Evening star., 1869-08-09
The GENERAL GOvERNMENr BE.
HISD A LOCOMOTIVE

HIND LOCOMOTIVES.
-. Louis rests serenely confident that Ii Is TO
b- the NATIONAL capital. and is already holding
,onsratuAtory meetings over the prospect.
C'ncnnati was once thought eligible, bat has
ben surpassed by 81. Louis in rapidity of
Growth, IL not ia modesty. In real contest,
ChiCsso may have something more to say
Already the ChIcsgo Tribuae, which hrst ban
terIrgly nominated 81. Louis, has taken alarm
al the innocent complacency with which that
cry. treats Its pre-eminence as q question al
ready settled, and in an editorial on the la,e
meeting, expresses the hope that ST. Louis will
not take umorage il reminded that, in these pre-
Iminary movements, 10 Is essential "that NO
question Of place should be regarded as FORE
closed or settled in advance" How long I,
will be before another western city shall arise
greater than any Of these, is very uncertain.
The changing circumstances OF the country
may call for many shIfrings of the capital after
'he migratory policy shall have been adopted.
How IL may agree with the hitherto boasted
stability Of the Government itself is quite
another problem. 81 have run my bank all
these years without a Disaster said an Indi-
ana Bank President to a Railroad President.
YES" responded old Locomotive, s.but set
your bank on wheels, and il will soon run to
the devil"' Minister Stevens rode on mule
hack for many weeks over the hills and noun
t'hiAS Va SchudA III quest OF tue Gov
eminent TO which he had been accredited
without finding il; and a pleasing, graphic
book proved the only fruit of hrs embassy
Our Government will prove as Intangible
tn very little time after It shall have
entered upon starring" career
This great republic mas proven thstit cannot
he destroyed by the excision of any Of its mem.
bersi but the folly Of many nations In the long,
iorg past. has shown that q nation, like an in.
dIyIdual, may perish a. a felo de Sc: and no in
dication Of this can be stronger than an exhi.
bitIon Of contempt for the traditionary associa-
tons and affections of the people. Il have
worn out three plantations and removed to a
tourtb," said Secretary Jacob Thompson.
Then" replied his chief of agriculture, Mr..
Clemson, "you are no better than q nomad
man cannot Be patrio: who does not cherish
the associations OF every stream, and valley,
and bill, and tree, and rock beion ging TO his
early home and you are booming yours to q
ds>Olation more dismal and forbiddIng than
the wilderness from which IL was redeemed for
YOU" Such was the tendency OF sIave.tiIIed
plantations; such Is the tendency of reckless
migratory ideas under all circumstances
The bshterins suggestion of Chicago to make
y Louis the Capital of the country, was plain
~ gotten up 10 give editors something to write
aoOutin the dulI season II was pu; forth with
CCIsiderable snow OF soberness, however, ana
- Louis really bites al the propositi IN In dead
ea-Eest- She has had several public meetings
20 ;avor the project and is going to have more
But, with tie Springfield Republican, we are of
'he opinion tina. ''alI the hope and dog day ex.
srfIcrs @; that ambItious and disappointed city
a-r like 10 AMOUNT TO very little y.
Louis Is Just about as likely to get the CAP.
rtOl removed there from Washington as she Is
l. ever rival Chicago in q business point of
AID h..
case more dIscouraginely we should Ike t.
hear him" Once wear, or oftener, ST. LOUIS
taC klss this subject IN despsraIs mood, AMI
tE--s 70 convince the rest of the country tn
sEe offers the most central. the most agreeable,
tI- most heal hfal, and in every way the m ost
C->irsole location for Government headquar-
tbs. GeCmetrical measurements, estimates OF
populations, present and - come, thermomeri-
Cal data, sanitary statistics, moral hygiene and
many other considerations, enter into her arzu
r--aL II she likes this am a. usement, we don't OBJ.
-ct. Let Cincinnati, Columbus, Chicago, IHdi-
.sLaPols, Louisville. Vile, Detroit, Spring
f-id. Nauvoo, Burlington, Keokuk, ST. Paul
Madison, Memphis, Knoxville, Vicksburg.
New Orleans, Leayenworth, Omana, aud q
hundred others enter the tournament, If they
Ike the fun; we have the Satisfaction of know
iLg that W ashington Is rapidly growing more
AID more suitable and attractive for the pur.
roses Of the cspitsl every year. Besides, as
tE- Providence Or. II Joaraal-which paper
thinks Newport the best place for the capital
b; change IS to be made-justly observes:
''t'Ee great difficulty in the removal OF the seat
~ Government. difhculty in which the secu.
Try o: washington - found, Is the Guilty OF
coming 10 an agreement Cpon any other POINT.
a majority might be found against the presea,
location; but that majo.ity would be spill, into
i dGzsn parties g. soon as the question OF the
U-0v location should be agitated - Among the
Ia'rst Candidates for the Capital are Ne xbern
and Raleigh. N. G., in the east, and Cleveland,
'hIo, and Quincy, Ill, il the west. Akron,
emo, merely wishes to have the naval school
remOved thither, having high opinion of the
n-refits 10 be derived by the mid lies 10 learn.
tnE Navigation cn the canal, where they will
ret be liable 10 sea sickness
We eCannot more appropriately close our re-
marks on this subject than by transferring to
Our columns the following extracts from a sen.
sole article On the II Igratory policy which
recently appeared In the New Yo-k Journal of
''at@sTce, paper which seldom s'slops oyer''
IL treating such sensation topics:
We are lot indisposed 10 believe all tha, ST
.1uis says OF herself, and would make no Sc
nous objectien 70 moving the capital 10 that
cry oy and oy-say after the public buildings,
which have cost so much, 81 Washington shall
LaNe begun 10 erumole TO pieces and new ones
are needed. We do not regard the
iCt alton OF the capital as OF much importance
70 the nation, so long IS 10 Is healthfQI and ac-
c-Ssioie oy railways, as Washington certainIv
l.. Congressmer, loobymen, faro players and
all the other people that swarm around the
uatloral treasury, and the fountain Of DO YER
would ind their way TO the seat of Govern
ment all the same, If II were fixed In the wiIds
81 Maine, or on the extreme point of the Florida
peninsula or AZ the foot OF Mount S. Elias
Alaska Therefore, we cheerfully
rave 70 st. Louis and other Western cities The
privilege OF squaooiing over the remoya of the
capital-apd all the more readily because We
believe IL Sul lead TO no change in oar day"
The anti-coal-monopoly organization In
Buffalo, New York, held another meeting on