The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-07-20

the 10th inst, crowds were Fastening. to the
Court House, to hear the maiden speech Of VIM.
V. Henderson Esqr. The rank and file Of the
Antis were not present, having probably receIv-
ed orders to stay away, in order 70 make the
meetingas smallas possible, and only the lead
ers of the clan were present to enjoy the hoped
for defeat of the Americans. Yet It was the
largest political meeting we have had, and the
ladies' especially were in larger numbers than
usual Three banners, the glorious stars and
stripes, decorated the speakers stand, and al
together the roompresented a mostinnpirng APP
pearance.
| Having been introduced to his audience by
Judge Burrus, Mr.. Henderson commenced his
speech by an explanation Of the occurrences Of
the last evening. The embarrassment which one
naturally feels in making first effort, rendered
. voice, not very strong, almost inaudible at
first. The Antis chuckled, and began to whis-
per "Is this your great champion!' And even
the Americans feared, not failure to make an
excellent speech, but afailure to make it heard.
But when Mr.. H. began to argue the great
questions at issue, enthusiasm cast out embar-
rassment,a so elevated his voice that all could
hear, the Americans to their joy, tie Antis to
their dismay. Save when the house came down
with thunders of applause and deafening cheers,
all were listening with breathless attention and
found Mr.. Hgrowing stronger and stronger, bet
ter and better,more and more eloquent, to the end
ofhis discourse. 1t was decidedly the most bril-
liant debut that we ever witnessed.
II Mr.. Henderson said he knew not why the
American party had called on him to appear in
their behalf, unless to show their firm reliance
on the merits of their cause, since, che is thrice
armed whose cause is JUST to show that even
an infant may strangle the two great SCRIP
ents with which we have to contend, one of
which would harness free born Americans to
the Juggernautic car of demagogism: the 9TH
err would overthrow our republican institutions
and rear upon their ruins religious despo.
tism. He showed that the first speaker o
the previous night, in his prepared address, had
run Quixotc tits against the wind mills of his
Imagination. His fancy was vivid in calling up
imaginary foes, but his vision defective in seeing
the real foes. He had laboured hard to prove q
self evident proposition---that there are Adolf
tionists at the North; and then strove to prove
that the evils against which the Americans are
: Isrrayed are imaginary. Thought he SO few
months since! What sudden light had broker
upon this mod ern Saul of Tarsus! Unfortunate
> ly that light had struck him blind, and no Anan
las has been found to remove the scales from
his eyes. After discussing the action Of tn,
. Massachusetts Legislature, and showing that
gave no cause Of dissatisfaction with the Ameri
a can party, NTH. proceeded to show that oath
= should not be taken without strong conviction
of its necessity, and when taken should not b
lightly disregarded. Every one that joined tn
! American party tacitly avowed that the object
a of that party were paramount in Importance
all others, that great political reformation wa
necessary; andif Wings will assist in effectin
rs the revolution, even if they should have nj
on merical majority engagedn the good work, th'
u would furnish an honest Democrat no excus
Is for Withholding his support. Mr.. H. then show
!, ed that the leading Wings Of the Union oppo'
=, the movement, and that the Wings as part
- in the Wing states.oppose it, while many of Il
r. leading Democrats are itsnwarmest supper
y; es.
N. The second speaker of the previous night hi
The conjured up that ghost of Banquo, Federdtis'
"Optics sharp he has, ween,
Who sees what is not to be SEEM"
to who can discover the "raw head and bloot
ted bones" of Federalism, the gorgon Treason
that platform which enjoins "full recognit
COL of the rights of the several states, express
,o, land reserved in the constitution" "the mainte
vas ance of the Union as the primary object of r
not triotic DESIRE, aud a habit ofreverential obe
ho- lence to the laws, whether National, State
the Municipal, until they are either repealed or
ec;- clare unconstitutional by the proper authort
oed The gentleman had said that the birth place
90 the American party was Massachusetts, stt
cesspool of Abolition and fanatacism. Did r
the gentleman remember that Massachusetts, W
ID. the birth place of liberty, the home of a We
Ns- ster! Better be born there than in some forei
land, or in the halls of venal priesthood.
OF he would inform the gentleman that the Anne
ey- can party had its birth in Virginia, in proof
which he referred to the boasted resolutions
all 90 and 80.
The gentleman had expressed great surpr
,me that we should travel so far back in history
ell. to find the Jesut's oath. His astonishment "
4 natural, since he seemed not to have trod u
eks path SO far back as the days of the Revolntit
,ere He laid great stress on the fact that one Of
I at wrongs which led to the Revolution was STA