Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-07-14
Thu. Letter,

The Sacramento Union of the 9Th inst.
contains long letter on the the Native Amer
lean party, from the pen of the Rev. DR.. Brock
enridge, of Kentucky. The Rev. DR.. is some
thing of logician, and very fair writer,
but having started out with false premises, il
is hardly to be expected that he would arrive
at correct conclusions. He predicts the future
success of the American party as follows:
TO the calm observer, various elements
are manifest. which render its future progress
almost inevitable. Among these decisive ele-
ments may be stated the augmented force of
the movement itself, acquired by its own pre-
vious triumphs; and the great homogeneous
ness of the spirit of it, to the portions Of that
country remaining to be subdued, than TO the
portions already conquered. 1t viii encoun-
ter no difficulty equal to the intense democra-
ey of New Hampshire, Illinois, Pennsy lyania,
and Michigan the widespread political i'm
morality of New York, the democr acy of Viz
GINA, the settled anti slavery sentiment Of
Massachusetts,, and the hereditary whigsm of
kentucky Yet all of these are mastered by
the grander spirit Of the new movement
What barrier remains to arrest its irresistible
career -
If the Dr. is no better posted in divinity than
in politics, he must certainly teach the truth
at random. 1.-The great homogeneousness of
of the spirit of Know Nothingisln is an idea
which would make an inf1el blush for each
individual State of the Union where the party
is organized, holds particular political creed
of its own, and differing from all others
Maine engrafts upon her creed free soiism
] IL
tuey repudiates both Massachusetts claims
abolitionism and prescription of the Catholic
to be part of the K. n. creed but Virginia
denies the former, and maintains only the lat
ter portion Of it; in New York it is whiggeYy
pure and undefled; in the extreme South it is
mingling of everything into Union party ;
while in California it is simply struggle for
office, with the motto, 'sto Americans belong
the spoils." That hemogeneousness may be
correct, but Ike the boy who lispcd we can't
.'pertheive it"
The success Of the party in Massachusetts,
with the effects Of it, is all we could ask. The
result Of the X n victory in that State is bet
ter than a thousand sermons in favor OF DEM
ocracy. If the DR.. and his party arc proud Of
Massachusetts, as an exemplifcation Of Amer
ican' principles, they are welcoWe to her
We're we of their party we should say Lord!
save us from our friends - The prospects OF
the party in Kentucky is all right; that che
reditary Whigjsm' naturally makes Know
Nothingism. Success there was to be expected.
The DR.. is right again about tie political
immortality of New York. for the patriotism
/ of the order has become SO tainted, that q" it
smells to heaven and has already burst the
party into some half dozen fragments. which
will insure to them a most ignoble defeat
! As to the conquest Of the Democracy in Vir-
gnia, God send them another such victory
| And Michigan has shown, in her Spring cleo
tons, that Know Nothingism had finished its
! career in that State.
Verify, if the DR.. has no better grounds for
predicting the success Of the American party,
lie will hardly make US a convert.