, 1869-10-19

"Tn,s District cannot be defended cxcep, At ltn- |
mense expense-sn expen.e. perhaps, half that
required to ca11y on tho Hxr."
Richard Stockton, Of New jersey, made his
naiden speech IN favor Of tsmoral. October +,
1s1k -.
"Gentlemen had only 10 look round to suryey
the District, to trdEe correctly. permanent
SCAT Of government = not Required BY the coustt-
tuition. A power to nI the seat Of government
for centuries -foEsref-Tho can believe that the
people Of the United 8tEtes would hare invested
such power IN the Congress Of 17sa. Apowes
to nx permanent aeat Of government w1thout
regard TO tho alterations, Improvements, reyolu.
uous and changes which would naturally be pro-
duced by good government, an Increasing popu-
lattoD and the s<tts7aes er tie rust re1ons er Tie
Efsssrn eountryi Not sr.
1.-THE great Warrington landlord was not to be
compensated becanse he had converted barren
land into city lots and made fortune uut OF bis
salet. Vas he 10 be compensated because be was
prevented nun making more The SPECTATOR.
LOO, must abide BY his loss- The government
mtnion VII not to b paid for being to<n from his
hotdI The people Of this Dtitct were entitled TO
10 more than tho same kind OF defence Afforded to
their fellow .cItzenA
"Tne removal Of the capital ought to be dect-
ded on pftncplea exclusively public. lie had u.ade
up his mind with reluctance that removal Was
essential to the honor aud interest OF the uat.ou
The dlspe1aton and capture Of the Membera Of
Congress would crafty the pride and resentment
Of tho English nation more ihsn any other opera
tons their army On tre coast co1ld perform. The
Military Committee estimated shat 2u,aoV men,
costing ~, 600 4 dA}, could defend the capital
The people OF the country would not stanst this
one month, one week, or one day."
oTHER VOICES or 1si4.
Mf. Pearson, of North C1tp1lua said At the came
time: From The dsst moment we met here We
hare found almost every member north OF Mari.
land, Aud q few OF the hardy sons Of the West,
apparently dsasaslaned with their secommoda.
nonA.''
HI. 0rosfenor, OF New Tort, alluded 10 the dig
position Of the friends OF the District TO KIT the
BIN By forcing vote upon It IN empty sessIon,
and sA,d: "Uuu1 the peru2nenee Of thls ate BE-
decided By full vote, there Ii not one citizen who
ought 70 hare confidence In Warrington CITY.
Gentlemen ought to deal hberally, and let the
bustnexs tafe the usaal course: other wise, per.
| peruat agitation would cnsue"
MI. Fax, ot New York, said that 1--WE were
now four hundred miles from the most Important
eeat II VEL, and the cost Of daily and expeditions
communication with the Lake tfouuer amounted to
| L greater suu than the reruoyal ot the public
on1ees. To have all these tueouven1ences, merely
In consideration Of the iDterests Of the people Of
this District, would b to perets he constitution
al principle which gives Congress exclusive 1ey4-
| lAt1an over this D!atrct and, tn1tead Of that,
| Would be gistnR the DAts1ct control over Con-
| gress."
MI. Wright, Of Maryland, "vas not willing any
louzer to suspend the people Of tnia city py tha
| eJeltds. He nuped they would cone to speedy
md eternal decision" .--.
| AmoEgst thoae who yoted for reEoval we're
| Daniel webster, MI. Alstun, OF Norih CAROLINE; ;
| ExIa Butter, lngersol Of PennfylTanlA; Kent, Of
| New York; Cyrus King, of Me- ksacnusetts, Timothy
| Pickering, John Reed, and Richard Stockton.
Ax1aoChsIoA OF ALEXANDRIA
Another strong demonstration of the state Of
feeling on this subject Was exhibited Oh the sth
| Of MaI. 1886. and at ynsious ees1ious before and
subsequent to that time and the date Of the rutto
] cesglon Of Alexandrta. 1t Na8 on hls question
that the yosee Of the West waa trst heard for re-
nosal Senator I'm Allen. On july 3, said:
TIE location Of the seat ol goVe1utocnt On the
Eas!ern seAboafd gave tde commercial cities
pteponderatiDg influence In the counsels OF tho
United States nve hundred fold TO one over the
same nunher OF people In the gast interior. They
had no committees from the banks Of the Mis-
eour., the Mlssnsipps, or eseu the Ohio "1obby-
itE" In these balls to requisite tat11 tutleA No!
they had no association IN those Hesteru regions,
n1d delegates TO tho capital with the REV Of oh.
tain,pg laws to meet the views Of individual and
sectional lnterests, instead OF the wants and
wishes Of The great men OF the nation- FIteez
! houla hefcse = bill WA Introduced IN Congress-
Wall street had knowledge Of It and q delegation
was On hand 10 regulate the details Of the hi!i
| Thus had their tAr1ns been for7ued-thus the cou
| n4etelh t1teieat oyeHuled all othe1s. The grea
men Of tho people Lived on the soi1-four-ntths o.
| tuem-And 1t waa tn tue centre TINT the seat O.
government snould be located The Ae1and1anl
seem to hare had To fear Of losing the capital
Robert ". T. Hunter, Of virRtnls, "spoxe Of tn
| Importance Of the tettocessiun 10 the people o
A1e1AndrtA, and depleted, In glowing cototu, TIL
| plight That had fallen Oh thAt city By reason o
ner dependence on the General Government: he
declining commerce: her prematutc tecayt th
deso!asion which had come upon her, not By TIT
seourge ot God. bat e5 the hand Of uaan-"
Mr Bailey, ot Accomac, Virginia, "askcd Con
gress to decide the question Of retrocesaion upos
its own merits, with reference solely to nas!ons
consideration, and without spy scst Of sefesene'
10 the local interests or Influences Of TtfgtniA'
John 4. McCIernand, Of Illinois, said that Con
.. gress had full power to change the location o
eeats Of government, and II that c1se BY the ope
ration oi law the district, including territory mt
peoplc, would revert to tue statea cedlng it.
S!ngulafly enough, John c. Calhoun figured Il
this debate az the advocate Of Washington City a
the permanent sent Of a pertaining, nation. prota
by he thought his policy Of secesa1on would bes
he tub6etsed ns keeping Tue capital aWaJ tram III
/ centre-
! ". n. Payne, OF A!ahana "ob!ecte1 to ii
; bin because ne had pa,0 rerr large amount c
!. money Tot the portion OF the District .! coRmba
y south Of the River Potomac. Was 1t couten
plated to refund this moneJ-not less than MI
y ION Of ttolla,s7 The tue object Of this BID VI
10 sadd!e the debt ct the corporation Of Aexsz
. ora upon Congress another MlIllon Of dollars.
: Finally The Old Missouri Trojan expressed hln
y self upon the Washington Monuulcnt question
similar scheme to the big fslr afst projected bel
y l ts epucfy plnnbers and Newspaper cart1cr5.
NE, Thomas II, benton, IN The SenAse, Jannal