The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-11-21

YAzoo CITY MISS. TRIDA y. NOVEMBER I'll 1856 1855.


J - AmfnICANlsaE.
q Every nstion o. the face of the globe. saysl
the New orisans Creole, hss its clesr, suusniss
taxable and disiinctivs naesnsl eharacseiistics.
These Nstionsl characteristics stand out ID /
prominehslysss to sonstitute' each nation
great individuality. 81 33''. 8 s's III
: Itis to the glory, interest and prosperity of
esca to culivate national sentiment . nstion-
alliterature, 4 natiopsi costume; 10 6ne. to
neurish all those feelings which underlle lsu-
dabie local ptsde, spd 70 protect sll atsenpts
which have jbf thsir object the sdvancement ofI
ons's counzp Hahrieht 10 the parent II local
pride. The attempt to advsnce the interest |
and glory Of ones native country, arises from.
natural disposition to render the birth-spot re-
spectacle and historical, that the individual ma,
be considered respectable in the eyes Of the
people Of sister .tionalities, and the theme Of
Posthumous as well az present fame. And this
is not all. There is . community Of interest
and this begets desire for the proteetion Of
life, limb, and property and personal rights.
Therefore it is. that the invasion Of foreign ma
tons, and the rapid Influx Of foreigners Of an
tagonistic national peculiarties, whether Of re-
lligion, politics Or even If costume,gives shock
to the social system thus established and rev.
cred. s.sa
The recent Russian war strongly illustrates
this proposition. The Anglo French alliance
was unnatural, but when the Brton and the
Gaul wheeled into an alliance witt, Turkey it
was more unnatural still Victor Emanuel, Of
Satdinia. fought tor political position, but a
common jealousy, and q feeling that national
prestige would vanish before the growing and
gigantic power Of the Muscovite, unless the
coming thunderbolt Of the Gear vii arrested,
before it struck the somnolent Sultan polite ale
y and nationslly dead. united for the time the
antipodaI nations on either side Of the English
channel The allied armies, feeling common
danger, stormed the granite Notifications Of
Sebastopol, and redeemed the heavens with the
conaag, alton Of the city;-but how was il in
the camp! The French scoffed at, and almost
spit upon the English. the English inre,urr
hated. nay dispised their French allies. while
the Moslem regarded them with secret contempt
as Gours lost to Paradise and inheritors Of hell
Lilliputian Sardinia held similar feelings to.
wards them all. There wss nc heartfelt, cor
tdiai, manly union The Suitan's sirbiscss well
: tnipb broke into open rebellion. BECAUSE the
E seldier, Of the French Emperor remained, as
d they thought longer than necessary in Con
stantnople, and because, too, these same sol.
ders, like all othe, foreigners, while they tens.
ciously held to their nstional characteristics
fooIishly and wrongly were guilty Of prenedi
!, Itated innovations upon the manners and Gus
i toms Of these people. Their rights were ever
e put in jeopardy by their friends, the French le
: Igions. All this wss the result Of natural an,
! national antagonism. @
= Well, let us see how It is with Us. We. VIII
y are born on the soil, and with whom the birth
right should be sacred thing, can hardly be sal
TO have a country, because our country is every
: body's country Left to the sham Democracy,
! would be mighty Babel of strange people, an
e unknown tongues; ss incongruous congregatio
= of animals as is found in ibe Brazilian and Sent
d gamhian forests The burly Briton, the mercur
d al Gaul the scbcmng Russ, the assassinating TIA
); ian, the Douneybrock fair fighting Irishman, Ii
=. venal Spanard, the splattering and transcendel
le tai German, Polynesian Chinese, Malay and An
'e bian; what an olia podrida Of fantagonisml s
e. "Ho!" says this foolish, demagogic Democrac,
y .let him that thirstefh in all this broad worl
q come hither and drink TIE waters of Libert,
y Come hither, and We will guarantee you rq,u
: rightsl Cone hither, and vote yourselves ! farm
j land help us rule America" The poor dupes com
). land ord a ~
;lfl .Pleased with arattle, tickled~ith straw; !"
oI they are led about by the nose md wheedled il
TO The belief that they are to be nected n The
sel frauds upon the ballot box, and eIr unrecessal
and Disgusting interference in the natural and co
or stitutiona rights of the natives Of the countr
When the fight comes--the necessary result
GO foreign insoIence and dictation--the Democrat
2 protectors. acting upon the Hddibrastic rule
prudence, viii have their alien allies to take 4
= = blows and pay the doctors.
The truth is the necessities Of the times requi
4 that every possible guard rhoud be thrown arou
anil the ipsstimabls right q suhrage. The malieu
ii. bic rights Of our citizens whose birth-ps
he fwas determined BY Providence. and TO whom
Ell country naturally belongs must Be projected ~
y finsasion. The great paramount aim Of the Am
entI lean party isto supernduee more national e
nd ine; 10 di6uae nafionai sentinsnts to build up
Pa Esnd, dkti6ct hstionslisy which shan, d az q
~ u couss, ii pfoIzInsnt 1nd splendid iodividu
assr e BE- ss' go So