Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-28
THE CITY.

THE COUNcH AND TIE FOUNDRY CoNMIs,
sIOE.-The Council last evening, by vote
Of II to 2, rescinded the resolution passed
Tuesday evening last, appointing com.
mission Of four gentlemen tOvisit Washing
ton and there represent and lay before, OF
cause to be laid before Congress, the advan-
tages claimed for Cleveland as location
for one of the National Fouudriss proposed
70 be established west of the Alleghanies.-
The reason alleged for their conduct by a
majority Of those who voted to rescind was,
the expense involved, which it was claimed
would reach the sum Of $500 or 81, OOO.-
Think oft The Common Council object
ing to g commission having for its object
the procuring ofs National Foundry to the
city, with all its resulting advantages, be-
cause it involves an outlay of perhaps $1,000.
Can these gentlemen be SO blind to the good
results that must follow the establishment
Ofa work of the kind sought, as not to see
that they outweigh, to an incOnceivable ex-
tent, whatever expense the city may be
called upon to incur? But, said some Of
these gentlemen, we do not need so large a
commissioner q commission at all. We
are confirmed in the belief that we
should have commission representing us
at Washington, if for no other purpose
(which many regard as importantly than to
combat the commissions which have been
sent forward by rival cities. But it is
publicly asserted by those who have visited
Washington since This mstter has been un-
decentralization by the Government, that
the necessity of commission of character
Of the one rejected by the Council, is every
day apparent.
But as to the size of this commission. The
history of efforts on the part Of communi-
ties to secure to themselves faVors asked by
other communities, bears us out in saying
that the extent of representation usually
wins the prize. A large community like
Cleveland, with so many interests involved,
80 many natural advantages to be develop
ed, should not be niggardly either in the
employment of men or means, in the effort
to develope the resources she possesses. It
may be very reasonably argued, too, that
in proportion to her representation is her
zeal, and it might be justly questioned
whether one man represented more than
one-hundredth part of her population.
There is another consideration. We are
very much disposed to doubt whethsr one
man could perform the varied and srduous
duties that would deVolve upon reprssen-
tative in such work as this. It is neces-
sary that man should be almost omni-
present to meet the objections, questions
and opinions that would be raised at every
point. Again, we want brains enough to-
gether to survey the whole field, and to let
no stone go unturned, and there is no single
man among US, who is willing to take the
OnerOus duty upon him, who possesses the
head to do what would be labor for half-a-
dozen.
It has been truly said that Cleveland
has been remiBs in not endeavoring to se-
cure to herself somo of the Government pat
ronage through which other cities, with
maDifestly less advantages, have grown rich.
And it is because she has been nean-nig-
gsrdly; and so long as this spirit governs
her citizens, she will be only the receptacle
of the crumbs that fall from the tables of
her more enterprising and liberal alneighbOrs