The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-09-14

Court, these irresponsible Commissions
crs. by their arbitrary rules, would soon
deprive inventors of all their rights and
that it would be well to rap these young
fellows over the nose now and then and
to teach them that inventors have some
rights which they are bound to respect.
That some Of them in their own opine
ion know more than Congress and the
Court too Is it possible that he knows
any thing about the Patent Office and its
employ es? There is not departm ent
under the Government where can be
found Older and more experienced men
with more brains and of varied and ex-
act information than in the Patent Office.
Talk about young fellows and rapping
them over the Eose; as well rap your
grandfather over the nose, sir. Judg-
ing from his verdant ideas expressed, l
almost dare say that more than one half
the examiners are old enough to be his
grandfather.
THE REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL
is question daily increasing in interest
to our citizens, especially the large
property owners, who, although they
laugh at the idea that the loyal people
should so forget the wishes and prayer
Of the father OF our country as to re-
move from this sacred soil the building,
the corner stone of which he laid in
1898, then President, are getting exe
ceedingly uneasy, and have become
pretty thoroughly aroused to the neces-
sity of opening their purses and m aking
the Federal city more attractive than
ever While they are not alarmed Of it's
being moved for years to come, they
don't relish the idea of any of the At
lantic States even anticipating time,
IN all time to come. when it may be
proper to move it. For instance, the
the letter Of Governor Geary OF Penn.
sylvania, in response to the call for a
ST. Louis m Getting, is wet blanket to
them. Should it be concluded that it
will be eSpedient to remove the Capital
in twenty thirty, or oven as late a day
as fifty years hence, appropriations for
erecting new public buildings and inns
provements generally would cease, and
property and enterprise of the citizens
materially affected thereby.
There has already been much elabor
ating upon this question through the
press, and it would seem that the sub
ject would be exhausted But neverthe
less there is much, think, that might
be said per contra, which, of course, in
the short space allotted me in your
crowded columns, l can say but little
AS the boundary lines of our country
are not definitely fixed, and will stand
a chance to vary every succeeding year
for perhaps one hundred years to come,
50, also, the center must be varying in
the same manner; or in other words,
having its boundary lines definitely fix
ed nowhere, and its geographical center
since our railroads and telegraphs, ev-
erywhere. If, thereto having the
Capital at the centre of our country is
the only idea for tue removal, it wo'd
appear exceedingly absurd for long
time TO come But should it be deter
mined to be absolutely necessary at this
time TO remove it in order to overcome
the difficulty just mentioned as we all
believe the poet was right in saying,
no pent up Utica confines our powers,
But the boundless continent is ours
we had better move to the final center
at once which would be, perhaps, at
Panama. To be sure, we don't own
that territory just nov, but with those
who are SO earnestly desiring the imme-
date removal, this may not present any
great obstacle to the consummation of
such great enterprise as the establish
ment of the National Capital at the par
ticular center. A few hundred millions
of dollars would purchase all that is nee
essary to make Capital as large as the
present one, and at the same time would
contribute to the more speedy accom>
plshment of our manifest destiny
But seriously, it is question-after
al to point near the center, such as
ST. Louis for instance, and not the real
geographical center, which is tue North
western limits of Kansas, among the
Indians-for all practical purposes,
whether the Capital at present is not in
fact near the center, and made so, in
the main, by railroads and telegraphs,
bringing California nearer us than some
portions Of West Virginia were few
years since. With the Introduction of
aerial navigation, which our now very
near neighbors of San Francisco con.
template, the distance Of Washington
from the real center, is practically ami
Inflated.
PATENTS.