Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-27
The Canvass Ia Plumas County.


racy, and with the mo- st fattering prospects
OF success in November The people of Plu
mas, hardy, thrifty and Industrious miners
and farmers, are not to be guleI into the
support Of Governor Footc for United States
Senator, by the election of the Know Moth
ing nominees. So strong is the anti-Foote
and X n. feeling in that county, that the
h. rs could not sustain a Fillmore cam
paign organ, and after q few issues, the
slckly ki-Hi compaign organ weakened
and started for that bourne for which its
party is defined in November, and from
which no X n. traveller ever returns. Em
boldcned by the failure Of the Know Nothing
party to maintain their organization and
sustain their organ, have purchased an in
terest in the "Old Mountaineer," and are
bucking their woody heads against the solid
ranks of the Democracy. Many who voted
with the Know Nothings last year, are now
at work for Buck and Breck, and the demo-
cratic nominees for county officers. The
balance of the Know Nothing vote of last
year is divided between the Know Nothing
and Black Republican party. The result
may be easily anticipated.
Smarting under the utter hopelessness of
the success of their party, the Know Moth
ings of PIumas are becoming desperate in
their efforts to defeat the Democratic nomi-
nee for Member of Assembly, the Hon.
Richard Irwin. The few old political stagers
who still adhere to the decaying fortunes of
Know Nothngism, feel the necessity of car
rying PIumas County for that professional
Office seeker and political weather -yane, ex
Governor Foote, of Mississippi, who, scent
ing the political carrion from afar, left his
home in the Atlantic States, where had lost
his popularity, exhausted his influence, aud
been repudiated by the people of his State,
to seek for II Senatorship in California, if
thcywould maintain the organization Of their
party and secure division of the State
spoil,. Every sane man must ttIand hn0W
that the national battle is hopelessly lost to
them, and it is only with the hope of sccu
ring the spoils that few political managers
now seek to fasten upon California the un-
pardonable and foolshly wicked sin Of send
ing two Know Nothings to represent us in
the Senate Of the United States, where they
would sit for four and six wears, without "A
party, without influence, and consequently
unable to secure for our State that hearing
which her interests imperatively demand
But what matters it to men who have only
the spoils of official station in view 1t is
tor the people to say, in ciectng their Leg
stature, whether they desire to confer their
highest honors upon the used up and rene
gade politicians from the elder States To
carry Plumas County fo- tie great Mssis-
/ ,ippi Know Nothing, 1T is necessary to de-
feat the democratic nominee for Member Of
Assembly, and to effect this, his followers
and worshppers in that county are using
| every cndeavor-perverting facts and con
coctng schemes.
We have not seen copy of the Old
Mountaneer, for nearly ,wo months but
learn llOh our EACnhnHcS tHaU III Is part
Black Republican and the balance Dark
Lantern, We also learn from private
source that late number Of that neither
flesh, fish nor good red herring organ,
accuses >lr. Irwin of having sold himself to
Mr. Broderck during the session of 1854,
and refers TO the Butte Record as its au-
thority for the charge. Now, we have re-
Gently examined the files of the Record for
that year, and defy any man to find para
graph in it, tending to substantiate such
charge against Mr.. Irwin. 1t is true, we
opposed the course pursued by Mr.. Irwin
during that session with regard to the Sen
torial election but the Record contains no
such charges against him, as we learn the
article in the Old Mountaipeer refers to.
Mr.. Irwin was elected member of the
Legislature for the session Of SO, and re-
elected again in 81, and established a repu-
talon as IA working and industrious Member,
and should he be returned now will be able
to accomplish more Cor the benefit of the
county than forty such members as the
n. nominee lie favored the election of
Senator in 81, and beyond this the Know
Nothings can urge no objection. The peo-
ple did not think it was a proper time to