The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-04-13
PROGRESS Oh gAN


AIm lg Y so pon lofeeora
new triumph 1o Anne NO paf-
" ever existed d us com hove onward pro
gr WIS 50 general b Y spla But he most
glorious victory JET achieved s chat 81 th Zee.
ton which Just ta,en place Il NeW Hump.
shire he Granite e Of Democracy lhs
State ol the Pfesida and supposed to Be il.
Suleaerab BE to.alI assaults The heretofore doni-
nant party has been comp lea however % q
tbe American spi VII i extending e
entire length and bredih of ouf eonntry But
Notwithstanding The evidence which i thus
daily given that tie great bodyo the natives 81
The soil have resolved ID rule their own country
lenagog audacions guera and loaang poll
ticians dare 70 denounce the american party
IS anti.patriotc yiolators Of Che eonstitutionpre-
ssriptionista aud Hindoos, &c. With them democ-
rocy be does not mean tie win of tie people, but
public Office and this reckless band, inding that
theysare about to lose power 70 Be choked Off
from the public crib; unite their voices ID SANDER
and abuse Of the victorious party. From The
Union down to the meanest Of the herd Of scrib-
blers the cry is incessant that the Know Nothing
narty viii destroy The constitution and abolish
religious toleration Those who make these char
ges know that they are uttering falsshoadsi but
then their bread IS ii jeopardy and they have no.
idea Of being required to earn support honestly.
They would permit raw foreigners to govern our
elections and dictate our national policy 50 that
they can continue to be fed 1t the public expense.
But theday Of reckoning Is rapidly approaching
when they VIII receive no quarters but be hurled
from Office as unworthy Of public eon6denc and
Of the name Of Americans
TO the several states which have already declar-
ed infavor Of the American party We hope to-
add Virginia during the ensuing month notwith-
standing the extraordinary efforts Of Henry Al.
Wise to sustain his falling party He has visited
we believe every section Of the State, and every
where be has proclaimed "war to the knife against
the American party" He viii find that although
the Americans may make little noise, and boast
les, they know how to work and achieve victories
We sincerely congratulate the Americans Of
the country on the signal success of their party in
New Hampshire We shall add Mississippi to-
ZIG 4tee ~ 4a1cIlSau A9thlco az tue 6l6C1t0B next
GIL ana $ the Presidential election, bYsaony
ana a1lnill - Isl eoI s. Il
nation win be dellgered into the hands d hosel
who shouldrule. Wehavenownott the least doubt
thatthe mex Congress win pass a naturalization
law which viii give foreigners residence Of twen-
ty-one years before becoming citizens--and also
such restrictions upon immigration IS win protect
us from foreign ielons and paupers. The people
win have these measures and those representatives
who may refuse to grant them viii be point
ed at as traitors and driven from the public
oonncils Every man who solicits public conf
dence whether for Congress or the State Iegisa
ture viii b ) required to show his hand, that the
people may know whether he IS for or against his
country.
Inall quarters persons are Hooking to the Amer
icau standard which win be upheld not only By
natives Of he country, but By naturalized citizens
who wish 70 sec the nation prosperous, and Amer
lean principles prevail.
o. The Hanover pa. Spectator places at
its head the name Of Willard Fillmore for Pre-
sident, and John p Kennedy for Vice President
and says L they are candidates in 1856 It will
support them, Convention on no Convention.