Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-10-28

tic turbulence is so dangerously ex-
posed as to require vast armaments and
untold millions OF money for its special
defense; and
"WHEREAs, All v..the reasons which
caused the location of the seat of Gov
ernment where it now is have, by
the enormous development of tn
country, and corresponding change
in the wants of the people, become ut
terly obsolete; therefore,
''REsoLvED, That it is absurd to sup
pose that the handful of inhabitants, in
1883, just emerging from colonial vas
salage, before steamboats, railways,
telegraphs or power presses were
dreamed of, or mile of turnpike or
canal constructed, possessed the author
ity or desired to exercise the power of
fixing the site of the Capitol forever on
the banks of the Potomac, against the
will and interests of the hundreds of
IN illions who might come after them.
"Resolved, That the people have en-
dured the present lily located Capital
for three-quarters oea centurp, patient
ly waiting for the vast territory of the
Union to be peopled and organized into
Stat es, and until the center of popala-
ton, area and wealth, could be deter
mined, when permanent place of res
idence for the Government could be Sc
lee ted; that time has come. All sec
tional issues ara settled; all dangerous
domestic variances are disposed of; a
new era has been entered upon, and a
new departure taken.
| ssR esolved, That, in the language of
James Maids on, in the Congress ofi7S9
an equal attention to the rights of the
community is the basis of republics. If
we consider the effects of legislative
power on the aggregate community,
we must feel equal inducements to look
to the center, in order to find the proper
seat of Government. This equal at
tention has not been. and can not b
given to the interests and rights of the
people. so long as the Capitol is located
in an inconvenient section of theUnion
"Besolved, That the vast and fertile
region known as the Mississippi Valley
m ust, for all time. be the seat of en-
pire of this continent, and exert this
controlling influence in the nation; be-
cause it is homogeneous in its interests
and too powerful ever to permit the out
Lying States to sever their connection
with the Union. The vast plain will
always be the surplus food and fiber
producing portion of the continent
and the great market for the fine fab
rics and tropical productions of Other
sections of the Republic. The immense
basin must have numerous outlets anc
channels of cheap and swift communi.
cation, by water and rail, with the sea-
board for the egress of its products ant
ingress of its exchanges. Therefor'
whatever policy the Government may
pursue that tends to multiply, improve
or enlarge those articles of commerce
must result In common advantage t.
the whole Union, to the seaboard State
equally with those of the center.
"Resolved, That the. natural, conven
lent and inevitable place for the capito
of the Republic is in the heart Of thi
valley, w here the center of population
wealth and power is irresistibly grav
itating; where the Government, sur
rounded by numerous millions of brav
and Unionloving citi zens, would b
, forever safe against foreign foes or sec
tional seditions, and where it woul
want neither ornaments nor standin
armies for its protection.
Resolved, That while advocatin
the removal of the seat of Government
, to the Mississippi Vally, we do no
, mean to serve the interests of any par
ticular locality, but that we urge Con
gress to appoint a commission for tn
National Capitol in the great Valley c
the Mississippi.
. Resolved, That il. urging the remov
al of the National Capitol from its pres
ent inconvenient, out of-the-way an
exposed 10 cality, on the extreme Dor
der of the Union. we are in earnes
and that we shall not cease in our Ell
forts until that end is accomplished
firmly believing that the absolute ne
cessity of the removal will become
more apparent every day, and the ma
jority of the American people will nc
long permit their interests and conve
niehce to be disregarded
,, Resolved, That the removal of tn
National Capital being only questio
! Of time, we emph atically oppose an
+ conde mn all expenditures of none
for the enlargement of the old Govern
ment buildings, and the erection of ne
f ones at the present seat of the Nation;
q Government, as a useless and wanto
p waste of the property Of the people,"
/ The following resolution, offere
by Hon. Sidney Clarke, of Kansa
J, after discussion was tabled:
: ssResolved. That this Convention 4
e recommend and request all Congress
e ional Nominating Conventions in I'll
d various States to incorporate in the
platforms demand for the removal
e the National Capital to a more centr
d and convenient locality"