The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-06-08


know, and We saspeot tI!ere i noae. Il i adopt
cd as suitable word %. vent the spleen Of The J
Mlssissippian against an instrument which was
discovered 70 be impreenable. But, witha val
or sadly wanting in that ingredient which Fall
stafIas pronounced io.be its better part, the
Mississippian proceeds to the Quixotic task of
urging some objections to the Platform. First
1t is i,.sinuatsl that th, American party Of Mis-
sissippi has kegun "to raise new issues-change !
front nddodge the questions which they them ,
selves proposed" If this be so, it is strange !
that the Mississippan and It's satellites haveso
long denounced that party as an invisible foe,
whose principles were kept secret, and which
would raise no issusss-propose no quesitonss-
If they have not heretofore raised issues, or pro-
posed questions, how can they now be charged
with raising 'sas,r issues, and lodging questions
which they themselves proposed"
Both accusations are equally unfonnded. Is
sues acere presented, and maintained, by the
American patty; those issues were the same they
nocp ent, & vii. maintain. Questions were pro-
posed by them, and they are not now disposed
t, dodge them, but tie NJ ssissipp;an is! The
American party Of Mississippi haye given the
world their platform in few words, having adj
ded nothing toit except what was made neccssa-
ry by the false alarms raised by the Mississippi
an, and echoed, as usual, by the whole Anti
American pack, "Tray Blanch, and Sweet
heart "mongrel, puppy. cur, and whelp.'-
The American party, having been charged with
a design to infringe the vested rights of Foreign
ers, and to abridge religious liberty, deny it,
Having been charged on the one hand with de-
signs inimical to the Constitution of the United
States, and on the other with being "blue light
Federalists," enemies of State rights; they
deny both accusations Having been charged
with opposition to Democracy, they deny that
They war with the Democratic. or any party as
such; and finally, they deny that last and most
ptiful accusation, that they would revive the
question of the payment of the Union or Plan
tiers Bank Bonds. Just here however, the Mis-
sssippian says, 'stheir object is not to sreviyen
the question publicly during the canvass" This
lis an unauthorised addition to their language.
They say they "will make no attempt to revive
the question" without limitation as to manner
or tine.
4 But the Mssssppian finds something peeu-
d rly significant" in the omission ofthe "slavery
question" This insinuation we would pronounce
peculiarly ms gnfcant, were it not for our per
. sonal regard for the editor. Perhaps we had
better, after the manner of our neighbor tins
Democrat, look behind the editorial chair, and
apply those words to some imaginary assistant
Could the American party have anticipated tina,
the Mississippian and its echoes would unfur
the banner of Abolition, and make it a loca
question Of State policy" TO doubt they would
have emphatically declared that they would no
aid in these nelarious designs; but there was
! such"local question of State policy" before tn,
:, people of Mississippi, what necessity was ther
!. to make such declaration! But the Miss ssippal
would insinuate that the American party il
. Mississippi is inclined to Abolitionism, though
:. allof those persons whose names that paper ha
taken the liberty of publishing to the world, a
4. leaders in New Orleans convention are slac
.. hdders;-though large majorityof the peopl
:, of the State are of the American party ma,
a more, though the'larger portion of einoa-siau
holliug element in the State is to be found wit
the Anti-American party, while by far the large
portion Of the Slave Holders are Natsre Amer
cans! The Mississippian must have become de
ITS lily those who will so soon have the disposal
ee the public printing.
W Again the Mississippian objects to the pla
rm form, that it does not contain ga clear declar
o. ration Of single debatable princi ple.' All,
-ee it indeed so! Then with what truth could Il
Mississippian accuse the party ofraising new
To- Sues" or any other issues at all? We undt
art stand an issue is raised when something whi
"A is .9irmed on the one side, is denied on the OF
red er. The platform affirms several things; q
md they denied by the Mssissippian! If so, tn
ably conducted paper will not be at loss for .
in guments in support to its opinions. The issue
in then, are detachable, there can be no issue, ne
lilt or old, between sensible people which is not
:1a bateable. Yet the Mssissppian says the pl,
lar form does not contain .a clear declaration io
p:- single deboteable principle." Then it raises
its issues, either ne,c or old! See into what CO
zen tradictions one may be led by opposing 4
an. truth.
,nd1 tits true, however, that the issues, raised
has the American party, are no longer debatea5le.
on. Their foes have been met and routed on eve
m field of argument,dnd the principles they adj
inns cate are now SO fully endorsed by the Peep
the that they,are admitted by the Missjssippianits
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