Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-25

Mr. GrOSNenor, oil New \ Ork. The
gentleman from South Carolina con-
ceives that a removal will be striking
our cOlOrs. Wait, says that gentle
man, till the enemy comes and chases
you off, That is the very dishonor
dread from remaining-the very dis
/ grace | wish to avoid. The gentle
man from Tennessee says if his house
was burned he would not move off
his farm. But suppose a neighbor
would politely offer him q clean bed
and excellent food and accomInOda-
tons, would he refuse the use of them
and rather sleep in his barn? Let
gentlemen ask themselves fairly:
Were they willing to appropriate the
money of the people of the United
States to build Capitol where it
might be destroyed in twenty days?
Let them femOve to place of secu-
rity, where it would not be necessary
| 10 eXpend ten or fifteen millions, or
any other sum, for the simple defense
of Congress"
Mr.. Oakley, of New York. ait
was owing to the forbearance of the
British thar Congress had now a sim
gle roof TO cover their heads. They
had been told that this place was de-
ten6ible up TO the moment when the
enemy arrived, immediately after
ward, another. city on the Atlantic
coast had been attacked. Whatever
respect he might feel for the inhabit-
ants of this District their interests
could not for a moment enter into
competition with the interests of the
nation"
Mr.. Hanson, OF Maryland, Center
tained very great contempt for the
people Of Washington" l~+
The Speaker, LangdOn Cheeves, IS.
C., said, sThis district cannot be de-
Tended except at an immense expense
an expense, perhaps, half that re-
quired to carry on the war" .]' .'aa
Richard Stockton, Of New Jersey,
made his maiden speech in favor OF
removal, October 3, 1911.
Gentlemen had onlytolOOk around
to survey the District to Judge correct
ly. \ permanent seat OF government
is not required blythe constitution. Al
power to fix the seat of government for
eenturies-iOreyer-wh0 can believe
that the people, of the United States
would have invested such power in
the Congress of 1889? A power to fix
a permanent seat OF government, with
out regard TO thealterations, improve
ments, revolutions and changes which !
would naturally be prOducedby q good !
government, an Increasing pOpula- |
ton, and lie settlement Of tie rdst re-
giORS Qf the liesfey7l cOiultJJgl No sir. |
The great ANashingl0n landlordI
was not to be compensated because he !
had converted barren land into city |
lots and maje a fortune ont of his sales. |
Was he to BE compensated because he |
was prevented from making more !
The Speculation, too, must abide by his |
Toss. The government minion was |
not to he paid for being torn from his |
hold The people of this District were
entitled tonomOre than the same kind |
OF defence afforded to their fellow-citi- !
gems. llla|. ale ttG
[" The removal of the capital ought !
to be decided on principles exclusively |
public. He had made up his mind |
with reluctance that removal was es-
sential to the honor and interest of thief
nation. The dispersion and capture
of the members of Congress would |
crafty the pride and resentment of the |
English nation more than any other |
operations their army on the coast |
could perfDFm. The Military COM
mittee estimated that twenty thou !
sand men, costing $40, 900 a day, could |
defend the capital. The people of the |
country would not stand this one
month, one week, or one dayW
.~ OTHER VOICES OF 1914.
Mr.. Pearson, of North Carolina, said |
at the same time:
" From the first moment we met
here we have found almost every
member north Of Maryland, and few |
Of the hardy sons of the West, appar-
entity dissatisfied with their accommo-
datiOns."
Mr.. GrOsyenor, of New York, allu- |
ded to the disposition ofthe friends of |
the district to kill the bill by forcing |
vote upon it in empty session, and |
said: "Unril the permanence OF this
site be decided by full vote, there is
not one citizen who ought TO have |
in Washington City. Gen
tlemen ought to deal literally, and let
the business take the usual course;
otherwise, perpetual agitation would |
ensue." e 1919 aFsfs7 t45H |
MIR. Fisk, of New York, said that
Eve We're now four hundred miles /
from the most important seat of war, 4
and the cost Of daily and expeditions
communication with the lake frontier
amounted to a greater sum than the
removal Of the public offices. To have |
all these Inconvenience, merely in |
consideration of the interests of the |
people of this district, would be to
peryert the constitutional principle,
which gives Congress exclusive legis- |
lation over this district, and, instead |
OF that, would be giving the district
control over Congress.
Mr.. Wright, of Maryland, !'was not
willing any longer to suspend the peo-
pie OF this city by the eyelids. He |
hoped they would come TO a speedy |
and eternal decision"
Amongst those who voted for reno
val were Daniel Webster,'Mr Aston,
of North Carolina, Ezra Butler, Inger-
soil, of Pennsylvania, Kent, of New |
York, Cyrus King, of Massachusetts, |
Timothy Pickering, John Reed and
Richard Stockton.
RETRoCBssIoN OF ALEXANpRIA,
Another strong demonstration of
the state of feeling on this subject was
exhibited on the 8th of May, 1916, |
and at various sessions before and |
to that time and the date
of the retrOcessiOn of Alexandria. 1t |
was on this question that the voice of
the West was first heard for removal. |
Senator VIM. Allen, on July 2, said: |
"The location of the seat of govern
ment on the Eastern seabOard gave |
the commercial cities prepOnderating |
influence in the cOunsels of the United |
States five hundred fold to one over
the same number of people in the vast !
interior. They had no eOmmittaesl
from the banks of the Missouri, or |
even the Ohio, "lobbying'i in these
halls TO regulate tariff duties. No! |
they had no association in those West
ern regions, and delegates TO the Capt. |
tai with the view of obtaining laws to |
meet the views of individual and sec
tionai Interests, instead OF the wants |
and the wishes of the great men Of the |
nation. Fifteen hours before a bill |
was introduced in Congress, Wall |
street had knowledge of It, and a del
egation was on hand to regulate the
details of the bill. Thus had their |
tariffs been formed--thus the CONNER
cial interest overruled all others. The
great men of the people lived on the |
soil-four- -fifths of them-and it was in |
the center that the seat of ofgOvernment |
should be located. The AleXandrians |
seem to have had no fear of losing the
Capital"
Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, |
spoke Of the Importance of the ret |
recession to the people of Alexandria, |
and depicted, in glowing eolors, the |
blight that had fallen on that city by |
reason of her dependence on the Gem
eral Government: her declining CONF
merce; her premature decay; the des-
olation which had come upon her, not |
by the scOurge of God, but by the
Mr.. Bayley, Of Accomac, Virginia, !
'asked Congress to deeidethe question |
of retrocession upon its own merits,
with reference solely to national con
sideration, and without any sort of
reference to the local interests or infiu-
ences of Virginia ~
E John "A. McClernand, of Illinois,
said that Congress had full power to
change the location of seats of gov
eminent, and, in that case, by the op-
bration OF law, the district, including
territory and people, would revert to
the State cedingit
Singulariy enough, John G. Calhoun