Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-12-11
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WHAT NGBRAsKIAN Has N sAv m -.
REMOVAL ir ls WANTED r FARrnrp wps,r
[Cor. ST. joseph Morning Herald
CENToRrA. MN Nov "a ,o,l

"n'"S'o" nenUOlsco0. taken fesm
letter written by OLIVIA" !" u Mrs. Brioo,
DIVA writes from this CITY to II
Philadelphia Press: with the transfer q
the army h+adquart. rs TO St. Louis, fres
capital mn.lmg zephyr seems 10 gambo
and play Bat the seat of government! ;a
TO III +rt be wteacfted from the shores :,
III" Potomac than star can be torn fron
'he milky way. NO tribe of barbarian
Will come from the western w,lds. des,i
rue o' honor. bereft of patriotism. an,
vote tor the destruction Of Washington
All we have Of history. tradition and gior
cenf-rs AZ this sp"t. and The hest bl. ,,d q
the land Was poured Ou, like water tina
tue nat'on's capital might be saved. d,
the hitl>s'de sleep our ''OOys in blue" witt
asiicn lips ard d. ;ty eyes. but their skele
tons would awake TO smite the van.lal'
soul that would seek BY peaceful means t,
undo the mission for which they laid dow,
their lives. "a )ital moving means all th'
h'rrors ut intestine War; for when the ha
flies. and the reptile crawlsin the dcserte,
corridors OF tho Capital, the great Ancr,.
can Republic will be no more"
Now, this is all very childish, to b,
making faces" Mt western people and
calling them ugly names, aud threatening
OLIVIA" says they cannot do no more than
they can wrench star from the ..m,lkv
way" And.thc ''solid men" Of Washing.
ton having No other argument to put tori,
against the removal IF the Capital than
1.-THE money they have made" and 1.-THE
money they are likely to make" in the re-
tent:On of II, have to rely on the ladies 10
defend them. And thus it is, that Mary
Clcmmcr Amcs, the brave "Ol,via" and
others come forth to the front to say things
which they may possibly think will
frigbten US western barbarians" from
doing such very naughty thing as res
moving capital from Washington. But
western barbarians" would be better sat.
i.fed with the national capital than with
q star from the milky way" and arc not
to be sea ed by ghosts, either. And it
makes very little difference where the bat
flies or the reptile crawls, 81 long as "wes>
tern barbarians'' are satisfied that The ma
ti0nal capital is in the right place. So far
as intestine war" Is concerned. the lady
has the privilege of being belligcreut when
she te.ls like it. and your correspondent
who must. in the estimation of ''Oliyia,"
se capuT SHy # Sysr ass Sss'e5n Ss Jns En and
good lady, un ii we cry enough"
OLIVIA" must certainly have some very
deep interest IN the old capital 10 cause
her 10 write IN the strain sne does. She
might, with as much prOprlety, have said,
a. we'll might we endeavor 10 grasp Star
from The ''Dand of Orion" as to snatch
fr:.m the shores IF the Potomac the head
qua,e,s of the army. The god lady
Will perceive, however, that the headquar-
tiers OF the arm, mas aircaly departed, aud
yet not one gem has been stn;en from the
''tsnd Of O..on," and the iaty may yet
live to see the seat ut government quietly
glide from The shores Uf the P.,tcmac, and
every star IL the milky way" b., -ate too
The lady seems to hav. furg ten ,ha,
there are Otuer histories connected wii;i
our seat ri government at other places be
sides Washington City Through the
trying times Of our revolutionary epoch
the seq. Of government Was not at Wash
ingtun, and the bats and reptiles to-day do
not dcsecrate those spots where, from tim.
TO time. our Republican Congress assem-
bIed before Washington City Wa. ever
thought of. We want no more such his
tories as "lhe burning Of the capital ty the
British. We want no more such ihstO-
ries ns having to furnish from fifty thou
sand To one .unured thousand men TO de-
tend the capital from enemies within its
limits and enemies without. Traditions,
histories, centers of glory, good lady! 1t
is more than likely that If those dusty
eyes" could open and the 'ashen lips" OF
these skeletons" could speak, they would
m"st forcibly make known 10 you that
they came not there from al parts Of the
Republication Maine to California, and
from the great Of the North to the RIO
Grsnde of the South, to lay beside the Pos
t"msc in the stiffness of death from shocks
and wounds Of war to protect that pile Ut
brick and stone and mortar called Wash
ington City, however costly it might be:
If these dear souls could speak they would
in trumpet tones maze known that they
sacrificed their lives there for the unity OF
the Republic and for freedom Of liberty \
for all people within its limits-t:,at they
died there for the whole ttepubtic that
Republic brought forth ~ pain and anx-
uisll, procla,ming liberty throughout the
world to ali the Inhabitants thereby let Its
capital be Oh the Potomac, on the Miss's-
sippi, on the Missouri, on the Platte or
else it might be.
The lady ''Olivia" is quite mistaken
when she thinks that lone hundred thous-
and more" came forth at the call OF our
UCJONCu l/IUCOlu vi uiScspu OuSy w
q few millions of dollars worth OF proper
~ ut the nations capital. Concerning
''barbarians from the western wilds," !
desire to say that there is fully as much
refined and cultured civilization in the
garden wilds of the West ~ ever
there is in Washington or Philadelphia
to-day. and fully as much honor. aud
fully as much patriotism; and If be would
be pleased To take the trouble to invests
gate she ght possibly find more, tOo.
Let olivia come and journey across
our ''Western wilds" in one of Pulman's |
Palace cars on either the Union Pacific. !,
& Missouri, or st. Joseph 4
Denver City Railroads and their branches.
those great Highways of the nation across
our vast comment, and visit the many |
cities scattered over our Western wilds."
and she may return with avery different
tea of our tribes of barbarians.
But the seat of government will be NOV
ed. and nOs one star shall fall frOm-tO
interrupt the workings Of that beautiful
,cene of order AMI harmony which gOv~
srns-the milky way" The seat of gov.
srnmcnt will find it, way TO the midst of
he ''barbarians of the western wildS
md when '.Olivia" secs the new capita: |
3eering up into the blue azure of the pure
atmosphere Of western sky, with dome
md tower and turret, In the beauty OF
! more modern, more cheerful and more
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