Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-01-21
From the Cleveland Leader.
THE REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL.

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i From the Cleveland Leader
THE REMOVAL OF The CAPITAL.
The time is not fa7 distant, if it bas not already
arrived, when the subject of the removal of the
Capitol from Washington to a more central and
convenient location, will be seriously discussed -
The necessity Of this step will be parent to any
unprejudced mind, when the events that have
;ranspired in the city Of Washington within the
last several years are considered. Daring that
period many outrages have been committed upon
the rights Of citizens Of the North, and upon the
! Freedom OF opinion and of the Press, ally one OF
which would be q sufficient justification of the
, removal.
When the late lamonted Dr.. Bailey first estaS-
lished the National Era in Washington, a mob
composed of residents Of that city was organized
for the purpose of destroying his Office and pre-.
venting the publication Of his paper. The mum
cipal authorities never made the least exertion to
suppress this riotous attempt, until Mr.. Polk, who
was then President, sent for the Mayor and told
him that the offce of the National Era must be
protected and rendered the service of tho marine
corps for that purpose. Them and not till then,
did the Mayor exert himself to suppress the mob.
lie too willing that the rioters should be per-
mitted to go on in their unlawful and perhaps
murierous work.
few years later, prO-slavery Democratic
member of the House, Herbert, Of California Kill
led in cold blood the unfortunate Irish waiter,
Heating, in tho dining Hall of WillaId's HOTEL
lie was tried by a Washington jury and found
guilty, and fined by Washington judge only
$500.
That same year q cowardly Southern bully, who
was Democratic member of the House, entered
the Senate Chamber, and, sneaking behind the
scholastic Sumner, knocked him down with a
heavy club cane, irlicting injuries to such an ex-
tent as to require three years with the aid Of the
best medical ekili in the world, for him tolecover
This bully was tried by Washington judge and
put under the immense liabilities of $500 bonds to
keep the peace!
Within the last three months, Republicans, resi-
dents Of that city, have been threatened with n
notice to leave the city if they expressed their Anti
Slavery sentiments. Quaker gentleman was
arrested and tried for exercising the liberty of Civ
ing his opinion the subject Of Slavery and
bound in the sum of So, 900 to refrain from express
sing his sentiments.
1t will thus be seen that when Northern Re-
publican is arrested for exercising the liberty of
speech, decision is made against him by the
Washington Judge and he is rut under 81, 600
bonds, while a Southerner for almost numbering
U. S. Senator on the floor of the Senate, is only
put under $500 bond to keep the peace, and this
TOO by the same Judge; while for numbering
waiter, ro-Slavery Member of Congress is
fined the naltry sum Of $500! This is fair spe-
cimen of the discrimination made in favor of the
| Pro-Slavery men 10y the authorities Of Washing
ton. Such being the case, we submit, whether the
seif-respect Of the people of the North does not
require them to remove the Capital to locality
where they will have the same rights and prvi
leges in expressing their views that Democratic
politicians have in preaching disunion;-where a
criminal will be hung for numbering poor defence
less waiter, and imprisoned for attempting to kill
a U. S. Senator.
There have been expended out of the National
Treasury, on the Public Buildings in Washington,
over $20000000; for ornamentng and repairing
of streets. and Tor gas since the formation of the
government, over S5OOO,O0O, and there is now
being expended on the water-works the immense
sum of $40 900 900; toral $35 900 000;- S25 0O0,-
600 OF which paid by the people of the North.
SIS 0O00 900 of this are for objects of purely
a local nature, such the water works, gas, and
street repairs, which should properly be paid by
the people Of Washington, on the same principle
that the people OF Cleveland or New York pay for
their own street repairs, gas, and waterworks
Yet, in the face Of this mistaken liberality of
the North, the citizens Of Washington deter
mined to inAict unnecessary and cruel fines and
penalties upon Northern citizens, for speaking out
against the system. of amalg garnaton ant slave
breeding prevailing in that treasury-plunderins
city, while the Southern rascals are allowed to
preach unmolested, in favor Of dlsuniOn and re-
bellion, in case of the election of a Republican
President.
The citizens of the North owe it to themselves
to take steps to bring the citizens OF Washington
to sense of their obligation to treat Norherners
with civility. This can be done most efec .ually
by removing the Capital. To De sure the country
will lose millions already invested in public build
iDgs, but it will more than gain what it loses, in
selfrespect and protection to its citizens from the
assault of the slave-breeders.
l 1t will be worth more than the value of the
public buildings of the capital to have it located
in central position like St. Louis, or some point
opposite that city, where it will be more accessi-
BILE to the people OF the country, and where the
population will be willing to protect it from an
invasion'from foreign enemy, and not let them
burn and destroy the public buildings, as was the
case during the last war, when the gallant Virgin
ians and Marylanders showed their heels at the
celebrated Bladensburgh Race.
/ If, however, it should not be policy to remove
the capital, then the next best step to pursue to
compel the people Of Washington to behave them