Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-21
THE INTERNATIONAL PAIR.


citlEens propose shall be held In this city
next year. The tenor Of the debate lie
doubtless familiar to our readers, and we
have In It an additional evidence OF what
some people think Of our energy and enter
prise.
Perhaps Il is a misfortune that portion
of the citizens Of the United States should
be AFFLICTED, not with too much legislation,
but with lawgiyers who have not an abiding
interest among US. The necessity for a ter
ritorlAl limit, over which Congress should
have supreme control, was an argument In
favor OF accepting the original ten milei
square, denomlnRted the District OF Colum
bia, as the permanent seat of government.
1t has been said that the very object TO be
attained was an exemption from the tur-
MOL and troubles which a commercial city
would inhict upon the guardians Of tho ma
tIonal honor. No ono wishes TO deny that
for over half century Washington city did
not intrude Its schemes upon tho national
legislature. It had mono to offer, save those
which were vastly more Important to the
comfort Of the transient resident than for
those whose permanent abiding place had
boon fixed, by lot or choice, within our terri
torial limits.
1t Is q fact that travellers Judge cities by
the accommodations II affords Its visitors.
Washington, aud while we are upon tine
question OF national llberallty, It is well to
include oar neighboring city, Georgetown
We say these cities have been Character
lied as places OF rooms to let, muddy
streets, and miserable accommodations" In
lSet' the capital mas oeon the ou" OF every
oody's Jokes, and all that was essential Tor
an ephomerA lame was Tor correspondent
70 waste MS Ink In depreelating tue SITE
ana crying down tne advantages "hlch inc
permanent seat oil Government" had found
in their judiciouS eyes. 30 much for the
past
Admitting mat u was most deslraole th'
,,l PSsnNSs VI eSA'es Suu SousISS''ouH
u.s.. $3.50 sSOO.1 lI'o ouus PuAe0 IN sun
P~T VI '-U eONus,y "ueio my "'su' n,
senO,e " ulssuss Ins selsnIS AuAirs OF 'nc'
PsopIo Vi tns Dist1ct OF columbia Wsr
Sniy sAPos'1S " Aeep boarding houses yo'
NV Suu II 'NetS "sfS paved streets an
SeSs'IO'. a''uuo' II was only Ior inc oensn
u 'uO'' oou' nO-o 'uo woes OF tne rea
voting population OF the country.
'ouiu NV W PO''io'0 tnaI any one hay
,I'e"' s0uius' business capacity, OF
ny'uIns eSe' ,nouid resiue mere except the
'ou'oNtiAtSu nl'uom OF tue nation This
1s ~ ',u W Wv p,e'Aions ldsa oeiore the
81" . - a''n iuiA In the atmosphere
r-.,,II' - ', 'H' Dts'i'e'i SUI
H.. ~. ~ ms. VI inc successors oil
,ho .,.',"1., 49, t-Ooi1i appropriations Tor
GOv.,un'au. .V S, ~ Uui-"e mean OF course
W. - rno'o NUT Is IL
~. 5,. .' ', % ~ No' ny any means
ia, 80, 'u uI.sS,I lI.i' Poonc'sPir'
,Ns, fN"'"'' P'0uu'"s 0''iSenS OF tho Dis
~,
H., 1870 VI sn,S aINeie-"n lnterna-
49, Auio''iou-perhAPs mas
nre w W WIN tue foregoing remarks.
sOui'e II mas not Nothing can possibly
pertinent 'nSI mas TOT It's object the ad-
'us ol our proaperity-oUR PHos.
emil! Anis District OF Columbia which,
~ 'uo list OF iorty-seVen States aud Terrific
he', stands No. " In paying its proportion
OF the revenue tax. But then We havc
nothing to do with Congress, except as
bsggan.
The States which do less, contribute less,
must send Its representatives here to tell us
In debate upon this question to encourage
and promote the International Industrial
Exhibition" that we, the citizens of the
District Of Columbia, arc Imbscile, We do
not know what We want NOR what wa ara
about that It Is not only necessary I'm,
really an act OF charity To cbsck INV enter
prise the taI-paylng and unrepressptsd cItl.
zens should devise, The Govarnmont for.
IOoth, must boar the whol. bnrden Of our
gigantic schema, ana ,ho roorI. oro oIroad,
overburdened with tayatInn.
Will tina hororohI" saa.ta., -. ,,..,
loud for econom, ,,I,o = II,,I. IT, ~ 49,,
pare the .pnrons,a,,oo 49,, II " ~ rl.
States and Terr,torIo. ,ha aan,.i,a,S a. ~,
the payment Of Tho D"h,Ic an, 49,. ,T', ~ w
District Of Colnnbi,-TIth ~. 80 sI
propriated for our-ob. NO for ,hs,, hsnsa,,
Whose carriage. ,rsysr,o tho strs0,s, ~,
condemn more smpAatlcally the eopditIon
Of our city than tho very men who are most
able and most unwilling to assist uSi
dentlemon, the cltISens Of the District OIL
Columbia are not fools. Their education
was not founded upon Congressional debateS
Their means Of gaining general information
Ia not limited TO tho Congregational library.
the Smithsonian Institute nor the ponderous
volumes OF tho GLOBE. If we, the people OF