Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-14
1ailp WationaI Rtmottat.
The Movement in Northern Sierra.

Enron DEMOCRAT I'm the Express of the
9th there appeared an article headed New
movement" which article seems to have been
written on the authority of prominent gen
,leman of La Porte Now, Mr. Editor, l am
inclined to think that the said prominent gen.
,,eman is an old fogysh bachelor who has
been noted for years for always being oppos-
ed to any thing that every body else was in
favor of, and Who It is said, has dreams of a
eatin the Legislature, and whose prominence
isa creature of his own imagination. So
r,uch for "Promiaent Gentleman :" and now
CIR the article, which contains some truth and
some that is not true, as l will show:
ave learn that an effort is being made to
disconnect that portion of Sierra in which La
Porte is situated, and unite it with Yuba
county"
No such effort is being made.
"Tbe people of that section have complain
nd for some time of their isolated situation,
and the great inconvenience they experience
os part ofSierra county. To remedy this,
an effort is made to secure new county"
That is true, every word of it.
with La Porte as the county seat"
That is calculated to convey a wrong inn
preston, to wit: that the thing is all fixed ;
that La Porte would be the couhty seat, when
in fact there are three other places that
would stand just as good, if not better chance
to get 1t, being more central.
"a prominent gentleman of La Porte says
that large majority of the people would
prefer being joined to Yuba, to being organi
1ed into new county"
That is as false as thunder
"The business of that section of the coun-
try is done with Marysville, and there is at
ali times speedy and direct communication
with this city, whereas, in going to Downie-
vile, they have very rough country to
travel over, which, in the winter season, is
almost impossible"
True as Gospel, every line of it.
1--WE understand that petitions are being
circulated in and around La Porte for that
purpose, and that the Legislature will be ask
ed to unite them with Yuba."
Nary such petition is being circulated in
and around La Porte.
Now, Mr.. Editor, the trnth is, that while
we can communicate with Marysville for six
months in the year in one half of the time we
can with Downieville, still we think that we
have all the elements for prosperous coun-
IT, and ought to be allowed to set up on our
hook And we do think, too, that our Dow
Neville neighbors are very ungenerous not
to allow us to do so without their kicking up
such fuss about it, after we have contribu-
ted to the building up of their town for seven
years by paying heavy taxes and now leav~
ing them with all the county buildings and
about three times the taxable property there
was in the county when it was organized in
1852, and paying our portion of the debt
Surely this is not following that Golden Rule
which teaches us to do unto others as we
would have them do unto us.
Now, Mr.. Editor, should we fail to impress
the Legislature with the justice of our cause,
it lis quite probable we may ask to come back
10 Yuba as the lesser of the two evils.
Mr.. Editor, by publishing the above truth
full 0tement you will be doing an act of JUS
tice to people by whom, 1 trust, it will not
be soon forgotten, Jusr1cr