The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-14
A Very Important Movement, by n
Very Important Person.

Under this attractive heading the EH-
quirer, of yesterday, had an article of de-
cided local interest hercabouts, respecting
the formal proposition of our invaluable
Representative in Congress, for the re-
moval of the United States Naval Acad
emy from Annapolis, in the State of Mary
land, to some other suitable point north
and east of the same. The reason assigned
by Mr.. Schenck is peculiarly worthy of Il
gentleman whose sagacity, as the Enquirer
happily appreciates and eulogizes it, is of
the microscopic order, and whose political
perception of things is acute in an inverse
ratio to their magnitude, to-wit: the cor
rupting influence, in respect to loyalty,
which the female society of Annapolis may
exert upon the susceptible minds of North
ern youths sent thither for the purpose of
education.
On this and other strong points our me-
trOpolitan cotempOrary thus elaborates; /;
and we rejoice in the evidence that, for
such an invaluable addition to the several
renowned public institutions of Dayton, as
this proposes, there will come no copper
head" or factious opposition. excited local
jealousies or rivalries, or anything of that
nature, from our city cotemporary. We
thank the Enquirer, and quote:
1t is very remarkable and very charac-
teristic fact that in all the calculations in
respect to personal influence made by our
fellow-citiZens, politicians and journalists
of the loyal party, it is always assumed
that, if loyal and disloyal meet, the loyal
will inevitably be corrupted. Not only
will the loyal not be able to persuade the
disloyal to refrain from his course of wrong
thinking and wrong-doing, but, such is the
weakness, the instability, and proneness to
seduction of the loyal, that he will, when
ever there is contact, be surely overcome
and led away by the other. This speaks
pretty badly for loyal principles, or for
loyal persons, or for both, and, if it were
not our duty to believe that the loyal of
our country best understand themselves and
are best fitted to bear testimony of their
own natures, we should be disnclined to
accept evidence so dangerous to the loyal
reputation. .
But as the loyal heart, by its own show
ing. is of that tender-like quality that it
needs only a spark of temptation to ignite
and burn with reasonable flame, the
better way will be to keep it away from all
naughty influences. Let the school be re-
moved at once, and established in some
place where such influences are not to be
apprehended. And as interior localities are
more easily protected from the approach
of these moral miasmata than exterior ones,
we would venture to suggest rs proper
locality for the academy on its migration,
the point of junction of the Miami and Mad
rivers, in the State of Ohio. These two
streams, with the adjacent canal and
the Dayton hydraulic Improvement, would
afford the necessary water facilities for Il
naval establishment, whereat our youth
could be fed, schooled exercised and ply
81 NyiNh glfohfngf
the demon disloyalty would enter into them
during either one of those operations. We,
therefore, very sincerely commend Mr..
Schenck for his vigilance and sagacity in
this behalf; assuring him that, in our Opin-
ion, even if il shall 60 no farther, his SER
vices have proved of immensely more value
to his country than all that he was able to
render during several years of arduous
military employment.
Dayton, after this, must wake up-bC
stirring-and render corporation TO the
ambitious aims of her illustrious member
He must be ''backed upn-a meeting must
be held--a committee must be picked-the
funds must be raised, and the capital visit
ed, that so grand a project may not be
doomed to end, as did the labors of our
celebrated Tobacco Committee in SMOKE!
Dayton is proud of her Infirmary, her
Lunatlc Asylum, her Military Institutes
moving for the National Soldiers Home
and why not grasp this browning glory, a
National Naval Academyp
And, withal, Dayton is loyal Aye, and
we are-unassailable and pre-eminent
Then let's have the Academy! Glory for
Schenck! Three cheers forSchenckl