The Nevada journal., 1856-08-08
The County Seat.

properly issued a call for proposals anu
bids for the repair of the Court House
building in this place. The jail is en-
irely uniniured, the stone and IRON WORK
booking as fresh as before the fire, and
5fe walls of the buildiAg stand nobly.-
Fifteen thousand dollars will put the
building back in as good order as it was
before. and few thousand dollars more
will make it completely fre-proOf. 1t
would be extreme folly and as bad faith
for the Board to sanction the removal Of
county seat elsewhere, or allow this
building to go to ruins. The fallen mass
would be perpetual rebuke to an act
Of that character. The large lot on
which the structure stands was cleared
Of buildings, and donated to the county
bv the citizens of this city, who have
ever been foremost in any work for the
good Of the county. Nearly one half of
the county revenue has been paid by
Nevada since the organization of the
county, and the taxes that will be paid
this year by our citizens, in spite of the
fle. will be as heavy as ever
Nevada, from its business, and ac-
commodations for visitors, is the proper
county seat of the county. Before the
fire We had an ample supply of good
hotels, and will have them again in the
course Of few weeks, and the vote of
Nevada is larger than any other two
places in the county. Nevada is the
eNatural distributing reservoir Of business
of the whole county, and would be SO if
the county seat was removed but the
business Of people through the county
calls them Frequently to Nevada, SO that
a person having Business in the Courts
can attend to it in connection with the
objects that regularly bring him here,
and thus is peculiarly accommodated
by this location of the county seat.
We are iod to- ii p,e so,n.e.ri4s mot by
,Le consideration that this is a dcbata-
ble matter, for the subject was fully dis
cussel over a year ago, and settled by
general acquiescencei in favor of Nevada,
nut because our ambitious neighbors of
Grass Valley have md are seeking to
make capital of our recent calamity for
selfish purposes. The flames had not
ceased to devour om-goodly city before
it was ANNOUNCED by cur sYMPATHIsIxG
friends Of that excellent town, that they
would have the county seat removed to
Grass Valley. Upon the calamities of
Nevada they would grow and thrive
After five years of, on their part, sup
posed rivalry of Nevada, not on ours,
tae golden moment had arrived, when
tie last coveted advantage of Nevada,
ali The rest being ashes, might be
sei7 dupon as trophy of victory =
g oeos conquerors Kindly sympa-
t1st With one hand rendering
mss acently the sum Of Sl6I (which
shoala ha returned with due interest) for
sAe sufferers, the homeless and foodless
wanderers, and with the other endeav-
or-n6 to grasp what they imagined would
repay them dollars and cents uncounted!
Oh, happy union Of generosity and in
New discovery in the art of
Grass Valley would raise forty
thousand dollars--tAen il fell to twenty
ON paper-to bribe tho people to rob
Negada for tbeir advantage. To be
sure the people Of Nevada bad paid and
7.ould pay three times their amount of
iazcs, had given thousands ofdollars for
e1as--sq5 generous Grass Ysllev while
making these munidcent promises, had
forgotten first to be just, had not paid its
taxcs--hut what Of all that The tine
had arrived, when Nevada was unfortu-
nato, and Grass Valley was to be the
Phoenix that should rise from its ashes
should 5e the Nuit'ire TO mangie her
reraslns-
We remember an incident OF reyolu-
tionary memory that it would be in
good taste for cur neighhors to ponder
and act upon. t IS related that the
British ministers, upon the rebell,ous
town Of Boston making stself obnoxiohs
to them by It's services IN the cause oi
li5egsy, oaersd TO confer upon the rival
town Of Salem all the privilege Of The
sort Of Boston. on condition Gifts Femsin'
ing ,ayal. This Oaer Salem indignantly
regased, declaring they bad no wish Z
profit loy the misiortunes Of their neigh
bols
We admit no rivalry between Nevadi
ara Grass Valley as fax-as-sse arc con