The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-06-01

4, CHANGE OF NAME.
Our neighbor has had some help from the
Cotson-shcd con mistcc, be couldnever have
gotup Ne smart article captioned aThe plot
thickens,r which appeared 10 The last number
81 she Democrat VS. recognise the pen
Itcrutehof good friend Of ours, though yio-
lent 1nti. We have generally had the polite
ness to make believe We thought all the ditto
rails tia. appeared IN bis paper were toae .tide
editorials: but as he set the example OF looking
behind our shair for on Old sscoon-skin, hard
cider, federal Whig.s that was, at le1st, jogging
lcur pen to some of the able articles that We
have recently published. we have made some
discoveries nrcgard to the authorship of his
witty editorial. For fcnr, however, that we
thouid be distressed at the Lions appearance on
the stagc, he should have fol owed Bottom pre-
caution, and opened witha pro'ogue, and told
his gcnt'eman and lady readers that "this is not
a lion, but ouly dressed up az one.r
In regard to the change Of The name OF our
paper, We have never been advised to make
that change BY any person or party. We arc
not the organ of the so-called Know Nothing
order. We are native American and have
ever been, and we can show editorials of our
own and of Mr.. Prewett's in the files Of the
Natchez Courier. and OF the Yazoo City Wing,
which have been published for the last
twelve years, which are as strongly native
American and anti-Roman in their sentiments
as any we have recently published. We stated
only some Of the reasons that induced US to
change the name Of our paper, deeming them
sufficient Gs we were thesprincipal one interes-
ted.
/ The name we substitute, is no Cash name for
one canvass. but patriotic one, that when we
are ashamed Of, may our right hand be withered
--American Banner. IF we had called our paper
the Cork Shelala or the Rotterdam Zein tang
we suppose it would have pleased our neighbor
excellently wei. We have not said or thought
that the principl-s of the Wing party are dead
We say that the American party, l Ike Aaron's
rod has swallowed up all 9th parties. The
American party may be beaten in some States
but we believe it WILDE ultimately triumphan,
in all the States.
Our neighbor makes some facctious remarks
about the "Whig marrying Mr.. American
This is poor wit and worse taste. We bore the
name Patrick for some years, and It was very
lgood Irish name, but we took care to chaugei,
<sqon as we found better one. If We hat
called our eldest boy Pat, and had chosen to cal
Jour youngestSAM "need body cry.n
/ In regard to our losing or gaining by the new
name, believe US Col. - that never enteret
into our calculation when we decided to droT
the name hallowed by so many old and patriotic
recollections. And now we will tell you wha
you know already, but we put it on record, thai
We did lose three valuable subscribers. the frs
day we came out under the American Banner
We speak of this matt with not a dash of il
feeling. but halfrtgret to lose three such gooc
paying subscribers and appreciotive readers
We part company with them in the best Of hui
mors, as their places are filed with names equ
) ally as good. 30 far the indications are that
we shall gain by the change, as we have addec
fifty subscribers to our list since it took place
and lost but the three aforesaid. Taking anc
stopping newspaper, are business transaction;
which every day occur, and no harm meant o.
done, but when people stop paper and assigr
to the rubli-her reason for their withdrawal, i
indicates the assumption of Alright to dictate
. If a one on our fast increasing subscription
list thinks we shape our ideas or the expression
Of them, to the size Of his thr C dollars or ten
, or fifty, the sooner he secedes from our supper
, the better, for Il question ever comes up NOR
: al or political, on which we do not agree, h
will see another instance Of our "ingratitudt
to friends.
We have given Our neighbours assistant
. longer notice than we intended; but We like hin
, and regret he is engaged in so bad cause
OPINIONS OF THE NORTHERN ADO
4 LTIoNIsTS on THE KNOW-NoTH
: INGs.
Ii it not one Of the most incomprehensibl
things Of the oge that the almost entire atol
: ton party of the North the orators and press
es-should be unitedly arraycd against tn
knew Nothing movement, #, as Souiher
Democrats afege. the Know Nothing order
8 an abolition organiza,itnl We ask IN q
VI frankness and seriousness, how is such r.
c markable fact to be accounted for! Abolt'on's
: refus n : the aid Of Abolitionisfs' Not only s
;. hut rejecting ard scr uting it with every mas
: and contempt! Who, wcimplore to be toi
: are tic most violent opponents ard inv terra
:. denounccrs Of the Know Nothing party' a.
" Ithey not thefanatical Abolition incendlar'es
h the North, Are they not Selcard, Gfeely, We