The Empire County argus., 1856-04-19
Coloma, Saturday Morning, April 10, 1861
AMERICAN NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JACKSON D0NELSON,
OF NEW YORK.
OF TENNESSEE.

"THAT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS" Under this
head the Placerville american gives out that the
city of Placervle is about borrowing $4,000, tc
be used as part of the S50,000 provided by the
Act for removal which we publish the outside
of this weeks paper. There are other misstate
ments and misrepresentation contained in the
american of last week The following is briei
statement of the facts concerning the $4,000
amendment and the Pacerville $4,000 ordinance
After the friends of Pacerville had failed to get
the requisite support to bill for an arbitrary re-
moval of the county seat to Pacervlle, bill was
introduced to submit the question to vote of the
people knowing that the Placervillans would be
profuse of promises to stand the expense of remov-
al, those members of the Assembly who had op-
posed the first BILL in order to put the second bill
before the people entirely on its merits, submitted
an amendment, which is contained in Sec. of the
bill as it now reads This section of the bill points
out and provides for the expense unavoidably at
tending removal, and will induce people to reflect
before voting, and so vote understandingly. True,
the section in hand "originated with the oppo-
ncnts of the bill," but what of that! Messrs Tay-
lor, Oliver, White and Welch, are as intelligent
and as we'll informed in regard to the wants
and interests of Ell Dorado county, and as con-
scientous in the performance of their duty, as the
orignators of the bill for removal and they thought
the county very we'll provided for in the way of a
county seat, and that removal would require
an expenditure of $4,000 beyond the amount ne
cessary to supply the proper convenicnces at the
present county seat.
Sec. makes plain question in terms, of what
is absolutely and imperatively demanded by the
other portions of the bill. The bill provides for
immediate removal Of the property of the county
to Pacervillc, where rents must be paid for court
house, county Offices and Jail; provides, thereby,
for TIE loss of above named buildings now owned
by the county in Coloma, and renders necessary
the building of new ones and the purchase of lots
in Pacerville whereon to build them: and Sec
merely provides the ready money required, making
the moderate estimate of $4,000, which would
never pay the damage.
And now as to that $4,000 ordinance of the
Placerville Council: On the Sth inst. the Com
mon Council passed an ordinance calling on the
citizens to consider the proprety of procuring the
sum of ten thousand dollars on the credit of the
city, and appointing an election for Tuesday, 10th,
when the voters should vote Yes No on the ques-
ton. The money to be used in the campaign, and
to be subject to draft of committee appointed by
the same body, to conduct the canvass on the part
of the city of Placerville The only variation from
the truth that the american is guilty of in this
item is that the $4,000 is to be used in the at
tempt to saddle the $4,000 on the county, instead
Of going to cancel, in part the sum required by
the Act for removal No-the county seat is what
our Hangtown neighbors want. The county seat
is the great acme Of their earthly felcitythe
sine qua non of every thing desirable. The county
seat is all in all to them-they fight for it and
for it-work for it and hope for it-and if they
"erer praA" as they promised at the bottom of
their petition to the Legislature for removal they
would, tits for the county seat-and now, last
and hardest and noblest act of all, they propose
bleeding Or being bed for it, in the of $4,000
to be used in conducting the canvass