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

tic presses in this State 70 hldethc truth upon
this subject, to impose upon, deceive and hum.l
bug the people. OF this there can be no ques-
ton. And bind, lnddeed mxs. DO the nan.
who does not see 4.
We have frequently quoted Seward, Greedy,
Weed and other abolition headers, 70 show
how intense and determined their hostility is to
the Know-Nothing movement. We have now
to cite the opinions Of prominent leaders of the
Abolition party Ia Massachusetts,, who are
equally severe and pointed in their denuncia-
tions of the American party. Among the num-
Der is the Hon. Charles Francis Adams, who
stands at the head Of the Abolition phslanx Of
Massachusetts,. He has lately made savage
and elaborate attackupo she Know Nothings;
end in the National Era the abolition paper at
/ Wushingion---wee find letters from the Hon.
Amasa Walker, for several years the candidate
of the Ffeesoii party Of Massachusetts,, and
/ DR.. Caleb Swan, one Of the most active and
that State. We give some extracts from these
letters, and invoke the special attention of the
voters of Mississippi to them. Mr.. Walker
sets out by affirming that just at the time when
the slave power found itself in a tight place af-
ter the repeal of the No compromise, Know
Nothingism took the 6eld, and secretly and ST.
lently organised its forces, and then, entering
the political arena, raised such hue and cry
about Foreigners. and kicked up such dust
about "Popery," that the minds of the people
tha
ncw direction" That is, the northern people,
by reason of the Know Nothing movement,
were induced to abandon agitation upon the
subject of slavery, and give it the go-by. Mr..
Wa ker then goes on to say:
The present delusion cannot last a great
while. The effects of the new movement will
be so clear y and palpably Pro Slavery, that all
true men, who are in great numbers connected
with it, will abandon the Ordsr. They are be-
lginniug to do SO already. Multitudes have been
Ideceived, who, the moment they discover
whittier they are drifting, will abandon and de-
nounce the organization. That think will be
the case in all the States especially here in
Massachusetts. III thought otherwise, should
lose all faith in humanity. ] am confident that
there are no trner or more reliable Anti Slavery
men, than some who here belong to the order;
and am equally sure that when they find the
machinery of the reorganization is to be nsed to
suppress all active Anii-olavery effort, they will
at once withdraw fronit. 1.-THE new organi-
eaton could be kept intact, and all the rightfu
energies Of an oath-bound and secret institution
extending its ramiiications through the whole
country, could be brought into effective alliance
with the Pro-slavery element of the nation,
g should certainly bid farewell toail hopes for
freedom. Because ]. fully believe thatif slave
~ should by its aid be fairly extricated from its
present dilemma, its future complete and ,ycr-
whelming triumph would be rendered as GER
tairlas any human event can be.
''Nor do not believe that to effect all that is
desirable in regard to our foreign population,
we should organise great political party, that
shall ignore the questson of slavery, and strike
hands with oppressors. Far from it."
! "Alrcady and patpably pro-slarery,' cries out
Walker in regard to Know, Nothngs. "All
true men, that's, Aboliiionists, "will abandon
the order. They are beginning to do so AREA
dy." Just 3d. The know Nothing order being
"clearly and palpably pro-slavery," as Walker
says-or at all events unwilling to give "nid
and comfort to aboltionism---lhe Free Soilers
, are coming cut. We call the ATTIC tion OF
Southern men to this fact.
], But here is Dr.. Swans letter on the subject
t who the Boston Telegraph, itself an abolition
!. sheet, tells is zone Of the most active and infu-
, ential of the abolition party in Massachusetts
! 'From the result of the late elections it is
evident that the great American question, Sla.
very, outstrps all others and is paramount tc
everything else in the public mind The slave.
: holder may rave, the old Foggy groan the pc.
G ltlcal demagogue attempt to get up other ss IL
, Young America and the Union SLAYER strive te
throttleit by building up Know Nothingsm
with all its prescriptions, its anti-Dernocratic
and ant-Protestant principles and discipline
q Still it is no go. What caused the disturbance
among the "Brothersr in Massachusetts, il
choosing United States nator! What made
: minority OF eighty three break over one ofthe
rules, st up and vote for another candidate!--
: Noting but the certain conviction that Gener
al Wilson was sound to the core of his heart on
the slavery question. What causa d that sigma
G triumph in New York by which that champion
i William II. Seward, was chosen in spite of tn,
tactics, disci line and despotism Of the so-calet
= American Order which in that State had gon,
over to the Pro- Slavery influence, horse foot an,
Il dragons.
is From these and mary other events which
II bnve transpired it becomes fixed fact tina
= whatever issues may be attempted to be brough
:, forward as great leading questions and which
- may for the mament divert the public mind
o, still this plaguc-spot of the nation, like tn,
X ghost OF Baquo, soon reveals itself This; thel
4 must be the question, Slavery and Anti-S SLAYER,
" and parties must be organized as their expon
le ents. Consequently, ACKNOWLEDGMENT mus
e soon follow the downward track of the old Pro
Dfl Slavery parties and pass away. Its midnigh
j concl4yes wlltben be changedfor open caucus
4 its secret grips passwords, and instructions 70