The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-06-16
Removal Of the Capital.

The subjoined call for national conVenslon u,
at Cincinnati has been issued by NUMBER o.
gentlemen, composing the Executive Commiuee
APPOINTED last year for the purpose OF further
ing the removal of the national capital
The undersigned, composing the Executive
Committee appointed by the National Conven-
tion which assembled at st. Louis on the 2Oth
day of October, 1869, and acting under the au-
thority conferred upon them for this purpose,
hereby call a Convention, to be composed OF
delegates from all the States and Territories
and from the District of Columbia, to assemble
at Cincinnati, on the 25th day of October next,
to consider the question 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
delegates from each Congressional District, six
from each State at large, three from each Terri
tory, and three from the District of Columbia,
to be appointed by the Governors of the States
and Territories respectively, and by the Mayor
of the city of Washington.
If for any reason the Governor of any state
or Territory shall fail or refuse to appoint del
eeates, the appointment shall be made by a
convention called for that purpose.
The discussions of the proposed removal IN
Congress, in the press, in the forum and among
the people, directed and stimulated by the de-
liberations and action of the Convention which
met at ST. Louis, demonstrated the value OF Or
ganized action in its behalf, have developed its
strength, and exposed the weakness of the op-
position, and leave no room to doubt that
speedy success will follow vigorous and faithful
effort.
To the argument based on the fact that the
political power of the nation-its masses OF
population, the seat of its greatest agricultural,
mineral, commercial, mechanical and manutac.
turing capacity and wealth, its great railroad
centers-are all found in or rapidly tending to-
ward the center; that in that region are to be
found and developed the truest type OF Amerl-
can character and energy that there, far from
the exposed border, but reaching with equal
vigor to every quarter of its wide domain. the
home of its legislative, executive and admins
trative power will be safest in war and strong
est in all its influences for good in peace-to
all the facts and arguments, political, geograph-
ical territorial, financial, representative, direct
and indirect, theoretical and practical, arrayed
in favor of removal, only these answers have
been attempted, viz: yeneration for the mem
ory of Washington, and the estimated ex-
pcnse of the erection of new and suitable
public buildings.
The august memory of Washington is not
honored by location no longer worthy the ma
tion he helped to create.
That nation is poor, indeed, which, when a
new capital becomes necessity, cannot provide
suitable accommodations for the public servants
charged with the duty of making, expounding
and enforcing the laws.
The weakness of the response demonstrates
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 success
full opposition, and to provide without needless
delay for the removal to its new and permanent
home.
And we invoke the interest .nd the co-opera-
ton 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
interest committed to it.