The Placer herald., 1859-04-02
Removal of the Capital-.-Fun in the Sem

Removal of the Capital-.-Fun in the Sen
ate.
AS a removal of the State Capital ha'
been an earnest theme among the Legislature
folks, and various aspiring villages have beer
covetous of the honor, Senator Pacheco re-
garding Auburn as place Of note, offered
on Friday, the 25th inst, the resolution found
below, written in Spanish, providing, after
the usual style, committee of visitation to
our little city. The Sacramento Union re-
ports that, on the next day, Saturday, Mr..
Kirkpatrick moved to take from the table
the resolution offered yesterday by the Sena-
tor from Santa Barbara, relative to the APP
pointment of committee to visit Auburn
in order to ascertain its proper adaptation
for a location for the State Capital. The
Senator from Placer being now present, be
could probably give us some information
upon the subject.
The memorial, written in Spanish, was
read by the Secretary; also the resolution,
which read as follows
Resolged, by the Senate, the Assembly
concurring, That committee of three from
each House be appointed, to visit Auburn,
in the county Of Placer, and to report to
this Legislature whether the citizens of that
Aourishng town, in case of the removal of
the Capital of the State to that eligible and
salubrious hamlet, are willing to construct a
large and commodous State House, in the
style of architecture known as the Gothic,
and also to report how much and the quality
of the land such citizens are willing to do
nate to the State in that county.
Mr.. Parker-I hope the Senator will ans
wer in the same language as the petition
Laughter.
Mr. Anderson-The Senator from San
Francisco must be aware that our laws, Jour
mails, and all public measures, must be pub
lished in the English language; but as the
Senator from Santa Barbara has had the
good taste to look with favorable eye upon
Auburn as proper place for the location of
the State Capital-and as | must believe the
Senator was in earnest--l will overlook the
fact Of the petition being written in Spanish,
laughter and am G lad to find that the
beautiful town of Auburn, where | reside
has received SO much attention at the hands
of the Senate; and although it may be some
thing of a joke, yet as the proposition has
been made, | hope that Senators will give it
their serious consideration. There is not a
handsomer town in the mountains Ap.
plause. The place is well built, sir, hcar.
hear. and SO far as public buildings are
concerned, we have magnificent Court
House that ! have no doubt the Legislature
would consider large enough for its USE
Hear! hear! and applause | can say this
for the place Il have resided there tol six
years), that the climate is salubrous; nei-
ther too dry nor too wet, neither too warm
or too cold; one Of the most pleasant places
in the State, blessed with pleasant breezes
from the valleys below, and with refreshing
showers from the mountains above. Loud
applause. If it is desirable to have lands
donated to the State to be connected with
the State Capital, there is perhaps at Auburn
the most splendid chance for the donation
of land of any place in the State. Ap
plause. Talk Of ten acres; why, there are
at Auburn thousands of acres that the citi-
zens of that place would be willing to do
nate to the Stale, amply suhicen! for all the
public buildings Of the State. AS to the
particular style of architecture to be adopt
ed we will build in any style-Gothic, Cor
inthian, Doric, Composite-any style you
please. Applause. And further, we shall
not ask the Legislature to remove there OH
the condition that it will remain there We
have sufficient confidence in the attractions
to be found in the salubrty of our climate,
and the general advantages to be found
there, that if the Capital is removed to Au-
burn it will permanently remain there. But
we do not make it a condition precedent; if,
after couple of years trial there, the Leg
slature should be dissatisfied, why it can
travel around to any Of our friends that feel
ambitious of the honor. Hear! hear! Loud
applause.
Question upon the passage of the resolu
ton, it was lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Ballou,
Gregory, Hamm, Titus, Wheeler--7
Noes-Messrs. Berry, Burch Burton,
Dent, Dickinson, Denver, Garter, Grant,
Hart, Holden, Ketchum, kirkpatrick, Lans
ing, Mcdonald Merritt, Parks, Parker,
Quinn, Redman-l9.
HooPs IN OLDEN TIMEs.-An act was in
troduced in the English Parliament in 1910,