The Empire County argus., 1856-06-14
nCOuntY Seat Question"


The election is over, The votes have beon canvassed
and CoGma is still the county seat of FL Dorado county
For the third time has Paccrvie set herself up in oppo
ston the comfy large and for the third time She
vanquished. The contest was Placcrve against the
county, and the county came out little ahead 53l!
Co30nsG AgyuS.
The accredited editor Of tic Coloma Argus if he
penncd the above pcnned that which he knows to be
ialsa Paccrville never has set herself up i" in op-
position to the county at large" nor is she van
quished." The people Of the county, by more than
thousand Of the legal votes desire that Placer
vile be made the county scat AID actually voted thus
at the late election But by tie perfdy of men who
made controlled Or both the election returns pre-
vious to being canvassed by the Board of Supervis
ors by fraud as base os their own vile hearts could
well invent ard carry out defeated the WILL the wishes
and the true vote Of the people--PldoorvUe -Am
The "accreditcd editor" knows. as does every one
1T all convesa4t with the history Of the county seat
controversy, that the above is true. We know,
too that the statement that the people of the coun
ty, by more than one thousand Of the legal votes,
desire that Placorilo be made the county seat, and
actually voted thus at the late election" is false
We do not aspire to put this or any other question
upon the merits Of orr positive assertion and the
positive contradiction Of our cotemporary The
bare association would be discrcditablc to u.s. We
positively ashamed to correct these misreprescna-
tions Of cur neighbor. He has been 50 frequently
charged with aisehood, and has borne the soft i'm
peachment " with such Christian meckness that it
looks like brayado to longer contradict him in more
offensive terms than merely observing that he charac
tcrstically puts the whole subject false grounds
Put the recent vote in any possible shape end the
result is the same. Take the vote at the last fall
election by precincts, give each precinct out of that
its proportion of votes for Plaeerye and Cooma as
exhibited in the late election and Pacervlle stands
beaten. Take the vote by precincts at the election
in 54, and give each precinct its proportion of votes
for each place as per the recent vote and Pacervle
stands beaten. In short, as we have already said,
place the vote in any plausible light, make any
reasonable comparison, and the deduction will CORES
pond with the result Of the recent election
Our neighbor says the contest was not Placerve
against the county, but the baot-box stuffer and
forger of Illegal votes against the county, Let us
see, whether there any good reasons for calling
it contest between Placervllc and the county The
people of the county had twice before passed on the
question, and had both times emphatically expressed
the choice. The will of the people of the coun-
ty clearly expressed, and when any small comnu-
nifty set on foot project which if it succeeded would
reverse the decision of the people, that community
set itself up against the county. The catch argu-
mcnt that they wished only fresh expression on the
subject is all dished by their course in the Legislative
Lalls in trying to get removal and afterwards put
ting up with bill that afforded them the mere phan-
tom Of hope of success. In that they made con-
test between Placervillc and the county.
Knowing as they did the damper that these cleo
tons throw on the general business of The county,
and the expense to all interested that is involved,
and knowing the immense expense to the county
treasury, that must result Of a removal the Placer
VILLAINS made the contest between the Balloon City
and the county.
The very iniatiatory step showed where the con-
test orginated-Placervie capitalists contributed
some such sum as $500, to hire men to procure sig
natures in this portion of the State and make ada-
Wit that they were the names Of citizens of El Dorado
county. The people Of the southern portion of the
county, who the Democrat said urged Placervlle to
take the field, didn't pay any thing Of the expenses
and were afterwards so little interested in the result
that it was thought necessary to bait them with n
barbecue and sham balloon ascension p. .lf i0
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r. The FOURTH will not be publicly celebrated In
Coloma. Citizens who feel patriotic intend going tc
Georgetown and Greenwood Valley, at either o
which places they will find 4 cordial welcome aut
the very best entertainment iet 1aa ql
r Hon Tno r Wellor will ,,lo,eo oooo,,t to,s al