Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-03-29
Mr. Henry 9. Byam,
Amador Removal Bill.

Amador Removal Bill.
BY reference to the published report O
proceedings on the 26th March, it will b,
seen that the Assembly was refused to con
cur in Mr.. Senator Crandalps amendment tc
the Amador Removal Bill. The majority il
favor of non-concurrence, we understand, was
overwhelming. The bill will of course be
returned to the Senate, and if that body re-
fuse to recede from its amendment, the next
move will be for committee of conference.
Such, at least is the usual course of legis-
lation.
This favorable and purely democratic ac-
tion on the part of the Assembly will have
a strong tendency to allay the intense excite
ment, not to say Indignation, in the entire
northern portion of the county, consequent
upon the incorporation of Mr.. Crandall's OBJ
noxious amendment-an amendment design
ed for no other purpose than the virtual de-
feat of the bill, and which could only have
been adopted at the suggestion Of a clique
at jackson, to crafty the selfish purposes of
q few person. We do not know of a
solitary individual of the "two thousand six
hundred and seyenty-seven voters" who sign
ed the memorial, who does not scornfully re-
ject the amendment Of the jackson clique,
and utterly refuse to accept the bill upon any
such humiliating conditions as are therein
submitted. If THE PEOPLE are still to be de-
MED their rights in this matter-if the bill is
not passed in = r shape, so that the ques-
ton may be declded by the sovereign voice
we can form no estimate as to its inevitable |
disastrous effects upon the coming Fall elec-
tons.
Having still an abiding confidence in the good !
sense and patriotism Of the Senate, we have
strong hope that that body, upon mature re-
Election, will recede from the obnoxious
amendment, which could only have received
the sanction of honorable Senator's through /
a misunderstanding of the real facts in the
case. The bill as it originally passed the
A lsemb,y $50 objectionable in its character,
leaving the settlement of the whole mat
ter to the people who alone are interested,
that il cannot fail to meet with almost unani-
nous Legislative approval when properly un-
derstood Nothing could be more manfestly
unjust than to compel the county of Amador
30, 10 To ha CHI Ind
for the construction of public buildings in
1854. 1t should be remembered that these |
funds were offered solely as gratuity by the
citizens of jackson, in effect to corrupt the
voters of Amador county-even, perhaps, to
influence, greasers, non-residents, and Spanish
7romen dressed IN male attire They make
donation, gift, to the county, and then ask
that they be paid back again What would
be thought of the merchant who would make
gift to his customer and then charge him
with its value upon his books? However if |
jackson wants the buildings, (worthless con-
Germs at best, back again in the event Of
removal, let her have them; and further, if
Jackson will have any claim in law or equity
against Amador county, for money given in
1884 by any of her citizens towards the con-
struction of the present buildings, our courts
will be open to her for any relief she may be
entitled to in the premises. Let the Senate
leave her to this just and equitable remedy,
rather than persist in an amendment reported
by special committee Of one, controlled and
governed by an interested clique at Jackson,
and which amendement could not operate
otherwise than mischievously and unjust to
the taxpayers Of the county
In view of all these facts in the case, and
having reference to common justice and the
unquestionable rights of the people in this
matter, there is every reason to believe that
the Senate will act favorably.
BREApsrUFFs.-The San Francisco papers
report an advance in the price Of -four and
wheat. Has the prospect of famine so soon