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

Capital Of this country, for think tho people Of no
nation argue H. will dcmorali.e any locality wh0
may be placed. the people ought TO test the yaIfS
the charge with -four years OF experience with Rs
dent, Cabinet, and Congress, composed Of mes 4
dent, there Is much in habit much in the cbarao;ss.s
what sodsend to sSH s n IS1 t'S would BE-
Only be ruled and It's lays made by the best a.
aud eleyating, the influence Of such men ss<
be You know ia that great argnssi|
tlquty the question wa, whether Athens should sss
De mostbeDesc q crown He had fed from battis ~
Ws speech Is the masterpiece Of All coqueDoe. OFF,
accusation by Hscbines, It !: praise enough tea,
ths hthenians that in granting they judged N
seycs and were forming the character OF their a.
Itinc,s n yo,r sons ask whose example they a.
initiate. what viii you ssyi For you know well u vi
music. nor the gymnasium I ths '% pybe proc.Ss
The public example. II you take ono whose me he
high purpose, everybody who SEES " Is oordupS, III
ware therefore, AtheniaBs remembering pcstefly vi
reldge yonr Judgment and that the character Vt ae
is deterrnlned by the character OF the men erS
Mr. President, the people Of this nation ongns ~
the lesson OF hscbnes and teach 1t In tho capiai OF
country. ,
x. IMMEDIATE REMOVAL DEMANDED.
Mr.. President, having passed over the held Of assI
sion and presented to your snnd an array OF fac~s
arguments that are positively incontestabIe by any ~
and can only be ignored by stod stupidity at ysna
with the genius Of national progress and confined
greatness 7 now insist that the immediate remoy1
the National Capital Ia demanded the facts, ~ wen
che enlightened Judgment OF the American people. ~
eide that Washington IL unnt 10 Do the hsS4ss|
yctI0n that tho removal Of the Capital Ia only ques
OF time coupled with the fact that s present renesI
would not in any possible way adversely anect tbe fs
oral interest OF the Government but rather xveH
mediate steps for the rernos to the grand Valley q
Eyery DAY Of delay. Mr. President in ticking poAs,.
intja0ry steps for the removal, much the more sa
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their peaceful conquest Of the Continent and the compass
organization OF the Government into an mpe,lal ~H
lie of States The mission " our people Ia sublime v
stand We In the wayf Why not move WIN Ns|
yersary with a new Capital, and the inauguration 4
the ne Republic whose alembracin2 rule shsi Dc ~
ne liberty which this nation has given ~ MANKIND Id
us 20 forward In continental Inissson carrying
the designs OF Columbus and Humboldt. aPost<d
citzens Of our destiny. Let US rise above eyeFytAz
sectional personal, or local. aud move forward In ~,
national purpose ~ the peaceful conque.t OF ths ~
tinent Let us bind IL with iron bands from ocean Z
ocean and from the lakes TO the gull Ley us irayes
II By steam to every part Of It's wide domain and ha
ourishing towns and cities and the land every Shsrs
made To bloom by the industry OF our people
Let raise ourselves up; let US rise 70 the grannem
the conception Of one vast continental PuDhc, ysnl
10 one benehcent law, and which shall be adorned X
its browning hOnor-a continental capital worthy n
patiOn, the symbol OF whose power Is ts-great IN
character Of the latayn whose design scconpNshs
red In the center Of the States-oyercokng The hAt
tho natiOn itself the sovereign Of ia power, ana
CAPITAL a part OF the nation-wth peerles dome rcach
the heavens and around whose earthly splsnoor ~
will rey0ve In obedience 10 eternitys coinm~hn sno
unsOn with the revolutions Of maJeseral states af"
one central moving heart. Most respectfully.
ST. Louie, No., JAM l. 1911. Ia w. h-A's