National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-12

your particular study, and have become ac-
customed 10 sec quickly the points at Issue,
and patiently Investigate, also, and weigh
coolly and carefully the arguments and facts
that may stand for or against the conclu-
sion urged. More than all this, your erpe-
Renee In deliberatiyc assemblages will enable
you to suggest and carry Into execution any
preliminary legislative action that may be
found necessary, II succeed In convincing
you that the matter treat Of Is important to
this people.
There Is now very earnest and thorough
spirit Of local pride In our citizens, despite
all the cayil or ccnniro that comes out here
and there In print and speeches. This has
been created by the brains and lndn.try Of
comparatively few men. Some Of them have
progressed far In one line Of effort, rs In the
case OF the Board Of Public Works, which
has transferred this city from a nominal and
very commonplace town Into metropolis Of
beauty and order, attractive and slightly In
all Its points. Others, again, are urging the
necessity OF building wharyes and docks and
channel-ways In our harbor. These have
made good progress but their labors have
not yet produced such very evident results as
are plain In the other case. Others, again,
are pushing every opportunity to develop the
manufacturing interests here. They appeal
to home and outside capital by frequent and
well-writtcn articles In our newspapers.
They call attention 10 the large inducements
held out here by our excellent water power,
our admirable position, aud by legislative
enactmcnts passed or proposed. There are
also those who are more quiet and more re-
nncd In their tastes who, while not In the
least lacking sympathy with these schemes
Of material development, study out plans for
educational Institutions, for art galleries and
for general education and esthctlc culture.
Thus, In one way and another, there has
been fostered and built up q real and solid
enthusiasm In favor Of this town, and true
loyalty TO Its interests IN all possible forms
Of growth and increase.
Our much-loyed q, and deeply-lamented
friend, Colonel Eaton, In his lifetime, you
remember, was wont TO take the deepest in
terest In the manufacturing plans. The re-
port he prepared for the Legislature would
have been large and valuable contribution
10 tho general fund Of suggestions and argu-
ments TO prove the eminent feasibility Of
making this city q great centre Of industry
and commerce, as well rs q grand and slightly
capitol city OF great and powerful nation.
But, alas, the only time he had for preparing
the report he did make, and which was
afterwards printed by the Legislature.
was made up from odd intervals snatchtd
from the agonles of deadly disease that
wns fast wearing out his life. The ground
grand plan OF that report was that there were
needed, to make up the possibilities Of the
case, harbor convenient, safe and spacious,
q water way TO the Ohio river, q ready access
10 the raw materials required for the manu-
facturers, an abundant supply of food, q
good climate, and money capital. You will
see by examining his report that this state
ment gives about the skeleton OF II. Had he
been In his old-tlme working order, all the
points above suggested would have been fully
and carefully elaborated, and the report illus
trated by such diagrams Or maps as would
have stated and proved at glance half Of
these propositions.
But, a. have above lntimated, thanks to
the energy and ability Of some Of our stirring
excellent citizens, public attention has come
to be fully alive TO most Of those points. In
due time we shall have q harbor, despite all
claims Of riparian rights, all lmpcdlments
of Long bridge, Railroad bridge, and
Aqucduct bridge, and what not else be.
sides that now so grlcSSnsly hindess and
political and commercial jealousy between
Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington Is
now only thing Of the past, aud there will
probably never again be any such dlstractlng
element in the plans for improving and build
ing up this centre.
To due time, by quicker or slower growth,
there are certain 10 be manufacturing cstab-
llshments here; aud thus through the list
briefly gave above. But In one particular
alluded to In that report there Is adeep silence,
from Ignorance, probably from abso-
lutte doubt In view OF the events Of the past
forty years mean the waterway hence TO
the Ohio river,
rur cup.,pr.up.x Am ou,o c,xr
To advise yon how fniiy Inc nnhiic .on,I.
ment had become qnlet on this topic, l need
only call your attention to the fact that after
Congress, or the Senate, had appointed a
and ranor, ,,nnn ,ho ,arions ,naans and rinns
To- Observation-Disclosures ho,,vacn ,ha saabnasd
and ths Wat he comwJt,cc baxJnS Jeiih'
GRATED mon lie matter Tor wecls nSbiisbcd
n man IN Inycs,ivation which did mi ever
refer 10 this Waterway, Uappily now il il
moi TOO LATE 10 have ali ,bis aray.igh, Coz.
~ and /, ia tns ,Sis rossor hr,nas ia,
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hn"ng VI we Pihps " HtiInnI improve
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nus 3asls ol fp >. Iact 70 make Iea ana
.angiDle hiairi concerns no. 9hg s'aie, OF
one seesoni measure 9' .ne miges,
consequence 70 inc material and agricultural
v ,sD oi .he pei' oI gIeM states on me
,ine hence oeyon1 uhe mlsslssppl riyeri
nhs, ho,eoNe,' history when ms pecohe
yenoraolo WIN US Year,, anu ueepiy interest
wy peeause na, history so humaely
commerce. MIN tne youth anu manhood OF
oui great mashingon' mneh mnsn,ngIoh
wn ye. young man nc gave hlinselt u 70
Lne grand iuea OF opening UP communication
" mh,er WV Por'Hzcs po,Ween tne ro'nihac
ala onio IWeI tIooApy even now IneLe
sre ehtant lhe eeleprated mahuscrips " nus
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ranSsr,n, ,ho pn,an,ac ahoyn Gnor,,o,n,rn
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an ~, va na'scd hS tha coinntsi Gayerr asa
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Wy @ "o "n1 pan ~ S,, , nai
iIonei s,spa'noin, ana naada iona I'm ,n,a. M ~
nersonaI insnnct,on throngh the Central mari
n Nav York, and then. in ihe fnIl of the same
wear, he made a careful eynlnration az the
route nv water and nortage hence 10 pitts-
hnrg. When he returned he actnaiIy made
Dnt a detailed and accurate rcnort al Inc dis-
tances, INC advanta0es and dlsaavantages Of
M several rontas Examined Inv him ami on
Them exnressed uneomiyocalIv bIs
,ninion ti1at the Potomac and the Ohio rivcrs
aiforded tbe nearest ana most nracticable
rouie Tor ina Observation-Disclosures al his great
plan Of uniting tho eastern and western
waters 1 thinI Won Will be snTnrised On
oolsing over Ma iifc IN and how innch lime
IA spe5t on thIs plan and how ably and fnllv
ma wrote abopt n
Iho,a .L.IL l.. A., ,,,,,,, al.