The Nevada journal., 1856-08-22
National American Nominations:
FOR PRESIDENT
Millard Fillmore.
OF MEM YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Sfs drew j. DOnefSOn.
OF TENNESSEE.
OF NEW YORK.

cody, If not favorable to the removal of
he county seat, are sticking over some
iechnical points in the statute defining
your powers and duties. 1t is rumored
saet az your meeting tomorrow the fate
3 INC Court House is to be decided
2umor also says you will take advant-
lge Of the absence of any law compell-
ng you to rebuild a public edifce de-
saoyed by fire, to make the plea of
7ant of power to accomplish wish and
design you do not deem it the part of
5ludence to openly avow. Is thus JUS
Ace 10 be defrauded of her rights 3
Sre courts to be held in the open air,
and prisoners secured on our hill tops
oy a standing army till the Legislature
shall have assembled and authorized
you 70 do duty which is pertinent to
Toar office now? You are empowered
oY law to keep in repair the public
hailoings, and if you were not, this case
IS one where you should assume the re-
sponsibility for the public good. You
are not cramped and confined by the
statute to a greater extent than other
gaslic officers before you, who have as
sesHed more dangerous responsibilities
and bsen applauded. 1t is one of the
Oldest laws of Great Britain, that no
money can be drawn from the National
tlxchcquer without an act of Parlia-
ment. Yet it has been done by the SOW
ereign in time of need. Similar laws
are found in all the States of the Union.
there was not scrap of law providing
ssainst an emergency which arrived in
fifgiaia. The State Penitentiary was
destroyed by fire, and hundreds of pris-
oners left without security. Yet with
out any authority from the law or the
law making power, the Governor of that
State provided prison which was af-
terwards paid for at the public expense.
The necessity of the case was sufficient
authority. 1t was an unforeseen ext
saney where the safety of the republic
demanded instantaneous action. So is
tbs case in which you are called upon
g aat The walls of the Court House
ae@ lnding cost the county fifty
thous d dollars. Less than two thou
ssna IL make then tenantable and
4aiual ,. But if this small sum is with
e,d Is any subterfuge or delay on youl
first rains will tumble all in a
mass Of ruins. 1t is told us, this lis a
consummation devoutlyto be wished by
those = no favor a removal to Grass
valley To expel from your breasts
the last hope of such an event, let u.
take a ance at the insuperable Difficult
ties that beset you in the undertaking
i is idle to indulge the fancy that the
next Legislature viii enact Grass Val
ey into the county seat without al
expression not to be misunderstood from
the people of the county, and without
positive act Of the law making power
ehe county seat cannot be relaoved.-
An act PASSED on the 10Th of Aprh las
says Nevada shall be the county sea
SIN positive terms, which cannot be alb.
nsatd without an equally positive
aaneu&R ofthe Legislature. A law may
5s pessel at the next session which
viii lit the question to the people,
but when the will of the people is as
eertained it amounts to nothing but a
guide to the succeeding Legislature by
which they may or may not aeS If the
Cow, sase =, ever removed TO Grass
there is no probability that ii
rae 1 zone in much less than iwo wears
-. process; meanwhile county butld-
lnss zt be had. The expense Of fl
s'ns z tho present buildings will be
less than the rent of rooms till this oues-
tinn'is decided. So that in any case it
IS q matter of economy for you to pro-
2eed to do what is your manifest dntv
Even themost sanguine depending upon
IN act Of the next Legislature, cannot
expect aremoral till after the rainy sea
con has commenced, and to make tho
county property worth. anything it is
necessary to put it in proper repair i'm
nedia'ely. A soaking rain, in the pres
ant condition of the public buildings
aould lese the county forty thousand
dollars. Not only byduty to Nevada but
to the county at large, are you called
'pon to act promptly, which we trust
Foi viii DO.
AN0THER BRICK-J. S. WALL &
d., -, 49,, o;,o. Al oxoa.. q =