The Empire County argus., 1856-03-08
The American. the county Seat. sc.

The Placervle american bestows on us q hard
hit in its last weeks ISSUE when it speaks of g
weekly paper, able to produce two whole columns
of original matter in each number" Of all follies
we would shun, God help us from approach Of
vanity A fruitful brain is unquestonably good
thing--more to be desired than the gold of the
placers But if in our ripper years the ideas should
grow and multiply with the gray hairs of our
head, We now devoutly pray we may not on that
account sutify ourself by such egotistic compari-
sons We might without any over-strained effort,
produce great deal more than two columns of
original matter-say, to be safe, two and u half
but are of opinion that the Argus is rendered more
readable and useful by drawing more largely on
the columns of our able cotemporaries; and just
fer the novelty and amiability of the thing, we
know the man of the american will concur
But Ais not gold that glitters" nor all original
that's loaded: and we have heard it said by old
residents Of the county, that many of those discov
cries of which we read in the american were once
announced, with just much gusto before that
paper ever shed its edifyng rays on this communi-
ty. In fact. gentleman of this place once pro-
posed furnishing printed copy. in anticipation OF
their appearance in the american. of several num-
bers OF the series Of articles entitled American,
Antiquities and Its 70, Kirkham Ancient People,
then being ground out by that paper.
AS to the matter which our neghbor chooses to
style "subterfuge" we reaSSert it in substance
lacerville has the citizens of the county thou
sands Of dollars, ly her continued and repeated
agitation Of the question of removal If the county
seat; and we are prepared to prove. too, that old
scores against the lactrvlle committee Of 81 have
not yet been cancelled
You are gully of great perversion of truth
however, when you assert that this is the only
reason we have offered why the county seat should
not be removed to your place; and talk absurdly
indeed. when you hint at sucl, state of things
the citiz of this place and of Georgetown being
in league with each other for II division IF the
county. 10 avert an inevitable division in Of
removal. we have counsclrd that the county seat
be left where it is: we uttered the general
sentiment of the residents of large district Of the
county when we said that division must follow a
removal, and that sle, Oily; we referred to the
trouble, loss of public buildings financial embar-
ras>ment and depreciated political consequences,
which would be entailcd on the territory by organ
izing into two counties; We quoted from the George
town Neps, us more immediate y the organ Of the
Northern portion of the county, to show the deter
minaton Of the citizens Of that section, to compel
IL division, in case Of removal.
lhe insinuation of Il covert understanding be-
tween the citizens Of Georgetown and of Coloma,
having division for its object is rather inconsis
tent with what you said the previous week, about
the distaae with which the Georgetown people re-
gard us-the idea is too ridiculous, in fact, to re-
quire refutation. What has Coloma to gain by a
division of the county what, if it come to that,
by preserving its present circumference and max
ing Placerville the judicial center9 Nothing AS
taxpayers, however, and citizens of the county at
large, we resist division, for reasons before cited
and will ever resist the removal, as necessarily
resulting in division.