The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-02-23


y the law, nor The Constitution newspaper
ia as the system it defends. The Marsha
j. and the journal are but laboring in tbei
- appropriate vocation. The former pick
a prccarious living by enforcing cod
, that would be secuted out Of the Feeje'
II Islands. The latter coins money by ar
guing its adaptation to the state Of socl
ETY. which exists in Washington.
e Turn we, then, to the remedy. Thl
# oppressive railroad regulation, and these
!. Infamous ordinances, exist BY the spccia
{ p"rmlsson-nay, more. b, virtue OF thu
positive enactmeuts-of Congress. W.
!, insist, therefore, that these rules, regu
e lations, ordinances, or whatever name
, they bear, together with the system OF
which they are necessary and homoge'
neous part, instantly cease at the FEEDER.
al Capital. Ard if the denizens of the
District demand that this despicab!e dia-
! bcism shall continue IN force, then let
the Capital BE- removed to some commu-
rity where civilization and Christianity
are not contraband commodities.
1t must not be forgotten that these
outrages, that make the blood Of freemen
turbulent in their veins, are not perpe.
trated in aslave Stat, that tn y are n, the
Legitimate offspring Of the peculiar insti-
tuition Of Virginia, Georgia, and louisa
IA, with which the North has no right
to interfere; but are committed right
under the eye and by the special permits
sion of Congress, and for which the peo-
pie of New York, Pennsy lyania, and o.
ho, are as directly responsible as if per-
petratcd under codes. enacted at Albany.
Harrisburg, and Columbus.
We repeat, then, that those wrongs, to.
gether with slavery and the slave-trads,
the fountain crime whence they flow,
shall cease, or the Capital be removed -
We are quite in earnest in enforcing this
alternative upon the consideration OF
Congress. The leaders Of public opinion
i'll Washington have no claim upon their
rulers for Iorbearance. A bully assails
Senatcr, with bloody intent, for words
spoken in debate, sending him into exile
for years, ana Washington fines the mis- "a
creant $500 An es;mable member OF r
Society of Friends, an old resident, ut s
tiers the Evolutionary opinions of his sect f
against Slavery, aud Washington arrests,
arraigns, and imprisons him. During b
the contest for the Speakership, assassins
armed to the teeth, pack the galleries, II
threatening death to the Republican t
Members Of Congress, and the press of h
cheers on the beood thirsty n
illains. The publisher of The National =
IRA is assailed in the street, and carries
is life in his hands for many weeks for c
peaking the sentiments of George 5
' ashlngton, and Washington City ap- i
lauds. An upright Member of Con
ress from Pennsylvania utters, to his a
lends in his own hotel, the current Q. c
lnion OF the country in regard t, the i
nbeciI'ty Of Virginia in the face of the 5
ohm Brown raid, and he is waylaid and t
'altreated in the Capitol grounds b, 5
dictionaries high in Office, and Wash
'gton laud, the sailants aud jecrs at I
ne assalled.
Dc such cowardly creatures, does such
demoralized community, deceive any
'rbearance tlon tleemeu. Is it fit
got, and a.e such tie tit custodiaus Of
le Capital of the Republic! The eoun-
7 demands that these outrages. and their /
aren't cause, cease to exist; or that the
'at OF government be removed to spot
here freedom Of opinion. of sper.h. of {
lohca''ob, OF locoihotlon, can be respec
The Capital could hardly b, estaL i,h. i
j IN more DE- e,at!e locality than t
' ashlreton. Originally a swamp and |
'"gnlre,'he climate is cx,crable, euu.n. !
ng rh, umalism, chilis and fever. t
neumonIa, bronchitis, and cosnatc dis. C
ISIS. As to the public buildings. cr,e /
d and being erected even were they to q
utterly abandoned, we doubt whether
Is would ultimately be dollars loss to 5
c country. They are to the las, degree O
.contrived. To complete such as are /
upon the scale now contem.
'ted, will cost more than to erect en-. te
ely nev: buildings Of suitable deserip. h
N elsewhere. They are mere sink, W
Jobbery and corruption Therefore, We -
lst Congress will not vote dollar to Sc
on with them until the country sees he
lether the crimes and yilla,nies of tn
'Ich We complain are to cease. And. to
they DO not land it should be finally re. wi
we'd to change the Capital, then, as the ar
" location would doubtless be accessi.
from W ashln9ton by vessels, if any of be
material Ia the existing structures. tel
re worth transporting thither, they TIL
I'D be taken down, removed and used "
the new cdlfces,. At all events, res
ngres. should not sink another dollar ye
the present public building until these
os,ions are determincd-no. a dollar wi
w have an able Committee in the pr
use OF Representatives upon the Dis pa
It OF Columbia A ma ority of its de
mbers are Republicans. They are ~
men Of ability. viii they take action
the premises The country will ex. an
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