Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-12
The "Piunder Party"---Its Parts and IFS
PRINCIPLES.

ganlzatIon struggles forward towards the
attainment of It's object. We have often
heard of the " cohesive power of public
plunder," but must confess that we had
been somewhat skeptical as to its vauntcd
virtue, until we had seen the operation
of Know-Nothingism To see the in
congruous and heterogeneous materials
of which it is composed, comprising
within its sacred and secret precincts the
het-biooded chiyalry of Vireinia aud
Kentucky, and the cold-biood d sneak
ing abolltionist of Boston or Chicago
the Democrat who thought that jackson
had something of the divinity in him,
and the Wing, who would gladly have
been a martyr for the sake of CLAY
the higher-law disciple OF Seward, ami
the student Of Webster's expositions of
the CONSTITUTIONAL working together
in harmonious action, and laboling for a
single object, has in it as we said some
thing Of subli.nify, and gives us an ex-
allied opinion Of the cohesive virtue of
the plumber principle. But there is but
one step from the sublime to the ridicu-
louS, and we anticipate, that the present
existing party, when they come to dividr
the spoils Of victory, will find that ,ep
but short one. For We do not doubt;
but that the first attempt al division OF
national spoils, or the carrying out Of
national measures, should they ever so
far succeed in their unholy designs,
would rend the party into fragments,
never to be again united, and make
them a scorn and by-word throughout
the land
We Judge this viii be the cas-, from
she want Of real sympathy between the
-everal parts Of the Order, ard from the
different creeds they promulg tie as tDeir
articles of faith.
First and greatest of the ingredie :
Of the new party Is the remnants of the
old Wing party. As Wings. they had
fought long and manfully, under tie
command of Clay and Webster, agaiusi
the supremacy Of Democratic principles.
But hopeless as they were of success un
der such distinguished leaders, they sank
into utter despair at their death, and
without struggle, left the field to their
ola enemies, the Democrats. Yet though
fairly driven from the field, they could
not give up the hope of chance grasp
at the public plumber, and, as tn could
not win it in fair contest upon ac-
knowledged principles, they determined
to steal it. They loved too well tn
doctrines of Clay to resign them, and
they had learned from experience tat
they could not conquer with tn NJ
they must therefore hide them, I'm il
strong enough to ayow them. In New
\ ork alone, have they dared to avow a
National Platform, and to show that 81
far as New York is concerned, Nnow
Knothingism is but Whiggery in dis
guise,-we give the following resolu-
tirns, from the ~ Y. Herald of March
II. which contains a lengthy address,
and series of resolutions, dlclaratory
and explanatory of the principles and
objects of the party. Ii is prepared by
a Whlg-wam of the order, published by
authority, and as is stated, is being "a
dopted by all the H'hig-wams of that
State
Resolved, that the Am rican Party
gard it as the policy OF the Cove rn-
.nent to exercise its power to cure the
prosperity of every American interest.
md to give the most ample scope to the
ingenuity and industry Of American cit
izens in every lawful pursuit; that to
accomp ish this, it is its duty to give all
i'd, compatible with the power vested
in it, to internal and external commerce
by improving the navigation of rivers. by
adapting the national harbors, both on
the lakes and on the sea coast, to the
protection and convenience of shipping,
and by promoting the construction al
national roa DIS for intercomnunic4t ion
between the oe ans which bound the r
ritories of the Union. To encourage
the Development OF American genius
By the protection of inventions, pro-
auctions of art, and works of literature
and science To guard the industry OF
the country against The injurious infu
ence of the adverse policy OF foreign
nations, and to securr as far as the same
may deem in accordance with the powers
conferred by the constitution, the pros
perliy of the American workman, BY
giving him the preference in the supply
Of the work required by the country
To maintain the public defence, by suf-
tieient military and naval force. and BY
an efficient system Of fortifcation.'
Throughout the address the idea is
very strongly impressed, that much
better way of disposing of the public