The Empire County argus., 1854-04-01
Colon,a: Saturday, April /, 1854.
REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT.

question to q special election
There are good and sufficient reasons why the
county scat should not be removed from Coloma at
present; and if removed, why Paccryille should
not be the place selected for its location.
The county Of FL Dorado coyers.a large area of
territory, comprising some Of the best mineral and
agricultural lands in the State. Her other rcsour-
ces are immense. The population is becoming fixed
permanent. In short time it will become ne
cessary to form two or more counties from it, in
order to accommodate the various portions OF the
county as they are too far distant from the
county seat to render it agreeable to do business
there It will be no better at Tlaceryile.
That portion Of the county lying South OF the
Costumes have pettioncd Tor a county to be formed
from portions Of III Dorado and Calaveras. and
bill is now. or has been, before the Legislature for
that purpose Should this measure carry-should
the county Of Washington be formed it would be
doing injustice 70 the people of FL Dorado to re-
move the county seat. If the county OF Washington
be not formed, and the interests Of the people re-
quire the removal Of the county seat-which we
denyhen rIaocryille Is certainly not the place for
it to be removed to- If the object be to consult the
convenience CT interests Of the people Mud Or
Diamond Springs are either preferable to it.
The section Of country lying between the middle
and south for's of the American river has probably
as many permanent Inhabitants any other portion
of the county, of the same extent, and is settling
up more rapidly. Their interests and convenience
are at present identified, intimately, with Coloma
Should the county seat be removed from its present
location the people between these branches of the
river will justly ask for the formation of a new
county out Of that territory, the county scat to be
located at Georgetown, Greenwood, or Garden Val
ley and the Legislature could not we'll refuse them
There is no doubt that nature has defined the
boundaries Of the counties to be formed from parts
of Ell Dorado: but the time for such divisions has
not vet arrived IF the county seat be removed
from Coloma the event will be FASTENED. When
the removal, from necessity, must take place. Placer
Vile, from its locality, is not the point that should
be selected. It would not be central enough.
The location of county seat should be made with
view to accommodate the greatest number of perma-
nent inhabitants within the boundaries ofthe county.
It cannot be caincd that Paceryille is more cen
trail that it is easy Of access, and that the bu-
siness of the county can be more economically con-
Quoted than where il is ut present located or if the
county seat is to be removed that Cold Diamond or
Mud Springs, and even Logtown, has not claims
equally as cogent as has Placoryillc. Those places
should not be overlooked if the county seat is to be
put on wheels and set to locomotng hence.
There is another feature in the petition sent from
Placeryillo with which we take issue. 1t asks that
the matter Of removal be left to the people, at a
special c1econ Are the interests of the county so
much in jeopardy. that special election is needed
to save them from irretrieyable ruin Have our
county officers become SO &errupt and dishonest by
residence in Coloma, that it is absolutely necessa-
~ for their own good, the interests Of the county
and the demands Of justice, that the county should
be mulcted in few thousand dollars to remove the
officers and archives Of the county to the city of
Placervillo Can such plea be considered valid
Are there any peculiar qualities in the atmosphere
of Placeryille not possessed by Coloma, that will
further the ends Of justice, by such removal Or,
do the citizens of that place expect the location of
county scat at point, will cause pallata residences
to spring up like magic in their midst, to astonish
the world and fill mankind with awe at her great
ness and grandeur? Is it for these purposes they
ask special election
Ifthe Legislature takes action the petition from
Placorvilo the people of Coloma and other portions
of the county Interested, ask that the matter be de-
cided at general instead of a special election
The reasons for this course arc obvious The inter-
ests Of the county DO not require removal of the
county scat before the next general election.
special election would impose needless expense
upon the people; and we all know that our taxes
are onerous enough. without unnecessary addition
to them If the claims Of Placeryille are so proml-
nent that the interests Of the county be further
cd only by the removal of the county seat to that
place, she could afford to bide her time until the
next general election, which takes place in Septem-
tember-in less than five months after q law can be
passed, submitting the question to the people.
Coloma has been the county scat ever since the
formation Of the county. The same reasons which
caused its location here, operate with peculiar force
at the present time 1t is easy of access. Its ac-
commodations are amply sufficient for the business
of the county. Its location is as central any
other eligible point, and is convenient to those
having business at the county seat as any place that
could be selected.
The friends Of Coloma willing to submit the
matter to the people, but they ask that it be at a
general election. The population of Ell Dorado are
miners A special election, where party issues are
not at stake will find them unwilling to 60 to the
noils tbev preferrng to improve the time in mat