The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-11-16

NATroNAL1Ux.
The Dsuocroi Of ls1l week remarks that our
Ertra denationslizes t6e Know Nothing party.
We mentioned no such party Il the extra, and
we know Of no such party. We allowed that
the Know Nothing order docs not exist II this
state, and gave our authority for saying 90
/, We borrowed Il from he proceedings Of the
philadelphia convention. Perhaps the Demo.
crat wa understand Us whom we cay that the
American principles took possessi6 the A
merican heart throughout the Union many 500
feieties Of native Americans were formed, hav-
ing different names, and organizations We
lead Of the Know Nothings, the United Ameri-
cans, the Sons Of America, the order ofthe Stars
and Stripes &c. The members Of all these,
together with number Of persons who agree
With them in principle, yet have not Joined any
reorganization, co|A litnte the American party.
As the Know NotbIng attracted more attention
than any alternative american organization,
lit gradually tbecame customary to call all
native Americans Know Nothings, and it is on-
ly in this way that the American party can be
properly spoken of as the Know Nothing party.
Our extra may have shown that the Know
+ Nothing order or society was not national, but
1T said nothing, directly or in rectly bearing on
the nationality of the American, or, if it be pre-
fered. the Know Nothing party.
There is in this place society calling itself
Az v..oo n cr.<;c A ..co;.t;ov, .rd h, oh
err towns we suppose there are similar organiza-
, tons. All these, we suppose are connected
with the central association ut Jackson. This
organization is not national, and we might in
fer therefore that the self styled Democratic
party, or the Sag NIGHTS party, is not nationals
: with as much propriety as the Democrat infers
that the American party is not national because
one part Of it, one American society is not ma
tional.
? But, says the Democrat the Know Nothing
. constitution declares that the jurisdiction OF
! the organization shall extend to all the State.
districts and territories of the United States;'
9 and that "Missirsippi is not excepted in THU
T claim of jurisdiction" BY the same argument
of this state is subject to the jurisdiction of the
J, National Council. In drafting a constitution
, for society intended to be national, in ex
! tent, i would Of course, Be provided that he
national council, or lodge, should have jurisdc-
9 liicnin all the states though at the tims Of wr
ting the constitution the society should not have
! extended beyond one State. The jurisdiction
# however, would only attach in any state wher
1 a subordinate society was formed in that state
: by authority Of the national constitution. If
: wholly different Organization were formed, 70
the same purposes, it would not became subjec
to the former society, merely because that soci
lety's national constitution claims Jurisdiction
!" in all states. We have heard that in SOM
Iparts of this state different organization from
: the order Of the Stars and Stripes was slarte
! perhaps it was the X. N. order-but it CAV
: way to the order of s g. s, which was found t
be better suited, by its simplicity, to the want
: of the people, Our information on this poin
: is coroborated by the statement of M. A. M
: Kinnon in the Democratic Flag Of May 26th
" that "the order of X. Ms. remiined in exist
fence" in Oxford only about two or three weeks
when it merged itself into the order Of Star
!, and Stripes" The warrants. as exposed b!
d McKinnon, and by C. Wesley Henderson, Q
= Lauderdale, do not acknowledge the AUTHORITY
!, ofthe Know Nothing National Council Of tn
( United States OF North America" but Of tn
e sThe Federal Congress of the United State
Irc<
) from our acknowledging the power and jurisdic
ltion of the National Council" &C., we assur
r the Democrat that we have never even seen tn
I'd constitution promulged by that Council, excep
: lin the anti-American papers.
e From the best information we can pet, W
ye believe the Sag NIGHT order is intended to b
'nlnational. Tie party arrogating to itself th
= name Demoe,-oficsis now called the Sag Mich
e party, just as the American party.is called tn
es X. N. party. Yet this party consists Of man
% who have not joined the Sag NIGHT order. j
y the Sag NIGHT order have not become actual
= national, that does not prove that the party q
: which it is a part, is not national If the Dem
!. ocrat can understand these things concernin
the Sag NIGHT order and the anti American pal
ty, we cannot see why there should be any diff
Guilty in understanding the same things Of tn
n X. N. order and the American party,
- words OF Cheer.
Whatever may be the result Of the State cleo
m tions in November, (says the Memphis Eagle an
Is Enquirer Of October 81 the American part
IN shond not relay its exertions for one moment ar