Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-26
The "P;uEder Party" again

such actions. and IN such pursuit. he
vii oft ntime, discover that, which will
excite within him the most varied emo
ticns, as of pity, r,irth. contempt or
of disg st. And I is maybe the case,
as much ip the actions of class 5 of men.
as in those OF individuals; or as mnch in
the actions of political parties, as in
those OF moral or rellg US onrs.
As an illustration of the gem raj prop
o. ton, we ref to the action of the
Plumber Party. and W. IN st confidently
assert, fhat ince the reign Of the Span
i>h lnqu'siti'n, no p'rty, social, moral,
religious, or political, has existed, which
so greatly sxcites our laughter at the ell
ements composing tour contempt Of
It's individual m mbers, and the object
hich associates tn m-and disgust at
their mod. Of action and the hopes
which prompt it. And Judging from
th.i actions in the acquisition of power
and the e made of it when acqnired
we believe it requires only the general
success Of the party, to ch ,nge the con-
tempt and disgust now felt for it, INTO as
cordial hatred as was ever expended
upon the Inquisition.
The party originated in egot;sm and
fan ticism, and lis protessed p,inci les
are a lie. The party itself is lie; its
action is lie; It's profess ons e; and
the evil i thr, Nlens to removr from cur
country, lie, for 40 such evil exists; in
fact an expose of The order nd its object
W ia m Ike a spend d essay on Lying
made Le9itlma e. TIL structure O.
CARLYLE upon Voltaire is so ap7lIcablc
'hat Ve c mot rcfr'in FIRM quoting a
portion If it. iii obnoxious doctrin ;
he publishes under ii Thousand conc-a al
ments, with underplot- and wheels ith-
in wheels; so that his y hole track is in
darkness, ouly h : works see the light
y Proteu~ is so nimble. or assumes so
many shapes, if by are chance, ca pght
sleeping, he whiks through the smallest
Lole, and is out OF sight, Will the Moose
is getting ready. Let his judges take
brm to task, he will shuttle and evade, if
directly questio' ed h wll even lie"
The party art, wi til b~otd pr p
osi II, tina within thei pr-c,ncts alDn
the only pure patri Il m o the country
can be found, AID tn there, nothing
,ut pure pat,iots do re exit
| is ma ter Of no moment, who the
can date imitation m be, whether
a disappointed and renegade Dcmocr t,
Or a defunct Wing; a striped-back Abo-
litionist, o a ranting State right man;
A broken down gambler, or a discarded
limp, each and all, ignorant though
they may be, as the veric~t boor, pnprin-
cipled til ugh they nay b d, as The devil
himself, TT III the m meni they entrr the
precincts of the oder and take upon
them elves the initiatnry obligation, be-
come at once imbued with love of coun-
Try and spirit patriotism, that would
put to shame the spirit that filled the
hes rts of the heroes of rs. Verify and
in truth The spirit of the Plumber
Party must have gre ter p eservative
quality tn saltpetre, for W. know a
man, who has shuff1ed frrm one to the
o'hrr of al thu political part es of the
Union, for the last ten years, and hid
sunk, even below he contempt ofan Alb
olitionist, and whom we verify believed
saltpetre could not save; but, mirabile
dicu with the mantle Of Know Moth
ingism fallen upon him, he becomes A,
l, of the new insitut on, and a Most
Worthy Grand Haccacam k of he order.
But str ngE than al n, man, VIII
does not bel ,ng to the order is faithful or
capable, or honest enough, to fill TIL
most unimportant offices; while ever
one, who hs passed the my FERROUS por-
tails Of tie new divinity, b comes quail
fed at once, we suppos frerer, for
where the vi'ilying spirit is so powerful
and effective, there certainly can be no
falling from grace. to perform the du-
ties of the most import Mt offices. Accor-
ding to their creed, the offic of the Tn
ion, with the exception oil few years of
Wing rule, have gen~raly been filed by
the most incomplete and unprincipl d
men, tn c unity could pr duce, and
ole OF th great objects of tn new party.
5 to lay aside this lass OF M, n, and eli
ne fl Is with men who have been rem
iered so competent faithful d h hes
~ he fede ming pow f The ,pirit Of
Plumber
Yet with such prime Piles, such profess
sions, and such pr tensions, they are not
content 10 wal iosv al ,nsr tnr,,r,ub tl.a f.