Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-26
WHO SPEAKS NEXT.

mississippi Is not surprising, because. as the
Richmond Wing very Justly observes they have
Two standing topics for discussion: the hog
crop in winter and the removal of the Capital
IN summer. But the Eastern press seems to
have caught the Infection this time, or taken
mp the subject for lack of something more ex-
citing, and now in nearly every exchange we
open, from all sections Of the country, we sd
staring Al us, in great variety OF big type, the
head line: "R1MovAL OF THE CAPITAL" Most
OF the large cities, some of the to vns. and no.
few villages Of half hundred inh ibitants have
already modestiy set forth the peculiar aad
numberless advantages which they possess as
sites for the seat Of our Central government.
The New York Tribune in its usual slap dash
style, disposes Of the recommendation of Its
namesake OF Chicago, that st. Louis shall be
the elected city, and having ruled out the claims
of those rival communities, and OF Cincinnati,
Omaha, Keokuk, Nauvoo. Hannibal, Osh Kosh.
Promontory Station, and other aspirants for
Metropolitan honors, says IL results as a mat.
ter OF course that whenever the Capital is re-
moved. IL must be moved 20 New York, ana
any other change would be only temporary
But the Philadelphia Telegraph thinks that
woulG be suicidal arrangement on both sides,
for New York as well as Congress would suf-
fer fmmeasurable and almost indefinable
disasters IN case they were unhappily brought
irto conjunction, and says if any change is
made, the Capital should 60 back from whence
1t started-tha, is, to the Quaker City.
TIere Is pleasing variety, at least, in the
arguments put for ward in behalf Of the several
places suggested as suitable for the capital.
1t Is modestly claimed for St Louis that her
morals are unexceptions BILE, and that her posi-.
ton on the centre line Of the continent on the
banks Of the father Of waters, and with more
defies all competition. New York boldly asserts
herself Through Mr.. Greeley to be the com.
mercial and (what will Boston say to this y the
Intellectual ceLtre of the country, ami demands,
therefore that she shall be the political centre.
fhiladeiphia Is ruled out by the principal of
rotation, her only claim be Nc that the capital
was removed from that CITY, and thersf,rs
"a Z. d. ought to go back there. The west.
ern towns, including besid-s those we haya
enumerated above, a hundred or two oth.rs,
mostly content themselves with a statement Of
their peculiar geographical advantages, but
some few cannot refrain from setting firth their
special attractions. Thus Chicago sets herself
up as the metropolis OF American wealth and
en'elprise, but Is rather apprshensiyef FIR the
good morals OF her society from the .tainted in
fusion of Congressional manners" Oh dear,
Miiwauses claims that her positioa on the
mighty lakes, and her inexhaustible supply of
the best lager on the continent, gives her thu
precedence. Peoria boasts her .scorn iuic.r
the OILY genuine American beverage, to h.
purer, more abundant and cheaper than can be
found anywhere else on the habitabie globs
and 70 give her pre-eminencs over all rivals.
Cincinnati claims to possess the advantages OF
ali the rest-position, morals, whisky-anL in
addition IS the centre of the pork trade of the
universe.
A GOOD deal OF fun has cropped out during
this controversy The New YORK rr,5ug.
Gays the Government buildings here need not
Prove an embarrassment. They might be
taken 10 pieces and carted away stone by stone,
OF they might even be moved bodily across the
Comment. Chicago was built in a mud hole
considerably below water mark, and after IL
had grown to maturity the whole city was
raised up In mass some eight or ten feet. Tas
engineers who could perform this expIo
would make nothing of freightirg the Capitol
or the Treasury Building on a big plstfor N
car and whirling 1t from the Potonac 10 the
Mississippi or Hudson. The same paper thus
dIsPoses OF some Of the Western claimants:
..keokuk Is ruled out, of course by its pre.
pCSierous name. We could not have our ma
IloIal capital called Keokuk on any account
Farcy how M Rouher would tsef IL I,ouis
Napoleon should call him into his priy cab.
iLet some day and say, M Rouner, have
appointed you Minister Plenipotentiary at
L. II. 4
wCuIc have nothing To do in us hours OF ease
but stand on the levee and watch the shipment
OF br-adstuns. II il went to Chicago It's sole
am sement would be looking to the Lake tun-
Eel ard getting divorced. Cincinnati has no
gSEteel family amuSementex except pork. slauxh.
rerIDg, and Oshkosh can only entertain Its
guests with statistics of Its o xn greatness"
TIE Cincinnati Cazste having nominated
CEicsgo a. the future capital, provided Chicago
would enter into bonds not TO elops or disap-
rYaav ha FL, Of
We acknowledge that we are fast, ana that
" the capital Were packed and Tipped for this
pOrT, by the time II arrived this entire mstrop-
Jlis-the first In patriotism, the sscJnd IN area
he thnd IN virtue, and the fourth in popula.
ZOE IN the UnIon-mIgnt have taken It's de.
parture by the LAST ;Tain-especialiy IL the c ip-
I:al We're forwarded via tue Cult ami the
Mississippi river. But ST. Louis is SO much
less merCurisl ard locomotive that even tns
skePucs OF Cincinnati may indulge IN the
lively nope that. should the National Capital
condition, however long and tedious the yoy-
age. TIE consignee would be found on the
levee win ms spyglass steadily pointed
down the river, indusIriously awaiting Its ar.
rIyal.'
The Chicago Triban>, backs down from i,s
proposition for The removal Of the public build
lngs, saying that 1t would be almost an entire
waste OF their VALUE. G., that new ana better
sdlnces could be erected AZ s.. Louis than those
now existing AZ Washington for about what n
would cost to remove the latter. We ara sorry
% See tns Tribune showing the white feather.
why could 4: not suggest the feasibility O:
wSiIing until the California air ship il a suc.
cess, and then building q Grea. Eastern of the
atmosphere TO take up the Capitol bodily, aud
deposit 1t on whatever spot may b. agreed
upon By tina, time In the event of no site
beng determined on, then each claim an, might
have II for week, and pass 1t round 20 as TO
give ali q chance.
The New York Tribune Is particularly severe
on Washington, and in this respect is not 40
Just or considerats as the Western men. IL
hippantly says:
'.Thsre are some considezatious which might
induce rs TO look upon this plan Of westward
emigration OF Congress with a vof, II there
were not other considerations inducing us 10
look IN an opposite direction. Washtnetop has
no special Recommendations for seat Of Rov.
eminent, Tor indeed for anything else sxcepr q
penienuaryJ and on many accounts 10 hiehly
ooJectionaole. IL Is one Of the wickedest places
IN the world, one OF the muddiest, oao OF the
dustlesi, one Of the dullest and Worso than an
IL contains the na'ionai collection OF WORKS of
art AL tnese are excellent reasons for Going
awsy from it-not to speak Of 1T inconvenisnt
eeoglspnicA stua.loa, and Of the important |
iact mat IN Q military point Of view il is so |
easy 70 take and 80 hard to hold"
Inc Balumsre Sun seems rather ticklsd M this
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