The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-31
THE CHARACTER OF OUR I'M
MIGRANTS.
GIVEN BY THEMSELVES.

We publish entire, from New York paper
of 1854, the address 0. "The Democrats of Eng
land to the Democrats of the United States"
and also full extracts from the address of the
Foreign LIBERALS in the United States, to the
Liberals of Europe. This last may be seen in
the New York Tribune of October II, 1854.
The former was signed by about 1000; it mr.
ges upon the Democracy of America 70 ertn-l
guish slavery soon as 1t be done 10 III sdfes
fy," and invokes them to demand from the Gov
ernment "all active aid which can be prudenty
and wisely given, and that without delay" for
the abolition ofslavery.
The address of the Foreign Liberals in the
United States, to the Liberals of Europe, is no
less. explicit. 1t declares:
s'No sane Liberal can hope to receire any sum-
patty from, nor can make any compact scith STA
very.
$50 l.ng as freedom attempts an unnatural
alliance with slavery, sympathy for the persecu-
ted liberal refugees cannot be expected
s.The struggle between liberty and slavery in
this country is now commencing. The slunlb-
ering elements of discord have been brought in
to-active opposition to each other through the
measure known as the Nebraska bill for the ex-
tension of slavery over those Territories.
eff the FREE principle in America be truly
reused by the Nebraska bill, then perhaps, we
sympathy; from the slapery principle are can err
pect none-nor can we, as lovers oflberty, make
with the opposite principle hare an alliance, any
more than we could with the pro-sidUery Csor.'
i The reader will note that these foreign anti
slavery Liberals are thoroughly organ zed, hold
i their Irregular semi-monthly meetings." and
have ssextensive ramifcations-seve hundred
corresponding branches or sections in various
parts of the United States" All of the worst
isms of the country, says the Flag, are here
combined-the Social Reform;n Democratic
Union;" (aiopted citizeas,) s'Free Democratic
League (Aner'enns opposed to the ertens Of
stave,y,) "Freie Gemcinde;" German) ''Tur-
Inerbund;' German Turaers,) "Cuban Demo.
Gratis; aPolish Democrats, Universal Demo
cratic Republican sm;'' (mired and propaq1n.
| dist,) "French section;" "Italian section;' AR
beiterbund;' German ,uorkmsn, J Ouyrier CIR
Gle; Ameriean irOrkmen.
| And this address made to the great De
f mocratic leaders of Europe-Kossuth, Ledrl
Rolln Mazzini, Safi, BARRIERS sitoslawski. ant
others-as to men whose sentiments, agains
slavery, were known to accord with those ex
| pressed by the Liberals here. It is known tina
these men control the popular sentiment of Eu
rope,-the sentiment of the mass of our immi
: grafton.
: We ask Southern men, of all parties, to rea,
I and consider well these disclosures of the sen
timent of the most active and jealous of our for
t eign population; and then let each man deter
mine for himself. if even here at the South, Their
: be not great cause to aid the efforts of the A
E merican party, and manifold reasons why allin
: dependent and patriotic men should join tn
American Order
Do you oppose the abolition crusade agains
the South. you here see bands OF foreign mer
cenaries enlisted in that crusade; you hear tn