Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the County.

The principal OF lection which seems TO he
urged against the plan Of consolid 'tiun, rs
| proposed 10y the Consolidation Committee, is
hat it would not he good policy to cut of,
IS preliminary step, that portion of the
county lying east of line to be run from
Condemned Bar in northerly direction TO
the Honcut. Admitting that there is any
force in this objection, it is not an argument
against consolidation itself, but against a
mere nitiatory step which may or may not
DO taken. If the meeting, Of Monday even
ing next, should be opposed TO division of
the county, and yet in favor of consolidating,
the proper method for them to pursue would
be to adopt only so much of the Report of
the Committee as refers to the financial con-
ditiou Of the city and county and exhibit the
palpnble necessity of an immediate reduction
Of governmental expenses, in one shape or au-
other.
II the majority Of the people of this county
prefer consolidation without segregation,
why then let the city and county consolidate
without any diminution of boundaries.
For our own part, we are inclined to the
opinion, that there would be much less con
fict of interests under consolidation which
would leave out the non.agrcu,turll portion
Of the mountain districts than under one
which would retain them. Still, If the people
Of the mountain district are loath TO be sepa
rated-although we 30 not know that they
are-we should not feel like totally disre-
garding their voice in the matter. This
ment to them as to us, and there is no need
of any hard feelings about it, The subject is
presented to the whole people of the county
for their consideration and all they have to
do is to discuss it in such manner as they like
and express their opinions accordingly. But
they should not heed office holders or the
exprctants Of office. at all because, although
this class of men may have more patriotism
than selfshness, yet the temptation to give
patriotism the go 10y is too strong to allow OF
their being safe advisers in a question of the
reduction of fees and salaries.
We would remark here that the intimation
which has been thrown out to the effect that
a division of the county is proposed in order
to change the political character Of the coun-
ty, is so supremely ridiculous as to make it a
matter of wonder that any one would have
the weakness to advance such an idea. The
very constitution of the committee forbids the
suppo>iton 1t consists of nine members
Three Of them are Douglas Democrats, three
are Administration men and two are Repub
leans. The entire Committee agreed on the
Of them can complain that he was deceived,
without acknowledging himself incapable Of
investigating for himself Not one Of them
can plead carelessness in attending to the sub
ject, without eoneeding that he is unfit for a
position of such responsibility. The intima-
tion, therefore, that some Of the committee
have been led into political trap is a rehec-
ton upon their good sense and intelligence
not at all iattering.
To recur to the merits Of the question, il
must be apparent that. where it is proposed
to give one government to both city and coun
try. with only such special exceptions as ar,
necessary the interests of both should lie n:
nearly identical as possible The interests
of the agricultural portions Of he county are
closely attached TO those Of the city. Tn,
city is their market. for meats and for PRO
duce. With the growth and prosperity o
the city, their lands are increased in valu,
and their improvements likewise enhanced
There can be no conflict between them ant
the city, for the especial expenses contingent
upon the preservation of peace and good or
der in the city would be borne by the rel
dents of the city and not of the county. The
! principal expense in the city would be the
support of police force. and the fines i'm
posed upon offenders would greatly lessen
that 1t follows, then, that if the burden of
taxation upon both city and country is to be
reduced by consolidation, and there is such
harmony of interests between them, the ag-
rcultural portions of the country at least can
not nationally Object to consolidating, nor, as
preliminary step towards it, can they object
to a division of the county.
The difficulty Of including the exclusively
mineral districts in the plan of consolidation,
arises from the fact that, with the growth
and progress of agricultural labor and i'm.
provement, the population Of the city and OF
the agricultural region must be more and
more disproportionately taxed in the course
of years, as compared to the mining districts
The spectacle would be presented Of a very
considerable extent Of country inhabited by
a worthy and industrious class of people, it
is true, but yet a class paying (as com
pared to the taxable property in the city
and the Valleys little or nothing to the
support Of the consolidated government
Yet, without regard to this fact, they
would heve a full voice in the Board OF
supervisors, and full vote upon questions in
which their interests were totally different
from those of the city and the agricultural
districts True, this difficulty might be OBJ
Waited by constituting the representation in
the Board with reference to this state OF
things, but the remedy would itself be diff
cult Of application.
As to the mining districts getting into a
huff and refusing to trade with us, as the Ex-
press says they will, if they are cut off, we
humby conceive that nothing of the kind
would happen. In the first place, no one
proposes to cut them off without their full
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