The weekly ledger., 1857-07-25
Brother Crafford Loose.

JACKSON, July ilth, FeoiEahizinS tue Aileri-
can party of Amador county, This week
we propose to pay our respects to it.
What purported to be the Platform was
included in the proceedings. 1t is, however,
a platform without sound plank in it, The
first article concludes with the consoling dec
laration that members shall be free from all
oaths or obligations as to party organisation" f"
There is the rub, to start with-all secresy is
abolished "as to party organization" This
is to bring in those who have a natural and
just horror for secret political parties, or rath-
er secret political operations but let it be
borne in mind that they only absolve secresy
as TO party organization. The innocent, cred
uous individuals who may be caught in the
trap will be entirely unconscious that the wire
pulling dema, ogues of the party are still to
meet in secret cabal and arrange the nets to
catch suckers
The only thing else at all material is con-
tanned in the third article, as follows:
ART III-ouAIIFIcATIoNs OF MEMBERSHIP.
SEC l. American citizens, both Native and Nat
urazed who in good faith shall unite with us and
declare their intention to support the principles and
nominations of the party, shall be entitled to all
| the privileges Of membership, without regard to
their former political associations.
! SEC 2. All national. conservative and Union
loving citizens are cordially invited to enroll them
selves as members of the party and unite with us
in determined effort to free our county and State
from the incubus under which they are groaning
from unsettled land titles and oppressive taxation.
Section LISTS it not magnanimous well
worthy to have emanated from the pro-
life twist of Brother CrafIords imagina-
tive brain Certainly, entlemen-foreign-
ers and all--you shall be entitled to all the
privileges of membership" if You will only
s,cear by Briggs aud rote for Briggs. 1t
don't matter what your political principles
may have been heretofore even if you were
a sound Democrat, and perhaps prescribed
oreigner-proscribed by the Know Moth
ing crew of which this is remnant-if you
VIII only give up your old notions mite in
good faith in the support Of heretcal prin-
ciples which You have always despised and
rOte for Briggs, you shall have the distin-
guished privilege of membership in the Ki
vi party ProUided alaoays, that you shall
not be admitted into the chambers of the in
ner temple, where the secresy exists, but only
to the outside circle, where you will be gra-
cously permitted to shout for Briggs until
your throatS are sore, and to vote for him as
powerful" as you can
Section Cd Magnanimity again! Under
the above Provided always you are all in
vited to enroll yourselves under Brother Graf
ford's banner, who is the great Ajax that is
to out-do all the courts of the State and the
Republic by settling disputed land titles, and
by the operation Of which the people are to
be taxed no more. Great islAli-greater is
Crafford. Everybody vote fol- him-to stay
at home.
So much for the meeting to "galvanize I"
the Know Nothing party. We have alluded
extensively to Mr. Briggs, in our notice of it,
because he was the getter-up and sole boss Of
it, with view to fight the Democracy" and
run for the Assembly Then followed the
nominating convention" 1t convened in
jackson on Wednesday last. Mr. L. S Scott
Of Volcano, was nominated for the Senate
to be traded off for votes for Briggs. So
report says and circumstances go to confirm
it. Even if he was not nominated TO be
traded of, it is very evident he will be-for
Briggs is the nag on whom the Ki-Yis bet
their money. Scotty-its a fact and the
truth can't hurt anybody-you have been
"set up" only TO be knocked down, for the
amusement Of spectators, and what is deemed
among a few the possible advantage of the
great Ajax. We suppose, however youo fer
yourself a willing sacrifice, and therefore have
nothing more to say on the subject.
Next came the nomination of our old and
esteemed personal friend, II. NJ. Briggs, Esq
otherwise Brother Croffori He made a
speech. II anybody doubts it, we are pre-
pared with the proof. Notwithstanding his
natural and almost-impossble-to-
procliv.ty to avoid anything of the kind, he
certainly made speech. AS just before
said, we can prove it. Mr. Briggs said
great many things; verify, standing MS he did
I nj of l.