The Georgetown news., 1856-02-14
County Matters.

Nd1 vi Tue seat Ol luSIiCc Vi inns NDo"'N Ho'ii
Coloma to that city. Such removal would
he excessively impolitic and detrimental TO
the welfare and convenience of the mass Of
the county generally. The movements of
our wilv neighbors for some time were clan
destine, only broaching the subject to those
in whom confidence could he entrusted:
Notwithstanding the precaution taken, If
has leaked out, and is now thoroughly un-
derstood throughout the county, and is be-
ing met in this section with a merited re-
buke. In some instances it is a source of
amusement to watch their manteuvres and
listen TO the 'buncombe" arguments set
forth in favor of the project, aud in others
it IS extremely odious to note the low cum
ming artifice brought ntorequisition for the
accomplishment of the long sought for prize
Of immense yalue-County Seat Of FL Do
rado. Ever having the welfare of county
TOO much at heart" they would not under
nny circumstances favor division OF it =
such is the purport of a brief communica-
ton which may be found in another col
ann, addressed 10 the citizens Of George
Town in reply to similar one asking their
tthe citizens of Placerville,) cooperation to
urge the present Legislature to divide the
county. For the information of the unin-
formed We will state, from reliable authori-
ty we are positively assured. that in the
event OF a failure on the part of Placerville
TO remove the county seat to that city, it is
Intended to instantaneousiy ask the Legis-
lature 10 cut the county in twain, establish
ing the boundary lines SO as to secure the
seat OF justice OF the southern county,
That such is the case there is not the least
shadow Of doubt. For effect a ruse has
been gotten up in the extreme southern
part of the county, it is to attach strip
Of FL Dorado to that Of Amador. This
was done for no other purpose than that of
binding the uniformed, suspecting that
they would rather submit to removal ofI
the seat of justice, than see the Empire
County dismcmbered. For this reason such
puerile arti6ce is absurd: ten of the twelve
representatives in the Legislature from this
county are pledged to use every honorable
and reasonable effort to obtain if possible
taat portion taken from El Dorado by the
Legislature of last winter, and which now
forms part of Amador. By whom was
this pledged exacted? By the inhabitants
of Indian DiggingS and other places in that
vicinity. composing the would be disaffect-
ed limb Of the county. The mode resorted
TO of obtaining signatures in the neighbor-
hood of Greenwood Valley, favorable to
removal of county seat, is enough to con-
vince the most disinterested that all is not
right, it was paying the sum Of twenty
ceats for each name to those who circulated
petitions there. However, it requires des-
perate means to accomplish desderate ends,
or in other words TO remove the county seat
TO Placeryille.
1t is high time this detestable and annoy
ing question was definitely settled, and it
never will be as long the county remains its
present size. 1t has too many conflicting
interests. Should the county seat be remo-
we'd from where it is now located by the
Legislature assembled, in all probabil-
ity ere another year shall have passed the
representatives of the people will again be
annoyed in legslating for its removal to
some other more favored locality, squander-
lug the public money on a subject which is
of no benefit to the State at large.
With view to their best interests the
people of this section are largely in favor
of the organization Of new county, to be
formed ont Of the territory lying between
the South and Middle Forks Of the Ameri-
can River. To all right thinking minds it
must be garingly apparent that such an
event must take place ere long. Why not
now! The people demand it, and will con-
tlnue to do so from time to time until it is
attained. A more auspicious period may
not again present itself during the next ten
years. The county is out Of debt and is
sufficiently large in point of territory, pop-
ulation, and wcalth-both mineral and ae
ricultural-to form two respectable and in
fuential counties.
Petitions favoring division and also re-
monstrances against removal of the county
seat are being widely circulated by COM
mittae of the citizens of Georgetown, ap-
pointed in town meeting on Saturday even
inc last. and as near as we ascertain, two
thirds of the taxpayers north of the South
Enrl, Of the American are anxious for the