The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-12-19

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The Lesson Of the late Canvass.
Thdlatd political contest. nays tie New Orleans
Creole, Afordsa lesson which The people as well rs
politicians viii ntt fail tosrcad. Buchanan win be
succcssful in tie kcctorxl eSllsge. though he viii
be amisority Prcs,dcnt This success. il Is INV
demonstrated beyond cavil he owes to the rcensnu
ance of Mr. Fillmore In the field. The returns midi
cate that the entire North would have been carried
by Mr.. Fremont bat fcr the diversion made in favor
Of sound. national conservative principles. by the
American party. The whole Republican press do
uennce, in immoderate terms Of wrath, the Ameri-
lcSus and Mr.. Fillmore for standing between them
and sectional victory. This affords unrefatable
evidence of the healthy influence exerted in the past
canvass blythe true conservative party Of the nation
For the present at least the Union Of the States is
socurc Sectionalism alone has suffered disastrous
defeat We say sectionalism alone, for though the
American pHtty has carried sonly one State, even
while defeated, It has conserved one of the vital
principles upon which it is firmly bascd-the integ.
rty Of the Csnfedency. n there be one thought to
which it clings with unyielding tenacity-one idea
Of overwhelming importance in its political creed
it is the preservation Of The Union.
Prom one Of the fercest political struggles which
our history records it has come forth with faint
ofsectonalism upon its garments. 1t has preserved
its consistency as natiosn pmty, holding the same
ropinions North and South East and West It's
nationality drove fanatics at The North and ultr asts
ut the South from its ranks. With the power Of
defeating the Democracy in its hands by fusion
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utilization with any organization which professed TO
love section more than the whole Union.
Where can the opponents of the American party
point to the traitorous flag floating in its ranks bear
ing on its folds these words of hostility to the South
nd i'll omen to the Union: Free speech, free labor,
and free Kansas" The Democracy, driven to
desperation by the array of the powerful opposition
eagerly seized upon these watchwords of the ferc-
est Sectionalsts, and appropriated them its own
madly struggling to jostle from its platform the
leader himself Of the Northern freesol faction. Lead
ing Democrats uttered appeals to Sectional preiu-
6ices, and struggled to surpass those arrayed I'M
der the banner of the North IN devotion to mere
Northern ideas.
In all the free States we scarcely peint to
single part Of the battlefield where the national.
ity of the Constitution honestly maintained by
the Democratic party. Where there was not an open
desertion, there unjustfable tampering with the
foes Of the Constitutional rights of the South Still
heresult ofthe indicates that the election of
Mr.. Buchanan is due not so much to this attempted
deception as to the Union sentiment of the masses
which the heat Of the canvass full developed. The
ntrgues, regeneration and appeals to local preu-
discs of the people, were not effective the love
of the Union which was endangered.
Up to the time of the State election in Penusylva.
mia and Indiana, it cannot be denied that Mr. Blu
chanans chances were truly small. The want o.
confidence in the ability of the man fully to mec
the exigency Of the times and his seeming unpopu
larity in all parts OF the nation, weakened the hopes
of his adhercnts until they seriously entertained TIN
question Of defeating Fremont by the supper. o
Mr.. Fillmore in many of the free States. The
popular vote shows that this unpopularity di,
exist even up to the last day Of the canvass, TO
, he scarcely received one third pf the popala
. vote Of the republic. He presents the first ex
ample of man raised to the highest executv,
Office under circumstances so little CALCULATES
to give any reason to his adherents for exulta
Y ton.
4 The victory, In these two States mentioned
in October, changed the character of the con
test 1t became evident that it was possible t
i defeat fanaticsm with Mr.. Buchanan, and con
i sentative men of all parties, in the hope of saw
ing the Union from the imminent peril whic
threatened it in case of the election of the can
= didate Of sectional party, were ready to waiv
> personal prede lotions and just admnistratio
} of that gallant and pure statesman, Willard Fill
more.
In Indiana and Illinois, and in some othe
States. Americans openly aided the Democrat
y candidate for the Presidency, and the singuli
spectacle has been witnessed of Repubca
re- Governors elected the Democratic electors f
President
Though the American party has not carrie
~ its banner triumphantly through the contest
g any State save that Of Maryland, we saujsh;
g. accomplished one object Of its organization
a. the present salvation of the Union in a cris
dangerous in the extreme.
III And it has exhibited vitality and power
m oil the States truly encouraging. Its principl
ne during the canvass have been endorsed by tho
oe sands of its foes. We feel no disposition
y strike the Hag-no disheartening dscourag
n ment--no presentiment Of future disasters VIII,
i'll AGAIN the muster roll of the States shall ha
been called.
The corruptions, frauds, violence, and q
desertion of principle in the artful appeals
the prejudices of the facile multitude, sho'
OF with irresis ibIe power the necessity of the co
to tinuance Of the new party which has plant
Oh itself upon the Constitution and takes rigl
justice and nationality for its polar star.
We say, therefore, to our American ffient
stand to your colors, see that the old flag, HI
lowed by tine patriotism of "76. floats above y
and when again the verdict of the people is
be given, our word for it. it will wave in I
umph over many field where it has nov 60
down, though not with dishonor.
LoU1srANA.-Gov Wickiffe has issued his o