The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-07-28
The Location of the slate Capital
WESTON, July 9th, 1877.

WESTON, July Nth, 1871.
10 Tnos. a. TOWARDS, ESQ. Enron
WESTON DEMoCUGT:
Sir: You a5k inc 10 give you for
publication, my views upon the qucs'
tion Of the location Of the State Capt..
tai. ! do so the more readily, because
perceive an impression is gaining
ground that the vote upon the question
will be Of no avail. 10 you, and
through your paper ALLOW inc to cay to
tho voters, let no enc indulge tAe be.
lief, that tho law submitting the qucs-
ton to locate the Capital riII be repeal.
cd. When a majority Of the voters Of
the State will have cas-. their ballots
for either Of tho places named in the
act, whether that be at the August
election in 1877, or at the October
election in 1875, tue question will be
forever settled and the Capital Of the
State permanently located. 1t seems
to INC there is not man in the State
who las its welfare a, heart, who would
afterwards, be willing to see it opened
up. The inability Of the legislature,
after repeated efforts to locate 1.-THE
costs Of pgilatiou-thc IiulCrnnce to
the settlement and growth Of tue State
cud It's subCraination of oil important
legislation, arc evils FROM which the
people have determined to be r;iiCved.
Sc long as the question remains undo
cilel aud tie scat Of government M
settled. we, is c State cannot develop
and prosper. Neither can wholesome
laws be enacted. 10: fourteen years
it has been bone Of contcntion, and
the costs to the tax payers have been
great. 1t has kept out Of the State
immigration and capltol-prolucsd in
the minds Of many honest persons,
doubts rs to its rcrmaacucy-c caused
hundreds Of our most cntcrprising citi'
zcns to seek homes elsewhere, aud
been the hobby horse Of politician:
TO scat themselves in Office. As u
member Of the last Legislature, il |
could have had my way | would have
substituted for tue three pllccS named
in the act, Currcnces Farm OF the IT.
lie Kanawha in the county Of Era%ton
it, the Third Congressional Dis:riat--
Blc&hannou III IT, county Of Upshui
in the Second, and Weston in the
county Of Lewis, in the Third. Each
iUiu-cach is near the territorial CrutrC
Of the Stlt4-clch Of the railrOa Is, and
the Capi,al located in either, wouli
lravC developed an unlcyclopcd por'
ton Of The State, aud been in my july
Gen: til. means Of adding III the next
tel years thirIy.thFcc per cent TO the
wealth aul power Of cur y"ayG CON.
monwcallh. lat this could not be,
The frienls Of thCsc places were but
few in number. The Delegates aud
Senator's On The Baltimore all Ohio
railroad on the one hand, md those
Oh the Chesapeake uni Ohio on the
Othcr, constituted large majority in
the Legislature who carried measures
rs they pleased. They cat and do
control legislation. 1t is SO to-day,
aud is likely to remain 50. Tie Uni
ted States Scna.1r3-.the members Of
the lower LoGsC Ct Cangress-thc
Judges Of the Supreme Court Of Ap.
poals tile GoTcrnOr and ether State
officers, eli live in counties bordering
them. Disguise i: rs You may-thcy
arc powers in the land, and persons
mud places of Of them, have but little
ohsaco when brought in contest with
them. No honest or candid man can
doubt that the Capital located either
in Draxtou UPyLur or Lewis
would BE- more advantageous to
the State ut large, than at either Of the
lllces named in tho act. But the
Legislature thought otherwise, and rs
law.aJiling citizens, we must submit.
and meet the question as presented.
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