Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-20
PLACERVILLE.
SATURDAY, FEB. 70, 1858.

HPAF WRAT TnoU OwEsr. Our city pa
irons who owe US for the present or past vol
umos Of the DEMocRAr, will confer a favor on
Ne By paying the amount Of their Indebtedness
20 Z. +. AcCANN, who 10 authorised to receipt
for the same. The fourth volume of the DEM
OcRAT will expire on the 18th of March, and we
hope to be able to say in the first number Of
the next volume, that our Placervillc subscrip-
ton list contains the name of nary deadhead.'
TO the Members Of the Legislature
On Wednesday next Mr. Buel's substitute,
providing for the removal of the county seat of
Fl Dorado county from Placervillc to COloma,
will be presented for your consideration. Be-
fore voting, we wish to call your attention to
few plain .fact'-facts indisputablc and admit
ted-sO that you may vote Understandings,
and not thOughtlesSly, unintentionally nhct
great wrong upon the people of FL Dorado
We do not ask you to vote for us as n matter
OffavOr, but as a matter Offairncss and Justice.
We ask nothing from you that you cannot give
consistently, honestly, justly.
On the 18th day of May 1856, the people of
TO remove the county seat from Colomato Pla-
ccrvile. Fearful that frauds would b" COM
mitted by the friends of COIoma, as they had
been before when the question was submitted
TO them, the citizens Of Paccrvillc took the
precautiOn to send two agents to each precinct
In our county, with instructions To remain at
the polls until they were closed, and to pro-
r L.: 4 r.
Of the votes pollcd and the number cast for
each place-Placcrvilc and Colona, certified
to by proper officer. The Judges in every
instance furnished the desired information, and
sent the following returns, US Counted after the
polls had closed:
For Placervillc, ................5,9 1929.
Vu1OWuD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. b,3Sh.
Majority for Placcrvillc, ........... $40.
Please bear in mind, and we wish to direct
your attention especially To the .toCt, that the
above returns were furnished hy tie cfT,.ys n
election, q MAJORITY of whom were .Jdyo,uLh to
CSIomG. The clfrial rate, by some unaccount-
able means, differed materially from the above,
Within the short space of two weeks the vote
Of COlOnla was imcItd@i astonishingly On
Vie day Of election, as FH;fm tn hy tie ,j~lp,s
Vt election, it amounted to 5,4SU-on the day
the official returns were counted, il amounted
10 only SsreR Thousand .1o0r haAirei anil Mi'-
Seenyt-Oa incrrnSS II hrO MoWSa,.d me lam
stred and MIfy-th'Fr rOte& in ten days.. If the
rcturas had been kept back few weeks longer,
COlOma would have counted more votes than
VIC have citizens in our county.
How does Placervillc compare with Coloma?
Here's the record: PaccrviIlc's reported vote
was 5,926-the gtfciM returns gave her $3.50
"a difference of but MiI9y.0ne r"feS! Does
she not present clear rrcordg is there not
evidence Of fraud in the returns for C0lnma:
evidence Of fairness in the returns f Placer
vile? The agents Of Coloma have hccn re-
reatedly charged with having Pcrpcirptcd the
most outrageous frauds charges lave new
or been denied. They cannot explain it,
The Slammed spot stUmfs- II irving Witness Of
their guilt.
Again At the county seat election Col0na
Township cast 203S votcS--ut the Presidential
election, more exciting and calculated to draw
out larger vOtc-but SEA difference of
ctFOen HunUFeH COtCS. AZ lne county seat clCC-
tiOn White Oak precinct cast 81 votes, all for
COlOma but .Gre at the Presidential election
but sirty-mine' At the County seat election
McDOwclville and Dry Creek cast FOURTEEN
HUNDRED AND TIIIRTY-SIN Votes
t'rO Of them for Placervile at the Presidential
election there was MT one rote cast IL either
precinct.
Let the members Of the Legislature ponder
Ou these incontrorc'fiJie .tactS. Let them by
aheir votes, rcbukc those who would impose
upon them by insinuatng that large major
ity Of the people Of FL Dorado did not vote in
favor Of removing the county seat from Placer
willie. Placervillc asks but fair hearing,
just and impartial decision, candid consider
alton of the whole subject She appeals not
to the sympathy, prejudice nor passion, but to
the good sense md honest convictions of the
members Of the Legislature. She desires no
advantagc-wOuld take none, but rests her
case on her fair record and the business of her
cause.