New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-28

INV will contain about onths OF oil the pop;
unon and wealth Of tho na9n AZ c ' nston n
and necessary Of the political center OF s ro
where the a@@ af o ho
bcSss Of both The has placed tho heart IN the
&c ina booS whose functions Ia 10 vallze and warm
sysems and political seat OF AZ tbe heart Of the
country where the ebb aud aow OF sns uhes mna
currents 81 political opinion win t a"d b"sE
again such central location e DO ne 70 preserve
sp "stion Against all forms Of anarchy dc
Tho great political considerations point to tho establish
ment Of central national capital as one OIL .ne ar
safeguards tho preservation OF orn
,a cGc states and Territories than COnstantnopoi
from, Great Britain or st. Petersburg from spain OF
VII. PROPHETIC TESTIMONY.
Mr. presdcnt. tn aid the argument and TO strengthen
tho whole facts which thus far presented for your
consideration desire call your attention 70 inc pro-
pheo testimony in support OF the position Oh t"o
friends Of Capital removal this question ibis part OF
the subject should properly begin with Plato and como
down through the idealsto minds Of intervening ages
hut for revty win refer you TO the Hon. Charles Sum-
ncrs Prophetic Voices about America, in The Atlantic
sfonly of September 1867, where you win find vast
q grohG tss nnnsn IN wos ss veS
in tho est half century bears more " arsat
question nHder confederation ;a ana 'nefei''0 III
LOOKING beyond to the future growth Of our Cont.
nS9 as Ssa sa.. hs Senate S 5n
the Cumberland road and replying 70 s Sat n
Say "or to%orrSw, but this aovernent last
trust forever; We may at least hope It VIII endure mns
shsll have washed the Rocky Mountains and mingled
with the Pacific Yes Sir = @ 81 s happy
period whom circulation and association between the At
and perfect AZ things ore at this in England"
In speech made by Thomas II. Benton, in the United
sass Sss M century
population greater than that Of h fh Ro n
e hs pt% Of Sns one
continent into Ave eual Rs npa three three
will be 6O ns IN sns v S ss essany
part tho west q the Rocky Moa aScnrsns SV0
three parts in the valley and one part ON each OF INC
| appurtenant slopes. III, -,
of which 100000 viii drink the waters
which 40 into the Mississippi and CO. 600 vii be ound
the rising setting The calculation Is reduce
able precision We double our nm sr
ton Of the prolific principle IN man shall be checked ~
sa%s n OF food This cannot happen with US until
every Of generous soil shall be put IN redusion
he nsafisient to iii the mouths which feed upon them
This will require people than century can produce
eT hes a. ne s iSS NJ 81 IN the is that
90 oooo more the Roman Empire contained In the
sa %s Of q aaon The lie Of an
the
which their nurses believe to be impossible -.
Tns s
look over tbs face this country at the present moment
a0sIas - sitsoui being
e ,a in. :; Long as sTsngh Of Am'r'.
Hon HC.ss Greeley II speaking Of the w ss1
her not b desp s al herr on
the shores Of the Atlantic and that the genii Of Art Of
Ss ~ h sayf ne but
fances never made one fact Lkoshe swaddled Her,
srsnses two political dragons that cons
her CRADLE and. soon as she walks forth Id the con-
utterng among harpes that prey her interests
than did the club Of the hero among the ssyHphsian
rebounds. The Assyrian condemned the Per,
sans while tho rersaas like %nsf5at learned, weTe
philonphic Greece the conqgeror OF xer1ss became
slave and the far na od n II fbe amSes Of
Smyrna. Rome despised the barbarans ana inc oarpa
rians issSns and now anI holds standing army the
city of the Caesars. England would force America 70
Of der tea the taste which she has not yet got
out Der mouth Thus is Arms and Arts in their on
progress have always pitched their tents near De
setting sun, the conquests OF the one and the tr
umphs Of the other have left their fruits to rpen and
pres to be dug out OF the soil Civilization Ike
the ostrich ain in It's gn SSe sna sa have completed
their rounds, sentimental pilgrims from the humning
as and in
light contemplation, with the melancholy OWL traces OF
the Athens the Carthage and the Babel OF the Western
At later date, said the Hon Charles Summers "The
Mssssipp Valley speaks for itself speak
Give peace, and population will Increase beyond all
s1 NH Of az lands ana WITH Nth %
the or Republic will be exalted until every neigh
lie In becoming part OF the great whole and the
tionsi example win be more PnSsant than army or navy
| said John Bright the Great English statesman, In
speaking OF the American Republic its future greatness
from the frozen North In one unbroken line TO the
glowing South, and from the Wild pillows OF the Atlantic
sS over all tina that vast Continent the home OF free
dom and refuge for the oppressed OF every race and
The great field OF the West" the center Of popula
ton and power to be In the Mississippi Valley IN the
future must look hither for the New Man who is
to be the redeemer OF and Character The West
development, spiritually speaking than his brother in
the resirainins forms Of social ecclesastcsm his mind
Ike his eye. ranges over large eKtens and not eoent
power over It's fellows. As the Great West bound to
sSuns so % TT the
embracing forms to invite the entire people into the
Tie Men Of the West" One who has not visited the
West knows but little nothing OF the spirit OF the
s%Sition, push seen nowhere else The blood
Of the Western man courses more rapidly in HIS veins
thinks taRs and acts on larger scale The western
mer wastes In year than the Eastern farmer
He may lack refinement, but he has generous heart
for his friends and deal of pluck for his enemies His
religion less sectarian less bigoted, and more broad
| catholic, and truly Christian. $500.
| Having submitted only fragment OF the strong but
direct prophetic testimony In favor Of the future empire
OF the great West and tho consequent demand for tho
Seat OF Government, desire to call your attention
testimony bearing Immediately upon the qaes-
ton Of removal
since the days OF Jefferson, far seeing men have from
time TO time declared that the Capital Of the nation
would some day DO removed from the Potomac to the
Mississippi At dinner given TO Mr. Jefferson IN Fred
erickstown, Md, In honor OF the Louisiana purchase u
gentleman, whose nane regret, Is lost while voun-