Given this story http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/uscapitol.htm http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/uscapi... During the

Given this story http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/uscapitol.htm http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/uscapi... During the war construction costs for the new dome [for the Capitol building] other parts of the building drew unfavorable remarks. Lincoln, however, stressed the importance of continuing the work, saying, "If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on." The same reasoning would explain keeping the capital in DC.