Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-01-26
MIR. H.. II. Fisher
Removal of the County Seat"

jackson Sentinel of last Saturday. The ar
ticle leads off as follows:
"Some three or four San Francisco and
Sacramento gentlemen, who have lately re-
moved to the village of Volcano, in this
county, have gotten up, and are circulating,
a memorial to the Legislature, praying for
the removal of the County Seat, of Amador
County, from jackson to Volcano"
That is entirely gratuitous, and can have
no foundation in fact. Charity would suggest
that the excited Imagination and rufled
temper of the editor induced him to make
Volcano, recently from either San Francisco
or Sacramento, has had anything to do with
agitating the question Of removal If there
are any city gentlemen who will side with
Jackson in this contest the Sentinel is prob
ably better advised in relation to their move
ments than we arc
Again:
Let US pause for a moment and consider
what injustice and wrong they would perpe-
trate on this county, and the sovereign peo-
pie of this county"
The doctrine that the majority should rule
is not questioned by any true republican,
Should majority of tie voters of Amador
pray for the removal of the county-seat, we
conceive that it would be the duty of the
Legislature to bow to the will of the SOW
ereign people Should honorable members,
however, object to the manner of giving ex-
preston to that will, (by pettion) they GER
tainy will not deny the right of the people
to cote upon the question, and will afford
them an opportunity so to do. The people
will not be very likely to perpetrate" on
the county or on themselves any great Gin
justice" or wrong"
Volcano has sprung up, like mushroom,
in short space Of time"
Volcano has been growing long enough to
have q population at lcast double that of
Jackson But, about that mushroom; we DO
not understand the term We have heard Of
Mushroom, (mOuschercn old Fr) spongy
plant Of several kinds, that springs up sud
denly on dunghills, moist, rich earth, &c;
kind of agarie used in sauces; champignon;
an upstart" If the editor meant mushroom,
when he wrote mushroom, perhaps it was his
intention to apply portion of the meaning
of the word to himself OF course this is
little matter that we cannot determine.
"San Francisco has always had the name
Of ruling the State in ererwhing, but we
opine she will fail in her present object"
We are so ignorant as not to know what
the present object" of San Francisco is,
and therefore can give no opinion as to
whether she will fail" /" or succeed. The eea
of connecting San Francisco with the county
seat movement in Amador is little too
ridiculous to talk about.
"Some of these anxious individuals have
even gone so far as to assert that Hon. j. T. |
Farley has promised an act Of this kiad Now,
we do not know how this is, but will take
the responsibility of denying that Farley ever
promised anything Of the kind"
So so! "Now ve do not know how this
is" and therefore will not take any response
bility in the premises. Mr.. Farley is gen.
tleman well able to take care of himself; he
has no keeper. He is gentleman in whom
the people of Amador County place full con
fdence; and as one of their representatives
in the State Legislature, we doubt not fo
one moment his determination to carry out
if within his power, whatever may be the
honestly, fairly and reliably expressed will of
majority of his constituents 1.-THE ma
jority should rule
What claims do these San Francisco
gentlemen offer? We shall see. First
Volcano polled, at the last election, more
votes than jackson. Secondly Volcano is
a faster town Eyes, they have bull fights oc-
casonally) than jackson. Thirdly-V olcano
has more ladies aud San Francisco men,
Fourthly their mines are better, the when Is
false Fifthly-V Volcano is going to have the
County seat anyhoao."
Thus, on further reading of the "leader"
1t becomes apparent that the only nope on
the part of jackson (if the Sentinel is to be
taken as authority is in creating an UNJUST
and unreasonable prejudice against Volcano
"San Francisco San Francisco men San
Francisco influenced" is the peevish cry OF the
Sentinel when the people of Amador--citt
zens, qualified voters, and tax payers--have
the "impudencen to agitate the question oi