Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-01-26
The County Seat.

sapient author of the Jackson "Remon-
STRANGE" into furious rage, like unto "a tenn
pest in teapot" From the loud flourish OF
trumpets and vain glorious boasting immedi-
atey preceding the advent of this "Remon-
strance," we were q little apprehension that
when the jackson artillery was fairly opened
upon us, our granite hills would begin to
shake and that we should suffer from the
immense calibre of the guns and the size and
weight of their shot-but in this we confess
our mistake, for although we have heard the
loud roar of the canon, and saw the rage of
the soldcry, greasers and all, we assure our
neighbor of the Sentinel and its. numerous
readers, that our ladies have not been thrown
into Mysteries, nor have our Industrious, hon
est miners been at all injured by any de-
rangement in their hydraulics, nor have their
sluices been smashed or spintered by the nu-
merous balls of the jackson ordinance. One of
old exclaimed, "Oh, that mine adversary had
written book and Pope has written, "a
little learning is a dangerous thing" 1t
would have been prudent in the Scntind and
its peculiar friends, to have attended little
to the voice of wisdom, and taken due heed
thereto before rendering themselves so per-
perfectly ridiculous by their blunders and
folly 1t reminds us of the familiar maxim,
Whom the gods mean to destroy, they first
great fear lest the Legislature, by an act of the
present session, may remove the county seat,
or order special election authorizing the
electors of this county to vote on the subject
and catechzes the memorialists as naughty
children for daring TO implore Legislative
interpostion on the subject. 1t reminds them
of the law of 1885, giving to the County
Judge the power on petition, to order an
election for county seat ard that it was the
duty of the memorialists to have presented
their petition to the County Judge for re-
dress-and asserts broadly that
"Sad memorial shews that the memorial
lists were not ignorant of this law, nor OF their
rights and duties under it,"
Its most true that the citizens of Volca-
no were not ignorant Of the provisions of the
act of 1850, neither were they, as the author
Of the "Remonstrancc," a lawyer of Jackson,
shows himself to have been, culpably ignorant
of the decision of the Supreme Court of this
State, pronounced at the July term, 1855, in
the case of Dickey vs. Hubert, et al, wherein
the Court decides that the County Judge had
no Constitutional authority to order an cleo
ton under that law for the permanent loca-
tion of county seats. For the especial bene-
fit and information of the Sentinel, his cor
respondent, "Sutter," and the very astute lie.
gal author of the "Remonstrance," we here
quote few sentences from the opinion of the
Supreme Court in that case. The Court
says
" The whole proceeding is conducted by ar
officer acting without legal authority, and i;
therefore void"
One Of the Judges in concurring in thai
opinion, uses the following language
al concur in the reasonings and conclu
sions of the Chief Justice, but am of th'
opinion that 10y the Constitution of the State
the Legislature must fix the seats OF justice
or places of holding court, and cannot dele
gate the power to any other body, or to a de
cision by popular vote"
If the Sentinel, its correspondent or tb
learned author of the "Remonstrance" ha
had only needed the old English maxim
"Brag is good dog, but Hold Fast is bet
ter" they would have learned that they VIII
Give in glass houses should not first cas-
stones;' and true modesty SO becoming I
every one, would have taught them not t
display to the assembled wisdom of the Stat
in Senate and Assembly convened, their Gu
pabe stupidity and folly The citizens G
Volcano never for moment thought it wort
while to seek information from the .Sen.ine
its friends or admirers, nor were they in an
manner bound to consult the wiseacres G
Jackson before they were guilty of the yer
great presumption of daring to circulate
memorial for signatures to be presented t
the fountain head, clothed with full Constitl
tional authority, in legislature assembled, t
extend to the memorialists, legal voters {
the county, such relief in the premises as tn
nature of the case demands; and they hay
yet to learn that their respectful petition I