The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-08
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That Capital Question Again.

That Capital Question Asaln'
Misrepresentation is the fret law OF
nature" and acting upon this principle,
our KsSSsKa nsighbofs seem to have
,ost sight Of he GENERAL good of the
SLATE And seem to think that questions
At importance TO the general masses OF
the people are of but Little significance
in com parison. with the question az to
whether the Capital shall remain at
Charleston OF not, They seem to think
that C6afleston was brought into ex-
istencs to- the sole purpose OF bearing
ths honor Of Being the Permanent
Seat .off Gov eminent OF West Virginia
50 arm bavsthsy become in this be-
lief that thsy seem to think it q "t'r to
see dspesf ID every movemen'-tn IA, -
made by parties In other parts ) the
State snd; It WIS tot THE reason, and
tbis,p 8 reason alone I'm oar opinion, that
/ thee county '6f Kalawha was carried so
strongly against the New Constitution.
Now, while We dislike, and must, in a
measure, Sondemp such selfshness in
our X ansWhs friends and neighbors,
ne, too, must begin TO look around and
ice II there IL not something in store
FOR us ID the sgitation of the Capital
Question, and thereby receive naodscum
or 'be1efit by, its removal.
The chesapeake and Ohio railroad
Is nov completed -or, so nearly so, that
its early completion is assured beyond
a persdveuture. So we need expect
nothing more in that direction in the
way o! railroad lines. .'
F But, on the other hand, 30 long as
Kanawha, yields the Influence she now
does by having the. Capital, we need
never expect to- see our great through
water line completed. And we will
ere remark that this enterprise and it's
successful completion is our main and
great hope. This isindeed the sumn'um'
bonara of our wishes. .
Suppose, for instance, that the Capi>
tel was located at some point on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, between
Clarksbury and Grafton. Would it not
very considerably increase the prospect
OF q com pletion of the cross railroad,
known as the Pittsburgh, Virginia and
Charleston (South Carolins) railroad e?
Most Enthusiastically it would. So the
removal OF the Capital to that portion
of the State would give the advantage
to US largely over its. present location.
But. again, suppose, 'as we believe 1t
will be done, IN the course Of time, that
our. State lines sre removed to the Blue
Ridge Mountain. what is to prevent the
White Sulphur, THAT noble old Spring
or Lewisburg, (our grand old town,
from becoming the most accessible
poipts to locate the Capital! And we
honestly say that either town, at this
time, has as many claims to the loca-
ton -ot If the Capital as the city OF
Charleston. 1T is true that it is at one
side of the State, but is not the same
true of Charleston2 And we have a
recommendation that the latter cannot
present. We will not allow our local
,prejudices to override our duty to the
general interests Of the State.
The question will. undoubtedly, be
before the Legislature during the APP
preaching session, and we want our
people to study tho matter over and
give our delegates proper instructions
upon the subject. Grsepbrier, Monroe,
Summers. and Pocahontas. feel particu-
larry interested, and We further feel that
jn giving the expressions as above, we
only echo Che sentiments. Of large pro-
portion of our people. We must pro-
tect the interests Of our section OF the
State, even il Kanawha Radicals don't
Ikeit aClsrksburg. Grafton and some
other foreign points we could mention,
would be preferable to Charleston; but
We insist that the, Grsepbrier valley is
the place. Leyisburgs the White Sui
phur Springs, the Blue, or Frank 'ord-
we are not particular, 30 it is in the
neishborhood. We would support
Union, Summers Court House, Hunters
vile or Fork Lick. II. I.n