The Georgetown news., 1856-03-20

"Resolyed. That we will support no man
for Office at the coming election, of any par
ticuar party, who by his action upon this
vital principle of selfgovernment refuses to
submit the same to the people directly con-
cerned."
The above resolution We fnd in the Sac
ramento Union Of Tuesday, among the pub
lished proceedings OF meeting Of the cit
izens of Placerville convened on Saturday
evening, to consider the subject of the per-
manent location of the county seat of El
Dorado county"
We have never had any particular desire
to get mixed up in this county seat contro-
versy, and have not intended to take sides
with Coloma or Placervile. or manifest
partialitv for either, further than 10 advo-
cate what we deemed the interest of large
majority Of the voters Of the county. We
have not even expressed a disapproval of
the one-Sided bill now before the Legisla-
ture, confning the contest entirely between
Coloma and PlacervilIe, and forcing the
people of the county to vote for one or the
other, or none. 1t is not unreasonable TO
suppose that there may be other places
than either Of those named, which large
mass, perhaps majority, of the people deem
more eligible locations. and for which. in
common justice, they should be allowed to
express their preference.
But enough of this; we started of with
the purpose Of speaking Of the resolution
before Us. And, gentlemen Of Placervile
permit us to say to you in all candor. that
in the adoption of that resolution you have
transcended the limits of what you had
right to say, and committed gross hlunder
in policy, which will tell heavily against
you, should you succeed in the object sought
to be attained, namely, to force the bill
through the Legislature by threats Of in
timidation intended to coerce the repre8en-
tatives Of this county to vote for its pas
sage. You would stife the right of one-half
of those representatives to act upon their
own convictions of duty, and force them to
act in direct contravention Of what thew
understand to be the almost unanimous
will Of their immediate constituents. You
assume that because the citizens of Placer
vile and few other places demand the re-
agitation of this subject, settled so recently
by large vote Of the people against you,
that the representatives, of the county are
bound to listen to that demand, and involve |
the county i'll heavy expense, merely to
gratify your private interests, or otherwise
they commit "a gross outrage of every prin-
ciple of popular sovereiguty;;" and as the
penalty Of refusingto do your bidding, right
or wrong, against any and every other con-
sideration, you publicly proclaim that they
are TO suffer political decapitation, so far as
your suffrages can effect it.
1t is treading upon dangerous ground !
when you threaten to extinguish all party !
lines, and discard from participation in of
flee all those who do not choose to consider
the interests of Placerville paramount to
all other considerations, and the cause must
be weak indeed that requires resort to such
desperate alternative.
The public PRONUNCIATION and adoption Of
that resolution, We hold to be an outrage
upon the freedom Of thought of the repre-
sentatives for whom it was intended, and
upon the rights of their constituents; and,
had it emanated from the citizens of Colo
ma or Georgetown, or any other place. we
would not have hestated one moment so to
brand it,
Some Of the other resolutions adopted at
the Placerville meeting deserve "raking
down, which want of time forbids our no.
ticing, and we turn them over to the ten-
der mercies Of the Argus.