $. Clemens, and
several other eminent Virginia Statesmen that
have done honor to the Administration. Pub
debt and we would earnestly wGfu the Govern
ment not risk too much money with her, as she
has an ugly habit Of repudintingIv when it is less
convenient to pay. All these objections, and
more too, might be urged aSains' her, had we
heart to perSecute the afflicted; tolone of which
is WellsbTg liable, while she possesses all the
advantages that can be urged in Ter favor and
many She never dreamed of Fue Is abundant
here, and cheap, and the health of he surround
ing country is proverbial from theinct that
are not overworked. Transportation from all
points of the compass is easy aud cheap by
river and railroad, and to ObYiate tic objections
that might be urged, that the site i too accessi-
Bile, III OPPOSITION is now before tlh town coun-
Gil to build high stone fence all roundabout.
Owing to remarkable good luck aRi pruden-
lal indisposition to invest in ihy visionary
schemes of Improvement, she is nearly free
from public debt, except n tIItle fp' burYing
place not altogether paid for yet; aud her citi-
zens privately are good in the rmIket for all
they pay cash fer, and generally gut Of debt,
the minority of them being BANKRUPT, like their
ncighb0rs. In politics, we have slways been
true hlme administration democrats no matter
who was president, and as no othe' good ever
came of il, this alone ought to en0le us to the
National Foundry. As to- locality V. are haPpi-
ly Situated-being exactly on the fe'ce between
the North and the South, and lest pc might be
accused, like Wheeling, If IL Southern leaning
and liability to insurrection, we wohd state that
our slave population is quite small being one
dumb and one lame negro and th. principal
paper published in the town SON. time ago
openly advocated annexation to Pennsylvania,
aud to this day is undetermined Viethcr it is
Black Republican, Democratic, Wig, or Neu-
trail, itself claiming to be neither hit furnished
ut ST., so year. Superadded to d these adj
vautages, the fact that Wheeling is hready built
over, and that there Is plenty Of ycant room
in Welshurg, and case is made II her favor
that cannot possibly be got over without
ladder.