Butte record., 1856-08-02
Know Nothing Prospects.


The Know Nothing party organs here and
elsewhere in the Atlantic States, are furni-
nishing considerable amusement to the press
and members of other parties, by their re-
ported prospects of their party. 1t is boldly
asserted that the Nationol Know Nothing
party has greatly increased its numbers Of
late, and that the triumph of their standard
bearers is beyond question. If the national
Know nothing party has not rapidly in
creased since Congress convened, they will
not be able to makea respectable showing
The elections of 1853 we're contested by the
Democratic and X. n. parties, and large
majority of X Ms we're returned to Congress,
and when Congress convened, the great Ma
tiopal Know Nothing party mustered about
thirty members. The balance OF the mem
h.rs elected AS X. Ms turned out to be
Hack Republicans-like the food OF Sir
Iohn Falstaf, IAN enormous quantity
Of sack and very small amount oil
bread" The announcement that the Ma
:ionnl Know Nothing strength has greatly
increased, will, doubtless, be received with
great satisfaction.
The X. y. organs have, at great labor and
expense, compiled and given to the public
n table of the States they intend to carry
for the X N. nominees in November next
This table is composed of the following
States. and if the X. Ms can carry them
at the election as easily as they have on pa
ner. the matter is alreadysettled. ''Mas~a-
chusetts, New York, Kentucky, Maryland
California, Rhode Island, Dcleware, FLORIDA,
Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania.
Missouri, New Jersey, and Louisiana
These States cast 153 Electoral votes, sufil-
cient to elect whoever they may unite upon
No sane politician would risk his character
-, thc assertion that the vote of Pennsylva-
mia will be thrown against buchanan OF
that the influence of the renegade Donaldson
would carry Tennessee for the y. Ticket
The Know Nothings in the hight oil their
urosperity, never cast n majority OF the
votes of New York. They never carried y.
Y bv other than 4 plurality vote, anu now ;
when the Democracy are united upon an
able AMI popnlar national candidate they
cannot reasonably hope TO carry New OK
for the K. : even by scratch The
K.N.'s last fall carried California by hand
some majority, and yet no writer IN the
State, vino has any regard for his reputation
would hazard the assertion that the y :
will carry the State in November next. Tor
all know that the party has lost every 10
cal election that has transpired since last
fall, and that their party is hopelessly and
forever in the minority. Ii the Know Moth
ing party cannot curry California, where
they we're largely in the maj 'rity last I IL
how can they reasonably expect to cars }
New York, Pennsylvania AMI Tennessee,
in one of which they never had Il majority,
and ia the two latter they have been beaten
into the earth by the popular voice of the
people3 We cannot understand how they
can put forth such calculations. They must
he made Within the secret recesses OF their
wigwams, AMI perhaps they intend to Sc
cretly carry the States mentioned for their
candidates.
While the Known Nothing party are claim
ing the States mentioned above, the Black
Republican party-the idertical party that
swallowed the Know Nothings in Congress,
are conf lent OF being able to carry New
York and Pennsylvania. for Fremont. and
when the latter party offer to back their
confident assertions, notwithstanding the
bright prospects Of the h Ms in those
States, they find no takers in the X. \. par
tyl This mode of carrying the elections be-
fore they transpire is, perhaps, harmless
unless it is an unfortunate few who are sim
pie enough to place confidence in the figures
Of the X. n prints, and furnish the Democ-
racy with their loose change.