The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-06-20

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The sllarun onious'' On Prosscsivel
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/ The southern aide a he AiliAs's are fss
tsadGs 10 man bit thdr earnest Invocation !
for ssold lins WhIesn u unit and aid than q d
sphold Dsreer6<y," vac o plain bantsr for
bargain. lint "a might - thst 40 cossid~stios
was implied "A that osr for 70 strange an alliance
No sane old fAshioned Democrat would invite an
old line Wing 10 an alliance toprom0ts free trade
but an union and bargain 10 put doom Sam, Il
difsrsnt sort Of matter and these antagonist on
old suss might well unite against the nss issues Of
Amnioanism. But what inducsment could the I
bogus Democracy offer TO persuade old line Wings. |
who stuck to their polisy Of projections and Internal
improvements consideration could they pre-
sent 10 induce those old line whigs 10 fight under
the bogus bannerf The telegraph informs rs that
the Convention OF Cincinnati. almost declared in
favor Of that monster improvement surprising any
scheme ever imagined in the palmiest days of ga
general system Of internal improvements" the
Pacific Railroad. The measure lacked but eighteen
rotes Of o majority Had that great work received
the Enforcement of the Convention. the I" old line
Wings" might have gone in and enjoyed internal
improvements" 10 the entire content of the most vo
cferous but that bait was deemed too largea bonus
to Whiggery and finally, it seems to have been
deemed more expedient to select a candidate, whose
antecedents should give Of an admnistTa-
ton sufficiently whiggsh to satisfy the old liners.
james Buchanan was nominated, accordingly, aud
surely no man more Whiggish, in all matters per-
tanning to internal improvements and protective
tariffs could be found in the ranks Of the old Wing
party To show how cold line Wings" hail the
nomination of this old champion Of internal i'm
provements and protective tariffs. quote an item
Of the doings in the ConUention, from the Vieksbrg
Sentinel:
Preston, Of Kentucky, made an eloquent speech.
end though an old Wing, swore allegiance to the
Democratic party"
!, Mr. Preston is democratic IN candidate for
elector in Kentucky and doubt not his hopeful
Wing heart thrills with memories of the good old
times, as he reads the tariff and improvement votes
z of James Buchanan. For the edifcation of our
t friends. and all old line Wings and Democrats, We
quote from the letter of Mr.. Buchanan. dated Feb
IL, le43, addressed to the Committee Of the Demo
cratic State Convention of Indiana:
at am willing to unite with my political friend
from the North, the South, the East and the West
! lin reducing the expenditures Of the Government b
the lowest point, consistently with the natlona
safety. would not impose one dollar of duties OF
foreign imports, beyond what may be necessary. 3
meet such an economical expenditure In Gdjustin
these duties, shall abandon the principle o
discrimination in favor of such branches of honl
industry as may be necessary to secure supply o
those ARTICLES of manufacture essential to the nahona
independents and safety in time of war and thi
Established a. immense expense on the faith Of on
laws. / would lave them from sinking into ruin
= By such determination may be necessary 10 pr,
b, serrs them. / repeat that this is my creed, and
has always been the creed Of the fathers of the Demo
cratic church."
Mt Consider this extract and deny it if you can. th
"A James Buchanan favors q protective tariff he go
ha for revenue tariff, regulated, with apt dscrim
,nt nation, as to protect home industry"
An Now, to show how whiggish Mr.. Buchanan
!. we quote from Mr. Cays letter of 1874. 10 show
~ idea Of protection:
at have everywhere maintained, that in adjustil
."s tariff for revenue, determinations ought 10
To- made for protection"
the The Clay and Frelighuysen platform declared {
sch Wing policy in these words:
to GA tariff for revenue to defrdnsthe necessa
YER expenses of the government, and d Eliminating wi
All special reference 10 the probecuon OF tne G0aeS
- labor of the country"
- If the Wings were content with q revenue tariff,
arranged as to protect home industry. when the
penditures were twenty-five millions, surely
's'' most covetous of them must be filed. when
!, Buchanan comes to apply the Wing idea to a syst
Ay capable to meet expenditure of seuenty.fue n
uen lions Asregardsa protective tariff James Buchar
sns is Henry Clay in politics: and, we doubt I
age viii suit, precisely, the old line Wings" who
VIII bound to do battle against Americanism;
.no whether his nomination viii secure many old
u Wings to aid the bogus Democracy, as there will
inc old line Democrats constrained to quit and
Sam, for Americanism and the policy settled by
~" old Democracy, remains to be seen. Thousand
free trade Democrats will prefer Americanism
noe its policy Of letting the old Democratic policy rem
om undisturbed, to James Buchanan, with his Wing
line sociates and schemes for protective tariff.
''Ais The iron interest of Pennsylvania is imme
and as Mr.. Buchanan is dearly devoted to her P
N' perity. the people viii begin to figure up the eos
ol'n railroad iron, should he obtain the Presider
We whilst his ill-assorted followers will contest
gen many stump, whether their candidate is more
We half Wing or half Democrat
70 or
, be. Beautiful Sentiments.
be in By GEO. D. PRENTICE.
and A number of gentlemen of the American
say, Of Louisville, have given Mr.. Prentice
r. Il Is klaSn =