Life and liberty in America; . nclature. \Mienthey had exhausted these—an easy matter in a growing city—they brought arithmetic to the rescue of their poverty, aswas done in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities. Thus,in receiving cards and returning visits, the stranger may notnnfrequentlv find that he has been called upon by ]Mr. Jones,of No. 90 Ninety-ninth Street, or must nsit jNIr. BroAAni, atNo. 3 Third Street, or ]Mr. Smith at No. 22 TSventv-secondStreet. The system has its advantages, no doubt, but is some-Avhat stitl and mathematical, and ignores a veiy cheap butvery eftective mode
Life and liberty in America; . nclature. \Mienthey had exhausted these—an easy matter in a growing city—they brought arithmetic to the rescue of their poverty, aswas done in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities. Thus,in receiving cards and returning visits, the stranger may notnnfrequentlv find that he has been called upon by ]Mr. Jones,of No. 90 Ninety-ninth Street, or must nsit jNIr. BroAAni, atNo. 3 Third Street, or ]Mr. Smith at No. 22 TSventv-secondStreet. The system has its advantages, no doubt, but is some-Avhat stitl and mathematical, and ignores a veiy cheap butvery eftective mode of rendering honor to the great men of thecountiy, living or dead—the giving of their names to th^ pub-lic thoroughfares. If Washington gave his name to the city,why should not the names of other great Americans l>e givento its streets ? Besides its noble Capitol, with its towering dome, Washing-ton possesses many elegant public buildings, such as the WhiteHouse, or executive mansion, the Treasury buildings, the i^i;. iliilllriL %.. ill \i 1 m WASTTINGTON. 81 Pntont-ofTico, and the rosl-oirico. AVcrc thcso ccllfioos, whii-hjirc luosdy of white iiiarbh, concentrated, us they nui;lit andought to have been, in the <<Teat avtcry of Pennsylvania Av-enue, instead of being scattered over vurious portions of thecity, Washington might have possessed at least one stieet torival or surpass the Kuc de Kivoli in Paris. But the oppor-tunity has been lost, and can never again recur. Still, it isimpossible not to believe that Wttshington will yet become oneof the most splendid cities on this continent. It has all theelements of beauty as well as of greatness, both in itself andits immediate cuAirons; and when it becomes as poi)nl()us asNew York, Avhich it is likely to be in loss than tifty years, un-less the seat of government be transferred in the interval tosome such place iis St. Louis, nearer to the centre of the rc-pid)lic, the inferior buildings that line its spacious str
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