Evening star., 1869-10-15
1.-THE WOES OF WARRINGTON CITY"
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1.-THE WOES OF WARRINGTON CITY.
Under this head the New York Post, taking
for its text Q Memorial from citizens of
Washington" proceeds to paint an absurdiy
exaggsrated picture Of the discomforts of
Washington, . "sand-desert In summer"
'great Columbian bog In winter" q
CITY as "little improved a. Q frontier SET
tlement in Arkansas or Nevada" &C., &c
All this b In the over drawn style of the sen
safional letter-writers, ndt.herefore loses lts
point. But the Post proceeds TO do Washing
ton the justice Of saying that nothing can be
more ILL founded than the unfavorabis juds-
ment OF the visitor who attributes the failure
p Of the people of Washington to reclaim their
city frem the sdesArt ana the Wilderness to
their want Of public spirit.
To those who have seen Washington lately
and have noticed the manner in which whole
blocks of fine buildings, such rs would do
credit TO any metropolitan city, have sprung
mp from the commons and are being extended
TO The every outskirts of the city. 10 fs hardly
necessary to say that Washington presents
anything bu, the appearance Of q desert or
wilderness. So far from being ON footing
with frontier settlements, IL 10 quite certain
that no private buildings in cities Of the size
of ST. Louis or Chicago will compare with the
buildings Of this character put up in the north
two. III diniculty with MS is that casual Wis.
itors who enter BY the cars and spend a night
at an Avenue hotel, see the shady unpleasant
side OF Washington, and fail utterly to see the
vast work Of improvement done In other parts
OF the city. They see our nuisance of a anal,
our nuisance of market house, our nuisancs
OF avenu ne pavement and come TO the conclu
sion that the city 10 q city of naisances.
As the Post comedies, Congress Is to blame
Tor the existence OF the nuisapces winch do the
city the most discredif. As set forth in the me.
morlal In question, the inhabitants of the Dis
rict occupy peculiar position. They are Gu,
OF from all voice in the general government
they have no representatives in Congress, ana
cannot cast vote for President and Vice Pres.
ident. In compensation for this disability, the
act of Congress establishing the seat of gov.
eminent at Washington defined the duties of
the general government towards the in ha Bit
ants OF the District. and among these duties the
most important was a proper care Of the city
itself In such legislation its interests de.
manded.
The memoriaI proceeds as follows:
"Ever ready and willing TO discharge faith
fully our duty as citizens OF Washington and
our common country, we are un willing isnger
TO rest quietly under the false imputation
W hicn seems 10 be pressed upon your hoDbra.
bic body and the people of the United States,
thai We look constantly for aid from Congress
IL Will be plainly seen that the charges cannot
be substabuated by facts. In founding the city
here. as expressed, to avoid an over-crowded
population, which IL was feared might over
ave the acts of Government, IL was designed
TO hold possession Of all avenues, and to coa.
by its power. II there has been q change IN
sentimento or feeling, 1t u but justice TO MS 70
enact new laws ana define cur position. This
enlightened Congress will perceive our posi-.
uon 10 De a dIficult one, labsring, as they do,
under rmisapprehension aid conflicting au Ihor-
Ities ID our midst. Our limited territory de-
prives us OF the power of constructing rail-
roads, having. ~ present, but one direcT COM
munIcaflon BY rail. We have held several Iu-
huen tial railroad meetings, and nave voted to
TAX ourselves to the amount OF Sl,DJO,UOIA but
have tailed 10 procure from Congress the
proper law 10 enable TO carry out
our plans TO develop other and important
railroaC communications with our CITY
We have sppealed 10 Congress for charters for
Improvement of our harbor and other impor.
nnt purposes Again. we begged for the
power Of erectir a handsome structure on the
site now occupied by those discreditable sheds
on Pennsylvania avenue, kno wn as the Market
House, having, ourselves, subscribed ample
funds for that purpose We aIeo ask Of Con
gress the privilege OF paving Pennsylvania
although the Government Is holding Jurisdic-
uon over all the avenues, and under solemn
compact TO pave and keep in order the same.
As yet we have failed to OBTAIN any law en-.
aoiing us 70 act In any of the above I'll sntioned
cases We hope that justice may yet be ac-
corded us by your Honorable body, and that
such laws may be granted rs as will place US
on equal footing with other cities and other
Statss, and that this mixed and uncertain
pow er be abolished" :"