The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-16
For the IutsllIEenesr,
Our state Capital AERin.
Bx AtARLEY lIRRRILI. IR

We endeavored, in an article publish.
ed In these columns n few days ago, IC
present an outline of plan for the To-
cation Of the State Capital. which orig
mated with some as true friends OF this
State as can be found within her
broad domain. The oTfginNtoB were
free from the Herculean grasp OF pri.
vate Interest, and were therefore will.
ing and competent to view the subject
from other standpoiuts than those oil
aYartces selhshueSs, personal accOmmO-
dalton and private aggTandiEemeut. II
was not expected by the auIhoT of that
article that q ''PlHn" 80 fair, aud 50
wholly devoid Of Beldshnsss and mar.
row mtndedness, could be advocated
without enlisting the opposition OF
those who, BonapaFte-lIke, "EJlOig nc
l,lofiue bat interest, and worship no God
but ambition" Accordingly he Is lit
tie surprised when some PTaetK cal cus,
hailtnE from the town OF Grafton, in
this STATE ''Wrtteth piees and 0tteNlpGs
to PTore his plan llnprncticable by
modeStly telling him, II he means So
and 90, he lieSl This perhaps sounded
very elegant 20 Its author, but We con-
fess We are unable 70 fully appreciate
tt until We Intimately associate u with
the cause which drew t l0rth and In
whose interest Il was piled. When We
do this, all Is ITanspIrept n the rays
OF Roon-dhy, for Ge mud that u b ma,
ftEraI for such cause 10 draw forth
such language
But Il the Hon. Mr., Practicus will
give rs his attention = few minutes We
Will eudeaTor to explain few OF the
mysteries In regard 10 our former artt-
Gle. which his mind seems not 10 COM
prehend. The reason Why we did NOT
undertake" TO give the objections to
the many proposed sites for ths Capital
Was that ''tt was foreign to the design
OF that article" We stated that in
plain terms, but it seems that the intel
iEent Mr. Prneticns failed to compre-
bend IL he candidly admits that the
objections in the instances cited
would be very grave II viewed
from 4 loyal standpoint. We
lear he ts unqualified to view
them from loyal stand point, mas
much As he fails TO see their force.
Others are not, however, and his frantic
piece In favor OF Grafton does not re-
move the fact that there are objections
10 II as size for the State Capital, and
that the people and LegiSlaIure fare in
part acquainted" with these obieoiIons.
II no objections exist TO the location OF
the Capital At Grafton, will Mr.. Practi
Gus please inform us why IL has not
Deen already located there? Among
the reasons why the Capital should be
mere Is not more romantic site for
the state Capital in the Stale than there
Is At Grafton, &C." Ifthis Is any argu.
ment, We beg to submit the Question
whether "a magnificent city" spriupinR
into existence as II by magic. like
many ofour cities farther west, would
not be as romantic as the black and
smoke of the town of Grafton 1
fracticus denies that Grafton IL
black and smoky, although he
finds that these are necessary al.
tendhnts upon every place OF much
business. The logical inference is, d
course, that he admits that Grafton Il
not a place Of much business. This Is
probably true, but we believe thaI
black and smoke are attendants
upon" certain places where little or nc
business u done. Fractions may guess
HheTe we believe one Of these places Ii
This PrnctICus thinks there is no
ample accommodations enough in ID,
central parts of this State, for ga hunter
and his dog" he very likely received
lhat pre- udtce nom failures 70 get 40
con- modation nearer home, for hirnsel
s.ua ~ 'dorgs IL may be that thi
proposed "magnt6cent city" would
refuse % aoOommOdnte PrHStIfosi IeTS
ses and their "dorgn attendants, bu
me travelling public would soon havl
every attention shown them, that car
De shown by this VauntInR Grafton
with the single exception OF certaiI
ilttie attentions which may be showr
10 travellers pockets, when they nppeal
70 contain surplus of GreenbacEs.
In conclusion, we hope this Hon. Mr.
Fractions Will give this as careful ne
rusal as he seems to have given oul
former article ~ and then-wFite for az
explanation. =