The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-09-10

like Esau, sell her birth-ri9ht for .
mere mess of Denver pottage Is
she willing to become an outcast and
= prodigal son for the paltry consfd-
Grafton Of . few dirty acres OF Denver
land?
| It is now apparent from all that
| has been said that Denver has NO
/ right to enter the list as candidate
for the permanent scat of govern
ment. Located - she IL at the north
pole of the state insteAd Of the center
Of the territory and property, she
cannot command the people 10 bow
at her footst0ol TO worship ut her
shrine, or to make laws for the peo-
| ple of Colorado within her limits and
under her influence. The offer by
| her board of trade of . large body of
land to the voters Of the state, the
appoantment Of 4 comnttteo Of her
wealthy citizens to raise . large sum
of money to be used in the'canvass
as an inducement to the electors to
vote for Denver, the resignation Of
that committee under the moral pres
! sure of public indignation. giving as
their reason for resigning, that "a
money campaign for such purpose
WOuIu OC cACCC4ln8iy W. " boos oaAosA
aud improper" the reapp"intmeut
and reacceptance of the same COM
mittee, retaining the land bid for the
capital to trade upon, coupled with
the boast of the Denver Republican
"that Denver las wealth. Plenty of
it could be obtained with which to
make the canvass and secure the
prize" L,rge sums were ''indeed
offered but ON mature deliberation
dectined," forces the conviction upon
the public mind that the board of
trade of Denver is still rowing with
mufiied oars" in the "money cam
paign" for. the purchase of the capi-
tai at the ballot box in November
next. That said board of trade re-
gards the location of the scat of gov
ernment as . proper subject of bar
gain and sale, that the electors of the
state are in market like sheep in
sh handles; that the auctioneers of
said board of trade can put them up
to the highest bidder for cash or land,
and that the great power of the Dem
yer & Rio Grnnde railway, operating
her thousand miles of railway in
the state, with q hundred or more
stations ten miles apart aud numer-
GUS officers thereat, and the mass Of
ibOoEcre IL hcH cuipiOl thChs tuc sS1se
over, will all be utilized and mobil-
lied by the said board of trade to
carry the state election for Denver,
Notwithstanding the Denver Repub-
lican says their ''money campaign has
closed" And the sagacious Tribune
chimes in with . single paragraph:
"The citizens of Denver have wisely
abandoned all agitation of the capital
removal question. The scheme was
begotten of malicious feebleness and
es Aid sh;i hona1 Manifestations
heretofore made. and who are evil
IDENTIFY of the opinion that the 'bai-
ance of trade" ON the state house
question is against Denver. Why do
not the Denver papers say to their
uegotiators for the capital,
aNo more Of that an you love me. Hal"
Do they not remember that when
Satan sought to tempt the Savior ne
tsok him up into q high mountain
aud showing him all the kingdoms OF
the earth and the glory of them said
unto him, sAll these will give thee
if thou wilt fall down and worship
me-" What Q shame that the citizens
of Denver, through the greed OF ITS
board Of trade, should be placed in
the same category with the greatest
enemy of mankind and thus exposed
to the condemnation of the wise, the
good and the patriotic of the state
ana by them weighed in the balance
and found wanting.
Come down, Denver, come down!
Won are ,learly, unQualifiedly wrong.
Wrong in action and wicked in mo-
five ii YOU follow the dictates of the
hoard of trade. Wrong in coveting
your neiyhbor's house to increase the
grandeur of your own city at the ex-
nense and Inconvenience of three
fonrths Of the people of the state.
"Coyet not thy ncighbor's house nor
.nrth;ng that is thy neighbor's" say
The Mosaic and the Christian codes.
Locate YOUR seats of government in
sha censars of TERRITORY, population
snd nnbl,c conyenienoe cay the lava
IF conyress. the several states aud the
n,sss of The psople Of the same. The
;,,;nnct;ons like Of heaven and earth
condemn the trade proposed by your
ho.rfi of trade. When the leaders OF
sha old whiy party demonstrated
s;,h their great leader, Henry Clay,
shs. his approval Of the policy OF aa-
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