Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-03-28
That New Party!

Yes, "that new partyw To be, or not to
be, is the question; and some considerable
time may yet be required to settle the mat
ter There are vast number of difficulties
to be surmounted. Pipe-laying must be sue
cessfully accomplished all over the State;
wires utterly out of number must be harmo-
niously pulled in time and tune; interests and
principles (?) entirely without affinity must
be compromised; in word, all the odds-and-
ends and isms of the day must be brought
together in ore common scramble for the
spoils of Office at the next election, before
the aforesaid new party can be recognized as
having an existence in fact. The enemies of
Democracy have task to perform that is
not easily accomplished, and while the ele-
ments of opposition are busily at work in
their efforts to solve the problem of political
union and success, the Democrats of the
State, good natured and complacent over
their recent brilliant victory are disposed to
rest easy and speculate" at their leisure
The result of the last November election
furnished convincing evidence that something
new would have to be resorted to, in order
to make respectable showing against the
Democracy in future; and now that the Cub
ernatorial campaign approaches, the Know
Nothing wiseacres are belaboring themselves
to arrive at what is best to be done. From
all we can learn, they would fain make the
municipal election in Sacramento, which is to
take place on the 9th April, the opening
wedge. In other words, they desire that the
"new party" shall be born on that day; and
to that end, we understand that the chief
wire-workers have assembled from all parts
of the State at the capital city. OF course
they are there under various pretences; but
their real business is to celebrate the burial
of Know Nothingism, and bring forth new
champion to take the field against Democra-
cy. Apropos, we have for some time missed
the smiling presence of the acknowledged
X n leader in Amador
Whether those who prated so loudly about
the great principles of Americanism," the
danger to be apprehended from the Fearful
influx of foreigners" &c, &c, will be able
to eifectualy dissolve their organization, and
at the same time harmonic upon some other
tack, remains to be seen That the leaders,
now congregated in Sacramento, are capable
of any somersault that may be required, there
cannot be doubt; but to carry their thirty
thousand voters with them, to say nothing of
the twenty thousand more that would be ne
cessary for success, is the rub. As to this
latter proposition, however elated they may
be, dead failure is inevitable, or we mistake
our guess very greatly.
The evident design of the enemy is to raise
the No-Party cry; or what is the same thing,
a Peoples Party. This is far from anything
new. 1t is an old dodge; and has long since
ceased to be potent with the people. No-Par-
tyism has been washed of its gliding, and its
deep and innate corruption laid bare Know
Nothingism was q No-Party movement at the
beginning; that was the grand inducemeut
held out for Democrats to join; yet how brief
corrupt and inglorious was its careerl The
GOODNESS with which the enemies of Democ-
racy, whenever they are completely discom-
fitted and oyerthrown, set up their howl
against the corruption Of party IS remarka-