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- .sau ~ asionauty OF Know nottingham"
and published in the last Yazoo DeuocrAt de-.
nands.potice since,it is calculated to lead astrav
its readers as to the position Of -. Holmes in |
his late debates witheCol i'm. Sharp III the
Southern part ofthis county. The cause refsr-
red to, reads TINS: asince the above was writer,
(viz; long qriiels 10 prove the abseencs of the
Naisue Amuican party--the italics being ours) |
" pderstand that DR.. Holmes K. N. candidate
for the Legislature in this comfy proclairms from
the stump and quotes from authority to sustain |
him, that the Know Nothing or 80 called Amer
ican party Is not National, that the Northern and
Southern divisions has no sympathy il, feeling or
concert of acfon'' &c. Now We happen to be |
an intimate acquaintance ofthe Editor, and know |
him to be high toned gentleman who is iDcom-
petent to the filthy work Of misrepresenting Der.
sonal friends for political effect Or pkrthan Dur.
poses, ,and write this to correct his information on
the above quotation furnished him by some ouel
who not only fails to comprehend DR.. Holmes |
but is evidently entitled to his discovering as his
own peculiar propriety the discovery that bn |
n. denies the Nationality Of che Native Ameri-
can parry. We were present at three discussions
between Col. ]. M. Sharp the anti American can.
didate. and Dr. B. r. Holmes the American cam
didate, and as lam interested IN the great polit-
ical events Of the feel competent todeclare the
position of this last gentleman, on the subject Of
Nationality. This Is bis position, y declared
from the s,tusp." ID strict, literal sense, and
meaning Of the term, he does not regard parties as
National; the two great parties, before the exis-
tance of the American party, were never Nation
al, sofar as the state of the srhole Union was
concerned, strictly speaking, or entitled to the
claim of Nationality in this sense; that, no party
can lay claim to the support of each, and every
State at one and the same time as a unit in poll
tics, no party can ever be National if this consti-
tutes the meaning of the term, nor has any plat
form ever as yet represented the will ofthe whole
Vnion, and yet parties have been National and
have represented the will of the majorities. Both
the old parties claimed at different times nation
ality and this has been accredited to them until
the Wing partyceased to exist and the Washing
tor Union the orgain II the Democratic paTty
declared recently against its existance in its par
ty. That paper declares the Democratic party
once National but recently says. can never har-
monize on the subject of slavery" while the plat
forms of that party since 1s40 prove this asser-
tion by dc6ging the issue in the trrritories ever
since.
| We think the Doctor did Sustain the National.
ity Of the American party under the common &C.
ceptaton of that term, be referred to the platform
of his party laid down by an acknowledged ma
jority Of the people Of the Union recently held al
Philadelphia, assembled in Convention as proof
ofths fret, a majority Of delegates voted for the
the platform, thus representing the Will Of both
sections. That some of the Abolition States re.
pudiated that platform, thereby dissolving theil
connection with it, he does not deny nor thai
they the abolitionists Of some of the Northern
States did denouAce it as apro-slavery ticket, bu
that the South was unit on the principles o
that platform and with the aid Of some Of th,
t Northern States furnished the Union with Ma
, tional platform known as tie Natius AmerSca,
! Platform which is National Platform he wa
. most ensphaticslly de6reA
II
/ Hereferred to the resolutions of the Democrac,
: Of New York and Pennsylvania as having faile,
} in themselves to prove that they were sound upo
/ the ssa5try question IN the Territories thefcb
j proving that they cannot harmonise with tie De
mocracy of the South thus destroying their Na
tionality a. party, after which be read the reso
} lutious of the Native American party Of Ne,
York passed recently at Binghampton and unau
: imously adopted by Eve thousand natives on iii
1 |grounds as proof that that State was sound o
g the American platform. This meeting endorse
J, the Philadelphia splatform ss win be seen by th
: following which are some Of the most importar
! resolutions unanimously adopted BY that vast d
!. sembly of New York vUtess.
81 Res'd lst.-Americans must rule America,
: 4th.-No Sectarian interference ia our Legis
! ation and no prescriptions Of persons on accour
of religious opinion.
9Th. -HostaAi4s to be assusspfs0ns of Par
J. Rome through tae Bishops. Priests. Prelates 4
!, Ministers ef tAs Roman Cltholse Cknrch,
/ o. anti Republican II pTinsipls and dange
Iel Gus to the liberties Of ths Pnpls.
~ 9Th Thorough reform IN the Naturalizatie
Is hvs oF he FEDERAL Governmens. q
II eth.-lree ed Iibdisl institntions for tie sd
cation Of III glasses q ~ p6opla with the Bil
80 teztsbosS h Udt conno1 aehool1sHs su1zcie
evidescs thatths party ofthh ekste sfokith 1
3 Philad1lphla plAll6vm and therssols ils III
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