| Show r f 1 f GOO O O O O 00 OO 0 li oo 0 o oo oo oo 0 0 O O 90 0 00 0 0 to 0 0 tOtO 0 ca i THE CENTENARY OF oc tf 4 a i CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON i iA oc a a 1 A A n O O OO OO 06 o rHE Ie second ond Ilon of o the TUE sIxth which opened on cm t 3 the first of cit thu month and md l thc or of 1 tH be It If for nothing tile 11 4 I the Ih one If or of that body lit f l i Un at All Ma our national i t ce are every yr Iari i more nor ra rare anti and AI I I r l at aft an L f upon Ulon the st at Iu large It I Id d us UI to cast a bun i f sid and revIew the of our Ohlin f f SOIl lUe lite u t entity I Ii i r i l It wu In June 1800 thit the publIc I Ii i OL ea were tram F phia to and opened there therel l t the of that month but It al alt t not until the ot of November in that hat tb the little with all til the via Ila archives on board hating j I Ii Th o O OO I that the nate are ready adr to Haet In their for tor the pur po of tilt the of off I f the of the United The houta or RO Re IRk the th teats Matti th then RI the pr th tb United John Adami came the senate n te and nd both holt houe of oC lip III of the etile t Ind or of the of I after the adJournment of tL t their Jail Iut In Phila I hid bad dl In hi hiitt 1 itt Ith the law for the of the public COrda md amI property have beut beell eXt anti and the cince reah P eu and the ordinary of the In thu 1 tb the people of the i i gentlemen on the prospect Dt f n a reel rul denee dence not to be Although there II caute to 10 apprehend that lint are not nol now to complete lIS te might be wished yet yel there thre je Is groat read rea son on to belIeve that title I will cea with Ih the Pt It bl be the tI of oC lI to 10 for Cor the first Ill time In Ihl this solemn t with without out look looking In up to the of the anti and Imploring hk hili May Muy Ihl territory be the of and happiness Iii thu city lIty lotty InY that thet pitt end virtue virtu that anit i I If which Ir t character WhOM who mun It beset bean lie he for far held In Hell litre an 1111 I our country rna nay pure moral und end true Corver I U 7 I elti that th lint of had hod received our envoys and r with the ru rt speet dUe to their character anti and other of at the time tillie Thie ea lon of ut ot wo vae not b by any m means Ite 1111 ce as a body with the making of oC national laws for pre to that there hall hati been several L I seats of at n t of tho United States OoIn ba k to the earliest time at separation from the mother country woe rn a 11 colonial ron eon green gresa met unet In New York In 1165 It IL wan OIl OIlIn In Iii 1714 that the first con cun conree gt ree fJ met TheL In but the ox ex i j J r 4 1 t L I fi t tr A r f j 01 N k i V Vrr rr H I Ac JI 0 S I f fp r I 1 p tT ii I t H In October convened Satur Saturday Saturday day No Nov 2 22 It was ordered that the I eeor lar notify the house of represent on the of eon grass nt at the permanent seat eMt of at their government UpI I you lie He then Ihen went on to Inform them that thata a I treaty rea ty of amity and commerce had been Leen concluded with lIh the kine ot of I w r CApiTOL 50 nS AGO FROM MI AN OLD OW RAVING HG of the United States all as A politIcal Ical entity dates dato horn from the Con In May 11 10 1776 1775 and In the nouns name of which and Iii Ih Great Jehovah re redoubtable doubtable Ethan Alien lied had summon the at to surrender The rIte exigencies of the war antI and IDeal drove to locate loate At ii 11 places after atter that In Dt December 1115 It sat lit at BaltImore MardI 4 1777 1177 It was liB liBIn In Whence It Il wa was driven by the h to and York returning to the first named ell city In July I soldiers who had not hed their pa offered con green such affronts In the City ot of Brotherly Love that the members embers In indignantly withdrew to Princeton N J JIn Jin In 11 In November ot of that year ear at Annapolis where lute sword II as In chief of the liMn army and anda II a year later It IL was In Trenton N J 1 It 11 interesting to note that during Wash asu two terms lums as aa president he re Itt nt New York and Philadelphia never In the city that aft aCt I I bore his hiM name Iii 1 January 1786 1785 wo we find congress RI as In New York the capital of the count country and here In 1710 General George was inaugurated as AI first t of oC the United States Slate adjourned In August 1790 17 and the seat t of government was wa once more removed to Philadelphia where It II contInued without Interruption until finally fixed at the ne new capital the city of Washing tOil During the war ar period congress l had hadn been n from the necessIties or of the lIon merely a revolutionary bod body exist tag Ing only by sufferance ot of the different but after 1789 the Continental congress to 10 e exist t find and thence thenceforth forth Corth legIslation was conducted under th the constitution adopted that year ear There was a groat deal ot of local over the ot of 1 it national capital as ma may be from the record of July Juh 1700 A message Calom the senate informed the house houte that tha t they had pained a bill for tor 68 tha Ilia seat ot of gov government of the United 1 Slat to which they desired lilt concurrence ot of the ho The Tho bill was LWI and nd committed July was wa made to the lull beMuse because It was not known whether the place proposed ed was the 1 t 1 real center ot of pO which thought to bt be somewhere between Phil Philadelphia adelphia and Ir dr Let Lee entered Into R a consIderation of the tho relative of the tiie southern Bouthern mid die Je and northern states there thero were rere then no western states and said The decision ot of the senate affords n a most mont tu opportunity to manifest that magnanimity or of soul which shall em cm embrace bract brace upon nn an extensive the bt lt the great This cannot bo be done whilo the pren Pel nt ot of the seat Sloat of at of oC the tho States continues Nations have their paM passion Ions ns as well ns as Individuals Its then dl drew fin an alarming victuro of the to be front Crom disunion ambition and b by f a sketch ef C the happy hall effects to be derived from na national national generous nerous and equal attention to the northern and an southern Interests win Will the gentlemen said he to 10 the bill tor locating on Maryland and Virginia soil eoll blast this 1118 prospect V by ro the bill I trust they ther will not excerpt fro from In the transactions ot of conc congress shows the temper dIsplayed nt at atthe the time Shen ticked why a period ut of often ten years was iras to expire previous to ro 10 moving to Washington he exPlained that this the reason wal AI people I would ROt lIot consent to 10 have the govern dragged 1 to so 0 remote II a part jart ot of the UnIted States One vet ot ld ed for lor tItle this was the tho southern position the gentle gentlemen gentlemen men from Crom the would probably consent to Mr 1111 Gerr Gerry Ma sette naked them to consider the bill from R a national ot of view Ie lie ac acknowledged acknowledged that PhilAdelphia was ns un undoubtedly undoubtedly nearer the center of at wealth and population titan than Now ow York but the Wits wall more than that place at which we now sit alt Philadel Philadelphia phia At the final reading In the house houlle Jul July tr rr moved that the Potomac should shook be struck out and the Delaware ln Inserted Instead This was all defeated Mr Ir Aman moved mold to strike out Potomac and insert German Germantown town Mr Ir moe moved to strike out lut Potomac and insert HaIti more defeated Mr Ir Smith moved to 10 strike out Potomac and Insert between th the Potomac and the tIe lie sated And so It went ver ery much like proceedings nt at a later IMer date rite fhe locAl feeling Is welt well Illustrated In a letter purporting to have I been written by br a young oung lady of New NewYork I York to R a female frIend In PhiladelphIa I the removal of the sent of at goy gov government wu oil Nann Im IID sony to pay you 01 writ ua N The arid roost Ita n determined to quit quitU iii U Aed for u my a lr tre much In I a pet Poe Gl ci t boo wilt wll be up to 10 let ht Dee that Were quit quilt In III I a aIn ele 1 I In OW nie III 1 oat Mr It is s sat at till lbs lUll I I flit m f eg 31 mister Ioui dull end Ida ku Iriti 11 If a r be u Ie i III Ind nd tilt the fSr of r t he lort And Ht yost gro great tie 11 ill aU et I lie hope sod le be iss tilt ilia y II they lei ieee III i In III debt 14 tel 1 iii II I 1111 In fit b lii would ruber It w Umber limb r dl Than lie vs II ni 1 to Ie Where the h houpe sod lit at Jt to te t Th the trw to 10 be filial and tilt the to te Ie nan d All As tar far bark back ns no A e wrote to n ii friend Where establish their I Ii 1 a much agitated It is III a jf great no ieee to the States In general titan thon to the state slate that may muy obtain the It the general voice ot of the that large huge cities tire ure to 10 bit be avoided this opinIon n a variety arlot of Je be too obvious to net ure ta t A small State nearl nearly enu ought to be to cu lOI state either northward or ioU oui t i II 1 and on this Count account New J rs man voices Whatever hereafter ma may mingle 1 I h the emoluments tiit th ro went nent of it It is JI be doubted that the real al e estate In h vicinity and overt throughout th lb Instantaneously receive a 1 alue This prediction seems to ha horne borne out by the rite rise In Valli aiu In Washington Immediately After It as lucid out AS a city ThoUgh It v I II that time described nil as a town houses houles anti and and the oath 15 tance front the capitol to Ito House was R a morass morus In Mil M i 1 there were houses of brick and Ut UI mid and beIng erected lots loll south or f avenue Were vere at nn an average price of at nn ant not nUl thi h oit o oat nt at while lots loll binding on tI waters sent lOnt nt at I er front COI to it I The CiC 1 1 n II r tam this opinion for or s 0 rn began to bid for or the t a tal New York offered to cede the ton o find and Maryland the III i t ct o Annapolis What huat think you ou rote a virtuously Indignant to a correspondent lent of this kind ot of cm Ihy By n a resolution ot of congress copies of cf J the nets acts of the ot of NJ York lork and Maryland were d to the executives of the re states who vero that the first Monday In October 1783 was assigned for tor said affairs into Inlo lion This enterprising scheme pro voiced oke l front Crom several I other ther states but It II was wall pro that buildings for Cor the Use of at u be erected on or near the blinks banks of th the Delaware n a suitable district t can lie be secured on or noor the banks or said river for Cor II a federal town and that E the rl right ht of at soil and An lr r such sueh other jurisdiction as aR may direct shall be ye vested In the States A long anti and tedious discussion folio folioed ed dunn during which one proposition wa entertained which provided for Cor two res dences of at congress lOngn one on the Ihl banks f the Potomac and the othEr on the ot or the Delaware where the they should hold sessions alternately It was in ls that n a member of the house from Cram Vir Virglnia Ir offered the federal government ten miles ot of territory or any lesser quantity In nn any pert part of at his state which congress might choose hooe and wa la followed Lr by n a similar offer oller tram from Mury land Finally after a seven lIeI years strum struggle le on the of at July 1790 Pres PresIdent PresIdent Ident approved and sign the following Jill bill DE Be It enacted etc ete that t a distrIct of territory not eX exceed exceeding ing ten miles sqUAt square to be located 1 as |
