The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-28

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BEADING NATTER ON EVERY PACE
IL THE CAPITAL sEcEssARY TO
WARRINGTON
Doubtless q serious effort will he made
this winter TO compass the removal OF the
national capital. The strength Of tho party
favorlng II will be greater than many expect,
though we have no doubt they will fall now
aud hereafter. We arc among those, how
ever, who believe that the city Of Washing
ton derives depressing as well as fayoring
influence from the presence Of the Govern
ment. Our population are evidently OF as
cnterprislng material as that OF other cities,
but the habit Is second nature with us Of
thinking that the removal Of the capital
would Invite the moss Of ruin to overgrow
our paves and flresldcs. From the nature Of
II this forobodlng is both constant and ire
mediable, because 1t Is always In the power,
whenever II may become the will Of the peo-
pie Of the United States, lawfully or other.
wise, 10 remove the seat Of their general
government. But is there any reason at this
day for tho belief that this city would lose
Its property II 1t lost the capltali That 1t
would lose Its principal source of prosperity
docs not arpnn that tho removal OF tho capt.
tai might not open other sources. Wo think
II Is an accepted axiom In our day that the
prosperity of any city not below the average
In natural advantages depends upon the en-
terprise Of Its citizens. We do not mention
capital, for enterprise commands capital.
We would all be entcrprisiug, but We are
habitually depressed. We arc like the hus.
bandman who, sowing his seed In full health
and hope, heard solemn voice In the
thicket hard by, "You may sow, but you
may not reap" He mournfully turned from
the field, took to his bed and died, murmur.
Ing, "why should SOW If may not reapl''
We have something OF tho poor farmers
mental malady. Whenever some enterprise
is projected, Its pncticabillty dcmonst rated
and Its promise brightens upon us, as We
stand in the field with the seed In our hand,
we hear the voice, "The capital may be re-
moved" II the farmer had gone into the
thlcket he would have found, after all, that
there was nothing to dread. Into our
thicket let US go, and inquire what We are
afraid Of.
Philadelphia Is second to New York, and
her prosperity lags not, though element af-
ter element gives way, for she substitutes
new ones by her enterprise. Six hundred
thousand people have collected on the Della.
ware river, a hundred miles from the sea
and still they increase, though Baltimore i,
on one side and New York on the other
But here Is nobler river and at tho cape
better ofllng. If our harbor Is not al
large as that Of Philadelphia, 1t Is seldom
entirely closed by winter, and therefore If II
would hold less trade ut a time, 1t has
longer time to do 1t In. Enterprise, such as
has built Philadelphia and keeps 1t growing,
would even cut q ship canal to the Patuxent,
bringing US much nearer TO the sea than
Baltimore.
city Of hundred thousand people do will
water power such as We havel Is Their
any reason why Lancaster, Ohio, should
send us starchi Indianapolis, Indiana, hing
our doors; Worcester, Massachusetts,, sup
ply us with buckets, and Lynn with shoes
Bat more-why should all tho southeas
" sbts agricultural implements Is thl.
region not as good place to make them q,
anywhere The magnitude OF the demand
may be conceived by considering the i'm
mense multiplication Of separate farm
which Is In rapid process all over the South
Ia there any reason In the world why ayr
cultural implement manufactures rs big a
and much more useful to us than the Cap
tol should not DO established here aud here
aboutsf
Whether this remain the scat of Govern
ment or not, surely has nothing to do will
the question. Let our citizens prefer rattle
to do without the capital than to live In
everlasting dread of the bats and owls Of
ruined city, and evoke from the opportunl
ties Of the times the solid assurances o
normal trade as their reliance. When Ca 50
was urged not TO go to the Senate on tn
morning Of his assassination, because h
would cndangor HE life, he answered. Z"
will 60; Cesar had better die than lirc n
STARE Of Jtar." With respect to our com
80 or live tho slaves of fear. But unlik
him, We stay and watch the frightful spc,
tire, instead Of destroying his power by r
fusiug to be restrained by him.
Moreover, independently of that high d
gree of enterprise which We have indicated
the rapid development of the southern en-
OF the Atlantic slope 10 even now In swl
progress. tn, South Z. Ircstery.ised. A
ready the South is moving forward with tru
Western velocity. Her cotton crop this yc;
Is q national blessing, that brightens mo
In her fklcs. This year, as statistics W
show, almost all the Increase of public veal
comes from her fields. The West will C
long see that her demand Tor the visible Sc
Of empire springs from feeling which W
be better gratlacd by co1hing East herse
let her eledrs ne n'0uhtdbis for a rdtsr lDie
The Chs ipsdks, ard practically amer TTgi,
and nc District Of Co'm'hia 10 The M,sissiI
Valley.