Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-28
TIE FEDERAL s%CAPTrAL-Irs REMOVAL DIS
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NOooED.
IRON The washington Correspondents Of the Chicago nms,I
7, Il aid that among the topics which will probably
.s,ssnded to in ths Presidents message, and which WIN
cs,ts;nIy be brought before Congress at the approach
IN, .assion. will be the expsdiency Of removing the ma
,ional cspitsl to some point further norsh. Tne reaoe's
~ the Timss will remember that this question - oy NO
means a new one, and that it has been erougns ups
nsr;oaie intervals under almost every administration,
and ia alleged expedience urged by man OF sl ponacIi
n,rtiss. / will bi fly coadense the arguments pro ana
con. 40 far as l have heard them and / this conaensA-
TIN omi, many arguments used on both siaes, e'ns'
by men of no Il Hence, or by men who are evioenuy
Urged on by mslevolent motives. w-
l. IA areIsd. on the one hand, that after the rebellion
ia nut down, and the insurgents disbinded, and the
Union restored, the mere SECURITY Of the city wilrequire
not only an immense garTi on OF troops 70 De cons's NY
maintained here, and the forts around thechy to Do KEEP.
in constant order, but also the erecnon az once, nOp, y,
many additional notifications. The proper deferse o.
| the city. even under present circumstances, and In view
of a D sibls foreign war, requires even now tna mint.
| data fertilization Of the who's Of Chesapeake Bay, and
the Potomac and Patapsco rivers, TO an exHnt thst VII.
make il mcosibls for an enfmJs hset to sail up tne
too latter. An examination OF q good map VIII snow
vhy this ia 40. Aud our experience in 1912. and IN Inc
f.TI NJ 1861. .Hl afford les IONS on the Gu sct which va
would be mad indeed not to pr.d by. The erector OF
| tbsss naval desenses (lud they must be work combining
the strorg points Of fortress Monroe and the rebel or
| DIliuel viii cost, with suitable armaments, untold mn
Ili0ng. and TO GARRISON ana ueIeuu tncm, huu 1ePPS%'
| tueir defenders, will RI lire, at the loves. COMPUTATION,
| inolu ling the forces at Washington, 10000 vel trained
| troops. II. Is necessary to keep here now 10000 !,
TIE MINOR arguments on the same side are qnlckly
| enumerated. Iiis said, with truth, that there quo piscc
Ia the Union 80 unpleasant to live In a. Washington ~
vsys has been, and alsAys viii be. The dolorous eon:
| nl.in,a ef Ma Madison has become historical, and they
are "A we'll founded nov IS then. The streets are al
xa,s either covered with mud or dust their arrange.
ment Ia tie most ridiculous, announcement, and wsstetul
| Of space that could be devised and their nomenclature
| which might easily be changed) is the height OF absurd
Nv. There ia no city in the UIion were 1t Is 30 oinis
70 obtain any article you want, either Tor use or ornament
or food. while the prioSs are the most exoroitant. An
excellent city government Is hampsred ana tnwarted IN
air Their TfJrss to provide for the proper municipal wei
fare OF tks city, even in the items OF eieannne;s Ana
comfort of The susets, by the neglect and caprice OF
succsSsivs sessions Of Congress. Toe nation 10 yet IN is
i~nfaucy. We have yet probably many centuries OF ma
tionAl glory ard power before ia. II We can Anord 70
spend IS 600 900 a day, or $500 coo 900 Q year, 10 con
Quoting tits war, twill be sasJ 10 appropIlte tne e1
uenses of forty days, or $3.50 000. 900, for the removal
Of the capital.
II il aid that Philad or New York, or Chicago,
or Detroit, or Buff 40 will either one Afford q lar more
s'gible SIGHT for q permanent national capith tnsn
WaSSinstou. Neither Of the citiei lave any " D
tains As Arlpg on Heights flowing upon IT, aud inVit
inc the erection of hostls battsriCs. Either OF them po:
4,s,es such advantages for defence that 1t can B, made
;mnregn.ble (which neither New York or Philadelphia
now is) Tue proximity Of these two cities to the sea
BOARD, and their exposure TO the terribls assaults o.
steel mailed Yes,cls, "a danger to which ths city y mos!
ooln1bly Ish ~expcs'd) are objections which do not eIis!
in the case OF the lsss ciies. Canada will one day, llbd
that speedily after me rebellion IL ever Is ours; And
even Il 1, should not be, there are means at OR disPoeh
nov of preventing any hostile htt from ert'ring Like
O,,.ro: uhils our ability TO prevent the passage into
Lske Err L k, Huron, and Lake Michigan, is doubled
trebled sld quGdeupled.
us .rsusd, on the other hand, that any change oil
he e.pi.s, either nov or sfIeF the war, will b A9ae
koO.ledgmsnt Of our inability to bsld IT, Thlt vears
abuudantly able to defend it, not only asaiUs: the rebels
mt also when the contemplated wotks on the Uheaa'
| Oeake, thu Potion a. and the Patspsco shall have oeen
| s~omple,ed) agaiOst any foreign attack tha' as wa
| made a point Of horor in 1914 TO retain the capital acre
| 1gd rebuild he public ~buildirgA which had been burned
| oy the British, 80 it ought u be a point OF honor 70 70
| ain il los ttst the publ ~b.ildiogs, al least tie CAPT
| tol AID the tresSgry, have now reached such stupen,
| d,us magnitude, al cSsl 90 much money, tnith .oae
bankrupt Us TO abandon them ltho-gh it = admitted ina
| no suth otisctious exist in the case OF tie presidents
bouse. or the S ate Department, or the War u p.rtneu'
| Or the Navy d yparlnepO Tee Off ,ets oil the war;
parts.s an, were driven Gus Of their building like drowned
| rats a few days ago in a rain storm OF moderate Jury.