The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-10-10

Iplemast b given 1t the ballotbex o. the vital
question oftlelr Presidency. Sincetha fornation
the government says that able paper the Vicks-
burg Wing, % issues have arisen equal In impor-
lance to those which now agitate the country.
Heretofore, our contests have been waged between
national parties and the struggle has been. either
for party success, or the establishment Of CERTAIN
prineiples which were believed to bs essential to
the welfare and prosperity Of the country. Now,
the character Of the contest and the nature Of the
issues involved, has entirely changed. National
ity has ceasadto be the characteristic Of two Of
the parties to the struggle.
Casting our eyes over the battle field, we dis
cover the Northern portion of the confederacy
arraycd almost in solid phalanx, and Offering
battle upon an issue purely sectional. Ia the
South we see the antagonistic party, drawn up
in battle array, and eager for that conflict, the
sure result Of which will be the speedy dissolution
Of the Uuion. Upon either extreme, the issues
are sectional and the parties engaged in the con-
test have become mere sectional parties, divided
by accurate geographical lines But third par
presents itself in the field and planted upon the
4 firm ground Of MISUNDERSTANDING an unaltera-
bic devotion to the Union, and firm determine
tiou to maintain its ntegrty-shows hostile front
to each Of the opposing factions. To the northern
fanatic it says: "Your doctrines are reasonable,
and oil who advocate them are traitors, whilst
to the secessonist OF the South 1t proclaims with
equal boldness that their doctrines are treasona-
BILE and fraught with danger to the country. Up
on the banners OF this party we find no symbols
that are not national and patriotic. Sectionalism
! is word unknown to their vocabulary. The per-
petuity Of the Unionthe preservation Of the con-
stitutional rights of the people, without regard to
section, and the fostering of intensely national
American sentiment, are its watehwords. Its ad.
herents are found in no particular section, but
wherever patriotic conservatism and love OF coun-
try exists, there rallies to the standard the men
who compose the national American party.
The people of the United States are called
upon to decide to which of these three parties
the destiny of the country shall be con6ded.--
; The issue is momentous, and it behooves every
patriotic citizen caimy to scrutinize the claims
:, of ca n, before determine upon his course
now for partizan feeling, for party strife. The
!, ship Of State is surrounded with peris of every
description. Through the thick gloom which
lies in advance of her course, the eye can see
rocks and breakers on every hand. Threat.
l enng storms are gathering round her, and the
= low moan Of the wind. as it whistles through
. her cordage, presages the might of the coming
,. tempest From storm and breakers, and the
"A fury Of the YES, what can save the gallant
a. ship! THERE'S but one hope, save that arm
that ruleth the tempest and the storm. Let vi
s. put at our helm an experienced navigator--ont
as with strong arm and ahfearless heart--who
he seeing the dangers which encompass him. we
re prepares to meet them boldly, and with his ey,
In fixed upon the constitution, that beacon ligh
" which shines out to guide the political mariner
~ steers steadily through rocks and breakers. int
haven of peace and safety. Such a man i
Willard Fillmore, the standard bearer of tn
American party. The crisis demands his COO
III judgment, and fearless patriotism; and ii vii
an be madness and folly for the conservative, Union
TO- loving people Of the United States to refuse
call him to the helm. Under his " Use admin
ne istration every danger which menacs woul
,y pass away-the 6erceness of sectional strif
II. would subside, and fraterntl feeling aganunit
es the North with the South-the fires Of civil wa
IL would be extinguished; land rebellion, that hal
"a reared its head in a portion of our fair land
all NAL influence Of peace, universal prosperit
nd would 'signalize the. times; fair plenty woul
~ smile upon the land; and the country progress
Ter with rapid strides, upon its career of greatnes
err and granduer, until that destiny is achieve
an for the American Republic, to which our fore
y. fathers, even amid the gloom of the revolution
looked forward to with such hopeful eyes. Ca
Ige any patriot hesitate as to his dutyl Will
ng. not tear asunder the bonds of party, stron
*; though they be, and unite himself with that pa
Int ty which knows no sections--no North no Soui
by but planted upon the constitution swears
OF preserve inviolate the rights of all, and to defer
and protect the existence of glorious Unol
of We have an earnest hope that the election
Willard Fillmore will demonstrate the fact, tn
the people are alive to the importance of Il
ms ;.;..,oI;. .h;. .h
issue ihVoNeo IN tnis CduVdss, anu are CdPdo
-" Of electing the man to govern and subdue ii
81 warning elements, that endanger the perpetui
~ of this fair fabric of Republican libertyr
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fall T The Knoxville Wing says the men who
&c. Gently hung James Buchanan in efgy at War Ira
Tenn, were Old-line jackson men, and that 9Th
perpetrated the deed because Buchanan tried to 50
eek die the lie upon Old Hickory, in the Clay and
&C ans AFFAIR." They further alledged that Buchan