The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-21
Parti s

Since the advent OF the present Admlnlstra-
ton. we have been among those who have ad-
hered to the policy of lending unqualified aid
and support to that Administration, in its
laudable endeavors to wipe out rebellion in
our country and to maintain the Government
of our fathers intact at all hazards. We did
thus, in the language of the great patriot,
Douglas, +" take sides with our country" and
have stood by the Union and fought the traie
tors to it; and, at the same time, have main
tanned our political status of a Union Democrat.
That there are thousands OF others as patriotic
and as devoted to that same country and Union
as ourselves, we do not doubt, and that they,
like Douglas, have sacrificed partisan politics
upon the altar Of their country, TO preserve her
integrity and maintain her institutions, we are
well aware. This patriotic element, so power
full in our State, will naturally flow together
from all the political parties and factions where
it may exist =" not attracted by the cohesive
power of public plunder," or of political official
preferment," but drawn together by the power
ful incentive to keep and preserve country
handed down from pure patriots to their chill
dren, as a precious boon. What distinctive
name, when thus drawn together, they may
assume, matters little; what they may be call
ed by those who have no sympathies with them
or their high mission. matters less. But that
great element should not allow itself to be d.
vided and thus weakened, and, perhaps, thwar-
ted of its great purpose, by the chickering's of
partisan predictions, or by puny efforts to
settle unimportant details.
The dominant party now, is far from being
unit, either in its politics or in its policy, in
sustaining the Administration. 1t contains a
large number of members, ultra even 10 fanati-
cism, upon the subject that is the most objec
tionable part of their party creed while, at
the same time, we believe a majority of that
party would sacrifice the creed of their plat
form for the good of their country, without the
least hesitation. They have learned that party
rancor is destructive and discovering element,
highly dangerous to the prosperity of the coun-
try. Although we would much prefer that
this conservative and patriotic element, when
it gets together and begins to work in the
great cause, should take the name of the Union
Democracy, because of the firm and inherent
power of our Government yet we would not
quarrel about a name, considering it too small
detail to materially interfere with the safely
and prosperity of the country.
One Of the great objects OF this Union party
will be to crush out official corruption in the
Governmental clement more destructive than
party strife-and as they increase in this OBJ
ject, the heretofore unnatural thirst for Office
will decrease among our politicians
In the last Presidential election, it will be
conceded that, thousands of the Union Democ-
racy voted for Lincoln, and Bell, because they
wanted change in the administration of our
affairs; Federal corruption had become too
apparent to be disguised, during the term of
the weak and pandering Buchanan, and they
voted for a change and now, if these patriotic
Union men attempt to get together in our
whole country-for we think they will soon
have the opportunity in the Southern Confed
eracy even-then the ,365,976 votes cast for
The patriot Douglas, will be standard to rally
around, in the organization of great National
Union party.