Evening star., 1870-02-07
should be DONE war,,ri,v and only from m =.
most urgent necessity.


most urgent necessity.
.. ITS HISTORY To mn rraARDrD.
Neither should 10 be lightly considered that
Washington was selected and laid out by and
bears the name &C the " father of hrsScountrv,
and was adopted by the founders OF the republic
nor that m its public halls and within its pre-
eincts have been enacted many Of the greatest
and most cherished events OF the nation.
Thoughtless, rowing people, In the sole pursuit
of gain, and I'm a new country. NAV little regard
these associations. But such people are deficient
IN the attributes which do honor 10 humanity
Our country could not be trusted In such hands.
It's stability greatly depends the pride and
affection which its history and its attachments
have inspired, and hereafter shall inspire In the
hearts OF the people; and nothing is 20 powerful
10 retain the regard of the people, and 60 give
prestige 20 Its position, as its unchangeableness
Neneration comes from age. Had this country
a history, as unsuled A. Il is. and Of thousand
years standing. IL would in that alone have a
bond Of oaken strength. And more Once set
the capital sdrif, and the very ship OF state viii
have dragged anchor; and would never again
he fully trusted i'm every STERN. The city OF
Washington win always ne cherished for its
past But let us have dead cpties in this
country, with memories only 90 revere. Rather
let us dShonor 20 the living.
Ihf ATLANTIC NftTlNN HAS THE ADVANrAar
IN EVERY REsFECT.
Thus from every point ir which the matter
can be viewed the comparison is unmistakahly
and Overwhelmingly i'm favor OF the Atlantic
section. In not one respect oan the MiSsissippi
section show an advantage.
THRCESTEE BETWEEN THE SECTIONS coNPARro
WITH WASHINGTON.
IL remains only 10 consider the balance CEN
ter between these two sections I'm comparison
with the Atlantic section-Pittsburgh, or Ha-
gerstosn, with Washington.
PITTSBURGH COMPARED WITH WASHINGTON.
In nearly every view, and for the same rea-
sons, Pittsburgh pr esents the same disadvan-
tages, as the farther west, compared with WASH
ington, but not TO an equal degree, since IL more
nearly approaches and assimilates thereto. On
the other hand, il has special disadvantages for
the capital, with which the central West is not
burdened. The most serious is that IL lies
almost among the Allegheny mountains, which
divide the sections, so that no direct approaches
from the South can be made, because OF
the mountainous character of the country
the business routes not running there. This
fact in itself fully counterbalances all the
advantages of averaging the distances between
the East 0d West, which Pittsburgh might
have. Another disadvantage is that its more
northern, more elevated, and more inland DO
sition renders its climate much more severe
that il entirely lacks the mild medium In which
Washington eXcels every other locality. Another
disadvantage is that Pittsburgh is wholly unfit
for q national capital. 1t Is a large manufac-
turing city, and Of that class of manufactures
which render the vicinity unpleasant for cleanly
and quiet residence. The capital should never
be where bituminous coal is the principal fuel
person who has lived his lifetime in its smoke
and SCOT may be unconscious of the blemish:
but those who wou d visit the capital from the
unbegrimed regions of the country would suffer
insufferable discomforts in its atmosphere. On
the whole, there is as little propriety in Pitts
burgh for the capital as i'm the central West.
HAGRRsrowN coNsrDERED,
Hagerstown, the proper balance center be-
tween the East and West, situated only seventy
miles from Washington, would add so little 20
the equalization of travel, and Is SO nearly allied
to Washington i'm most respects, vet inferior 20
it in as many, that no argument is left for COM
parison.
SPECTATORS FoEEwARNED.
A few words OF warning and advice may not
he lost on delectable class OF persons whose
reasons for a removal of the capital NAV be
personal gains, or speculation. Should by any
cause or possibility the country determine 20
change the location of the capital some pre-
cautions should and wouldbe taken. One would
cS W oSiSCe sue wei removed from any CITY
large town already i'm existence: TO have a dis
trict, as now, under the sole control of Congress
and out OF the reach of the harpy claws of lot
Spectators. The next would be TO make the
selection with entire disinterestedness. simp,v
for proper situation, not as the gift of a State.
or individual, for bait and 10 buy the whole
district AT the true valuation OF the land s before
the selection, and then not TO sell lot except for
immediate Improvement, and never for private
speculation, nor more than one lot or parcel 20
each individual or company. A final sugges-
ton is that, to build suitable public buildings
on new site, commensurate with the future
requirements Of the country. would ordinarily
consume period of fifty years, before the seat
Of government could be removed from WASH
lngton, which period, if now set, few persons of
age at this time, would ever see completed. or
benefit thereby.
CONCLUSION.
IL has been shown and proved by the fore
going facts that, not only has Washington the
strongest of reasons to be retained as the per-
manent capital of the country not TO be shaken
by any possible rivalry, but that, IL the capital
were now to be, for the first time, selected with
the whole country as il is, and as il must in the
future be, i'm any one or any other event, no
other position, East or West, would have SO
good and 80 strong claims to the selection-that
Washington was wisely selected; that the same
wisdom still abides, and will endure, as truth,
forever.
The McFARLAND-RIcHARpsox AFrArR
Ihe New York Times of Saturday says: I'm the
Nsarry Of 80 aw-aI