The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04
Raleigh the Proper Site for the National
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| capital.
The papers of the North and West are
discussing the propriety of moving the
| Capital of the nation to some more eligible
place than Washington. The papers of
each city urge the superior advantages of
their location and affect to contemn the adj
vantages possessed by Others We have
hitherto taken no part in the contest, be-
lieving the Capital to be we'll enough
| placed where it is. We can. however, re-
main silent no longer. 1t is folly to talk of
having the Capital in New York. There
wouldn't be dollar left in the Treasury
the morning after it was located there Tie
bank thieves and bond robbers would have
the whole of it. Besides strangers would
constantly be taking FISK to be the Presi-
dent, which would be extremely notifying
to the nation
Nor is Cincinnati better location. 1t
is too far from Boston aud would be deprived
of the benefit of the superior and higher
strata of intellect which emanates from the
Hub, aud without which the nation would
be failure. and life a dreaIy waste. Be-
sides, Cincinnati is too redolent with the
fumes of pork-packing establishments for
the presence of the law makers of the ma
ton. 1t would be impossible to make pure
laws IN such foul atmosphere.
st. Louis Is another candidate for the
honor of being the capital of the nation. If
it were proposed to put the capital at or near
the geographical centre of the country, then
st. Louis might stand a chance. but such is
not the case. Another insuperablc object
ion prevents St. Louis from being an eligi-
hle site. The scarcity of water. 1t is
well-known fact that congressman. drink
nothing but water, and that diluted. Miss
issppi water is neither wholesome, palata-
, bile or plenty. 1t contains too MANY dead
horses and similar decayed fruit. Hence it
| is plain that St. Louis should not be the
national capital
| Chicago also presents its claims. Is is
| clear that to put our innocent Congressman
in such a wicked city as Chicago would re-
/ suit in the entire decentralization of both
Congress and Chicago The Chicagoites
would run mad after offices, and the pres.
ence of, and daily contact with, the great
| men of the nation wo1ld cause them to be-
cauc so unduly elated that they would put
| on airs, and eventually become as ridiculous
and disagrecable as are the Washington
ians The Congressman would he getting
married and divorced about a twice week,
and would also waste much of their precious
time in admiring the lake tunnel. Another
grave objection is the uncertainty of the long
duration of Chicago. Sodom and Gomorrah
were each cities as large as Chicago, although
not quite so wicked. Like it, they were
cities OF the plain. Both Sodom and CO.
morrah were destroyed because of their
cussedness and it is but fair to presume that
Chicago will meet the same fate. Besides
it is built on a swamp and its bottom is liza
BILE to drop out and the city to disappear.
Under these circumstances it would be man
fully wrong to locate the capital at Chicago
Having shown where it shouldn't be put
we will now show where if should be-and
that is, in Raleigh. There is 10 objection to
be urged against Raleigh. 1t is easy of ac-
cess Nobody was ever robbed here There
is plenty OF good air, good ground and good
water. There is no healthier place in the
world, When the first settlers came here they
were ambitious that the settlement should
have a grave yard. After waiting in vain
for over twenty gears for some one to die,
they were obliged to import corpse to start
the grave yard with. Raleigh is destined to
be great commercial centre. 1t is already
the city of the Atlantic Southern States. Il
has Wilmington, New Berne and Norfolk
for its suburbs. Ithas the best men and the
prettiest women of any city in the country
More than all, it has the two establishments
which should always be situa ted near the
place at which any legislative body meets
an Insane Asylum and Penite ntiary. Lei
US have the capital in Raleigh. e
when the Oregon Indians leave tn cir reserya
tions for visit to the settlements, th ey invaria
Oily get drunk and steal something.- Exchange
Singular coincidence That's il ,st wha
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