Volcano weekly ledger. (Volcano, Amador County, Cal.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-02
The County Seat of Amador To the Men,
bers of the Legislature.

we NOulu Respectfully Dut tdIutsIiy SOilClu
the attention of members of the Legislature
to the subject of the proposed removal of the
County Seat of Amador. A brief article
will be quite sufficient to present the question
exactly as it stands; and while we appeal
directly and confidently to that power from
which we have right to seek relief, we most
assuredly a5W not handy words and epithets
with the excited representatives of an adverse
interest.
Gentlemen Of the Senate and Assembly:
A large majority of the LEGAL VOTERS Of
Amador county (taking the vote cast at the
last general election as basis) dissatisfied
with the present location of the seat of Justice
have petitloned your honorable bodies, the
Senate and Assembly for an act removing
the same to Volcano; or, in your own wise
discretion, an act submitting the question to
vote of the people of the county, at an
early day.
This is purely Elocal question; and those
who favor removal would not ask your time
and attention for single moment, if there
was any other channel through which they
might seek relief The jackson Remons-
trance" calls upon the Legislature to leave us
to the remedy provided by general statute,
passed in 1850 and amended in 1854 where
by County Judges are given authority to
call elections for the removal of county seats;
but Senators and Assemblymen are aware
that at the last July term in the case of
.Dsdtey v Halbart ct al, our Supreme Court
decided that the power so conferred upon
County Judges is unconstitutional, and hence
null and void.
The county seat was voted to be fixed at
jackson, at an election in July, 1854, as fol-
lows: jackson, 1908 votes; Volcano, 937;
Suffer Greek, $50; lone City, 400; or, 2,
975, in ALL Thus it will be seen that Jack
son was even then in a very decided minority
Ito wit, TO the extent of Nine Hundred and
Sizty-Niae Votes. Since July, 1854, the
population of Amador has been largely in
creased, partly by immigration to the county,
and partly by an addition of territory from
I'll Dorado county, and election statistics,
Gas well as the assessment rolls) show that
the increase by migration has chiefly settled
in the region of Volcano, while the territory
annexed from El Dorado is geographically
nearer to Volcano than to jackson AT the
last general election, Sept 9th, 1860 as
many as 3,S49 votes were polled--l047 of
which { A votes more than jackson received
from ALL sources for the county seat) were
cast at the precinct of Volcano alone,- -
jackson (Sept 9th, 1859 cast only $40
votes. Thus it will be seen that the n ,reat
of population is in the neighborhood of Vol
cano; at her own precinct she now casts
more votes than she received on the former
occasion for county seat, all told while, on
the other hand, the vote at the late election
would indicate that jackson would not be
able to obtain, for county seat,a many votes
as she did at the July election in 1854.
We have made these brief remarks in |
order that members of the Legislature may
see at glance that the claims of Volcano
for the county seat are by no means prepos-
ferrous. That Volcano is more accessible to
decided majority Of the voters and tax-pay-
ers of Amador county than Jackson, is an
irresistible conclusion. Volcano sends down
the signaturS of some Iwenty-EigM Hun
dred Voters, which is MORE THAN Two-THIRps OF
THE WHOLE VOTE OF THE COUNTY, in favor OF
removal. These names have been honestly |
obtained for an honest purpose They are
the voluntary signatures Of citizens, tax-pay-
ers and voters, who believe that the county
seat of Amador should be at Volcano. We
will not stoop to engage in angry controversy
with those representing the adverse interest,
Wholesale charges have been ruthlesstg made /
that names have been forged. and Others
obtained through false representations; these
charges were made by those representing the
opponents Of removal, the moment the move
ment was made. 1t is an unworthy charge
to make against the sovereign people. We
make no charge of forgery or deception
against the people of jackson in this matter;
we know not how many names they have
obtained, nor how they have obtained them;
but we DO know that more than ti1o-thirds of