The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-06-30

remove the national capitol u sbo Wast
"A tho letter spposfa 10 and has tlia
sanction Il chs leading newspapers u
thn Northwest. i has : oyiai interest
Tbs writer says
Il wonder tat any IL soar WcstsFn
cities exert themsolves al an T. possess
the scat u government A ihnwng
business place has no aae fof a state
house Harrisburg has the finest site
aud Is tbs. rloaneat town in Pennsylvania.
Except Boston "a nol know epo eapi
tol city IN the North and have visited
uaost ii them oasttabla iar the real
dentr q ones lamly or IN place u
business Politicians never love iown
towhlch they bring thor bad intentions,
They bale The place beoanss il pticks
their oonsel0nwA Washington eity la
hard word TO mention at mans death
bed. The near prosencc q government
moreover. pamhges individual eutcr-
prise, aud laakvs harpy o. panper 81
the citizen, Would von like ts have
Chicago a perpetual Chicago Cpnyeu.
tiunY That Is vnpt the seat Of govern
ment has made u Washington, city
Of claim agents, elorks, boarding hen.o
keepers. eases-droppera. parasites and
huarrahess, Good people there are 10
viudieate human nature, bat that CHI
cage, ST. Louis, on any other Aoanshing
place should ask tho reinforcement II
the Capitol. Is accountable for only on
the principle Of wanting ambition
which ore leaps itself DO you want
to loose your right Of sufEoruge No
lweller hero can vote FOR President -
The cry give us tho BALLOT goes mp
from the country, bat the last negro Ia
Texas viii have obtained il before the
neighbour OF the President There IL
not newspaper in tins city devoted to
the interests Of It's bona Jide residents
There is not one corner OF the country
that is not better represented ~
Congress than Washington Whateycr
is given to Il is given gradgiugy iot
there is no tosn whero thore IA more
lerment Of thought add aspiration Let
me show YOU in . paragraph how the
cit came here.
Washington selected IL from equal
motives Of patriotism, association aud
taste He had hsheo, buntod and
camped all over it, II was midway 81
the colonies. II was beautiful basin
in the fork Of two rivers ON tide water.
yet inland, surrounded by natural
amphItheatre OF hills and woods A
few old farmers aud country gentlemen
occupied it, They sold out on liberal
terms. The total expenses 10 tho
people Of America Of the whole city
have not been above fifty millions Of
dollars, or about the cost OF the New
York Central Railway. II is genuine
virgin capital, dedicated 10 government,
nothing more. We may argue against
the site, the exclusive jurisdiction,
what not; but in sober charity il was a
cheap, wiso, admirable place % leeisla-
ton for the time To legisate new
Capitol site to-day will open np the old
ms well as new dilemmas. II tins town
had roapod any vast business adyan-
tages IRON its selection You would
have ground for jealousy As to its
fine buildings, they are yours more
t5an ours. Pure aud simple rs yon
can make u republic. YOU must base nd
equate cdifces for its capital, aud tho
common pride Of the people is involved
in their elegance. Every interest in
America presses greedily here for gov
ernmnnt relief, TO finish this city as u
capital Is rs pressing, as useful and ma
patriotic q work as anything hroached
between the Atlantic and Pacific
What has been done is well done, what
is undone makes What IL done unsightly
The most vital defect Of all is the mix
ed political administration of the place.
half pothouse and half Congress, Boots
and the Guest administering the com
mon estate Of neither.
Now, the city Of Washington and
its district may be regarded ~ merely
the Central Park of the United States
As Washington is the worst admins
tered spot in the country, the New
York Central Park in the best II liz
governed by al intelligent commission
Of men, serving without salaries, aud
selected by the state authorities on the
grounds Of their taste, probity and
public spirit Is not this good way
to administer The capital city Of the
country There has not been ma error
non q dihonesty ia the history Of the
Central Park, il ID as yet our most per-
feet American estate, In the hands of
the people Of New York themselves il
would have been vast Job and dog
pit; in tho hands Of the people Of the
otate IL would moi have been at MI,
or If Mt al conceived IN provincial
dream Of art, and grotesqner than a
Dutchman's UpimfrtVis, 4 commits
sion Of nine persons chosen by the
three departments Of the government
President, Congress and the supreme
Court oach 10 select three. Of whom
Mt least one out 81 each trio must bo
stable resident citizen, would insure a
proper administration here Let Con
gress name esery year fixed suTn ~
money, to comprise III TINT IL means
10 give the District, and apportioB that
part OF the same which the ritizens
must raise by taxea, then lot the COM
mission distribute aud supeFiuiend tho
employment u the appropriation II
this were done SIC should not have
the present spectacle Of bHlbons-Bosed
and motley politicians fighting together
ut The City Hall as 10 Whether Toruey's
Chronicle should live upon the city nd
vertising, or t0ne oiher paupef sheet
on the other side II was an or,gia al