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not come, simply for the purposes Of Ma
donal Capital. To aim at this is to cruelty
the movement at the outset.
To move the seat OF government to &
point where there will be no mercantile
trade except that needed for the supply oi
government officials, ia to compel. every
government official to pay double price TO,
all he buys. To locate the capital where
there willbe no class Of workinRmen save
those who live on public suction, Is to sur.
round it with q community Of losfers. To
place it where no churches, schools,
amusements, Libraries, means Of convey.
ance, private residences, or public
improvements will come, except
such as may be required for
government purposes, is to make il. an
e1tortionate, swindling, comfortless, dreary
hole Of brigands, which none will come to
but those who must, and which even thew
wM get away from IS soon as the laws Of
their country Will permit.
The only Argument for thrustiuR another
rustic capital On the country is that the
iands supposed to be required for govern
ment purposes can be obtained cheaply,
and that Congress might freely be given
jurisdiction over rural district, whereas
every large city would prefer to retain it's.
seK-government.
The immediate property OF which the
government would require to obtain the
title, for the location Of the government
buildings and collateral purposes, would
not exceed two thousand acres lin Wash-
ington it is about nine hundreD; and, per-,
hape, ona thousand would be all that
would be accepted ss q gift. This
quantity Of land could be obtained
in the suburbs Of either Of the three prin-
cipA cities Of the West, Cincinnati, Chi
cago, orst. Louis, as gift, or at price so
moderate rs to make this item of cost an
insignificant consideration.
As foz national Jurisdiction, Congress
will, probably, On no account, accept any,
except over the mere ate on which its
buildings are located. The constitution
provides that Congress shall hnre exclusive
Jurisdiction over such tract, not exceeding,
ten miles square, as may be ceded to the
Union for capital purposes, butt does not re-
quire Congress to assume Jurisdiction o7er
80 much as one mile squire. A jurisdiction
over the land actually owned by it answers
1ne 4o.tes u eae CONSTITUTION. congreasion-
al jurisdiction orer the District Of Columbia
has always proved an expensive and awk-.
ward blunder. Parton, referring, in the
last Atlantic, to General Ghe1nan's offhand
md erroneous suggestion that II tte can;tsl
were renovsd ~ 81, sl{t ,,n.t ~ - -
wiling to surrender fts former char.ctar
49, 1ss 7Tt. 1H.le.
a1o o*c'aa0 q seeona washington City,
1T .Ihs Z !. I ~ .ppsnoe pr espect Tor posserlsr-.
4unption: ior while tue good Resulting from the
Mo msntsss ~ n,i1e IL 1ot Or, spgasea5 IT, t6s e,l
has me nain Of rtaog mile Or swo in PeansTi-
sfreet Il soil.narsn W t9a1 cseorAtea
r. one r. r. I,dn,1 .trasrs ~ 70 Il
Without hll1. tho winds ruahtng
@oantais. Eaise eloud. oi out that M sfe wonder.
t,nee ~ ~ 10 eoeountel - other
eapsoe 11n fo ssrs tns, 50 gnaa5 taas people csa
Hnose catJ y di1 oifmslt aud dangerous fEom the
anoIs tapply OF gas- Lsl'es who intend TO g1ye
sil be no erening session: because Eaen the CD.
1foi lighted lhe gakwofts are 20 overtatket khst
evsty aiar1ng room u the cltJ Ia dulL. The d.
Ance Of the public sQu1Tes tht general ahahbine1a
ss;et, a51 fp!awn19 @ e. 'tsorp,s.eresa q tne town,
vigorous Clues Of tne MOTH. ' II Ia ~ tain1a IT,
q ei1 mofe importance mere y *qaal nen1ctencJ.
ez1y:sricteo place Tnc WI sntnered M iSe.e pey-
en- Of p9oE pop!e WIG oes.s n
wa withdrawn, Win 1is train Of su1Iets I s,ops.
ass asee1 s emoamefA, a ~ a7a a. nisceuAneous naag-
session fegeuber tho nuan est Of " tna .a n,tion
~ ~ Seaa 70 tn ennd Hhle member eoa1ed
9re.. 10 keep several hundred; q at' eoiosed @
tne soap. honse. ,nrrannasG r, !, ~ mdAss s saN
e wsn .ae1 gas aod lelsea soon aftef
1l6uted unti Il :" SNsn ''s 1'ap "Aa eot als-
Speaking ID the remedy, he suggests the
only one that can ever work cure:
to ~ ~ ta1H Of Samg, tnfuious e both; but
pas.l5s1z Amer nanJ yea1s Of sneaI H md ro:si III
star dnx: ists c1 q e e,1o .! ~ @
s}l,aata n :, sod ne c!sy L 70 DO
70 be. when government s6sIi noss coopntei1 o!si
ns!t sne 4, dafy aasigned II nd easa excuses ts
The remedy appeafs simple ana fess'n!o. Let con.
r. IT 70 nss as niles
ine1pezsive e1pedisn;, coee1ess Would eet I'd III ar
e,esWtS nS ~. IN -. 9. 1mtn ps1n.
upon f's eood behavior and supplied wi.a ade1pese
n'szna ,H. sno nouse."
"'o 'ae example o1 washington on the
Fo1o"ao oesofo the country, there Is no
oAoser nas eonefeas Will ever project
lum0aa On she M1ssasaippa- 1t may az well
oe Understood that the capital is to be
1enosea me odos are anhmte against any
rural location, and thaf the practical ques-
ton Lies, therefore, between the continu-
apce of the capital Rt Washington and ika |