The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-10

Of the corner atone Of o building a
Charleston, KanaWha county, called
by the citizens there the State Capitol.
II will be remembered that after q long
contest last winter over the question Of
alocaLlon, Affairs were gotten into such
o shape that the passage Of q bill locat-
Ing at some point became unavoidable,
and a choice was forced between
Charleston and Parkersburg. Under q
pressure Of this kind an act was passed
locating ut Charleston, on the offer that
the people there would furnish q tenn
porary building, the act not 10 become
practically operative TIL the first OF
next April. That act was the result oil
several weeks' lobbying and log-roll-
Ing, BY which the situation was %
complicated that the action finally
taken, while believed to be the least Of
two evils, was beyond doubt AgaInsl
the judgment or wish OF majority Of
the Legislature. II Is very sure, We
think that Il was adverse TO The wish
and judgment Of 3 large msjorlty Of
the people Of the State that any psrmA.
nent location at all should be made ct
this time, much less one at Charleston;
and the fact that so few Of that LegIsla.
ture has been returned, we take to be
some indication Of the fact.
Since the adjournment Of the last
Legislature We have heard free ex-
precision Of opinion from ut least three.
quarters Of the State and II all tends
TO The belief that about the first thing
the next Legislature will do will be TO
repeal the act locating OF Charleston.
A good many foolish theories by which
Interested parties managed to surround
this question . year or two ago have
been thoroughly dIsslpated by dis.
cussion Of II. The people Of the
State have come to understand, frat,
that The location Of the seat Of govern
ment al any given point will exercise O
very slight influence on the material
prosperity OF the surrounding region
second, that a permanent location,
wherever made, means an early COM
msncement 70 erect public buildings,
because II temporary quarters are pro-
vlded free, 1t will only be done to
secure the location and then at The
very earliest day that success ap-
pears possible the Legislature will
be solicited 10 begin the erection Of a
splendid Capitol; and these lmportu.
mites will be continued at each sue.
ceedlng session till they are successful,
Once an appropriation Is obtained sui-
hcient for 0 foundation, care will be
taken to begin on Q scale OF such gran.
deur that the demand for appropria-
lions will only cease when the bottom
OF the treasury 10 reached: Third, that
the financial condition and prospects
OF this State are such 90 to forbid any
public expenditure for many years
which can posaibly be avoided. The
State Is poor and the people growl at
the present rate Of taxation, light as II
10. Yet we have 10 confront the ques-
ton OF the Virginia debt OF an early
day, perhaps Of the very next session
ofthe Legislature. II We mean that
the State Ia TO discharge her honorable
obligations In reference 10 that debt!
whatever they may prove. 70 be, how
can We put her In q position where
she 10 very certain to be called apon In
In two or three years to commence
making appropriations for . perma.
nent Capitolf
80 long as the permanent location ID
left an open question, we know the
Legislature will not be importuned fol
appropriations: but whenever the seal
ofgoysrnmsut Ia removed to some 9th.
or point we may be'sure q lobby will
DO quickly organized for raid on the
treasury and indirectly on the tax pay.
era Of the State.
II the good people OF Charleston
choose 70 build = house, knowing oil
this, taking the chances that the next
Legislature will undo, a. they will
have the undoubted power 70, The work
oflast winters lobby, It Is their look
out. We hAYe no doubt the town needs
the building anyhow and can fnd use
for II, ------..--.
The people Of the State are aware
that the city Of Wheeling In times pasl
has made such generous offers 10 tht
State, In this matter, that no Legislature
ao.uAted solely by q regard for The
States advantage could refuse them
She proposed, In order that the treasury
might be spared Till the State Is In 1
condition TO build State House, tina
the question Of q permanent location
should be left open ten years, ant
that meanwhile the State should b.
accommodated here, Gas her otlcsrl
would be, all things considered
better than anywhere elSe,) fire.,
OF all expense. This proposition
was rejected over and over agalr
without even respectful consideration
but now we hnd that the last LeRIsla.
ture by which 1t was rejected has ltsel
been rejected by the people. We do mol
know that Wheeling would DO disposed
amer such treatment 10 renew her offer
nnt the prospects are that We are Rolne
TO have u Legislature here this winter
which on that question will be much
moro accessible to the argument o.
common sense and regard for the pub.
lic treasury than the last; and It Ia upou
this prospect and the general current
Of opinion a We learn Il from all QUAR-.
ters that We found the expectation OF 4
repeal Of the location at Charleston,