The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-11-02

THAT LETTER. Sc
Some time ago we found some amusement ii
reading the letter Of that distinguished geutle-
man who has won the sgnomen Of .old Pisar-
icmm>"
-Ph9bus! what name
To fll the speaking Of future fame!
Wewasted no space upon what Is 80 entire
y unworthy Of notice; but we have since been
surprised to find that others have actually given
that epistle no little notoriety by exposing it's
already sufficiently patent puerilities We
have just received rspiew Of the first spistls
general Of JoHs, signed PHO Ameriee, which
we really think Is like firing 4 buck. load Il :
sparrow. We cannot account for such waste
OF ammunition except on the supposition tina,
it was deemed necessary to notice anything
emanating from one who has held the olice Of
Attorney General Of the State Of Mississippi
The notion of this ei-depant Attorney Gener:
al, that an indictment lies against he American
party for eonspiyoey.ahas been . fruitful source
Of amusement to the corps editorial; but they
give him more credit for research than he de-
serves in uupposlne that he hunted up the COM
mon law Of conspiracy 10 ''old black letter rol-
umes = for the black letter would be to him as
Greek or Dutch He read the common law of
conspiricies, in much more modern type; yet he
seems have overlooked still more modern
scrap Of law, which may be found in the decla-
alton Of rights in our State Constitution
that the citizens hate right in a peaceable
manner to assemble together for their common
good" If Gen. Freeman should succeed in
substituting his common law provisions for this
clause of our constitution, he cannot with any
conscience rail out against the celebrated old
"sedition law" When he procures indictments
against the American portion of the citizens for
exercising their constitutional right "to assem-
bic together for their common good" we would
suggest the trial by ordeal as very appropri-
ate method Of disposing Of the cases. tits an
old common ia,c mode Of trial, but, we believe
it is not expressly abolished by the written law
of our state. Tie native Americans will waive
their constitutional right to a jury trial, and
gladly submit to any ordeal rather than the YER
let Of foreigners and Antics.
But this concerning conspiracies Il not the
most absurd notion of General Freeman.
The sixth ar icle Of the American Platform
recommends "the repeal, without retroactive
operation, Of all acts of Congress making
grants of land to unnaturalized foreigners, and
allowing them to vote in the Territories. ;"
The General thinks the repeal of such acts
would be manifest breach of contract and to
repeal them "without retroactive operation"
would be to perform a mirlcle! There ia a
little book entitled "Truth made Simple = but
its design is to reduce the leading principles of
theology to the comprehension of children. A
similar work would be useful to all who adopt
c. s---s.sun-----~.. s"ss CIaus-, uI0ug"
they might learn enough to set them right, one
would think, from the popular adage that sit
takes t,oo to make bargain" The little law
primmer which we recommend might explain
that an act of Congress granting land to unnat-
uralized foreigners on certain conditions, is not
contract. but, ut the most, only an offer OF
bargain on the part af the government If a
foreigner accept the offer, by actually perform
ing the conditions, he might be said to have
made q contract with the government. The
American party would not have such foreign
er deprived. of the right thus acquired, and this
is what they mean by the words "without retro
active operation" The only effect of the re-
peal, then, would be to withdraw the offer of a
bargain with other foreigners, preventing them
from thereafter obtaining grants ofland under
those acts of Congress. The truth, thus made
simple, might be farther elucidated by many
simple Illustrations, which we have not space tc
present.
The General has probably been studying
deeply the history of the artificial miracles o.
athe great Mother church of Christianity" ane
thus confused his s2eas Of the miraculous !; fol
in our day and generation any enactment 'cti1
"retractive operation infringing vested rights
would be novelty, though not miracle; while
soiihom such operation, it would be but an or
binary occurrence. The only rational objec-
ton, therefore, to the above quoted clause Q
the American Platfolm,. is that the words
awithout retractive operation" are superduous
LEGAL VOTERS.
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