The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-12-07
ST. CHARIEs HorEr,


New Orleans, Dec. 1855.
DER FRIENDS: To begin at the beginning, we
had a pleasant trip down the Yazoo river, on that
fine boat the p. c. Wallis, and arrived at yicks-
burg at nine o'clock, where we stopped till the
next day, and then took passage on the new Nat
chez for New Orleans. Westopped five hours in
the good city Of Natchez, and met some of our
old friends and acquaintance, whose warm wei
come made us think Of the poets words,
"And doth not a meeting like this make amends
For all the long years I've been wandering away
We spent two hours with our talented and
most agreeable contemporary, Col. Giles M Hill
lyer and his estimable lady, and never two hours
flew away so quick. Colonel H. looks well after
his recent defeat. General Quitman beat him, it
is true, but one more such victory would ruin
him. The people Of some parts Of Browns
District" have been so long humbugged in the
name of Democracy, that it will require years Of
hard labor to reach them through any other
word Col. Hillyer is to-day the strongest man
in the District, and comes out Of the late contest
covered with glory though beaten. Quitman's
military fame, his grey hairs, Of which he made
abundant capital and the combination of Seces-
sionists oil Lime Wings, and snch Of the 'ever-v
ingdemocracy" that cant read or write, but have
always voted for General Jackson and Gov
ernor Brown, got the majority Of the votes, and
retained for the American party the invaluable
services Of Colonel ii. as editor Of The Courier
for the Presidential campaign. The contest =
tween Quitman and Hhlyer was consdeesl -
eQpal one. and ~ Sag NIGHT Central Committee
abJacksou, sent missionaries and emissaries round
after them to neutraize, if possible, the effect Of
Hillyer's arguments, and to correct Quitman's
blunders. Senator Brown hurried out and told
the people that II they were dissatisfied with the
present naturalization laws, the Know Nothingt
were not the ones to look to for their amendment
The Democratic party had always governed thu
country, and would do so still; that he, A. G
Brown, was the proper one for them to look toh
was going on to Washington 10 short time, ant
would have the naturalization laws changed j
they said so, and ,rouldnt charge them cent
Do you wonder, that the accomplished and ell
oquent Hillyer was beat in District wher'
such Demagogsm is tolerated aud is effective
Gen. Qditman, you know, always seems ahea
OF the music, on whatever hobby he mounts
Elated by his Auti-American success, he mad
speech in Natchtz the other night, which ha
helped along the American cause, nearly a
much as mis- war message did the Union in 1876
and'5l. He said this Continent was evdentl,
intended for the Caucasian race; here their 81
periorty was over all the other races of-MA
was to be perfected, and it was folly to say TIL
Anglo American, or The Gallo, or the Millsia
had the better claim 10 tit was the land Of tn
free, and the home of the brave Of all nations
under Heaven! Tie General said so far fro
wishing TO extend the term of probation of 70
4 eigners, he was for shortening it. The soon,
the foreigner was naturalized the better--h
ought tolhave added for the democratic part,
The General has scared high above the mario
prejudice of patriotism and American Nationa
ity, and now stands,like Anacharsis Klootz,t
representative of the human race upon the Ma
chez Bluffs and cries to the paupers and outcas
of all nations,
"Come along, come along, don't be alarme
For Uncle Sam isrich enough, to give yc
all q ..farm.p
General Qutman will kill off any party
the world, il he is allowed to make speeche
IfGeneral Foote. on the part ofthe American
and Quitman on the part Of the Sag NIGHT
couIdcanvass the eptire State next summer, v
would carry i by ten thousand majority for M
Fillmore.
We weresorry to learn that there was as still son
lever IN Na'cnez ana many o. tne c'uzens we s
stl in the country. The schools in that cit