The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-11-09
THE BANNER.
wA1NN W1HIa
FRIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER . 1855
RIB MAYES, POLITICAL EDITOR.


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The Last False Charge Nailed.
By chance We have obtained copy Of the err
rr,r inted by the Dsmo.raf, to be. circulated on
the election days, too late, il was hoped, for gene
raj contradiction. That extra is designed to
create jcalousyand disaffctt'on in the American
party, and thus ensure its sdcfcat, by decciving
the pco; lc with the statement that there is, in
this state, third, or Uaion degree, reserved for
"a privelcgel few--a select and favored set Of
men, flor tie professional and otherwise dis
tinyuishetl men 81 the Order The editor or the
Democrat my. believe ell this: but we, who sure
Iy know more sf the Order in this s.ate than he
will dare to pretend to, ire lnotr ii 10 be false
We lay no claim to distinct on, but il is our mis-
fortune to be profsso ,ol, and if this woull ent-
tie US to takethe Union degree. we would at least
have had it proposed to NJ. We have, moreover,
been honortd with too much OF the confidence Of
the order in this State to be ignorant OF any
thing of such Importance in its organization If |;
existed. Tie III ,n Wilkea Brooke, who is both
a 4profcssional'' and distinguished" man Of the
! Order, has emphaiically denied this statement
fr.,m the stand. Our candidates, Starke, Holmes
ard Y.rger, have also I,nisd it in their speeches
Of Friday and Saturday last; Judge Burruss; and
i large meeting of the Osier gave it the lie on
Saturday, night. Every honest man, who has
withdrawn from the order, WILDE bound to ae-
knowledge that this charge is false.
The proof of this statement was taken from
| the American Banner of June 22l, at which time
| we had not become political editor, rne Banner
is quoted as saying that sthc Mississippi dclesa
| tion' to the Philadelphia Convention .was put
through the third or Union Degree immediately
j Hence it is deduced with the usuil paralogy OF
tie sa, Nichts party, that the Union degree ex-
t. in Mississipp.: whereas the clear inference is
that, at that time at least,t was not known here
for surely the representatives of the State organ
Ization would have been selected from this PRO
/ LEGGED fey' who were already admitted to the
Union Degree.
Tie Democrat might, have founl the refuta
ton of this statement in the same number of th'
Banner had truth been the object of search. !
is there I'D, on the same page,
aIt seems the Know Nothing Order does no
eria in Mississippi; but some so 900 natives hav
enrolled themselves under the name of stars ant
Stripes" and appointed delegates to the Nation
) Al Convention. Taeir admission was strong !.
contested by the anti-slave<y interest, aud adyo
Gated by the Nationals Tney were admitted I.
\ vote OF more than three to one. The Ohio del
+ evation were not adm until they took 1.-THE Y
: Mon or third deerce," and gave satisfaction,
h pledges to the Conventions.
. Thus, we see, the Union Dsgree isa degree OF y
? Know Nothing order, and that order docs not er
! Isl in this State Oar delegates may or may no
e have joined that order, and taken that degree,
!. be time the statement appeared in the BA ser y
looked in vain for it in the reported proceeding
!. Of the Convention, and VIC suppose the editfc
made a mistake, thinking that Us the Ohio del
cation had taken that degree, the MississippiaI
had to do likewise. But there was no necessii
2 for II, since, as the Hon. Walker Brooke hi
: clearly explained, the Union degree was only me-
essary in abolition States. and was designed
cut of all such persons as threatened the Unic
by fanaticaI zeal for abolition. Hence the del
gate from Oiio,a free - were required
Jake the Union degree, VII ere was no nece
sity for It's being taken By ssissippians. y
= even II Il has been take bur delegates,
Gen j. n r. Taylor, Rice out Of q
|d|I & 1ols tfoIlog = - adopt'
s By tie order ~ fkis Pst g
emnIy assure the Pc lEk
The shove denial kPplies equal the stat
ment = - Dsmo<,ul rdconcerning the CO
stiluli The H. nsnis publishd
M;ssi1sippian, und re1d = Col 1IcW
3 tie esnstitnlion ef ~ 1Iothin
but ian not the constitution s he Order Of
p Stars und stripes,s he only order existing
q this Gtafe.
u u Ths undenlensd Who. wi,h two exception
= are nenbeu q shs Order ID this county !
ssme = large number vho have suthoriz1d
tou1 - names e endorsing The f0regoi'