The Lincoln County herald., 1870-05-26
EemOvah0f The capital.
CALL FOR A NATIONAL CONVENTION AT
CINCINNATI.

S"bh NO" n NAllONAL SONN n
I CINCINNATI.
I The undersigned, composing the exec
utive cou mittee appointed by the Ma
tlonal convention which assembled at st
Louis on the 20ih day of ( otober, A. ID
1869 and acting under the authority con
fetred upon them for this purpose, hereby
call convention, to be composed of del
cgates from all the States and Terrific
ries, and from the District of Columbia
to assemble at Cincinnati, on the 25th
day Of October next, to consider the ques
tion Of the removal of the capital, and to
take such action thereupon as shall be
deemed wise and proper.
This convention is to be composed OF
three (3) delegates from each Congress
sional district, six (6) from each State O,
large, three (3) from each Territory, and
three (3) from the District of Columbia,
to be appointed by tho Governors of the
tates and Territories respectively, and
BY the mayor Of the city Of Washington.
Ii for any reason the Governor Of any
State or Territory shall fail or refuse to
appoint delegates, the appointment shall
be made by convention called for that
purpose.
The discussions Of the proposed re
moval in Congress- in the press, IN the
forum, and among the people, directed
and stimulated by the deliberations and
actions of the convention which met at
st. Louis, demonstrated the value of or
garized action in its behalf, have devel.
oped its strength, have exposed the weak.
ness Of the opposition, and leave no room
to doubt that speedy success will follow
vigorous and faithful effort.
To the argument based on the facts
that the political power of the nation
its masses of population, the seat of It's
greatest agricultural, mineral, commercial
mechanical, and manufacturing capacity
and wealth, its great railroad centers-
are all found in or rapidly tending toward
the center ; that in that region are te
be found and developed the truest type
Of American character and energy; that
there, far from the exposed border, but
reaching with equal vgor to every quarter
of its wide domain the home of its legis.
latve, executive and administrative power
will be safest in war, and strongest in all
its influences for good In peace-to all
facts ani arguments. political, geo.
graphical, territorial, financial, repre-.
sentative, direct and indirect, theoreti
cal and practical, arrayed in favos of re
moval, only these answers have been at
tempted, viz: vcneraton for the memory
of Washington and the estimated expense
of the erection of new and suitable public
buildings.
The august memory of Washington is
not honored by a location no longer
worthy the nation he helped to create.
That nation is poor, indeed, which,
when new capital becomes necessity
cannot provide suitable accommodations
for the public servants charged with the
duty of making. expounding and enforc
ing the laws.
The weakness of the response demon
strates the justice of the demand.
1t is believed that the convention thus
called will have power, by wise action, so
to express the wishes and shape the effort
of the majority of the people as to destroy
all hope of successful opposition, and to
provide, without needless delay, for the
removal TO its new and permanent home.
And We invoke the interest and coop.
GRAFTON of all friends of removal, to the
end that this convention, in numbers and
in character, may be not unworthy of the
occasion and the interests committed to il.