, 1865-01-22
Chicago Gribn1re.


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SUNDAY JANUARY % 1ss5.
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WHERE SHALL WE LOCATE THE
cAf1H4Is f :.
1ne,e u seiy senetu Immunity on the
!* "a " .ue .h.aeu1e auo people Of Illinois,
- a'o'o! eaas.s'ns tae location o. the state
Cap'ai II mere were equal unanimity as TO {.
Inc poan1 70 WINCH It shonld oc transferred,
the removal would doubtless already have
taken place. We have done nothing TO create
such sentiment, having been entirely silent
on the matter. But We accept existing facts
and adapt ourselves tt. them. If the Capital
Is to be removed. as seems to be assumed, at
what point in the State should it be cstab-
nshed in order 10 promote the interests OF
the whole people Of the state:. 1t would
hardly be worth While 70 remove " isom
Springfield, because Springfield Is quiet IN
terior town, away from the great commercial
and bnsincss ccnters, anu locate II one or
the other Of half a dozen thriving villages
That might DC mentioned, each Of which
Would be open 10 tie same objections. Every
enferpr1sing village IN the State Is interested
In preventing the decentralization and disre-
~ aao 49," ~ "1 .A4. ~ oe,uE nia"e
49,. 49, " -s1s A. 49, ~ 49,, ~. 10y A.o"s
t1,',, - s NV s"p4.e- y, -. o|ate 10 cs
tabl'shed IN moderate town, its entire peo-
pae n',a!eua'e'y 'o.saAe lnc'r 1o9meF enaFae
ter Of honest induatsy, and adopt the theory
that from thcnccforth they are to get their
Living by boarding the Legislature few
months of the year and tho public officials
the remainder. This keeps them all yaWn-
as .u, ta'Ans poii',cs o"eo uuu - ~ ~
aau poc' 's euu.ca nlce tne msaas' =" y. sra,1 III
a peee W. ~ 4es4asns VI e.!". -. - ,;-,an
.o"A WIZ. unus1 'aaee " ~
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T,'s S,S ...n, ints ~ a. '1 ,..aa,,o.sn1 r;-ns
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~. norss ta;wn ~ .1,a.o,, - n,;.n. 49,
..p's oneno'ss tosn. w. aau ~, 'noun II Msot p.s'
t,s,4 h'e useu 49, -. a1 ~
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IN ~ hora h,,4 ons q sa,1n 'n .-,.L .,.a,s
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saht ~ e' -''e Ao''A'es A''A' 'p'D A. 10 u '''t
Non. oe +,,eso rs,r,.. ~ nsnax,s,,a .,o
,.t;. .o,+o~ T. ,-,.aa i5o,,,;aa1 iii. 49, "s.
meEciA1 and business center Of the State.
Chicago Is the actual center OF the State or
Illinois, not indeed to q school boy
h,;.-,t orc oxen The ,n,n ,rn1,,d rove,1 - T.,
the fact Tint every railroad in the State IL
hu;,t ~ cn,h,a tha 11eon1e n come st;o,g,,t
Into Chicago. as the brain Is the center Of
the nervous system, the heart Of the aftcrial
system, SO Chicago,is the center and actual
capital Of the State. Trade, banking, rail
roading, the press, manufactures, arts, news,
politics, educational movements, religions in
sfitutfons. military and sanitary enterprisca,
all that makes the reputation and g1ory Of
4he grent st.te of Illinois. do not centcr Mt
tbe geographical navel. spriurde1d. Init at
The arteria1 heart Of the State -0hicaeo-aud
50 II must alwava be, Aga;n, the business Of
Chicago reoulres great hotels and ample nc.
conamodations, 50 ample that the mere ac-
commodation Of ono Of two legislatures. more
or less. is a mere bagatelle. Tt. hotels of
Chicago are acknowledged 10 DO fully equal
to any In The Union, and the accom-
modations- for the members Of the Legisla-
ture aud those who come into the State on
public business would be less expensive than
now, and On scale worthy Of the dignity of
the errat State Of Illinois,
At Cbicapo the Lerislaturc would. through
thc nevspapcr press which must always cen.
Ter here. be brought into one da;'s closer
contact win, the neople. Their action would
bc snsccntib1e Of one dav,s earlier criticism
mud iust;ncation before the whole Stale, and
tbev will Tins be more en- Taunou with the